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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.

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love Maneater - Nelly Furtado vs. Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony Who Knew - Pink vs. Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone Bastille - Pompeii vs. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z vs. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup vs. Killers - Human Say It Right - Nelly Furtado vs. The Killers – Mr Brightside Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know vs. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

+5 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +4 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +3 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About +2 The Kid LAROI - STAY +1 Kanye West - Hurricane (DONDA good but this is low tier on it) -1 Jonasu - Black Magic -2 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -3 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember -4 Anne-Marie & Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh) -5 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

+30 Rina Sawayama - XS +29 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience +28 Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End +27 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - WAP +26 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto +25 Weeknd - After Hours +24 Troye Sivan - Take Yourself Home +23 Doja Cat - Boss Bitch +22 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +21 Aly & AJ - Joan Of Arc On The Dance Floor +20 Hayley Williams - Over Yet +19 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +18 Little Mix - Happiness +17 Roddy Ricch - The Box +16 Romy - Lifetime +15 Celeste - Stop This Flame +14 Perfume Genius - On the Floor +13 Arca - KLK (ft. ROSALIA) +12 Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez - Dákiti +11 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +10 Sam Smith - Diamonds +9 1975 - Me & You Together Song +8 Troye Sivan - Easy +7 Bring Me The Horizon & Yungblud - Obey +6 Ashnikko - Daisy +5 Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming +4 Soccer Mommy - Circle the Drain +3 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure +2 5 Seconds Of Summer - Wildflower +1 Christine And The Queens - People I've Been Sad

+30 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +29 CHVRCHES - Death Stranding +28 Clairo - Bags +27 Dave - Black (top 4 whips extremely hard) +26 Tyler, The Creator - Earfquake +25 Jessie Ware - Adore You +24 Grimes - 4ÆM +23 BROCKHAMPTON - No Halo +22 Stormzy - Vossi Bop +21 Tones and I - Dance Monkey +20 Georgia - About Work the Dancefloor +19 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +18 Tame Impala - Patience +17 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +16 Lizzo - Juice +15 Normani - Motivation +14 MUNA - Number One Fan +13 Sasha Sloan - Thoughts +12 Lana del Rey - The Greatest +11 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road +10 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +9 Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - Gone +8 Mark Ronson (feat. Camila Cabello) - Find U Again +7 Rina Sawayama - STFU! +6 Jax Jones & Years & Years - Play +5 Marina - Handmade Heaven +4 Clean Bandit (feat Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby +3 100 gecs - Money Machine +2 Mark Ronson (feat. Lykke Li) - Late Night Feelings +1 CamelPhat & Cristoph (feat. Jem Cooke) - Breathe

I think seeing records broken is cool and interesting. Can't fathom that people follow the charts just to see them carry on in a perfunctory manner where nothing exciting ever happens.

13/09/2021 Singles 01 01 09 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 NE 01 02 GIRLS WANT GIRLS Drake feat. Lil Baby 03 NE 01 03 FAIR TRADE Drake feat. Travis Scott 04 02 11 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 05 03 04 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 06 NE 01 06 CHAMPAGNE POETRY Drake 07 NE 01 07 WAY 2 SEXY Drake feat. Future & Young Thug 08 NE 01 08 PAPI'S HOME Drake 09 04 02 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 10 10 56 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 11 06 07 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 12 NE 01 12 LOVE ALL Drake feat. JAY-Z 13 NE 01 13 KNIFE TALK Drake feat. 21 Savage & Project Pat 14 NE 01 14 IN THE BIBLE Drake feat. Lil Durk & GIVEON 15 08 17 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 16 NE 01 16 TSU Drake 17 07 12 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 18 NE 01 18 NO FRIENDS IN THE INDUSTRY Drake 19 NE 01 19 N 2 DEEP Drake feat. Future 20 11 06 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 21 14 22 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 22 12 13 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 23 NE 01 23 PIPE DOWN Drake 24 05 02 05 JAIL Kanye West 25 18 48 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 26 09 02 09 OFF THE GRID Kanye West 27 NE 01 27 DON'T SHUT ME DOWN ABBA 28 NE 01 28 7AM ON BRIDLE PATH Drake 29 NE 01 29 RACE MY MIND Drake 30 26 02 26 WOMAN Doja Cat 31 16 03 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 32 23 24 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 33 NE 01 33 IMY2 Drake 34 21 08 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 35 25 09 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 36 NE 01 36 FOUNTAINS Drake feat. Tems 37 27 35 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 38 NE 01 38 YEBBA'S HEARTBREAK Drake & Yebba 39 NE 01 39 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU ABBA 40 NE 01 40 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Drake feat. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross 41 NE 01 41 GET ALONG BETTER Drake feat. Ty Dolla $ign 42 33 03 27 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 43 15 02 15 MOON Kanye West 44 32 40 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 45 28 16 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 46 NE 01 46 F**KING FANS Drake 47 35 05 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 48 58 35 01 DRIVERS LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 49 36 16 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 50 40 16 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo Albums 01 NE 01 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 02 01 02 01 DONDA Kanye West 03 NE 01 03 SENJUTSU Iron Maiden 04 04 16 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 05 11 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 02 02 02 THE SUN Bliss N Eso 07 08 06 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 08 07 59 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 09 11 76 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 10 NE 01 10 MERCURY - ACT 1 Imagine Dragons 11 03 02 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 12 58 39 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 13 09 03 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 14 NE 01 14 NOEASY Stray Kids 15 14 31 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 16 12 25 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 17 91 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 RE 86 09 ABBA GOLD & MORE ABBA 19 18 170 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 15 236 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 19 96 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 22 20 222 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 21 128 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 23 339 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 22 59 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 26 24 121 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 27 25 182 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 28 27 294 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 26 62 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 06 02 06 SCREEN VIOLENCE CHVRCHES 31 NE 01 31 DAWN OF CHROMATICA Lady Gaga 32 29 359 01 1989 Taylor Swift 33 NE 01 33 THE SATURDAY SESSIONS David Campbell 34 34 151 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 35 472 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 30 61 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 37 33 196 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 38 37 197 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 39 28 03 11 GONE FISHIN' Slim Dusty 40 NE 01 40 SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT Little Simz 41 36 182 02 ? XXXTentacion 42 41 277 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 43 63 142 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 44 42 35 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 38 162 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 46 39 254 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 47 43 51 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 48 56 428 02 THE BEST OF COLD CHISEL: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 49 46 113 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 50 45 105 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone "STAY" lasts a 9th week at #1, matching the chart run of Justice Crew's "Que Sera" as the 2nd longest reigning Australian #1 single unless you want to go back to pre-ARIA and count Daddy Cool's 10 week reign for "Eagle Rock". If it wants to become the longest reigning Australian #1, it will have a slightly longer way to go than Matt Amodio does on Jeopardy! right now to take the longest reign on there. And yes, this is when we begin to genuinely consider if Mariah Carey will be what knocks The Kid LAROI off the #1 spot. I know I mentioned Ed Sheeran last week but he's lagging behind on streams and doesn't look like he'll have the sales prowess that "Bad Habits" had, I don't think this one actually has CD Singles over here this time either but I could be wrong. Anyway, Drake is narrowly pipped to the post to take his highest chart position since 2017 with "Girls Want Girls". "Fair Trade" also becomes Travis Scott's equal highest charting entry alongside "HIGHEST IN THE ROOM". Prior to this week there had been two top 10 hits with 'Future' in their title, but only this week does Future get there for the first time, having gotten as high as #11 with "Life Is Good". In case you were wondering, Drake's 5/10 hold of the top 10 is not quite a record, as Billie Eilish managed 6/10 2 years ago. He does however narrowly take away Kanye's record he just set last week of having the most simultaneous top 50 entries with 20. The final track on "Certified Lover Boy" didn't quite hold on strong enough throughout the week to stay in, despite appearing there in the early midweeks. With more Drake going in than Kanye going out this week, you'd expect there to be no re-entries, but The Voice has come through in clutch to bring back "drivers license" despite it not really recovering in streams because iTunes sales are OP. Also the award for worst timed release goes to ABBA's label, who perhaps could only have chosen about 10 worse weeks at any point in the last 40 years to return to the chart to make the most impact, though they do land in the top 40 with both singles. If Kanye getting to #1 was a close call, Drake getting there certainly was not. He picks up his 4th #1 album which ties him with Kanye West as the solo rappers with the 2nd most, quite a distance behind Eminem. Perhaps a better chosen week could have worked also for Iron Maiden, who score their 3rd top 3 album having not reached #1 yet. Last week Halsey ruined her holding pattern of #2 peaks, and this week Imagine Dragons ruin their pattern of #4 peaks as their 5th album debuts at #10. Stray Kids get their first ever entry, while Lady Gaga comes through with a remix album. Noted son of Jimmy Barnes, David Campbell has his semi-regular return to the chart while for the first time the excellent Little Simz scores a chart entry with her latest album. Perhaps all the people who listened to Drake's new album and pretended to be shocked when they didn't like it could've drawn their attention to the better major hip hop release that week. Next week in the world of strangely named Australian bands we will have new entries for Amyl and the Sniffers and also Pist Idiots. Perhaps also getting through could be Steps, The Black Sorrows, Baby Keem & Kacey Musgraves.

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C Maneater - Nelly Furtado vs. Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness Who Knew - Pink vs. Sia - Chandelier Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol vs. Bastille - Pompeii Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z vs. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup vs. David Guetta featuring Sia - Titanium Say It Right - Nelly Furtado vs. Fun featuring Janelle Monae - We Are Young The Weeknd - Blinding Lights vs. Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Alan Walker - Faded The Killers – Mr Brightside vs. The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy Killers - Human vs. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho vs. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. Dua Lipa ~ Be The One Lady Gaga - Paparazzi vs. Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone vs. Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony Rita Ora – Anywhere vs. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance vs. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Maneater - Nelly Furtado vs. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart Who Knew - Pink vs. Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol vs. The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z vs. Doja Cat - Say So With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup vs. Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky Say It Right - Nelly Furtado vs. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me About You Now - Sugababes vs. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up (idk) Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire vs. The Killers – Mr Brightside Killers - Human vs. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy September - Cry For You vs. Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. George Ezra – Shotgun Lady Gaga - Paparazzi vs. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone vs. Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over vs. Rita Ora – Anywhere Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love vs. Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time (idk) Owl City - Fireflies vs. Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules Rihanna - Only Girl In The World vs. Dua Lipa ~ Be The One Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love vs. Zara Larsson - Lush Life Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory vs. Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me vs. The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull - On The Floor vs. Alan Walker - Faded Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know vs. Justin Bieber - Sorry Fun featuring Janelle Monae - We Are Young vs. Taylor Swift - Blank Space David Guetta featuring Sia - Titanium vs. Adele - Hello (idk) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe vs. Hozier - Take Me To Church Bastille - Pompeii vs. Katy B - Crying For No Reason Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge - White Noise vs. Sia - Chandelier Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness vs. Kiesza - Hideaway Klangkarussell featuring Will Heard - Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) vs. Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C painfully homogenous representation of a pretty vibrant era for chart hits tbh

looks like a +29 incoming when I get to voting B-)

+30 Grimes (feat. HANA) - We Appreciate Power +29 Wafia - I'm Good (omg what is this doing in the list <3) +28 Pusha T - If You Know You Know +27 Drake - Nice For What +26 BROCKHAMPTON - 1999 WILDFIRE +25 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +24 Childish Gambino - This Is America +23 CHVRCHES - Get Out +22 Metric - Dressed To Suppress +21 James Bay - Pink Lemonade +20 Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown +19 Mitski - Nobody +18 Lana del Rey - Venice Bitch +17 Robyn - Honey +16 Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li +15 Travis Scott - SICKO MODE +14 Years & Years - Sanctify +13 Clean Bandit (feat. Demi Lovato) - Solo +12 Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit +11 Kacey Musgraves - Velvet Elvis +10 Dave (feat. Fredo) - Funky Friday +9 Bruno Mars (feat. Cardi B) - Finesse +8 1975 - Love It If We Made It +7 Sigrid - Strangers +6 THE CARTERS - APESHIT +5 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five +4 BROCKHAMPTON - WEIGHT +3 Joji - Slow Dancing In The Dark +2 Jade Bird - Love Has All Been Done Before +1 Ariana Grande - thank u, next

+30 Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 +29 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +28 Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. +27 Rita Ora - Anywhere +26 Selena Gomez - Bad Liar +25 MGMT - Little Dark Age +24 Frank Ocean - Chanel +23 Drake - Passionfruit +22 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide +21 Lorde - Green Light +20 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots +19 Dua Lipa - Be The One +18 Killers - The Man +17 Rina Sawayama - Alterlife +16 DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) - Wild Thoughts +15 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +14 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling +13 Jamiroquai - Automaton +12 Lorde - Perfect Places +11 BROCKHAMPTON - JUNKY +10 Future - Mask Off +9 SZA - The Weekend +8 London Grammar - Rooting For You +7 Kesha - Praying +6 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente +5 MUNA - I Know a Place +4 French Montana (feat. Swae Lee) - Unforgettable +3 Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) - Rockstar +2 Cardi B - Bodak Yellow +1 Paramore - Hard Times