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ftr its New Zealand placement is on NZ's Hot Tracks chart which just means it was one of the 40 biggest gainers of that week and in reality is miles away from the chart. Not to say it couldn't get there eventually. It's #132 on Australian Spotify without major playlisting so similar markets suggest it could be close to NZ's Spotify chart as well.

She's always been signed to XL so she counts! :D

I did notice recently that on the OCC's Indie chart, "When We Were Young" has been charting for about 40 more weeks than "Hello", they're often quite close together, though they swing quite a bit.

Counterargument: Flat Beat good.

+40 Lana Del Rey - Video Games +39 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +38 Arcade Fire - Reflektor +37 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +36 M83 - Midnight City +35 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +34 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? +33 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +32 Rita Ora - Anywhere +31 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +30 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +29 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams) - Get Lucky +28 Adele - Rolling In The Deep +27 Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know +26 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks +25 Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay) - 212 +24 Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Various Artists) - All Of The Lights +23 London Grammar - Strong +22 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +21 Rudimental (feat. John Newman) - Feel The Love +20 HAIM - Falling +19 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +18 Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me +17 Naked & Famous - Young Blood +16 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +15 Lana Del Rey - West Coast +14 Lorde - Green Light +13 Dua Lipa - Be The One +12 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out +11 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +10 xx - On Hold +9 Taylor Swift - Style +8 Avicii - Levels +7 Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl +6 Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks +5 Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith) - Latch +4 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +3 Little Mix - Move +2 Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers +1 Ariana Grande - Into You

04/10/2021 Singles 01 01 12 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 03 07 02 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 03 02 14 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 05 59 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 04 10 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 06 03 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 NE 01 07 MY UNIVERSE Coldplay and BTS 08 07 02 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 09 08 20 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 10 10 15 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 11 11 09 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 27 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 13 23 02 13 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 14 15 51 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 15 14 25 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 16 12 04 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 17 17 03 17 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 18 13 04 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 19 19 05 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 20 16 16 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 21 20 38 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 21 11 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 23 18 04 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 24 24 43 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 25 25 12 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 27 19 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 27 26 04 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 28 29 04 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 29 22 05 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 30 31 19 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 31 41 03 31 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 32 30 06 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 33 34 08 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 34 35 18 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 35 37 11 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 36 36 34 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 37 38 28 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 38 44 96 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 39 43 64 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 42 19 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 41 39 32 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 42 33 05 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 43 28 02 28 WILDEST DREAMS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 45 38 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 45 46 59 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 46 32 06 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 47 40 28 20 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 48 47 44 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 49 73 02 49 LIFE GOES ON Oliver Tree 50 50 09 50 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes Albums 01 NE 01 01 BEEN DOIN' IT FOR A BIT Ruby Fields 02 03 04 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 03 04 19 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 01 02 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 05 05 14 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 10 79 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 07 07 62 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 06 05 01 DONDA Kanye West 09 NE 01 09 DARLINGHURST Darlinghurst 10 09 09 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 11 11 28 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 14 94 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 13 12 34 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 14 18 173 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 15 19 239 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 21 99 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 17 23 225 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 25 362 01 1989 Taylor Swift 19 22 342 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 20 02 02 02 THE WAIT Vika & Linda 21 28 131 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 24 62 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 23 29 185 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 17 284 01 METALLICA Metallica 25 RE 74 04 FALLING & FLYING 360 26 26 42 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 27 31 297 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 32 124 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 29 33 65 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 NE 01 30 FIREBIRD Natalie Imbruglia 31 38 200 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 32 40 475 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 33 35 154 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 34 41 116 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 35 15 04 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 36 43 280 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 37 42 64 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 38 56 110 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 39 36 431 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 40 44 145 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 41 47 165 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 42 48 257 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 43 37 03 37 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 44 50 42 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 45 51 379 01 X Ed Sheeran 46 49 38 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 47 46 170 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 48 65 55 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 27 06 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 50 52 199 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack It's a 12th straight week for "STAY". It should very likely be #1 this coming week as well but it's beginning to run into the thread of Hot 100 synergy which is to say that with America seemingly deciding to now get on board with this strange Elton John thing, it's been gifted more weeks of streaming momentum which paired with strong sales could make the jump soon unless Adele has something to say about it. Otherwise it's a relatively quiet week. Coldplay & BTS arrive in the top 10 which is Coldplay's 9th top 10 hit and BTS's 5th. It's actually holding up pretty well with streaming so it won't totally collapse next week. This might be the vacancy CKay needs to slip in as he takes a big jump this week. The only other entry this week is from Oliver Tree making his first ever chart appearance here though he was somewhat close to making triple j's Hottest 100 for 2020. In a rare instance, I don't think there's anything missing from the top 50 so I was barely right about Walker Hayes entering the top 50 legitimately this week. On the other hand I clearly underestimated the tenacity of this week's album chart arrivals, as what I expected as a mid-top 10 debut for Ruby Fields is actually a #1 placing. She emerged in 2017 as an extremely DIY musician who even crafts her own equipment, winning over audiences with emotionally gripping singles, in particular the 2018 track "Dinosaurs" which placed in the top 10 of the 2018 Hottest 100 rubbing shoulders with "when the party's over" and "Be Alright". Our other top 10 debut this week is yet another Australian country group, with Darlinghurst coming in strong with their debut album. Making a return to the chart is 360's massive smash album "Falling & Flying" from 2011 which briefly saw him dominating the charts with an arguably claim to having the best selling Australian hip-hop single of all time with "Boys Like You" (a few Hilltop Hoods songs have since overtaken it). Natalie Imbruglia last charted in 2015 with an album of covers so she's back here with original material for the first time since 2005. Next week should see big new entries for Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga, Client Liaison, Pond & The Script

Survival in particular sounds incredibly indebted. Nice to see Innuendo place high, thought I might be giving it its only point but clearly there's love out there.

+5 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +4 Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT +3 Drake - Girls Want Girls +2 Central Cee - Obsessed With You +1 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) -1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers -2 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -3 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart -4 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -5 at least it's not tangerine

27/09/2021 Singles 01 01 11 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 13 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 03 06 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 06 09 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 05 04 58 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 06 05 02 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 NE 01 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 08 08 19 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 09 19 26 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 10 10 14 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 11 11 08 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 03 03 FAIR TRADE Drake with Travis Scott 13 07 03 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake with Lil Baby 14 14 24 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 16 50 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 16 15 15 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 17 27 02 17 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 18 13 03 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake with Future & Young Thug 19 17 04 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 20 21 37 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 21 20 10 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 22 12 04 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 23 NE 01 23 LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH) CKay 24 23 42 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 25 22 11 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 18 03 13 KNIFE TALK Drake with 21 Savage & Project Pat 27 26 18 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 28 NE 01 28 WILDEST DREAMS (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 28 03 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 30 25 05 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 31 32 18 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 32 24 05 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 33 30 04 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 34 33 07 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 35 34 17 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 36 36 33 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 37 40 10 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 38 35 27 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 39 38 31 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 40 42 27 20 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 41 56 02 41 OBSESSED WITH YOU Central Cee 42 37 18 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 43 39 63 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 43 95 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 45 41 37 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 46 50 58 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 47 46 43 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 48 49 04 15 MOON Kanye West 49 48 13 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 50 68 08 50 FANCY LIKE Walker Hayes Albums 01 NE 01 01 MONTERO Lil Nas X 02 NE 01 02 THE WAIT Vika & Linda 03 01 03 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 04 03 18 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 04 13 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 05 04 01 DONDA Kanye West 07 07 61 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 NE 01 08 ETERNAL BLUE Spiritbox 09 08 08 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 10 10 78 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 16 27 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 12 15 33 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 NE 01 13 STUDIOS 301 SESSIONS Lachy Doley 14 13 93 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 06 03 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 16 NE 01 16 STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM NCT 127 17 23 283 01 METALLICA Metallica 18 19 172 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 18 238 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 20 NE 01 20 SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORK: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL.16 (1980-1985) Bob Dylan 21 24 98 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 26 341 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 27 224 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 30 61 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 34 361 01 1989 Taylor Swift 26 17 41 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 27 20 05 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 28 29 130 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 29 31 184 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 NE 01 30 AS LONG AS IT'S NOT US Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes 31 32 296 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 33 123 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 33 35 64 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 NE 01 34 WHITE HEAT Natalie Henry 35 37 153 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 36 57 430 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 37 40 02 37 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 38 46 199 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 02 02 02 COMFORT TO ME Amyl & the Sniffers 40 36 474 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 41 45 115 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 42 41 63 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 43 44 279 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 44 39 144 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 45 28 04 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 46 65 169 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 47 164 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 48 256 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 49 37 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 73 41 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift "STAY" holds #1 for an 11th week in a row. Next week it will tie "Lose Yourself" for the second longest unbroken reign for a #1 debut. Lil Nas X scores a slight new peak thanks to his album release for "INDUSTRY BABY" while his stealthy cover of "White Lies" by Max Frost also debuts in the top 10. He has no other debuts however because ARIA did a funny, whether this is just typical affair or a new outrageous reaction to people who hate Drake but otherwise don't engage with chart news probably won't be clear until Ed Sheeran releases his album. Speaking of Drake, "Fair Trade" overtakes "Girls Want Girls" so he actually has a different highest track in Australia, the UK & the US (and New Zealand nearly had "Knife Talk" as its highest this week). My own anxiety meant that I didn't mention The Anxiety debuting last week which is interesting because "t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l" was never acknowledged, and now "Meet Me At Our Spot" rides into the top 20. Central Cee has had a couple of songs hover around the Spotify top 200 this year but gets his first chart entry with "Obsessed With You", which is also technically the first time PinkPantheress has charted as "Pain" didn't quite make the chart. The omission of Lil Nas X (specifically "Scoop") allows Walker Hayes to crack the top 50 illegitimately (though I suspect he'll climb again next week). CKay also makes his debut thanks to the combined efforts of both versions of "love nwantiti", where the original is performing quite a bit better than the original. He may soon reach the top 10 if he keeps up current momentum. Lil Nas X's debut album debuts at #1. His "7" EP both debuted and later re-climbed to #5 2 years ago and I'm not certain why that was the case. In doing so he narrowly fends off chart veterans Vika & Linda who of course scored their first #1 album last year. Iconic metalcore band iwrestledabearonce never charted in their heyday, but two members of that band went on to form Spiritbox who get I believe their highest chart position in Australia as their debut album lands in the top 10. It's probably not your wedding night, but it's a good week for people named Lachlan. Firstly we have Lachy Doley who has been around for decades primarily working behind the scenes for big names like Jimmy Barnes & Powderfinger. As a solo performer he gets his highest ever chart position this week in the top 20. Then more modern we have alt-country group Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, who get their first ever top 50 album this week. Also charting for the first time here is Korean boy band NCT 127 and Australian country singer Natalie Henry. In a feat so rare it has to be remarked upon, the posthumous Gurrumul compilation that debuted last week has actually climbed to a new peak this week. Maybe there's still time for Doja Cat to climb to a new peak as well. Next week could help with those prospects as it's a more quiet week, with local debuts from Ruby Fields, Natalie Imbruglia & Darlinghurst.

Jarvis Cocker must have forgotten to vote! Black or White was literally the last song I took out of my vote, did not think it would be out this early.

+5 Drake - Fair Trade +4 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +3 Drake - Girls Want Girls +2 Central Cee - Obsessed With You +1 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers -2 The Kid LAROI - STAY -3 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (this is a joke right?) -4 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -5 why are you still here

20/09/2021 Singles 01 01 10 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 04 12 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 05 05 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 10 57 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 05 NE 01 05 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 06 11 08 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 02 02 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake feat. Lil Baby 08 15 18 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 09 03 02 03 FAIR TRADE Drake feat. Travis Scott 10 17 13 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 11 20 07 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 03 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 13 07 02 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake feat. Future & Young Thug 14 21 23 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 22 14 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 16 25 49 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 17 30 03 17 WOMAN Doja Cat 18 13 02 13 KNIFE TALK Drake feat. 21 Savage & Project Pat 19 32 25 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 20 34 09 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 21 37 36 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 22 35 10 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 23 44 41 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 24 31 04 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 25 42 04 25 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 26 45 17 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 27 NE 01 27 MEET ME AT OUR SPOT The Anxiety 28 57 02 28 A-O-K Tai Verdes 29 06 02 06 CHAMPAGNE POETRY Drake 30 52 03 30 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 31 NE 01 31 HIGHER Bella Taylor Smith 32 49 17 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 33 47 06 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 34 53 16 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello & Jonas Brothers 35 54 26 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 36 51 32 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 37 50 17 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 38 59 30 12 FRIDAY Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 39 60 62 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 62 09 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 41 48 36 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 42 RE 26 20 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 43 63 94 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 44 70 03 44 FAMILY TIES Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar 45 RE 36 06 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 46 64 42 04 THE BUSINESS Tiesto 47 26 03 09 OFF THE GRID Kanye West 48 58 12 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Maneskin 49 43 03 15 MOON Kanye West 50 67 57 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior Albums 01 01 02 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 02 NE 01 02 COMFORT TO ME Amyl and the Sniffers 03 04 17 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 05 12 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 02 03 01 DONDA Kanye West 06 03 02 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 07 08 60 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 07 07 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 NE 01 09 STAR-CROSSED Kacey Musgraves 10 09 77 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 NE 01 11 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS PT. 2 Steps 12 NE 01 12 IDIOCRACY Pist Idiots 13 17 92 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 14 NE 01 14 SAINT GEORGES ROAD The Black Sorrows 15 15 32 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 16 26 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 12 40 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 18 20 237 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 19 171 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 13 04 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 21 NE 01 21 THE MELODIC BLUE Baby Keem 22 NE 01 22 SHADOWS AND SHININGS Drapht 23 RE 282 01 METALLICA Metallica 24 21 97 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 25 06 03 02 THE SUN Bliss N Eso 26 24 340 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 27 22 223 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 11 03 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 29 23 129 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 30 25 60 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 27 183 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 28 295 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 26 122 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 34 32 360 01 1989 Taylor Swift 35 29 63 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 36 35 473 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 37 34 152 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 38 RE 21 01 THE SPEED OF NOW PT. 1 Keith Urban 39 43 143 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 40 NE 01 40 THE GURRUMUL STORY Gurrumul 41 36 62 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 42 37 197 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 43 55 377 01 X Ed Sheeran 44 42 278 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 45 49 114 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 46 38 198 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 47 45 163 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 46 255 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 44 36 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 50 41 183 02 ? XXXTentacion Sorry, no analysis this week. Not in a great mental state today, and I got judged on this forum for finding dynamic chart movement interesting anyway. Hopefully I feel better next week, and shout out to all the Australian artists debuting on the album chart this week.

+25 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +24 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +23 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +22 Adele - Rolling In The Deep +21 London Grammar – Strong +20 Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay) - 212 +19 HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind +18 Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me +17 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +16 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out +15 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide +14 Lana Del Rey - West Coast +13 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +12 Georgia - About Work the Dancefloor +11 Avicii – Levels +10 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +9 Rihanna - Kiss It Better +8 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +7 Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - Gone +6 Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks +5 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain +4 Clean Bandit (feat. Demi Lovato) - Solo +3 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +2 1975 - Somebody Else +1 Little Mix - Move

+25 Arcade Fire - Reflektor +24 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +23 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +22 Drake - Nice For What +21 HAIM - Falling +20 Naked & Famous - Young Blood +19 Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Various Artists) - All Of The Lights +18 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - WAP +17 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +16 Lorde - Team +15 Tones and I - Dance Monkey +14 Porter Robinson - Language +13 Lorde - Royals +12 Weeknd - The Hills +11 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - Work +10 Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl +9 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive +8 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +7 Lorde - Perfect Places +6 Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith) - Latch +5 Ariana Grande (feat. The Weeknd) - Love Me Harder +4 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road +3 Rihanna - Diamonds +2 Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers +1 Sia - Cheap Thrills

This'll be like the 2010's game where almost all my votes are just packed into the middle. Could've sworn I voted some left-of-centre ones but I must have a few kindred spirits :lol:

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. Bastille - Pompeii Maneater - Nelly Furtado vs. The Killers – Mr Brightside vs. With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Winner/Playoff Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. Maneater - Nelly Furtado Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. The Killers – Mr Brightside Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Bastille - Pompeii vs. Maneater - Nelly Furtado Bastille - Pompeii vs. The Killers – Mr Brightside Bastille - Pompeii vs. With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup took me longer than I'm willing to admit to work out why there were more playoffs than usual

I mean once you invent a game theory expert chart manipulator Ed Sheeran in your head, literally everything he does or has happen to him will find a way to reinforce this fact :lol:

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Maneater - Nelly Furtado vs. The Killers – Mr Brightside Who Knew - Pink vs. With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Bastille - Pompeii vs. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love

I guess that shows that Ed can still chart high without those pesky playlists :basil:

+5 Drake - Fair Trade (in comparison to DONDA, CLB actually has pretty favourable representation here) +4 Drake - Champagne Poetry +3 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +2 Drake - Girls Want Girls +1 ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down -1 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -2 The Kid LAROI - STAY -3 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember -4 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits -5 tats or gtfo

Yeah it's all good, was just a reminder to avoid language associated with the types of people who are less charitable.

Grossly loaded in that it's typically used by people who don't understand or see rap music as a subpar form of music, which tends to have bad connotations considering its demographics. You're right that I don't know you, which is why I'm pointing it out so I hopefully don't have to make any judgement.

Well considering this isn't even the first time that's happened, clearly everyone will move on and be fine once they forget that it happened this time as well (also please don't use the term 'mumble' with regards to rap, it's really grossly loaded)

Yes? I'll never understand why it works people up so much. If you don't like it, then you get to enjoy seeing it all drop away in the following weeks. I love seeing the extent a new album can break into the chart, and frankly as someone who tends to consume new music, the chart run pattern is much more aligned with how I consume music, rather than say a Glass Animals song that I got bored of literally 12 months ago just now hitting its stride which will continue into 2022. So much of the Hot 100 is controlled by glacial radio chart parabolas that feel so forced and the only reason people tolerate it is because it puts on the illusion of 'organic popularity'. But seeing records broken is cool! It's all arbitrary anyway so no one needs to turn it into a war of generations & eras, just acknowledge it as a statistical mark that serves to potentially be toppled once more in the future. I personally hold over 20+ speedrunning world records and I should hope that no one is discrediting them because they liked the previous record holders more.

Weird elitism aside, Drake's had 4 albums and a mixtape move over 400,000 pure sales in their first week ("Views" even did 850,000+ in 2016) all in eras of music piracy & streaming at large so this is a weird mark against him.