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+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

First Draw The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) vs. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Winner/Playoff The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Ava Max - My Head & My Heart vs. Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) Ava Max - My Head & My Heart vs. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta - Bed Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) vs. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U vs. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Olivia Rodrigo - déjà vu vs. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart

I dunno I've never understood the overblown reaction. The whole chart is otherwise just cosplaying as ''organic popularity'' by way of playlists that give most current hits a huge leg up, and if that's still not enough to beat the big new album, well who cares we'll go back to our Fleetwood Mac purgatory in a few weeks anyway. Take out Kanye and this is one of the most boring weeks ever on the chart. I am dreading the casual racism of ARIA commenters when Drake makes ABBA not chart as high as they would have, had they released on a sensible week though.

06/09/2021 Singles 01 01 08 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 10 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 04 03 03 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 04 NE 01 04 HURRICANE (VERSION 2) Kanye West 05 NE 01 05 JAIL Kanye West 06 05 06 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 07 07 11 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 08 06 16 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 09 NE 01 09 OFF THE GRID Kanye West 10 11 55 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 11 08 05 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 12 09 12 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 13 NE 01 13 PRAISE GOD Kanye West 14 10 21 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 15 NE 01 15 MOON Kanye West 16 03 02 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 17 NE 01 17 BELIEVE WHAT I SAY Kanye West 18 12 47 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 19 NE 01 19 JONAH Kanye West 20 NE 01 20 GOD BREATHED Kanye West 21 16 07 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 22 NE 01 22 OK OK Kanye West 23 14 23 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 24 NE 01 24 HEAVEN AND HELL Kanye West 25 13 08 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 26 NE 01 26 WOMAN Doja Cat 27 15 34 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 28 18 15 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 29 NE 01 29 24 Kanye West 30 NE 01 30 JUNYA Kanye West 31 NE 01 31 NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Kanye West 32 19 39 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 33 27 02 27 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 34 NE 01 34 REMOTE CONTROL Kanye West 35 17 04 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 36 21 15 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 37 NE 01 37 PURE SOULS Kanye West 38 NE 01 38 DONDA Kanye West 39 28 14 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 40 22 15 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 41 NE 01 41 KEEP MY SPIRIT ALIVE Kanye West 42 24 10 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 43 23 30 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 44 NE 01 44 JESUS LORD Kanye West 45 20 03 16 RUMORS Lizzo feat. Cardi B 46 NE 01 46 NEW AGAIN Kanye West 47 RE 14 06 BUTTER BTS 48 26 24 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 49 NE 01 49 GET INTO IT (YUH) Doja Cat 50 25 28 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman Albums 01 NE 01 01 DONDA Kanye West 02 NE 01 02 THE SUN Bliss N Eso 03 NE 01 03 IF I CAN'T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER Halsey 04 02 15 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 05 03 10 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 NE 01 06 SCREEN VIOLENCE CHVRCHES 07 06 58 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 08 05 05 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 01 02 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 10 NE 01 10 HUMAN OneRepublic 11 08 75 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 12 24 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 NE 01 13 BEGIN TO LOOK AROUND Gretta Ray 14 10 30 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 15 13 235 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 16 NE 01 16 BRONX (VI) The Bronx 17 14 90 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 18 15 169 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 17 95 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 20 19 221 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 20 127 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 22 24 58 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 23 21 338 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 24 18 120 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 25 23 181 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 25 61 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 22 293 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 28 11 02 11 GONE FISHIN' Slim Dusty 29 29 358 01 1989 Taylor Swift 30 28 60 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 31 09 02 09 TRIP AT KNIGHT Trippie Redd 32 NE 01 32 3 Ngaiire 33 63 195 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 34 34 150 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 33 471 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 31 181 02 ? XXXTentacion 37 39 196 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 38 161 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 39 37 253 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 40 61 373 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 41 47 276 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 42 36 34 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 43 44 50 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 44 35 07 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 45 41 104 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 46 30 112 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 47 48 51 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 48 53 166 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 49 NE 01 49 WE LOVE YOU TECCA 2 Lil Tecca 50 45 83 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat It's an 8th uncontested week at #1 for "STAY". It's spent its entire chart run at #1 thus far which is of course notable as it gives it a record to chase, Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" having spent its first 13 weeks on the chart at #1 (just surpassing a long held record by Eminem's "Lose Yourself" which managed 12 weeks). Conveniently it might be up to Ed Sheeran to topple it but also I can't not acknowledge the potential for Drake to snatch the top spot next week. "Girls Want Girls" is already off #1 on Spotify & Apple but it's possible it had a good enough start to hold on for the rest of the week. Either way Drake will probably be content to break a record that Kanye West just set (SEGUES FOR DAYS) regarding the most top 50 debuts in a single week. 19 tracks from "DONDA" debuted in the top 50 this week which beats the old record of 16 from Taylor Swift last year. ARIA's midweeks had Drake's entire album in the top 50 and only "The Remorse" looks like it might slip out but even then it could still make it. As for Kanye, this week's edition of what is ARIA doing is the fact that we have "Hurricane (Version 2)" whatever that means, I guess Kanye fixed it. Whatever it means, it's Kanye's highest chart entry since "I Love It" made #4 in 2018, and the last time he got higher than that was "FourFiveSeconds" at #1 in 2015, but if you want to talk about just lead Kanye stuff for Kanye projects, then you have to go back to "Stronger"'s #2 peak in 2007. Also that throwaway remix thing is now Pnau's highest ever chart entry. Radio loves it because of course it does. Another interesting thing that happened this week is that ARIA finally decided to include all of Doja Cat's non-Dr. Luke songs, so "Woman" and "Get Into It (Yuh)" both finally debut, while "Ain't Shit" of course is also being included now that it's not high enough to make the top 50. This all coalesces into an interesting week of drop outs where not only are we spared of Capaldi again, not only do we only have 1 version of the Fleetwood Mac song that went viral on TikTok a year ago, but we also lose "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd for the first time ever. The Weeknd thus logged 91 consecutive weeks in the top 50 which is 1 more than "Someone You Loved" managed by 1 less than "Dance Monkey" managed. This record will thus stand for at least another 45 weeks though nearest competitor "Levitating" is starting to show its age on the Spotify chart, so clearly we should be looking out for "Heat Waves" which apparently even in Australia some people still haven't heard enough for three lifetimes so it's climbing back into the top 10 despite the competition. Oh and BTS return to the top 50 thanks to the Megan Thee Stallion remix of "Butter". Kanye West also gets to #1 in what was probably a closer battle than you might expect. It's his 4th #1 album which is all of his studio albums since "Yeezus" except for "The Life Of Pablo" which only recently logged its first ever chart position in Australia. For the first time in a long time, this means Bliss N Eso have to settle for not quite #1. They've had 3 consecutive #1 albums since 2010 though this is also their first album in a long time to not really have a crossover hit of any capacity, so people would be forgiven for not even realising they had a new album out. Kanye's midweek release also disrupts a tradition as for the first time ever, a Halsey album does not debut at #2, instead settling for #3. This is a bit of a banger week for me because perhaps my songs of the year both came out in album form. Perhaps enough people heard "Miracle" in time to not buy CHVRCHES' 3rd album on release because they've ascended just a little bit up from a #7 debut to a #6 debut on their 4th, previous best form is "Every Open Eye" reaching #3. It's also release week for Australian singer-songwriter Gretta Ray and her debut album. She came to national attention winning triple j's Unearthed High competition for her damn excellent debut single "Drive" in 2016 and has been steadily releasing material ever since, though only material from the last 10 months has ended up on this album. In-between these, another long awaited album, this time OneRepublic arrives in the top 10, which is their lowest position but maintains an almost perfect record of top 10 albums (even Ryan Tedder has acknowledged that Australia wasn't interested in their 2nd album, which didn't even make the top 50). With how many streaming hits it has, it might be one of the better chances to stick around on the chart a bit. The Bronx score their highest ever chart position with what is not actually their 6th album if you count all the Mariachi El Bronx albums, while another one of my favourite songs of the year arrives via Ngaiire's 3rd album "3", her highest ever debut. Lil Tecca also sneaks in, quite a bit lower than the prequel album got. Next week looks like Drake's for the taking, with Iron Maiden & Imagine Dragons along for the ride.

+5 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +4 Ed Sheeran - Visiting Hours +3 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +2 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About +1 Digga D - Wasted -1 The Kid LAROI - STAY -2 Jonasu - Black Magic -3 JOUT COUT - OUT OUT -4 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember -5 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) (I swear they used to be interesting artists) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) vs. Becky Hill and David Guetta - Remember Meduza - Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) vs. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem vs. Olivia Rodrigo - déjà vu Ava Max - My Head & My Heart vs. Calvin Harris - By Your Side (feat. Tom Grennan) (idk) Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) vs. Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License vs. Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta - Bed vs. Navos - Believe Me (idk)

I have to admit I used a program to take me straight to the two key genocide fights rather than actually do the run proper because it was too tedious/sad. But they are great spectacles.

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) vs. Little Mix - Sweet Melody Rag'n'Bone Man - All You Ever Wanted vs. Meduza - Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) Tiësto - The Business vs. Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem SZA - Good Days vs. Ava Max - My Head & My Heart Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) vs. Majestic and Boney M. - Rasputin Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License vs. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta - Bed vs. Shane Codd - Get Out My Head The Kid Laroi - Without You vs. Navos - Believe Me (idk) Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love vs. Cardi B - Up Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) vs. Travis Scott and Hvme - Goosebumps (SICKO MODE gets out in the first round and this garbage goes through?) Russ Millions and Tion Wayne - Body vs. Calvin Harris - By Your Side (feat. Tom Grennan) Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play vs. Olivia Rodrigo - déjà vu Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U vs. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak present Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open Becky Hill and David Guetta - Remember vs. Jonasu - Black Magic Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) vs. ATB, Topic and A7S - Your Love (9PM)

+5 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever +4 Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY +3 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About +2 Digga D - Wasted +1 Jonasu - Black Magic -1 Dave - Clash -2 KSI - Holiday -3 The Kid LAROI - STAY -4 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember -5 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits yo good top 10

I've been having mild FOMO from my Apex friends although most of them live on the other side of the world so it's not feasible for me to play with them anyway. I'm sure there's another timeline where I'm really invested in battle royales that aren't Fall Guys or Tetris. Can second the good word to SUPERHOT, recently played through myself and though the main game is a bit short, the achievement hunty bonus missions were satisfying to beat. Actually I need to remember to boot up the game in a month or so because there's a seasonal achievement I need to finish the set. Lately myself I've been playing through Sekiro and being very up and down with my opinion on it but at its best it's stellar. Similar going with 12 Minutes which I played last week on account of Lisa Simpson coffee meme -> it's a time loop game. Not everything lands but it has a unique atmosphere.

30/08/2021 Singles 01 01 07 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 09 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 NE 01 03 VISITING HOURS Ed Sheeran 04 07 02 04 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 05 05 05 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 06 03 15 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 07 04 10 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 08 06 04 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 09 09 11 09 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 10 08 20 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 11 10 54 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 12 12 46 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 13 13 07 13 2055 Sleepy Hallow 14 14 22 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 15 15 33 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 18 06 16 DREAMS Jolyon Petch 17 11 03 09 TAKE MY BREATH The Weeknd 18 19 14 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 19 17 38 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 20 16 02 16 RUMORS Lizzo feat. Cardi B 21 21 14 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 22 20 14 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 23 23 29 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 24 22 09 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 25 25 27 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 26 24 23 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 27 NE 01 27 I GUESS I'M IN LOVE Clinton Kane 28 26 13 26 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 29 NE 01 29 MOOD RING Lorde 30 27 39 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 31 31 59 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 32 33 91 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 33 29 33 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 34 36 06 34 LOVE TONIGHT Shouse 35 34 11 31 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 36 30 19 26 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 37 32 28 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 38 28 21 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 39 RE 06 14 SOLAR POWER Lorde 40 39 54 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 41 35 21 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 42 40 128 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 NE 01 43 DON'T GO Skrillex with Justin Bieber & Don Toliver 44 52 57 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae 45 38 21 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 46 37 05 08 NOT SOBER The Kid Laroi feat. Polo G & Stunna Gambino 47 43 03 43 DUMB LOVE Mimi Webb 48 47 93 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 49 56 229 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 50 41 34 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME Albums 01 NE 01 01 SOLAR POWER Lorde 02 02 14 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 03 09 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 NE 01 04 HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL WORLD Holy Holy 05 04 04 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 06 05 57 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 07 NE 01 07 DEEP STATES Tropical F**k Storm 08 07 74 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 NE 01 09 TRIP AT KNIGHT Trippie Redd 10 09 29 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 NE 01 11 GONE FISHIN' Slim Dusty 12 11 23 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 13 16 234 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 12 89 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 15 13 168 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 NE 01 16 LIFE IS STRANGE Angus and Julia Stone 17 14 94 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 18 15 119 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 19 19 220 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 17 126 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 21 20 337 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 21 292 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 24 180 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 25 57 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 22 60 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 26 69 37 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 27 39 05 01 LOVE SIGNS The Jungle Giants 28 30 59 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 29 32 357 01 1989 Taylor Swift 30 58 111 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 31 37 180 02 ? XXXTentacion 32 06 02 06 PRESSURE MACHINE The Killers 33 45 470 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 34 34 149 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 29 06 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 36 38 33 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 37 41 252 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 38 46 160 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 39 40 195 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 40 68 374 01 X Ed Sheeran 41 43 103 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 42 44 43 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 43 33 06 03 SOB ROCK John Mayer 44 51 49 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 45 53 82 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 46 42 37 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 47 52 275 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 48 47 50 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 90 09 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator 50 27 03 07 AREA BABY Youngn Lipz "STAY" is #1 for a 7th week. It'll be #1 for an 8th week too. Kanye West did briefly overtake him on Spotify but I'm skeptical he'll even get his limited week's coverage accurately reported, which he's no stranger to with the botched chart for "ye"'s release. I also have no idea what they're going to do about the Pt.2's and the inconsistent data reporting which they may or may not take at face value. Next week's chart will be interesting I guess. As for this week, Ed Sheeran has a big debut for "Visiting Hours", which I believe has charted higher in Australia than anywhere else, which makes sense as it's an ode to Aus music industry legend Michael Gudinski who passed away earlier this year, and Ed performed it at his funeral. Also debuting this week is Clinton Kane, who has never quite charted before but looks set to do pretty well with this one in the coming months. He of course joins Australia's long tradition of dudes with two first names. Lorde also gets a 2nd top 50 hit from her new album though it'll be sadly very short lived. Skrillex is back with an artist credit for the first time in years. Australia has long been Lorde's 2nd best market so it should come as little surprise that she scores a 3rd #1 album here. It is unclear whether or not ARIA counted the non-CD containing albums she was selling. Holy Holy missed the top 10 with their last album but now get a new high of #4. Tropical F**k Storm also get their 2nd top 10 and highest charter, and it's kind of weird to me considering The Drones never got that high. Trippie Redd charts haphazardously on a regular basis but now he has his first top 10 album, while Australian country legend Slim Dusty charts yet another posthumous collection. Angus & Julia Stone usually chart at or close to the #1 spot although their soundtrack album for the latest Life Is Strange game is charting in the top 20 without (I believe) a physical release which is impressive in its own right. I'm also not certain a video game soundtrack has ever made the top 50 before. As a fun side note, Kanye's masterpiece MBDTF is back in the top 50 for the first time in about a decade, and it's possibly because I told ARIA it wasn't being counted on the survey. Next week was already a bumper week for releases before Kanye asserted himself. The lack of a full week or physical release means that I can't even say he's certain for #1, as Bliss N Eso have strong past form, their last album had a better opening week than Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." the same month. Halsey thus will be aiming for her 4th #2 album, while CHVRCHES, Gretta Ray, OneRepublic & Ngaiire should be in the mix too.

+30 Röyksopp (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Never Ever +29 Beyoncé - Formation +28 Frank Ocean - Nights +27 AlunaGeorge - I'm In Control +26 Carly Rae Jepsen - Higher +25 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - Work +24 xx - On Hold +23 Rihanna - Kiss It Better +22 Glass Animals - Life Itself (ah, the good Glass Animals album) +21 Ariana Grande - Into You +20 Bruno Mars - 24k Magic +19 Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl +18 Adele - When We Were Young +17 Glass Animals - Youth +16 Rae Sremmurd (feat. Gucci Mane) - Black Beatles +15 Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me +14 KDA (feat. Tinashe) - Just Say +13 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities +12 Rihanna - Desperado +11 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) – Starboy +10 Beyoncé - Sorry +9 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) +8 Christine And The Queens - Tilted / Christine +7 Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl +6 1975 - Somebody Else +5 Chainsmokers (feat ROZES) - Roses +4 Mitski - Your Best American Girl +3 All Saints - One Strike +2 Dua Lipa - Last Dance +1 Clean Bandit (feat. Louisa Johnson) - Tears oh lol, 2016 is definitely the year where my favourite music steers hard into shit no one cares about

+30 Beach House - Space Song (weird how TikTok kids are actually based) +29 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +28 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta +27 Jamie xx (feat. Romy) - Loud Places +26 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +25 Susanne Sundfør - Delirious +24 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +23 Wolf Alice - Giant Peach +22 Drake - Hotline Bling +21 Florence + The Machine - Queen of Peace +20 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +19 CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue +18 Disclosure (feat. Lorde) - Magnets +17 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +16 Carly Rae Jepsen - Your Type +15 Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better +14 Taylor Swift - Style +13 Weeknd - The Hills +12 Chemical Brothers (feat. Q-Tip) - Go +11 Jamie xx (feat. Young Thug & Popcaan) - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) +10 Years & Years - Shine +9 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive +8 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +7 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer +6 David Zowie - House Every Weekend +5 Wolf Alice - Silk +4 Galantis - Runaway (U&I) +3 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +2 Muse - Psycho +1 Danny L Harle - Broken Flowers

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears vs. Tones & I - Fly Away (*slightly* less agonisingly overplayed) Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) vs. Saweetie - Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat) (DaBaby AND Dr. Luke?!) Riton and Nightcrawlers - Friday (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman) vs. Rag'n'Bone Man - All You Ever Wanted (lol at any system making Friday the biggest 2021 song) Tiësto - The Business vs. Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Don't You Worry About Me (idk) Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted - Wellerman vs. SZA - Good Days Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) vs. Dua Lipa - We're Good Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License vs. The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber - Stay Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta - Bed vs. ArrDee - Oliver Twist The Kid Laroi - Without You vs. CJ - Whoopty Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love vs. Måneskin - Beggin' Glass Animals - Heat Waves vs. Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) (idk) Russ Millions and Tion Wayne - Body vs. Ariana Grande - 34+35 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play vs. KSI - Holiday (wd KSI making round 2) Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U vs. Little Mix - Confetti (feat. Saweetie) Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan - Let's Go Home Together vs. Becky Hill and David Guetta - Remember Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) vs. Griff - Black Hole ATB, Topic and A7S - Your Love (9PM) vs. Central Cee - Commitment Issues Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know vs. Jonasu - Black Magic (I assume Didn't Know is worse but I've not heard the whole thing so I won't vote) Justin Bieber - Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon) vs. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak present Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean vs. Olivia Rodrigo - déjà vu Mimi Webb - Good Without vs. Calvin Harris - By Your Side (feat. Tom Grennan) Travis Scott and Hvme - Goosebumps vs. Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (ah yes the 'hit' version of "goosebumps" that has less than a quarter streams of the original) A1 x J1 - Latest Trends vs. Cardi B - Up Navos - Believe Me vs. D-Block Europe - Ferrari Horses (feat. Raye) (still haven't heard a D-Block Europe song) Shane Codd - Get Out My Head vs. Anne-Marie and Niall Horan - Our Song Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits vs. Polo G - Rapstar Majestic and Boney M. - Rasputin vs. Noizu - Summer 91 (Looking Back) (idk) Ava Max - My Head & My Heart vs. Coldplay - Higher Power Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem vs. Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor Meduza - Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) vs. Justin Bieber - Anyone Lil Tjay and 6lack - Calling My Phone vs. Little Mix - Sweet Melody Doja Cat - Streets vs. Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave

I feel like that just makes it more messy because it can often be arbitrary what goes on and it won't really achieve anything close to 'all the relevant songs chart, the irrelevant ones don't' as there's plenty of exceptions on either side. If there MUST be limitations, then New Zealand probably has the best rule, where an artist can have up to 4 songs on the chart the week the album is out, but the next week they're allowed another 2 debuts if they're still high enough, and again on subsequent weeks. (But I still think all songs should be included and can't be convinced otherwise).

It was more or less the song that made me into a fan, still going strong 7 years later so I was pretty stoked to see it on the list for what feels like the first time.