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Artist pages also have a similar arbitrary* 'radio' like effect. Did anyone notice how "Cruel Summer" utterly collapsed around the world on October 8th? That's a very random date, 5 days after Taylor Swift's new album came out (and the song actually climbed on that Friday), because it's the day that her artist page on Spotify updated to only have the new album in her top 10. I don't doubt that her fans are happy with hearing the song, but a lot of the people listening to that, "cardigan", "august" and the like were just doing it incidentally because they showed up when you look up Taylor Swift. A year and a half after release, "Anti-Hero" was still generating 1.5 million Spotify streams a day. Now another year and a half on it's getting less than 0.5 million. You don't see those kinds of declines organically. It was the same case there. Her new album just took it out of contention, and it never recovered because it needed those streams to thrive. *Well it might be initiated by user activity, but there's an 'if it's up, then it's stuck' element to that

I've always wondered whether they apply the recurrency rules top to bottom or instantaneously. Would presume "Love Me Not" gets canned, except the 3 songs removed above it send it into the top 25 so it lives! Unless it was always going to overtake "Beautiful Things" this week. Shout out Luke Combs for the one debut they got this week due to this change, that's what the people wanted, right?

Hitting the nail on the head here. I liken it to witnessing a huge crowd. Close up, you can see everyone's individual actions and words, which can be all manner of things. Once you zoom out, there's very little you can discern from it outside of large, shared, sweeping actions that they're all participating in. It's not that everyone's boring, but we create our version of what's considered safe, entry level, (or whatever denigrating term you have for it) as a constantly correcting reaction to what's successful. A self-fulfilling, defeatist perspective.

I would say in fairness that it doesn't always work that simply. Taylor Swift for instance, she's charting 1, 3, 2. The same 3 tracks sure, but the swapped order introduces a snare in the principle that contradicts it. It can also be as simple as the artist/label/whoever's putting the album together know what they're working with, and put the strongest tracks up the front. Even if they don't, the listener themselves expects something like this and pays them the most diligence. If it were just a matter of listeners tapping out, I think a shift would have happened sooner, but here we are 18 days later and it's still the same 3 tracks in the same order, from what I'd say are cherry pickings. I always like to use Ed Sheeran's "Divide" album as a great example because Track 1, "Eraser", slid down the rankings so quickly in a way that it couldn't have if we're to equate this listening experience across the board. It's an exception that proves the rule. I do genuinely think people would engage in that sort of chart trolling because it's so simple and some groups of people are very organised. If the bottom track slips into second last, that'd be okay as long as it doesn't make the top 3, mission accomplished. Meanwhile the artists themselves can just stick an interlude or a hidden track, anything like that and it can skew the numbers. The least streamed track on Justin Bieber's "Changes", the relative underperforming album, has more streams than the least streamed track on "Justice", his return to form, because the latter has an interlude that most people skip. Think it's just inviting an additional layer of mess to what is admittedly already a messy system, but two wrongs don't make a right 😅 - There's a longer post I want to make but it's getting off topic, I just think that everything we're seeing is a consequence of music listening getting more fractured and the concept of the 'general listenership' that empower a mix of quirky and interesting hit songs by a wide variety of artists isn't quite as strong as it used to be. That's not to say such music doesn't exist, it does. But there just isn't a good way to pull it out of the chart data we have. Outside of the top 40, most songs that are released on any given week just follow similar downward sales & streaming trajectory that will feel like unrewarding and meaningless noise to all of us. But then I guess I don't know what the exact motivation always is for wanting more debuts on the chart. Is it for the false impression of activity, or is it people who genuinely need the chart to tell them what current music is worth listening to?

In action I think it would certainly do something, but from what I've seen based on auxiliary data points (eg last fm), I think in practice at best it'll introduce a similarly stale equilibrium that doesn't provide the feeling of freshness, and at worst it'll actively punish newer singles because they're the ones that are more prone to quickly run up repeat plays. When Olivia Rodrigo was bursting out the gate with a million streams in a day, it wasn't from a million listeners, but it was those repeat plays (capped at 10 on Spotify) that took her from an impressive start to a #1 debut. I think singles like "Mr. Brightside" are genuinely propelled by people who have listened to the song less times than some current hits are, they just have that much wider a net of potential listeners. This isn't really how the streams accumulate in practice. The least popular song on a new Taylor Swift is certainly not deriving 100% of its streams from people listening to the whole thing, we just don't see the intricacies and cherry pickings that accumulate to the result we get. If such a system were in practice, I (or more likely, petty detractors) could deliberately stream her song "Honey" for the sole purpose of erasing her sales. The irony would be that it's people who don't get to the end of the album (potentially because they aren't loving what they're hearing) who end up bolstering the singles. It's just not a fix that improves things in any way, in my opinion.

Honestly if there's something that could potentially be done, it's tweaking the ACR system in the other way. Perhaps make it a little easier to attain (I'm not fussed though), but I think it comes into play far too soon. 20 weeks or even more before it comes into play, because something that's only been charting for 2 months still feels pretty fresh to me ("Man I Need" and "12 to 12" do not feel like the ancient hits that they're going to be consigned to living alongside soon). Sometimes it balances out with songs that seem to skirt the rules, but often the difference between an instant ACR hit and a hanger-on feels pretty superficial. You're screwing over some hits either way, may as well put more consistency to it.

20/10/2025 Singles 01 01 02 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 02 02 02 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 03 13 17 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 04 14 09 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 05 03 02 03 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 06 04 02 04 FATHER FIGURE Taylor Swift 07 06 02 06 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 08 05 02 05 WOOD Taylor Swift 09 09 02 09 WI$H LI$T Taylor Swift 10 08 02 08 ACTUALLY ROMANTIC Taylor Swift 11 15 36 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 12 16 18 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 13 07 02 07 CANCELLED! Taylor Swift 14 11 02 11 RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP Taylor Swift 15 10 02 10 ELDEST DAUGHTER Taylor Swift 16 18 12 06 12 TO 12 sombr 17 12 02 12 HONEY Taylor Swift 18 19 16 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 19 17 03 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 20 21 30 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 21 20 16 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 22 29 03 22 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 23 24 19 10 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 24 26 04 16 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? Raye 25 25 14 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 26 23 16 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 27 27 29 02 UNDRESSED sombr 28 22 16 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 29 28 33 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 30 35 17 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 31 30 16 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 32 32 91 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 33 31 16 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 34 33 07 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 35 39 20 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 36 37 79 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 37 36 12 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 38 34 07 13 WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 39 38 19 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 40 40 74 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 41 46 03 41 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 42 41 15 27 GABRIELA Katseye 43 44 38 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 44 42 61 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 45 43 52 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 46 45 53 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 47 NE 01 47 EYES CLOSED Jisoo & Zayn 48 49 75 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 49 53 03 49 LET ALONE THE ONE YOU LOVE Olivia Dean 50 47 15 28 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice Bubbling Under 15 (RE) YUKON Justin Bieber 16 (RE) ETERNITY Alex Warren 17 (NE) DRACULA Tame Impala 18 (RE) JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 19 (RE) NOBODY'S SON Sabrina Carpenter 20 (NE) NOW OR NEVER Tkandz Albums 01 01 02 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 02 02 17 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 03 03 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 04 07 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 NE 01 05 LONGING Pete Murray 06 06 44 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 07 07 08 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 08 08 60 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 NE 01 09 THE ART OF FALLING FIRST Lyric 10 09 34 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 11 12 22 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 12 11 71 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 NE 01 13 DJANDJAY Baker Boy 14 15 74 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 15 13 05 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 16 14 78 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 17 17 69 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 18 16 03 06 VIE Doja Cat 19 20 92 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 20 18 103 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 21 19 14 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 22 24 08 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 23 25 83 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 24 23 31 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 25 22 04 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 26 26 23 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 2) Teddy Swims 27 29 23 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 28 21 08 03 KARMA Stray Kids 29 NE 01 29 AVENOIR Calum Scott 30 NE 01 29 SHIMMER Jon Stevens 31 NE 01 30 MELT Not For Radio 32 NE 01 31 PARA BELLUM Testament 33 RE 02 33 VERONICA ELECTRONICA Madonna 34 38 12 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 35 36 44 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 36 40 16 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 37 28 05 02 BREACH Twenty One Pilots 38 31 08 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 39 34 04 12 I'M ONLY F**KING MYSELF Lola Young 40 51 08 39 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 41 39 55 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 42 42 32 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 43 33 04 08 AM I THE DRAMA? Cardi B 44 53 12 01 AMERICAN HEART Benson Boone 45 NE 01 45 BORN TO BE COUNTRY Amy Sheppard 46 49 13 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 47 46 19 04 CHARM Clairo 48 41 16 01 VIRGIN Lorde 49 47 49 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 50 43 16 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll "The Fate Of Ophelia" is #1 for a second week. This is one of those chart weeks where there's been a massive re-distribution of figures that is largely hidden because it's all happening around itself. That is to say, streams across the board for Taylor Swift's new album are considerably down, but they don't look to be the case because of the massive head start they had. In cases like these, I find it interesting to look at isolated cases that paint a more vivid picture. "Honey" dropped from #12 to #17, which doesn't seem like a big deal, but if you were to treat it as the only Taylor Swift song on the chart, then suddenly it's dropped from #1 to #6, quite notable! It's not quite as big as it could be because the track list is relatively small at just 12 tracks, but you also get a secondary effect where it will feel like it's harder and harder to knock them out, because the relative ranking needed to do so gets looser. "Honey" only needs to fall below 39 non-Taylor Swift songs before it falls out of the chart, but "Eldest Daughter" will need to fall below 40 of them, and so on. Once you factor in the chart limiting factor from the new rules, this theoretically extends further. I think it's more interesting to think about it that way then to yell on ARIA's Facebook page when there are inevitably multiple album tracks in the top 10 again next week. I think the whole album will stick in the top 50 for another week, but we might start seeing some casualties the week after that. I don't think any album has ever maintained a full presence on the chart for 3 weeks in a row so it's very impressive nonetheless. Otherwise this is a chart where there isn't much else happening apart from Olivia Dean continuing to spread her wings and get another top 50 entry. Seemingly benefitting from a strong YouTube performance as is often the case, JISOO & ZAYN manage to sneak into the top 50 this week, and it'll be interesting to see how they go next week because I imagine those first week boons could offset the pretty respectable gains they're seeing on Spotify this week. Also as I promised last week, the Honmoon is over and there is a lot of new blood in the Bubbling Under chart. It's mostly just former top 50 entries but we do see Tkandz & Tame Impala poking out. "Dracula" will be trying to sneak into the top 50 next week but it would be very on brand if it were to fall a little short. Taylor Swift is obviously #1 on the album chart again next week. Tame Impala could provide a genuine challenge next week that I don't think I could confidently call, just because physical sales are always a bit of potluck where they will either vastly surpass or miss expectations. If it can move as many units as "The Slow Rush" did on debut, I'd give it a decent chance to get there. As for what is making an impression, we've got Pete Murray continuing his streak with 5 top 10 albums. It's interesting to think that he's charting higher than he did back in 2011 when he had genuine top 50 hits, and now he's independent, but I guess it was a tough week he found himself in back then. The big winner this week is Gold Coast singer Lyric, who after years of single releases has put out her debut EP and lands in the top 10. A month ago I was at the MCG watching a pack of Lions maul some Cats, and before that happened, Baker Boy was on stage performing (he also returned to play the didgeridoo for Snoop Dogg, it was sick). He's now releasing his second album, falling a bit short of the #3 peak of his award winning debut. Also on that downward trajectory is Calum Scott whose reign of Spotify chart terror seems to have subsided a bit in the last few years, taking him from a top 5 debut album to relying on the new rules to get in at all. Noiseworks' Jon Stevens (who is actually a Kiwi, didn't know) returns to his sporadic solo career to pick up another top 50 entry. The unlucky test subject of the new ARIA rules might just be The Marías who were unable to make the top 50 before, and now have slipped down and still can't get there on either chart. A consolation prize comes this week as now María's solo project Not For Radio reaches the top 50 instead, which it probably wouldn't have before, funny that.

I never see it mentioned anywhere, but I always find with these sorts of upheavals that you create a weirdly distorted chart as a result, one that doesn't fix the 'problem' but hides it under a thin veil. The chart becomes shaped around the rules in ways that just don't pass the eye test. The #51-#100 section of the Hot 100 has always felt like a Bubbling Under chart to me because once all those hugely popular hits are evacuated, the vibe is completely different and the #100 song doesn't feel like it's anywhere near that mark in reality. Increasing the number of thresholds just creates more tiers of this phenomenon, and the funny result of it is that you're going to get songs that might have previously had respectable runs get pulled into hitting the benchmark longevity limits instead. You won't have a Teddy Swims sized hit, but you'll create plenty more miniature versions. I guess the way I differ from most is that I've never been certain what the rationale is for it, or rather, what kind of chart people seem to want. I always felt like the conventional wisdom was that a chart where movement is slow and there aren't many songs breaking through to the upper bounds, those are the nadir. Yet instead of this, it's always the disruptions that seem to cause disarray, like 'oh, this artist has too many songs' or 'oh, this song is sticking around too long'. Longevity kings are inherently interesting to me, maybe as a fan of sport and also someone with dozens of video game world records, because I always want to know 'how far can they go?'. Instead, the sheer act of sticking around seems to create these pariahs who are easily communicated as symbols of a systematic issue that needs to be re-arranged. Everyone sees the long running hits every week and makes them the standard bearer, the norm. They never have been that, it's just that anything that doesn't stick around gets forgotten about. For every song that debuted 112 weeks ago and was (until this week) still charting, there are 99 songs there that aren't anymore, and hundreds more that have come and gone in the ensuing weeks. But hey, at least that song you don't care about will peak at #97 instead of #3 on the Bubbling Under chart.

Dunno what their certifications are like, but Cigarettes After Sex are another big one for 'crazy big streaming numbers for songs you might not have ever heard of'.

Honestly I think there is a nuanced discussion about limited time variants and the potential to prey on impulse buying from people who don't have the financial freedom to do so (as a neurodivergent person living on disability allowance, it's something I have a lot of feelings about). On the other hand, everyone who brings this up seems to care more about chart positions & records as if they've seen one too many chartdata or Swiftie posts and they're rattled by the fact that someone else is 'winning', so their only priority is diminishing it. I worry even by saying this that I'm giving more fuel, but really, anyone who's already shown their hand doesn't get to use this one I think.

I feel like it's worth mentioning that you get a similar result even when the offending party in question isn't the face of the band. There's one such example I can think of from a while back from a prominent Australian band who basically imploded in the wake of their guitarist's (with a face I don't recognise) actions. The rest of the band quickly condemned him but also had to break up and their streaming stock just tanked with it. That's a whole group of people who've done nothing wrong bearing all the punishment of association with a wolf in sheep's clothing. Even with no recognised wrongdoings, it's just a difficult thing to get away from.

I think the big irony when talking about week 2 declines is that the small, sometimes non-existent drops are arguably a bigger indictment. 90something percent drops look bad on paper and it's easy to be shady, but the opposite can (though not always) speak of an artist with no day 1s, often thriving on streams of pre-packaged hits from people with no expressed interest in the full product.

13/10/2025 Singles 01 NE 01 01 THE FATE OF OPHELIA Taylor Swift 02 NE 01 02 OPALITE Taylor Swift 03 NE 01 03 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Taylor Swift 04 NE 01 04 FATHER FIGURE Taylor Swift 05 NE 01 05 WOOD Taylor Swift 06 NE 01 06 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift feat. Sabrina Carpenter 07 NE 01 07 CANCELLED! Taylor Swift 08 NE 01 08 ACTUALLY ROMANTIC Taylor Swift 09 NE 01 09 WI$H LI$T Taylor Swift 10 NE 01 10 ELDEST DAUGHTER Taylor Swift 11 NE 01 11 RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP Taylor Swift 12 NE 01 12 HONEY Taylor Swift 13 01 16 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 14 02 08 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 15 03 35 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 16 04 17 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 17 06 02 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 18 07 11 06 12 TO 12 sombr 19 05 15 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 20 08 15 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 21 09 29 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 22 11 15 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 23 12 15 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 24 10 18 10 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 25 13 13 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 26 16 03 16 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? Raye 27 14 28 02 UNDRESSED sombr 28 15 32 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 29 27 02 27 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 30 17 15 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 31 19 15 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 32 20 90 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 33 21 06 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 34 18 06 13 WHEN DID YOU GET HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 35 25 16 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 36 24 11 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 37 26 78 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 38 22 18 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 39 23 19 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 40 28 73 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 41 29 14 27 GABRIELA Katseye 42 30 60 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 43 32 51 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 44 35 37 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 45 52 52 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 46 57 02 46 BABY STEPS Olivia Dean 47 31 14 28 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 48 36 43 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 49 34 74 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 50 33 51 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams Bubbling Under (none, 10 weeks running!) Albums 01 NE 01 01 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL Taylor Swift 02 02 16 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 01 02 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 04 04 06 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 NE 01 05 EVERYTHING EVERY SINGLE DAY The Rions 06 08 43 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 07 09 07 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 08 10 59 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 09 11 33 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 NE 01 10 ARCHANGEL Kettama 11 20 70 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 13 21 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 13 12 04 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 14 18 77 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 15 14 73 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 16 06 02 06 VIE Doja Cat 17 17 68 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 18 24 102 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 19 16 13 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 20 23 91 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 21 15 07 03 KARMA Stray Kids 22 21 03 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 23 28 30 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 24 30 07 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 25 27 82 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 26 65 22 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 2) Teddy Swims 27 NE 01 27 THE TREE OF WISDOM The Tree Of Wisdom, The Wiggles 28 26 04 02 BREACH Twenty One Pilots 29 29 22 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 30 22 02 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 31 32 07 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 32 NE 01 32 SOULSTAR Boy Soda 33 34 03 08 AM I THE DRAMA? Cardi B 34 37 03 12 I'M ONLY F**KING MYSELF Lola Young 35 NE 01 35 LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE Morgan Evans 36 39 43 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 37 05 02 05 I ONLY TRUST ROCK N ROLL The Living End 38 43 11 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 39 42 54 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 40 54 15 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 41 40 15 01 VIRGIN Lorde 42 44 31 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 43 57 15 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 44 64 15 16 DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS Bad Bunny 45 50 07 24 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky 46 52 18 04 CHARM Clairo 47 56 48 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 48 49 10 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 49 45 12 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 50 48 27 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd Just when you thought we couldn't set a new bar for huge album releases, we've proposed a new benchmark: what's the most possible songs you can debut and have them all land ahead of all comers? Not only has Taylor Swift debuted at #1, but she's landed her entire album above everything else, something she's never done before. It's a new high also in terms of monopolising, her last album had the top 10 positions to herself (that terrible Hozier song was #11), now she has the whole top 12. I suspect this wasn't a done deal as "Honey" clearly started lagging behind at the end of the week, so talk about running it as close as possible. I would just like to point out in regard to this album that I saw a comment to the effect of "The Fate of Ophelia" sounding a bit like the Melbourne band Telenova (in particular their song "Discothèque Inside My Head"), so if you like that song, maybe this is your calling to discover a new favourite band. In typical fashion, this is a week everyone tends to take off their calendar so that's the bulk of the news on the singles chart. Olivia Dean sees that second week word-of-mouth bump akin to Morgan Wallen a few years ago, "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" is effectively a climber this week with how many songs it overtook, while "Baby Steps" is provisionally the first song to get into the top 50 solely because of the new rules, unless it climbs next week which it might. Teddy Swims performed at the NRL Grand Final last week, and while "Lose Control" and "The Door" aren't allowed on this chart anymore, "Bad Dreams" can get back in for them. With the whole Taylor Swift stock pretty comfortably staying in the top 50 next week and the KPop Demon Hunters stock entering its 5th month either next week or the week after, we could see the return of the Bubbling Under chart, exciting. Taylor Swift has 14 #1 albums now, Jimmy Barnes needs to get back in the studio because o lord she comin'. Otherwise the message wasn't fully received on the album chart because we've got debuts. First off the rack is The Rions with their debut album. They actually charted at #35 last year with an EP but the LP treatment gets them into the top 5. I will eventually write about them a couple of times on my blog so I'll keep my thoughts to myself for now. Also making a debut though in the more proper sense is Irish DJ Kettama who makes the top 10. I don't know how much everyone keeps up with Wiggles lore, but The Tree Of Wisdom is the nephew of Blue Wiggle Anthony, the only original member still in the group. The Tree Of Wisdom has found some virality in the new age of social media and has charted now with a collaborative album. The song on New Music Friday last week was a fascinatingly bizarre addition to the canon of Wiggles songs that list numerous food stuffs. For some exciting Dirca lore, I've got to note that in 2022, due to a lapse in concentration, I accidentally bought an entire EP from BOY SODA when I just wanted the one song, it's the only time I've ever bought something by mistake on iTunes I think. Anyway, thanks to the profile boost from my mistake, the singer/rapper has now released his debut album and charts for the first time. Not charting for the first time is local country singer Morgan Evans.

It's funny because I was thinking in terms of what we tend to learn from End of Year lists: everything effectively peaks a little later than we feel, so I thought it was possible she'd actually accumulate more streams in 2025 than 2024 due to the initial slow start that year. Looking at what I can scrounge from kworb and these are the figures I approximate: 2025 - 2.95 billion Spotify streams, on track for roughly 660 million more which would take it to 3.61 billion 2024 - 3.77 billion Spotify streams So it's probably not getting there but it's actually pretty close between the two. I know what the realistic vibe of the situation is and I'm not trying to dispute it, I just think it's interesting because the bottom line paints things a little differently, especially as I think we're all prone to zoning out from songs once they leave the chart as if they're not still being streamed constantly.

I'm wondering if Lizzy McAlpine can make a belated impact with "Staying" soon. It's always been one of my favourites from her album last year and I noticed a while ago that it'd started shooting up on last fm with a TikTok trend. It's been hovering around 400-500K streams a day on Spotify but I just did my daily check and it got over 900K yesterday, so unless that's a glitch or I got my numbers wrong, it must be pretty close to cracking some daily charts. Would love to see especially as it's only got 6 months to make it in Australia before the ARIA Charts kick it to the curb 😅

+30 Rina Sawayama - XS +29 Disclosure, Aminé & Slowthai - My High +28 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience +27 Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End +26 Troye Sivan - Take Yourself Home +25 Weeknd - After Hours +24 Charli XCX - Forever +23 Kali Uchis - telepatía +22 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto +21 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +20 Bad Bunny & Jhayco - Dákiti +19 Aly & AJ - Joan of Arc on the Dancefloor +18 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate +17 Doja Cat - Boss Bitch +16 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - WAP +15 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. BABYMETAL) - Kingslayer +14 Christine and the Queens - People, I've been sad +13 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) +12 Megan Thee Stallion - Savage (Remix) [feat. Beyoncé] +11 Sam Smith - Diamonds +10 Pop Smoke - Dior +9 Thundercat - Dragonball Durag +8 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +7 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure +6 Chloe x Halle - Do It +5 Hayley Williams - Over Yet +4 Charli XCX - Party 4 U +3 Taylor Swift (feat. HAIM) - No Body, No Crime +2 Ariana Grande - Positions +1 Kylie Minogue - Say Something

oh thanks for the reminder I forgot!

And yet it's flipped around globally so far this year, ~270 million Spotify streams in 2025 for "drivers license", ~180 million for "good 4 u".

06/10/2025 Singles 01 01 15 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 07 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 34 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 04 16 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 05 05 14 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 NE 01 06 TIT FOR TAT Tate McRae 07 06 10 06 12 TO 12 sombr 08 07 14 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 09 08 28 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 10 16 17 10 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 11 09 14 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 12 11 14 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 13 10 12 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 14 13 27 02 UNDRESSED sombr 15 15 31 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 31 02 16 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? Raye 17 17 14 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 18 14 05 13 WHEN DID YOU GET SO HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 19 19 14 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 20 22 89 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 21 12 05 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 22 18 17 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 23 20 18 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 24 24 10 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 25 21 15 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 26 23 77 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 27 NE 01 27 SO EASY (TO FALL IN LOVE) Olivia Dean 28 26 72 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 29 27 13 27 GABRIELA Katseye 30 29 59 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 31 28 13 28 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 32 35 50 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 33 33 50 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 34 37 73 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 35 32 36 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 36 38 42 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 37 34 11 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 38 25 05 19 NOBODY'S SON Sabrina Carpenter 39 36 12 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 40 40 44 01 MESSY Lola Young 41 NE 01 41 LADY LADY Olivia Dean 42 45 09 42 FOLDED Kehlani 43 44 77 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 44 47 06 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 45 41 59 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 46 30 05 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 47 43 20 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 48 39 17 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 49 46 11 45 STRATEGY Twice 50 49 23 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone Bubbling Under (none, 9 weeks running!) Albums 01 NE 01 01 THE ART OF LOVING Olivia Dean 02 01 15 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 NE 01 03 THE MOON (THE DARK SIDE) Bliss n Eso 04 02 05 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 NE 01 05 I ONLY TRUST ROCK N ROLL The Living End 06 NE 01 06 VIE Doja Cat 07 NE 01 07 ENDEMIC INTELLIGENCE IN MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS Brad Cox 08 06 42 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 09 04 06 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 10 07 58 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 11 09 32 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 05 03 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 13 11 20 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 14 14 72 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 15 16 06 03 KARMA Stray Kids 16 13 12 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 17 18 67 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 18 20 76 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 19 NE 01 19 HERE FOR IT ALL Mariah Carey 20 21 69 01 BRAT Charli XCX 21 03 02 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 22 NE 01 22 GETTING KILLED Geese 23 29 90 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 24 22 101 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 25 NE 01 25 KING OF TERRORS President 26 15 03 02 BREACH Twenty One Pilots 27 24 81 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 28 23 29 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 29 28 21 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 30 27 06 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 31 NE 01 31 MIDNIGHT SUN Zara Larsson 32 25 06 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 33 NE 01 33 SAVING GRACE Robert Plant 34 08 02 08 AM I THE DRAMA? Cardi B 35 46 07 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 36 NE 01 36 UY SCUTI Young Thug 37 12 02 12 I'M ONLY F**KING MYSELF Lola Young 38 NE 01 38 TO YOU, BY US (VOL. 1) Tobiahs 39 36 42 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 40 32 14 01 VIRGIN Lorde 41 44 06 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 42 38 53 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 43 37 10 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 44 41 30 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 45 34 11 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 46 NE 01 46 THE HARD WAY Cameron Whitcomb 47 39 06 44 KANSAS ANYMORE Role Model 48 50 26 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 49 42 09 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 50 40 06 24 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky "Golden" is #1 for a 10th week. I don't think you need me to tell you that it won't be #1 next week. The way things are going, it might not be in the top 10 next week, but we'll have to see what the impact is when it gets there. "Man I Need" is the real misfortune here. There's every chance that it still ends up at the top spot, but this was the big one, and it might need to wait around for a while to get there now. Tate McRae has another top 10 hit this week, as Australia seems to be siding with Canada against itself in this drama (The Kid LAROI has had the #1 Australian track for a few weeks now though). It also feels weird to say that with how many top 50 entries she's had this year, "Sports car" is now in the first half of her top 50 hits chronologically, weird. Olivia Dean catches a break with "Nice To Each Other" sneaking into the top 10. She's also got the only other debuts this week, with new single "So Easy (To Fall In Love)", and (relatively) older single "Lady Lady" getting in together. Olivia Dean also has more going her way, she's got the #1 album this week! Despite the fact it might feel like Bliss n Eso have put out the same album again, they are distinctly different titles. We had "The Sun" in 2021, "The Moon (Light Side)" earlier this year, and now there's "The Moon (Dark Side)". Although by only reaching #3, it's their lowest charting album in 17 years. They can take solace in the fact that their bizarre Menulog ad has been nominated for an ARIA Award. Just below them we've got The Living End scoring their 10th top 10 album, though it's their lowest charting studio album in 25 years. Maybe this shouldn't be surprising as it's been 7 years since their last one and they're now safely slotted into the nostalgia circuit. Doja Cat scores a 3rd top 10 album, also a bit lower than the last one but perhaps the new chart rules can help it hang around a little longer than "Scarlet", an album that was brutalised by the top 2 tracks rule when it had exactly 2 very big hits on it. Finally we've got someone not falling short as Brad Cox scores another #7 album 2 years after the last one. That one only had 3 debuts above it though so he can take a morale victory. I'll admit I didn't even realise Mariah Carey had a new album out until it turned up on the release schedule, and it's her lowest album since "Charmbracelet" had a very poor showing and missed the top 40. Not to be confused with the Belgian "Bring It On" band, Geese have their first ever top 50 album. PRESIDENT have not been around for long but they've already notched up a chart entry here. Zara Larsson hasn't had a top 50 album here since "So Good" and is being helped by the new chart rules because I suspect 2021's "Poster Girl" which didn't quite make the top 50 would have done better, but she's still trending up from the last album either way so it's a success. I'll just note the Australian entry from here which comes from electronic musician Tobiahs. He's really out here proving that one Simpsons episode correct that someone from Australia would ever be named Tobias. If you only know him for his covers/interpolations, I'll give him credit because he also co-wrote two of Baker Boy's songs that I'd consider to be at least in the top 525 entries for the span of 2013 to 2022 in triple j's Hottest 100. I do enjoy not spoiling my blog, thank you for asking.

+30 BROCKHAMPTON - NO HALO +29 FKA Twigs - Cellophane +28 Magdalena Bay - Killshot +27 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +26 Lana Del Rey - The Greatest +25 Fisher - Losing It +24 Tyler, The Creator - EARFQUAKE +23 Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens - Gone +22 Stormzy - Vossi Bop +21 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road +20 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +19 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa with Madison Beer - All Day and Night +18 Post Malone (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) - Take What You Want +17 Lana Del Rey - F**k It I Love You +16 100 gecs - money machine +15 Ariana Grande - 7 Rings +14 Tones and I - Dance Monkey +13 Mark Ronson (feat. Lykke Li) - Late Night Feelings +12 Lizzo - Juice +11 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +10 Roddy Ricch - The Box +9 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +8 Ghost - Mary On A Cross +7 CamelPhat & Cristoph (feat. Jem Cooke) - Breathe +6 Caroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings +5 Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control +4 Angel Olsen - Lark +3 J. Cole - MIDDLE CHILD +2 Miley Cyrus - Slide Away +1 Haim - Now I'm In It

29/09/2025 Singles 01 01 14 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 06 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 33 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 04 15 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 05 05 13 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 06 09 06 12 TO 12 sombr 07 08 13 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 08 07 27 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 09 12 13 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 10 10 11 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 11 11 13 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 12 09 04 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 13 13 26 02 UNDRESSED sombr 14 14 04 13 WHEN DID YOU GET SO HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 15 16 30 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 16 18 16 16 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 17 17 13 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 18 15 16 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 19 19 13 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 20 20 17 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 21 22 14 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 22 24 88 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 23 26 76 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 24 25 09 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 25 21 04 19 NOBODY'S SON Sabrina Carpenter 26 29 71 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 27 31 12 27 GABRIELA Katseye 28 28 12 28 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 29 33 58 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 30 23 04 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 31 NE 01 31 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? Raye 32 27 35 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 33 38 49 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 34 35 10 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 35 37 49 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 36 32 11 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 37 42 72 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 38 41 41 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 39 34 16 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 40 46 43 01 MESSY Lola Young 41 49 58 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 42 52 76 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 43 48 19 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 44 56 76 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 45 53 08 45 FOLDED Kehlani 46 47 10 45 STRATEGY Twice 47 40 05 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 48 36 04 21 GO GO JUICE Sabrina Carpenter 49 50 22 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 50 52 08 04 THE SUBWAY Chappell Roan Bubbling Under (none, 8 weeks running!) Albums 01 03 14 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 02 04 04 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 03 NE 01 03 LOVE BALLOON Ocean Alley 04 05 05 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 05 01 02 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 06 06 41 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 07 07 57 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 08 NE 01 08 AM I THE DRAMA? Cardi B 09 09 31 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 NE 01 10 TRON: ARES Nine Inch Nails 11 10 19 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 12 NE 01 12 I'M ONLY F**KING MYSELF Lola Young 13 08 11 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 14 13 71 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 15 02 02 02 BREACH Twenty One Pilots 16 12 05 03 KARMA Stray Kids 17 NE 01 17 VIOLENT NATURE I Prevail 18 15 66 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 19 17 71 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 20 16 75 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 21 18 68 01 BRAT Charli XCX 22 26 100 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 23 20 28 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 24 22 80 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 25 19 05 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 26 NE 01 26 FUTIQUE Biffy Clyro 27 21 05 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 28 29 20 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 29 23 89 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 30 NE 01 30 BUCKINGHAM NICKS Buckingham Nicks 31 NE 01 31 FACE TO THE FLYWIRE Platonic Sex 32 35 13 01 VIRGIN Lorde 33 NE 01 33 BETTER BROKEN Sarah McLachlan 34 28 10 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 35 NE 01 35 SAME DAY CLEANING Sammy Virji 36 34 41 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 37 32 09 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 38 36 52 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 39 48 05 44 KANSES ANYMORE Role Model 40 30 05 24 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky 41 38 29 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 42 37 08 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 43 33 40 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 44 43 05 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 45 56 07 03 LOST AMERICANA MGK 46 31 06 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 47 45 16 04 CHARM Clairo 48 39 13 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 49 24 02 24 LOVED Parcels 50 44 25 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd "Golden" is #1 for a 9th week. Next week they'll attempt to reach the Party Rock zone of double digits, but there's competition this time as "Man I Need" has made a big leap ahead on Spotify. Olivia Dean has just been announced to perform at the ARIA Awards in a couple of months, so we're building to something. "Golden" is always doing better than it appears though so it could be a close race. It's also the kind of self-sustaining profile boost that can be seen in the lower pieces as "Nice To Each Other" is still climbing to new peaks at the same time. The big arrival this week is from RAYE, scoring her first ever solo top 50 entry, which looks to climb a bunch next week. After hovering just below for quite a while, Kehlani also finally gets in with "Folded". I have to note because this is a relatively rare sight, but we've got an expected retirement for "The Door" by Teddy Swims. He's going to be in the country soon (unless he cancels) to promote the two big hits he both has and does not have right now. Maybe "Bad Dreams" might come back. To add some purpose to the Bubbling Under section, I'm now going to keep count of the weeks. I do think that the combination of KPop Demon Hunters aging and the arrival of many Taylor Swift songs could shift the scales. KPop Demon Hunters gets a 9th week at #1 on the albums chart as well. Heading up the list of new arrivals is Ocean Alley, and we've got what we call fun chart stuff because for the third time in a row, they've debuted at #3. Cardi B debuts in the top 10 for the second time, though not quite as high as her debut. Nine Inch Nails' soundtrack defies that one Simpsons joke and they get a 6th top 10 album. Lola Young arrives just outside the top 10 with her debut, while I Prevail miss the top 10 for the first time after 3 consecutive top 10 debuts. Biffy Clyro have never had a top 10 album and just land around the middle. I don't know if they would've made it under the old conditions, so it just allows things to look more regular. The rest of the arrivals I don't think would've made it and I don't have any material for them. I'm too busy thinking about how I need to update my signature image as it's now outdated and I'm still a little jet lagged for the experience. 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁

22/09/2025 Singles 01 01 13 01 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 02 02 05 02 MAN I NEED Olivia Dean 03 03 32 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 04 04 14 03 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 05 05 12 04 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 06 13 08 06 12 TO 12 sombr 07 11 26 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 08 07 12 04 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 09 06 03 03 TEARS Sabrina Carpenter 10 08 10 01 DAISIES Justin Bieber 11 10 12 08 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 12 09 12 07 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 13 16 25 02 UNDRESSED sombr 14 15 03 13 WHEN DID YOU GET SO HOT? Sabrina Carpenter 15 12 15 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 16 18 29 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 17 14 12 10 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 18 21 15 18 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 19 17 12 11 TAKEDOWN Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 20 26 16 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 21 19 03 19 NOBODY'S SON Sabrina Carpenter 22 22 13 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 23 20 03 20 HOUSE TOUR Sabrina Carpenter 24 25 87 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 25 23 08 19 SUGAR ON MY TONGUE Tyler, The Creator 26 29 75 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 27 52 34 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 28 32 11 28 TAKEDOWN (JEONGYEON, JIHYO, CHAEYOUNG) Twice 29 33 70 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 30 38 62 19 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 31 40 11 31 GABRIELA Katseye 32 30 10 13 YUKON Justin Bieber 33 28 57 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 34 46 15 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 35 35 09 10 ETERNITY Alex Warren 36 24 03 21 GO GO JUICE Sabrina Carpenter 37 37 48 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 38 39 48 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 39 31 03 26 GOODBYE Sabrina Carpenter 40 36 04 28 JEALOUS TYPE Doja Cat 41 42 40 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 42 43 71 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 43 50 02 43 THE DEAD DANCE Lady Gaga 44 27 03 15 MY MAN ON WILLPOWER Sabrina Carpenter 45 34 03 20 SUGAR TALKING Sabrina Carpenter 46 49 42 01 MESSY Lola Young 47 45 09 45 STRATEGY Twice 48 51 18 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 49 48 57 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 50 58 21 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone Bubbling Under (none this week) Albums 01 NE 01 01 PLAY Ed Sheeran 02 NE 01 02 BREACH Twenty One Pilots 03 01 13 01 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 04 02 03 01 MAN'S BEST FRIEND Sabrina Carpenter 05 05 04 04 I BARELY KNOW HER sombr 06 07 40 02 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID Alex Warren 07 09 56 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 08 06 10 02 SWAG Justin Bieber 09 11 30 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 10 18 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 11 NE 01 11 THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! Jade 12 08 04 03 KARMA Stray Kids 13 12 70 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 14 NE 01 14 I FEEL THE EVERBLACK FESTERING WITHIN ME Lorna Shore 15 13 65 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 16 14 74 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 17 17 70 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 18 24 67 01 BRAT Charli XCX 19 22 04 02 A MATTER OF TIME Laufey 20 20 27 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 21 21 04 05 HICKEY Royel Otis 22 26 79 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 23 30 88 02 THINK LATER Tate McRae 24 NE 01 24 LOVED Parcels 25 03 02 03 PRISM John Butler 26 29 99 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 33 43 04 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 1) Teddy Swims 28 23 09 04 DON'T TAP THE GLASS Tyler, The Creator 29 31 19 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 30 32 04 24 P-POP CULTURE Karan Aujla x Ikky 31 36 05 02 WISHBONE Conan Gray 32 41 08 12 SEX HYSTERIA Jessie Murph 33 28 39 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 34 43 40 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 35 40 12 01 VIRGIN Lorde 36 42 51 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 37 35 07 01 FALL FROM THE LIGHT Hilltop Hoods 38 38 28 02 $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U PartyNextDoor, Drake 39 45 12 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 40 47 10 19 F1 THE ALBUM Soundtrack 41 39 03 05 PHANTOM ISLAND King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 42 51 19 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 2) Teddy Swims 43 27 04 03 PRIVATE MUSIC Deftones 44 49 24 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 45 25 15 04 CHARM Clairo 46 NE 01 46 LIVE E.O. Led Zeppelin 47 55 42 01 FOR ALL THE DOGS Drake 48 69 04 44 KANSES ANYMORE Role Model 49 52 12 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 50 53 45 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi "Golden" is #1 for an 8th week. Olivia Dean is starting to get closer but I don't think this'll be the one. I'd love to chat more, but I've got a plane to catch in like 6 hours and I need some sleep, seeya next week and let's go Brisbane!

+30 Kids See Ghosts - Reborn (don't like voting for Ye but this song is too special to me) +29 Metric - Risk +28 King Princess - 1950 +27 Mitski - Nobody +26 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five +25 Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower +24 Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch +23 Travis Scott (feat. Drake) - SICKO MODE +22 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +21 Dave feat. Fredo - Funky Friday +20 BROCKHAMPTON - 1999 WILDFIRE +19 Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit +18 Years & Years - Sanctify +17 Sigrid - Strangers +16 Robyn - Honey +15 Clean Bandit (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby +14 Drake - God's Plan +13 Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next +12 Childish Gambino - This Is America +11 1975 - Love It If We Made It +10 Post Malone - Better Now +9 Let's Eat Grandma - Falling Into Me +8 Clean Bandit (feat. Demi Lovato) - Solo +7 Mark Ronson (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart +6 Bruno Mars (feat. Cardi B) - Finesse +5 Drake - Nice For What +4 A$AP Rocky (feat. Skepta) - Praise The Lord (Da Shine) +3 Christine and the Queens - Doesn't matter +2 Joji - SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK +1 Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin - I Like It

love the album, but couldn't quite fit the title track into my votes in what is a pretty strong year imo, so I'm massively contributing to that skew (personally "Planet Hunter" is my favourite on it)

+30 Tyler, the Creator (feat. Kali Uchis) - See You Again +29 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +28 Rita Ora - Anywhere +27 St. Vincent - Los Ageless +26 MGMT - Little Dark Age +25 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots +24 Future - Mask Off +23 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot +22 Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 +21 Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) - Rockstar +20 Drake - Passionfruit +19 Kendrick Lamar - Humble. +18 Lorde - Perfect Places +17 Dua Lipa - Be The One +16 Killers - The Man +15 Lorde - Green Light +14 Cardi B - Bodak Yellow +13 N.E.R.D. & Rihanna - Lemon +12 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide +11 Jamiroquai - Automaton +10 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling +9 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente +8 Paramore - Hard Times +7 London Grammar - Rooting For You +6 French Montana (feat. Swae Lee) - Unforgettable +5 Kesha - Praying +4 BROCKHAMPTON - JUNKY +3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill +2 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still +1 alt-J - 3WW