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Shout out to the MCR/K.Dot fanbase cross-section, we're eatin' this week.

+5 Harry Styles - As It Was +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Cat Burns - Go +2 Future - WAIT FOR U +1 Jack Harlow - First Class -1 Aitch - Baby -2 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam -3 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -4 Fireboy DML - Peru -5 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good

Yeah, basically my point was that it's a case where store front promotion (and maybe early eager buyers) led people to buy a version that given the choice, they'd be less likely to go for. I also remember when Amy Winehouse died, one of her solo acoustic/live(?) versions of Valerie was the one that vaulted up the iTunes chart here, not the one with Mark Ronson, since she wasn't credited on it at the time and searching 'amy winehouse valerie' wasn't making it show up.

[This post all based on AU iTunes experience though I imagine UK iTunes is similar] I assume it's because (intentionally or not) that's the one they've promoted on the front page, which has driven enough impulse buys that it's normalised that version. With that big sales lead, it's also the one that turns up first in the search results (I had to expand the results to see the explicit one). For a counter example, I remember when Enrique's "Tonight" had the clean & explicit versions, the explicit one shot up first with the clean version trailing far behind. The moment it dropped out of the iTunes top 10 (and thus out of display on the front page, the explicit plummeted, and not long after the clean version was selling better than it.

May 9th Singles 01 01 05 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 02 04 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 03 03 90 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 04 02 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 05 05 43 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 06 10 09 06 BIG ENERGY Latto x Mariah Carey x DJ Khaled 07 06 45 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 08 07 22 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 09 08 38 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 10 09 34 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 11 11 24 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 12 NE 01 12 ABOUT DAMN TIME Lizzo 13 13 09 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 14 12 41 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 15 NE 01 15 WAIT FOR U Future feat. Drake & Tems 16 21 29 01 EASY ON ME Adele 17 15 32 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 18 14 09 08 STARLIGHT DAVE 19 16 69 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 20 17 33 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 21 18 10 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 22 19 82 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 23 23 13 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 24 20 51 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 25 37 06 25 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 26 41 03 26 FLOWERS Lauren Spencer-Smith 27 22 25 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 28 NE 01 28 HONEST Justin Bieber feat. Don Toliver 29 27 11 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 30 25 127 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 31 26 18 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 32 30 97 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 33 24 56 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 34 32 36 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 35 NE 01 35 IN THE STARS Benson Boone 36 29 05 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 37 34 19 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 38 65 02 38 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Leah Kate 39 35 127 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 40 28 06 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 41 36 40 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 42 38 30 16 LOST Frank Ocean 43 33 05 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 44 47 54 44 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 45 39 95 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 43 15 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 47 31 18 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 48 40 05 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 49 NE 01 49 THAT THAT Psy feat. Suga of BTS 50 46 69 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo Albums 01 NE 01 01 I NEVER LIKED YOU Future 02 03 50 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 NE 01 03 ZEIT Rammstein 04 04 125 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 05 34 24 01 30 Adele 06 05 45 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 07 06 27 01 = Ed Sheeran 08 30 17 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 09 07 65 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 13 110 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 11 02 02 02 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 12 09 175 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 13 10 19 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 14 17 238 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 15 16 59 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 16 21 256 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 20 270 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 22 93 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 19 15 162 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 20 27 130 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 21 14 373 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 19 40 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 23 31 293 01 1989 Taylor Swift 24 32 216 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 47 304 01 25 Adele 26 29 204 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 27 33 35 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 28 26 25 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 NE 01 29 LIVE FROM SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND Mildlife 30 23 93 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 36 108 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 32 37 96 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 33 01 02 01 OBSIDIAN Northlane 34 18 05 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 35 98 441 01 21 Adele 36 RE 181 01 COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones 37 60 155 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 38 35 332 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 39 55 185 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 40 44 141 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 41 42 231 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 42 43 408 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 43 74 06 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 44 40 174 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 45 46 201 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 46 45 288 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 47 41 506 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 48 73 63 01 T.R.U.T.H. Guy Sebastian 49 39 06 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 50 56 234 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift Harry gets a 3rd week at #1 but next week should be quite interesting. Jack Harlow has his album out and yet at the same time, it's so close between the two that it's anyone's game at this stage. There might even be further competition down the line from Lizzo who has vaulted from not making the chart to going straight into the top 20. "About Damn Time" will very likely become her highest charting single ever next week as it's comfortably ensconced in the Spotify top 3 at the moment. Future may also attempt a slight climb for the next highest debut of the week "WAIT FOR U" which in typical playlist/Australia fashion, is gaining on performance from the start of the week even though I think he peaked at some point last week. To date his only top 10 hit is "Way 2 Sexy" so he's never had a lead artist top 10 and this doesn't look like it'll quite get there either. Despite never actually ever going away, Justin Bieber returns this week although also looks like "Honest" will be leaving quite quickly. Less certain is Benson Boone who will attempt to grab some stability while he can. "In The Stars" is his first ever top 50 hit after "GHOST TOWN" looked like it was going to do it last year but got caught in the Taylor Swift shuffle and never recovered. Australia seems especially interested in the cringe sequel to GAYLE's cringe, with Leah Kate vaulting up the chart quite fast (idk maybe because Heath Ledger is Australian, let's go with that). Then with extra thanks to ARIA adding YouTube views recently, PSY is able to sneak onto the top 50 for the first time since "Gentleman" in 2013. On the album chart, Future has had a very shaky chart history over the years. Previously he made the top 5 with his Drake collaboration in 2015, while most of his own albums have hovered around 20 & 30. So relatively out of nowhere, his latest album rockets him to the top spot for the very first time. I can't imagine Rammstein were far off either, but they do score their highest ever charting album this week by making it to #3. Their self-titled in 2019 got them to #5 previously. Mildlife scored a top 10 debut in 2020 and now return with a live album. Norah Jones has a vinyl re-issue for the 20th anniversary of her very successful album and also The Voice Australia is still going for all your otherwise unprompted rebounds.

02/05/2022 Singles 01 02 04 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 01 03 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 03 03 89 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 NE 01 04 THOUSAND MILES The Kid Laroi 05 04 42 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 06 05 44 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 07 07 21 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 08 06 37 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 09 08 33 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 10 14 08 10 BIG ENERGY Latto 11 09 23 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 12 10 40 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 13 11 08 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 14 12 08 08 STARLIGHT Dave 15 13 31 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 16 16 68 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 17 15 32 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 18 18 09 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 19 19 81 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 17 50 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 21 20 28 01 EASY ON ME Adele 22 21 24 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 23 26 12 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 24 22 55 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 25 37 126 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 26 24 17 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 27 27 10 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 28 25 05 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 29 33 04 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 30 28 96 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 31 23 17 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 32 35 35 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 33 29 04 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 34 36 18 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 35 32 126 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 36 40 39 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 37 46 05 37 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 38 39 29 16 LOST Frank Ocean 39 30 94 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 40 31 04 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 41 42 02 41 FLOWERS Lauren Spencer-Smith 42 34 25 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 43 43 14 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 44 38 06 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 45 41 11 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 46 48 68 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 47 50 53 46 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 48 47 16 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 49 44 13 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 50 51 263 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran Albums 01 NE 01 01 OBSIDIAN Northlane 02 NE 01 02 FUTURENEVER Daniel Johns 03 02 49 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 04 03 124 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 05 04 44 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 06 26 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 05 64 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 NE 01 08 UP IN THE AIR FOREVER Ocean Grove 09 17 174 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 10 07 18 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 11 NE 01 11 IT'S ALMOST DRY Pusha T 12 RE 37 03 DOWN TO EARTH Flight Facilities 13 01 109 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 14 09 372 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 15 18 161 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 16 15 58 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 17 12 237 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 08 04 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 19 20 39 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 20 13 269 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 21 14 255 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 21 92 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 23 27 92 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 24 NE 01 24 SKINTY FIA Fontaines D.C. 25 NE 01 25 FEAR OF THE DAWN Jack White 26 16 24 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 22 129 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 28 10 16 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, the Creator 29 19 203 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 30 24 16 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 31 26 292 01 1989 Taylor Swift 32 23 215 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 33 28 34 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 34 25 23 01 30 Adele 35 34 331 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 36 29 107 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 37 33 95 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 38 32 461 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 39 31 05 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 40 48 173 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 41 35 505 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 39 230 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 43 30 407 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 44 40 140 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 45 37 287 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 46 43 200 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 51 303 01 25 Adele 48 NE 01 48 NIGHT GNOMES Psychedelic Porn Crumpets 49 NE 01 49 OMNIUM GATHERUM King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 50 42 19 09 SING 2 Soundtrack Harry Styles returns to #1 which makes "As It Was" his longest running #1 single. Looks like it'll comfortably stay there for now too unless something vaults out of nowhere. The Kid LAROI debuts at #4 which I imagine was very close to #3 which notably ends the unbroken 41 week reign of "STAY" as the highest Australian song on the chart. That's basically it this week. Album chart is a bit busier though, which results in Northlane scoring their 2nd #1 album. They last hit #1 in 2015 which incidentally was when Daniel Johns released his first solo album (he's the guy from Silverchair if it's not obvious), which also peaked at #2 (being Hillsong ). Also on the topic of Australian metalcore or thereabouts, there's a top 10 debut for Ocean Grove. Pusha T arrives at #11, just like he did in 2018, just ahead of a revival for Flight Facilities courtesy of a vinyl re-release. Fontaines D.C. arrive just ahead of Jack White who belatedly debuts with physical sales added. Then we've got peak psychedelic garage core with Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & King Gizzard.

I dunno I think in any case it's pretty elitist to suggest that playlist streaming is worth less, like you have to prove you're a real music fan because you manually queue up your music listening plan every day. People aren't going to just passively listen to a playlist if they don't enjoy it.

^Furthermore, he took that image, scrubbed the artist's name from it and posted it without credit since taking things and claiming them as his own is his whole brand. Well that and liking terrible transphobic joke(s?), so I suppose we get to look forward to a much more lenient policy on that.

+5 Harry Styles - As It Was +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Cat Burns - Go +2 Jack Harlow - First Class +1 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW -1 Aitch - Baby -2 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam -3 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -4 Fireboy DML - Peru -5 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good this top 10's pretty solid

Looking at the Indie Singles chart, in an SCR world it lands between Balling (#37) and Still Sleepless (#46), I'm kind of surprised ACR knocks it so far down! Meanwhile J. Cole doesn't even register on the hip-hop top 40 chart where he'd need to be top 20 to make it officially, but maybe the OCC have just overlooked him in categorising it

Anyone know about roughly how high it'd need to get until it could chart officially? Guessing it's a fair way off given "505" still hasn't re-entered but then maybe it's doing better elsewhere.

25/04/2022 Singles 01 01 02 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 02 02 03 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 03 03 88 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 04 41 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 05 05 43 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 06 36 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 07 07 20 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 08 08 32 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 09 09 22 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 10 10 39 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 11 07 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 12 12 07 08 STARLIGHT DAVE 13 13 30 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 14 07 13 BIG ENERGY Latto 15 15 31 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 16 17 67 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 17 16 49 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 18 22 08 18 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 19 20 80 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 19 27 01 EASY ON ME Adele 21 21 23 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 22 25 54 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 23 18 16 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 24 23 16 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 25 24 04 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 26 28 11 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 27 32 09 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 28 34 95 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 29 27 03 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 30 43 93 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 31 39 03 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 32 36 125 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 33 29 03 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 34 30 24 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 35 35 34 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 36 33 17 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 37 45 125 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 38 31 05 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 39 37 28 16 LOST Frank Ocean 40 42 38 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 41 38 10 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 42 NE 01 42 FLOWERS Lauren Spencer-Smith 43 41 13 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 44 40 12 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 45 26 09 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 46 47 04 46 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 47 44 15 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 48 46 67 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 49 57 152 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I 50 48 52 46 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole Albums 01 11 108 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 02 02 48 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 09 123 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 04 04 43 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 07 63 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 06 25 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 05 17 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 08 03 03 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 09 17 371 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 10 RE 15 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, the Creator 11 NE 01 11 WILD Kirtsy Lee Akers 12 15 236 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 13 14 268 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 16 254 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 13 57 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 16 19 23 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 17 32 173 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 18 23 160 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 19 24 202 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 20 22 38 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 21 21 91 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 22 28 128 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 23 31 214 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 20 15 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 25 25 22 01 30 Adele 26 30 291 01 1989 Taylor Swift 27 29 91 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 34 33 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 29 35 106 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 30 26 406 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 31 10 04 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 32 45 460 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 33 33 94 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 37 330 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 35 39 504 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 36 18 04 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 37 38 286 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 38 57 183 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 39 43 229 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 40 42 139 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 41 40 84 03 IGOR Tyler, the Creator 42 41 18 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 43 46 199 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 44 55 67 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 52 140 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 46 49 364 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 47 48 194 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 50 172 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar 49 56 309 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 50 44 05 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee Jack Harlow holds the top spot narrowly. His descent has slowed down a lot but not enough to stop Harry from probably getting back to #1 next week. Side note, isn't it interesting that we had back to back #1 debuts by artists who refer to themselves in the 3rd person in song, yes I am doing anything to avoid talking about the actual non-event chart this week where for the first time the top 15 is unchanged. Updates to Hot Hits Australia in the past week will change that but I don't like to draw attention to Dr. Luke music. On the other hand there's also a new Kid LAROI song that's aiming to enter in the top 5. All we got this week was a particularly egregious case of the boomers winning with Easter streams and just one low top 50 debut from Lauren-Spencer Smith. She hasn't got the Hot Hits slot yet but tonight she jumped into the Spotify top 40 for the first time so maybe there's a stable hit in the running here. "Dance Monkey"'s re-entry this week after a 9 month absence means that it finally reaches 100 weeks in the top 50, the 3rd song to do so. On that note, The Weeknd is 3 weeks away from matching Lewis Capaldi's tenure of 124 weeks. In 'new' hit news, "Sweater Weather" and "Another Love" both entered the Spotify top 50 for the first time tonight. ARIA so far has not been tracking either song but maybe they'll change their tune if they get high enough. These US & UK hits have not previously charted here. Vinyl reigns supreme once more. It gets Dua Lipa to return to #1 for a 3rd non-consecutive week which is particularly interesting because the album did not debut at #1 yet has had 3 separate stints all in different calendar years. Tyler, The Creator also has his own vinyl bump for his latest album which gets it back into the top 10. Just below is the only new entry of the week from Kirsty Lee Akers. She does not sing on "Energy" by Stace Cadet but this is the local country singer's highest charting album to date. This week is also the first time ever that "good kid, m.A.A.d city" has ever spent 2 weeks in a row in the top 50.

+5 Harry Styles - As It Was +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Jack Harlow - First Class +2 Cat Burns - Go +1 Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam -1 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby -2 Jax Jones feat. MNEK - Where Did You Go? -3 Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now -4 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -5 Belters Only feat. Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good (do not respect unscrupulous practices) +5 Harry Styles - As It Was +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Jack Harlow - First Class +2 Cat Burns - Go +1 Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam -1 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby -2 Jax Jones feat. MNEK - Where Did You Go? -3 Luude - Down Under -4 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru -5 Belters Only feat. Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good

I haven't seen anyone mention this, but I wonder if Spotify's update (I think a couple of months ago) has had a major effect on artists promoting new singles. You used to get an artist's discography of singles/albums listed in chronological order under their top 5/10 by default, putting the newest stuff in the forefront, but now that's stuck behind fiddly tabs with the default being 'Popular releases'. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people who ended up listening to the newest release did so out of convenience and they're now listening to their established material instead. It's a subtle change that takes away some of the former prominence and attention from new singles.

18/04/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 FIRST CLASS Jack Harlow 02 01 02 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 03 02 87 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 04 04 40 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 05 03 42 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 06 05 35 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 07 06 19 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 08 07 31 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 09 08 21 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 10 10 38 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 14 06 11 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 12 09 06 08 STARLIGHT Dave 13 11 29 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 14 13 06 13 BIG ENERGY Latto 15 12 30 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 16 16 48 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 18 66 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 18 15 15 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 19 17 26 01 EASY ON ME Adele 20 19 79 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 21 21 22 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 22 24 07 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 23 23 15 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 24 20 03 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 25 26 53 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 26 56 08 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 27 22 02 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 28 28 10 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 29 29 02 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 30 25 23 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 31 31 04 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 32 30 08 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 33 32 16 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 34 34 94 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 36 33 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 36 37 124 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 37 35 27 16 LOST Frank Ocean 38 33 09 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 39 27 02 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 40 38 11 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 41 42 12 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 42 40 37 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 43 45 92 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 41 14 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 45 44 124 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 46 43 66 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 47 61 03 47 WAIT A MINUTE! Willow 48 46 51 46 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 49 47 261 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 50 54 24 16 BETTER DAYS NEIKED & Mae Muller feat. Polo G Albums 01 NE 01 01 WET LEG Wet Leg 02 02 47 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 01 02 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 04 06 42 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 05 09 16 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda 06 04 24 01 = Ed Sheeran 07 10 62 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 NE 01 08 MAYBE THERE'S NO HEAVEN Short Stack 09 05 122 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 10 08 03 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 11 12 107 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 12 RE 27 01 FEAR INOCULUM Tool 13 14 56 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 14 13 267 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 15 235 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 16 253 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 20 370 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 03 03 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 19 17 22 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 20 21 14 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 21 19 90 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 22 18 37 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 23 22 159 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 28 201 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 25 25 21 01 30 Adele 26 11 405 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 27 NE 01 27 FAMILIA Camila Cabello 28 30 127 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 29 32 90 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 27 290 01 1989 Taylor Swift 31 29 213 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 32 23 172 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 33 31 93 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 34 33 32 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 35 35 105 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 36 90 33 36 THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Jack Harlow 37 34 329 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 38 40 285 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 39 41 503 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 40 62 83 03 IGOR Tyler, the Creator 41 38 17 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 42 39 138 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 43 42 228 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 44 36 04 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 45 47 459 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 46 50 198 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 24 08 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 48 46 193 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 49 48 363 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 50 60 171 23 GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY Kendrick Lamar For the second week in a row we have a #1 debut on the singles chart. I believe the last time this has happened was in 2016 with Katy Perry's "Rise" and Major Lazer's "Cold Water", perhaps these two will have more longevity than the former. The new one though comes from Jack Harlow giving him his first ever #1 single, which interpolates Fergie's #2 hit "Glamorous". He pulls through with an even bigger opening week than Harry but as a caveat is coming with a bigger drop. I expect Jack will hold the #1 spot this week but it's so close that I could see paid/free streaming ratios perhaps swaying the outcome the other way. Harry is actually starting to offset the initial declines and as I write this I've discovered that "As It Was" got more streams yesterday than it did the same day last week, so how about that. This ends up being unlucky for Camila Cabello who is hoisted a #11 peak for now with "Bam Bam". In what can only be considered a funny coincidence, WILLOW climbs into the top 50 this week with one of her older tracks "Wait A Minute!", which actually gave a run for the chart a couple years ago but didn't quite get there. This time around the momentum is running stronger so now we'll wait to see if it gets playlist backing. Earlier this year I noted that Huskii did a very rare feat of debuting at #1 with his debut album having never made the ARIA Chart before that in any capacity, which had not happened since 2009. Not to take anything away from that achievement but it's actually happened again this week with Wet Leg. The group's rise to popularity makes me extremely nostalgic for the late 2000s when these sorts of bands would just pop up out of nowhere and take the spotlight as if they've always been there. It's very rare nowadays that an international group does it but hey it sure worked. "Chaise Longue" did make triple j's Hottest 100 for 2021 at #45 earlier this year too. On the topic of Australian artists gaining fervour with their debut, look no further than Short Stack who debuted at #1 with their debut album in 2009 (gosh that year is coming up a lot). They've been largely absent for a while so this is their first new album since 2015, and it keeps up their record with 4/4 top 10 debuts. Tool return to the chart thanks to a vinyl release of their latest album, while Camila Cabello also debuts a decent bit lower than she's used to. Mind you she still beats Father John Misty who I'm surprised to not even see in the top 50 at all given how well he did in the UK. Jack Harlow returns with his first album to the tune of a slight new peak.

+5 Harry Styles - As It Was +4 Dave - Starlight +3 Cat Burns - Go +2 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam +1 Aitch - Baby -1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -2 Luude - Down Under -3 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -4 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -5 Fireboy DML - Peru

+5 Dave - Starlight +4 Cat Burns - Go +3 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby +2 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW +1 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good -1 Camila Cabello - Bam Bam -2 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -3 Luude - Down Under -4 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -5 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

11/04/2022 Singles 01 NE 01 01 AS IT WAS Harry Styles 02 01 86 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 03 02 41 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 04 03 39 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 05 04 34 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 06 05 18 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 07 06 30 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 08 07 20 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 09 08 05 08 STARLIGHT Dave 10 12 37 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 11 11 28 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 12 10 29 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 13 35 05 13 BIG ENERGY Latto 14 16 05 14 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 15 09 14 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 16 20 47 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 17 14 25 01 EASY ON ME Adele 18 15 65 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 19 19 78 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 18 02 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 21 17 21 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 22 NE 01 22 WHEN YOU'RE GONE Shawn Mendes 23 13 14 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 24 22 06 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 25 21 22 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 26 24 52 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 27 NE 01 27 IN MY HEAD Lil Tjay 28 27 09 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 29 NE 01 29 HURTLESS Dean Lewis 30 25 07 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 31 26 03 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 32 23 15 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 33 30 08 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 34 33 93 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 35 29 26 16 LOST Frank Ocean 36 31 32 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 37 32 123 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 38 34 10 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 39 28 09 28 EVERLONG Foo Fighters 40 43 36 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 41 37 13 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 42 40 11 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 43 62 65 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 44 73 123 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 45 45 91 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 50 50 46 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole 47 46 260 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 48 48 22 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 49 36 04 24 SWEETEST PIE Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 50 41 06 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat Albums 01 NE 01 01 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers 02 05 46 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 02 02 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 04 03 23 01 = Ed Sheeran 05 16 121 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 06 08 41 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 07 NE 01 07 TILT Confidence Man 08 01 02 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 09 07 15 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 10 09 61 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 04 404 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 12 14 106 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 13 13 266 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 15 55 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 15 17 234 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 16 18 252 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 19 21 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 18 20 36 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 19 21 89 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 20 24 369 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 25 13 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 22 23 158 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 23 93 171 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 24 42 07 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 25 22 20 01 30 Adele 26 NE 01 26 IMMUTABLE Meshuggah 27 34 289 01 1989 Taylor Swift 28 28 200 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 36 212 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 35 126 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 31 26 92 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 32 30 89 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 32 31 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 34 37 328 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 35 33 104 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 36 27 03 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 37 45 02 37 BRIDGERTON: SEASON 2 Soundtrack 38 41 16 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 39 39 137 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 43 284 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 41 49 502 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 42 40 227 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 43 47 300 01 25 Adele 44 65 76 06 MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY Kanye West 45 46 138 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 46 56 192 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 47 55 458 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 48 57 362 01 GREATEST HITS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bon Jovi 49 51 181 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 50 60 197 01 AM Arctic Monkeys For the past 4 months, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" was the most recent song to hit #1 for the first time, and since then we've just had a cavalcade of returns to the top. Harry Styles gets his 2nd #1 (or 3rd if you want to count "Drag Me Down") with "As It Was", which is also the 2nd time he's knocked off a long running #1. Once again it looks like he'll probably be replaced within a week as Jack Harlow has taken his huge opening week and surpassed it, with "First Class" scoring comfortably the highest ever Spotify debut ever in Australia. We have some more new entries this week too, with Shawn Mendes fairing better than he has been lately with "When You're Gone", although it's already not certain if he's staying stable with it. Lil Tjay also debuts with a song that Hot Hits Australia are not interested in acknowledging (59 weeks of "The Thrill" btw). He'll probably drop off pretty fast. Not yet certain for Dean Lewis who is doing better than his 2021 material by entering the top 40 but is also already seeing some shaky streaming performance. Red Hot Chili Peppers have their 7th #1 album, I am bereft of interesting things to say about it. Also in the top 10 this week is Confidence Man who've jumped up quite a bit from their first album. That's swapping with Meshuggah who get their 3rd top 50 album but it's quite a way down from when they reached the top 10 in 2016.

Not quite as immediate but I think "Old Town Road" and the entire career of Lil Nas X is worth consideration in that regard.

Yeah, compared to other countries in the Anglosphere, American rappers tend to always do a bit worse in the UK, this includes every Jack Harlow song to date

+5 Dave - Starlight +4 Mimi Webb - House On Fire +3 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW +2 Belters Only - Make Me Feel Good +1 Cat Burns - Go -1 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby -2 Luude - Down Under -3 Jax Jones - Where Did You Go? -4 Lost Frequencies - Where Are You Now -5 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru

Just finished Elden Ring. Had a rocky start but once I got into a good stride with it, it was an excellent time spent. Probably my favourite FromSoftware game of the 5 I've played.

Given that the original is reliably charting every day in the US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand and the remix spent 1 day in a few charts, I imagine the UK probably is streaming the original more.

Singles 01 01 85 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 02 02 40 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 03 38 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 04 04 33 01 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) Elton John & Dua Lipa 05 06 17 05 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott 06 05 29 02 SHIVERS Ed Sheeran 07 07 19 02 ABCDEFU Gayle 08 08 04 08 STARLIGHT DAVE 09 09 13 05 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz 10 10 28 07 THAT'S WHAT I WANT Lil Nas X 11 12 27 11 GHOST Justin Bieber 12 11 36 04 INDUSTRY BABY Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow 13 14 13 10 DOWN UNDER Luude feat. Colin Hay 14 13 24 01 EASY ON ME Adele 15 15 64 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 16 16 04 16 BAM BAM Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran 17 17 20 15 ENEMY Imagine Dragons, JID & League of Legends 18 NE 01 18 TOM'S DINER AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks 19 18 77 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 20 20 46 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 21 19 21 06 DO IT TO IT Acraze feat. Cherish 22 21 05 21 FOLLOWING THE SUN SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka 23 22 14 22 THE MOTTO Tiësto and Ava Max 24 23 51 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 25 27 06 25 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Elley Duhé 26 40 02 26 LET'S TROT Brothers & Joel Fletcher 27 31 08 19 SHE'S ALL I WANNA BE Tate McRae 28 RE 08 28 EVERLONG Foo Fighters 29 28 25 16 LOST Frank Ocean 30 25 07 15 BOYFRIEND Dove Cameron 31 26 31 16 WOMAN Doja Cat 32 33 122 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 33 35 92 23 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 34 32 09 31 NUMB LITTLE BUG Em Beihold 35 65 04 35 BIG ENERGY Latto 36 24 03 24 SWEETEST PIE Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 37 36 12 08 FINGERS CROSSED Lauren Spencer-Smith 38 38 02 38 MAYBE Machine Gun Kelly & Bring Me the Horizon 39 NE 01 39 CHAOTIC Tate McRae 40 41 10 20 LIGHT SWITCH Charlie Puth 41 34 05 29 FREAKY DEAKY Tyga & Doja Cat 42 30 04 22 SOMETHING IN THE WAY Nirvana 43 45 35 03 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 44 29 08 16 SAY NOTHING Flume feat. MAY-A 45 42 90 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 46 47 259 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 47 39 13 18 SURFACE PRESSURE Jessica Darrow 48 43 21 09 ONE RIGHT NOW Post Malone & The Weeknd 49 37 06 22 NAIL TECH Jack Harlow 50 56 49 50 NO ROLE MODELZ J. Cole Albums 01 NE 01 01 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly 02 NE 01 02 HIGHER Michael Buble 03 02 22 01 = Ed Sheeran 04 38 403 01 GREATEST HITS Foo Fighters 05 04 45 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 06 NE 01 06 JAN JUC MOON Xavier Rudd 07 03 14 01 ENCANTO Soundtrack 08 05 40 02 PLANET HER Doja Cat 09 06 60 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 NE 01 10 NEVER LET ME GO Placebo 11 NE 01 11 RUNNING WITH THE HURRICANE Camp Cope 12 NE 01 12 MELT MY EYEZ SEE YOUR FUTURE Denzel Curry 13 08 265 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 14 09 105 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 15 10 54 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 16 19 120 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 17 13 323 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 18 15 251 14 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 12 20 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 20 24 35 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 21 18 88 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 22 14 19 01 30 Adele 23 25 157 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 24 16 368 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 22 12 01 DAWN FM The Weeknd 26 26 91 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 27 20 02 20 PIER PRESSURE ArrDee 28 33 199 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 29 01 02 01 CRASH Charli XCX 30 31 88 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 NE 01 31 WARM CHRIS Aldous Harding 32 28 30 01 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 33 32 103 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 34 29 288 01 1989 Taylor Swift 35 27 125 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 36 30 211 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 37 34 327 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 38 42 405 01 X Ed Sheeran 39 40 136 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 41 226 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 41 39 15 09 SING 2 Soundtrack 42 75 06 01 RESIST Midnight Oil 43 45 283 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 47 150 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 45 NE 01 45 BRIDGERTON: SEASON 2 Soundtrack 46 53 137 18 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES Coldplay 47 44 299 01 25 Adele 48 50 210 02 ? XXXTentacion 49 60 501 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 50 51 306 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry "Heat Waves" reaches 11 weeks at #1 which only 18 songs have done now. It'll have a hard time making it 12 weeks as it were, since just half a week's tracking has pretty much guaranteed Harry Styles a week at #1 by a huge margin. It remains to be seen how long he maintains it but I'd be surprised if he were down so soon. Otherwise the top 10 is fairly stagnant this week. Dave has managed the first 2022 song to spent two weeks in the top 10 but in actually deranged Spotify Australia moments, they've shoved "Starlight" to the very bottom of the Hot Hits playlist, implying that they're ready to dump it soon while still promoting fresh new singles like "Heat Waves", "Kiss Me More", "BED", and of course we're about to hit week 58 of Wiz Khalifa's "The Thrill" which is still not being acknowledged on the ARIA Chart. Speaking of not being acknowledged by ARIA, last week that was the case for the cover of "Tom's Diner" which arrives in the top 20, further sating Australia's fascination for dogshit covers. The DNA remix of Suzanne Vega's original reached #8 back in the day. I think it goes without saying that Australia loves Foo Fighters. They were just in the country in fact and now with the passing of Taylor Hawkins they score a big new peak for "Everlong" (which he didn't actually play on), originally a #45 debut and peaker back in 1997. We now tragically have 3 different Dr. Luke songs in the top 50. Tate McRae scores a big debut for "chaotic" though it looks to be dropping quickly out of the chart next week. Most peculiar this week is the arrival of J. Cole's "No Role Modelz", which has spent much of the last year within the top 100 slowly crawling up the chart, last week catching a big break by jumping into the Spotify top 50. It is so barely in the ARIA top 50 that I can actually acknowledge that the real reason it got over the line this week is because of the song's multiple references to Will Smith & The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. It's a bit touch & go at the moment so I can't say it's hugely likely to stay in the top 50 next week. Machine Gun Kelly gets his first #1 in Australia this week. 2020's "Tickets To My Downfall" debuted and peaked at #2 behind Joji. This time around though he bests the otherwise sure bet of Michael Buble, who admittedly has not hit #1 since 2013 and all his albums since then have reached #2. Xavier Rudd scores his 7th top 10 album, 4 of which have peaked at #6. Placebo score their 4th top 10 album, having gotten there with every album since "Meds", which is their highest charter at #4. After a reasonable (though not quite Placebo-lengthed) gap, Camp Cope return with their 3rd album which doesn't quite hit the top 10 like its predecessor, an album I commend very highly though I haven't listened to this new one yet. Denzel Curry is right behind them at #12 which is his highest chart position to date. Aldous Harding also scores her first top 50 album here.

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