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Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss vs. Juice Wrld – Lucid Dreams Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen – Breathe vs. Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo George Ezra – Shotgun vs. MK – 17 Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me vs. David Guetta featuring Sia – Flames Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen – These Days vs. Loud Luxury featuring Brando – Body vs. Rita Ora – Anywhere Drake – Nice For What vs. Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You George Ezra – Paradise vs. Sigala featuring Paloma Faith – Lullaby Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry vs. Portugal The Man – Feel It Still vs. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood

I've played so few actually new games that Kaze & The Wild Masks wins just by being a competent DK Tropical Freeze etc knock off. If we expand it to older games, then though I started it last year, Slay The Spire has had me hooked like no other game. Also shout out to Dark Souls 3, Outer Wilds, SUPERHOT, Paradise Killer, Bug Fables, There Is No Game, Ace Attorney 5, The Pedestrian & Papers Please for also being bangers. Also also Fall Guys circa 2021 is a lot better than Fall Guys circa 2020 and not just because I have all the achievements now and don't have to harbour resentment anymore.

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss vs. Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars Mabel & Not3s – Fine Line vs. Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen – Breathe George Ezra – Shotgun vs. Zedd, Marin Morris & Grey – The Middle Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me vs. Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jack – Rise (nah) Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen – These Days vs. Loud Luxury featuring Brando – Body Drake – Nice For What vs. Zac Efron & Zendaya – Rewrite The Stars George Ezra – Paradise vs. Loren Allred – Never Enough Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry vs. Years & Years – If You're Over Me Portugal The Man – Feel It Still vs. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood Dua Lipa – IDGAF vs. Sigala featuring Paloma Faith – Lullaby Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton – Say Something vs. Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same vs. Rita Ora – Anywhere Bruno Mars & Cardi B – Finesse vs. David Guetta featuring Sia – Flames MK – 17 vs. Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre featuring Yxng Bane – Answerphone Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo vs. Post Malone – Better Now Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – The Greatest Show vs. Juice Wrld – Lucid Dreams (christ)

+5 Telstra song - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE +4 Danganronpa V3 song - Beggin' +3 Dave - Clash +2 KSI - Holiday +1 Jonasu - Black Magic -1 The Kid LAROI - Stay -2 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember -3 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem (two David Guetta songs in the top 10, at the same time, in my 2021?) -4 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears -5 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

I'm not subscribing to any sudden diminished quality control theories when "wish you were gay" was the last song released from WWAFA,WDWG before release. "my future" and "NDA" are excellent tracks that just aren't particularly radio/playlist friendly (I don't really go in to bat for "Your Power" but I know plenty do).

Oh nice for Be The One, feels like it gets overlooked compared to other singles of hers whose appeal is lost on me Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss vs. Post Malone – I Fall Apart Drake – God’s Plan vs. Mabel & Not3s – Fine Line George Ezra – Shotgun vs. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – This Is Me vs. EO – German Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen – These Days vs. NF – Let You Down Drake – Nice For What vs. BlocBoy JB featuring Drake – Look Alive George Ezra – Paradise vs. Sigrid – Strangers Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry vs. Tiësto & Dzeko featuring Preme & Post Malone – Jackie Chan Portugal The Man – Feel It Still vs. Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier Dua Lipa – IDGAF vs. Hugh Jackman & Zac Efron – The Other Side (nah) Anne Marie – 2002 vs. Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton – Say Something Marshmello featuring Anne Marie – Friends vs. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown – Freaky Friday vs. Bruno Mars & Cardi B – Finesse Drake – In My Feelings vs. MK – 17 Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo vs. M.O, LottoBoyzz & Mr. Eazi – Bad Vibe Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble – The Greatest Show vs. Not3s & Mabel – My Lover (idk) Benny Blanco featuring Halsey & Khalid – Eastside vs. Juice Wrld – Lucid Dreams Post Malone – Better Now vs. Khalid & Normani – Love Lies Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho vs. Banx & Ranx & Ella Eyre featuring Yxng Bane – Answerphone Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J. Balvin – I Like It vs. David Guetta featuring Sia – Flames Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises vs. Rita Ora – Anywhere Maroon featuring Cardi B – Girls Like You vs. Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You (no) Sigala featuring Paloma Faith – Lullaby vs. Bebe Rexha featuring Georgia Florida Line – Meant To Be 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood vs. XXXTentacion – Sad! Ramz – Barking vs. Years & Years – If You're Over Me Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran – River vs. Loren Allred – Never Enough (idk) Zac Efron & Zendaya – Rewrite The Stars vs. Jason Derulo featuring French Montana – Tip Toe Loud Luxury featuring Brando – Body vs. B Young – Jumanji (idk) Jess Glynne – I’ll Be There vs. Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jack – Rise (no) Zedd, Marin Morris & Grey – The Middle vs. Tyga featuring Offset – Taste Tom Walker – Leave A Light On vs. Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen – Breathe Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams – A Million Dreams vs. Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars

First Draw Dua Lipa ~ Be The One vs. Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules Winner/Playoff Dua Lipa ~ Be The One vs. Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony Dua Lipa ~ Be The One vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time vs. Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules idk I don't feel strongly either way about any of the 3 other songs so no point voting them :jump:

Singles 01 01 02 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 02 04 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 03 10 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 04 04 05 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 05 05 15 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 06 09 49 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 07 07 41 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 08 08 28 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 09 10 33 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 10 12 09 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 11 11 17 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 12 13 24 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 13 14 16 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 14 23 09 14 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 15 15 04 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 16 20 09 16 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 17 17 16 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 18 18 18 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 19 22 02 19 MOTLEY CREW Post Malone 20 19 22 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 21 24 28 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 22 06 02 06 PERMISSION TO DANCE BTS 23 27 34 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 24 NE 01 24 WOO BABY Pop Smoke feat. Chris Brown 25 25 23 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 26 28 07 13 FAVORITE CRIME Olivia Rodrigo 27 29 16 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 28 30 14 28 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 29 32 08 27 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 30 21 04 11 YOU RIGHT Doja Cat & The Weeknd 31 44 06 31 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 32 60 06 31 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 33 33 86 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 34 37 54 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 35 35 15 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 36 34 09 15 HAPPIER Olivia Rodrigo 37 31 29 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 38 16 02 16 NDA Billie Eilish 39 36 24 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 40 39 49 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 41 47 05 24 HOLIDAY KSI 42 38 05 38 THOT SHIT Megan Thee Stallion 43 NE 01 43 DEMEANOR Pop Smoke feat. Dua Lipa 44 40 09 22 JEALOUSY, JEALOUSY Olivia Rodrigo 45 45 123 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 46 41 20 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 47 NE 01 47 TELL THE VISION Pop Smoke feat. Kanye West & Pusha T 48 46 88 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 49 42 53 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 50 62 36 04 FLY AWAY Tones and I Albums 01 NE 01 01 WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE Tones and I 02 01 09 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 NE 01 03 SOB ROCK John Mayer 04 NE 01 04 FAITH Pop Smoke 05 03 04 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 06 NE 01 06 ALL OVER THE PLACE KSI 07 02 03 01 FLESH AND BLOOD Jimmy Barnes 08 05 69 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 09 08 52 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 06 18 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 11 13 55 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 12 09 24 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 13 12 84 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 14 07 09 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 15 16 121 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 16 14 229 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 17 18 89 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 18 17 163 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 19 NE 01 19 HOTEL SURRENDER Chet Faker 20 NE 01 20 ALONE WITH BLUES Diesel 21 20 215 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 24 332 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 27 32 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 24 21 12 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 25 23 175 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 22 287 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 27 26 52 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 28 25 54 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 29 15 04 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, the Creator 30 30 114 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 31 NE 01 31 HAIL SATIN Dee Gees 32 29 38 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 33 28 06 03 HALL OF FAME Polo G 34 31 144 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 35 38 175 02 ? XXXTentacion 36 35 352 01 1989 Taylor Swift 37 36 28 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 38 43 135 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 39 33 100 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 34 98 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 41 39 247 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 42 40 106 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 43 37 465 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 44 42 190 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 45 46 45 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 46 62 160 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 45 155 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 48 53 77 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 49 51 155 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 50 47 189 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack As boring as it always is to say that Justin Bieber and/or Ed Sheeran is at the top of the chart yet again here we are. There's not much to note at the top of the chart really apart from I guess "Missing Piece" is now Vance Joy's 3rd highest charter. "Ain't Shit" is still missing and doesn't appear to be debuting next week while it should probably be in the top 20. "Woo Baby" manages to debut in the top 30 for Pop Smoke despite not gaining "Demeanor"'s streams, while "Tell The Vision" nearly becomes Pusha T's highest charting entry in which he is credited individually, because of course "Like I Love You" made the top 10, but "Runaway" sadly only got to #46. Next week could prove to be interesting as while the top 4 are pretty locked in place at present, Lil Nas X is looking to make a splash in the top 10 with "INDUSTRY BABY", and maybe The Kid LAROI's "NOT SOBER" will come close too. Sleepy Hallow & Dave look to be getting their first top 50 hits too while there's also a Camila Cabello song that Hot Hits Australia is extremely overcompensating on. Tones and I comes out on top on the album chart, the first time she's topped a main chart here since "Dance Monkey" finished its reign. Normally I would celebrate her consistently disgusting haterbase for having to take an L on this one but in actuality she's making dubious history with what I understand to be the first #1 album (and I think first charting album) to be buoyed by NFT bundles. ARIA being an industry of course tweeted about this as a mark of cool technology moving forward grandeur and not an environment destroying Ponzi scheme. And here I was about to give her props for not propping up her streams by just chucking old singles for streaming points which is the only reason Dean Lewis & Vance Joy have double platinum albums. Curiously she does have a deluxe album on Spotify that does this but it's not visible on Australian Spotify so she will reap the punishment on that. Moving on, John Mayer maintains his typical form with most of his albums reaching the top 5, doing so for the 7th time. I have to suspect something weird happened with the release timing of "Continuum" in 2006 because it spent two weeks at #12 so one must imagine top 10 potential was there. Pop Smoke's long running successful album of last year spent its only week at #1 on debut, so the new album is even having a worse start to land at #4. But maybe the real underperformance this week is KSI, who with bigger hits in tow this time around has once again been caught behind bigger debuts but this time even lower at #6. "Dissimulation" debuted at #4 behind new albums from The 1975 & Agust D and I must remind you is the highest charting UK rap album ever. That may be a short lived record though because Dave is showing great promise with his new album likely to land between #2 & #4. Chet Faker's debut album spent 2 weeks at #1 because we were all really interested in his decent but unremarkable singles at the time. He's had some funny career pivots since then including recording under his real name Nick Murphy and then changing it back when that proved less lucrative. I would make a remark about how actually he's charting even lower this time except he's not, except I don't even know if he should because his Nick Murphy album never made the ARIA top 100 due to ARIA bungling the stats that week which everyone but me forgot about. Speaking of solo artists with funny names who briefly recorded under their real name, Diesel is back at it again with a new album of standards. He's had two #1 albums and a bunch of hits of which I can only remember how two of them go. There's also a new Foo Fighters midlife crisis album or something idk. Next week is probably The Kid LAROI's for the taking as his album stimulus package is an extremely good way to exploit ARIA's streaming system (although in his defence his prior album cuts actually returned to the Spotify chart so people aren't just listening to the new ones & the hits from before). As mentioned before, Dave is also in a good spot to do well though he'll have to contend with Olivia's always strong streams and probably lose, while the dark horse of The Jungle Giants with their multiple vinyl versions and a paper trail of a drawn out singles roll out that's actually gone past 2 years now could show them landing higher than ARIA are initially projecting. Also there's Leon Bridges & Anne-Marie making an impact lower down while Bo Burnham still doesn't exist.

Dua Lipa ~ Be The One vs. Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa ~ Scared To Be Lonely Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug ~ Havana vs. Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony Ed Sheeran ~ Castle On The Hill vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules French Montana featuring Swae Lee ~ Unforgettable vs. Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time

Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean & Migos ~ Slide vs. Dua Lipa ~ Be The One (actually best two here) The Chainsmokers ~ Paris vs. Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug ~ Havana Ed Sheeran ~ Castle On The Hill vs. Martin Solveig featuring Ina Wroldsen ~ Places (idk) French Montana featuring Swae Lee ~ Unforgettable vs. DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ~ Wild Thoughts (actually next best two here) Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time vs. CNCO & Little Mix ~ Reggaetón Lento (idk) Disciples ~ On My Mind vs. Dua Lipa ~ New Rules Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony vs. Jax Jones featuring Raye ~ You Don’t Know Me Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Human vs. Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa ~ Scared To Be Lonely

Yeah the cut off isn't exact though I'm not sure what it was and how it goes with different countries. For instance, the news of XXXTENTACION passing came at around 7am in eastern Australia (ie most populous/most forward time zone), and there was already a noticeable effect on the previous days chart, so it's at least 8 hours off, if not more. It's possible that the UK has the same offset but also possible that it's all relative to GMT so it's hard to say. One would imagine 12am-6am streams are not super high though.

Ed Sheeran ~ Shape of You vs. Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean & Migos ~ Slide Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber ~ Despacito vs. The Chainsmokers ~ Paris (idk) Ed Sheeran ~ Castle On The Hill vs. Rita Ora ~ Your Song French Montana featuring Swae Lee ~ Unforgettable vs. Zedd & Alessia Cara ~ Stay Ed Sheeran ~ Galway Girl vs. David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber ~ 2U vs. Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time Disciples ~ On My Mind vs. Maggie Lindermann ~ Pretty Girl Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony vs. Anne Marie ~ Ciao Adios Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Human vs. Charlie Puth ~ Attention (idk) The Chainsmokers & Coldplay ~ Something Just Like This vs. Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa ~ Scared To Be Lonely (idk) Jax Jones featuring Raye ~ You Don’t Know Me vs. Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean ~ Feels Dua Lipa ~ New Rules vs. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage ~ Rockstar CNCO & Little Mix ~ Reggaetón Lento vs. Niall Horan ~ Slow Hands (idk) DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ~ Wild Thoughts vs. Kendrick Lamar ~ Humble. Martin Solveig featuring Ina Wroldsen ~ Places vs. Sigala featuring Ella Eyre ~ Came Here For Love (idk) Martin Jensen ~ Solo Dance vs. Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug ~ Havana J Balvin & Willy William ~ Mi Gente vs. Dua Lipa ~ Be The One (hate to do it tho)

+5 Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u +4 David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions +3 Maneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE +2 Maneskin - Beggin' +1 Dave - Clash (longing for the day Dave grows out of his corny punchlines) -1 KSI - Holiday -2 The Kid LAROI - Stay -3 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem -4 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears -5 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

That's literally all the context you can get. It's not strongly tied to any over arching theme or visual gimmick.

Ed Sheeran ~ Shape of You vs. Ed Sheeran ~ Happier (how about no) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber ~ Despacito vs. Sean Paul featuring Dua Lipa ~ No Lie (boycott bad remixes) Ed Sheeran ~ Castle On The Hill vs. The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk ~ I Feel It Coming French Montana featuring Swae Lee ~ Unforgettable vs. Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly ~ No More Sad Songs Ed Sheeran ~ Galway Girl vs. David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber ~ 2U Ed Sheeran ~ Perfect vs. Disciples ~ On My Mind Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson ~ Symphony vs. Post Malone featuring Quavo ~ Congratulations Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Human vs. Lil Uzi Vert ~ XO Tour Llif3 (oh no Uzi's gonna lose to this shit) The Chainsmokers & Coldplay ~ Something Just Like This vs. Zara Larsson ~ I Would Like Jax Jones featuring Raye ~ You Don’t Know Me vs. Marshmello featuring Khalid ~ Silence Dua Lipa ~ New Rules vs. Harry Styles ~ Sign Of The Times DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne ~ I’m The One vs. CNCO & Little Mix ~ Reggaetón Lento (idk) DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ~ Wild Thoughts vs. Pink ~ What About Us Jonas Blue featuring William Singe ~ Mama vs. Martin Solveig featuring Ina Wroldsen ~ Places (idk) Martin Jensen ~ Solo Dance vs. Zayn featuring Taylor Swift ~ I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) (no they both suck) Shawn Mendes ~ There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back vs. J Balvin & Willy William ~ Mi Gente Little Mix ~ Touch vs. Dua Lipa ~ Be The One Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug ~ Havana vs. Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley ~ Chained To The Rhythm Jason Derulo featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign ~ Swalla vs. Sigala featuring Ella Eyre ~ Came Here For Love Liam Payne featuring Quavo ~ Strip That Down vs. Kendrick Lamar ~ Humble. J Hus ~ Did You See vs. Niall Horan ~ Slow Hands Post Malone featuring 21 Savage ~ Rockstar vs. Stormzy ~ Big For Your Boots Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean ~ Feels vs. Future ~ Mask Off Kygo & Selena Gomez ~ It Ain’t Me vs. Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa ~ Scared To Be Lonely Charlie Puth ~ Attention vs. Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Skin (idk) Starley ~ Call on Me vs. Anne Marie ~ Ciao Adios Maggie Lindermann ~ Pretty Girl vs. Sam Smith ~ Too Good At Goodbyes JP Cooper ~ September Song vs. Ariana Grande ~ One Last Time (idk) Drake ~ Passionfruit vs. Zedd & Alessia Cara ~ Stay Rita Ora ~ Your Song vs. Bruno Mars ~ That’s What I Like The Chainsmokers ~ Paris vs. Julia Michaels ~ Issues Little Mix featuring Stormzy ~ Power vs. Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean & Migos ~ Slide

19/07/2021 Singles 01 NE 01 01 STAY The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber 02 01 03 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 03 02 09 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 04 03 04 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 05 04 14 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 06 NE 01 06 PERMISSION TO DANCE BTS 07 05 40 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 08 06 27 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 09 07 48 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 10 13 32 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 11 08 16 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 12 11 08 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 13 09 23 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 14 10 15 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 15 15 03 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 16 NE 01 16 NDA Billie Eilish 17 14 15 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 18 16 17 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 19 17 21 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 20 20 08 20 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 21 12 03 11 YOU RIGHT Doja Cat & The Weeknd 22 NE 01 22 MOTLEY CREW Post Malone 23 18 08 18 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 24 19 27 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 25 21 22 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 26 37 08 06 BUTTER BTS 27 23 33 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 28 22 06 13 FAVORITE CRIME Olivia Rodrigo 29 24 15 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 30 28 13 28 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 31 25 28 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 32 27 07 27 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 33 29 85 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 34 26 08 15 HAPPIER Olivia Rodrigo 35 30 14 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 36 31 23 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 37 34 53 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 38 43 04 38 THOT SHIT Megan Thee Stallion 39 38 48 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 40 33 08 22 JEALOUSY, JEALOUSY Olivia Rodrigo 41 36 19 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 42 39 52 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 43 32 08 12 BRUTAL Olivia Rodrigo 44 45 05 44 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 45 42 122 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 46 44 87 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 47 35 04 24 HOLIDAY KSI 48 41 19 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 49 49 07 49 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 50 52 51 07 YOU BROKE ME FIRST Tate McRae Albums 01 02 08 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 02 01 02 01 FLESH AND BLOOD Jimmy Barnes 03 03 03 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 NE 01 04 POSITIVE RISING: PART 2 DZ Deathrays 05 05 68 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 06 07 17 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 07 06 08 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 08 09 51 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 09 08 23 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 RE 08 10 FRIENDS IN DANGER Magic Dirt 11 NE 01 11 WILDFLOWERS Jess & Matt 12 11 83 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 13 10 54 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 14 12 228 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 15 04 03 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, the Creator 16 14 120 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 17 15 162 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 18 13 88 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 19 NE 01 19 MOUNTAIN OF PISS Cosmic Pyschos 20 16 214 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 17 11 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 22 20 286 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 23 18 174 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 22 331 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 23 53 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 26 21 51 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 27 25 31 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 28 19 05 03 HALL OF FAME Polo G 29 30 37 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 30 26 113 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 31 24 143 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 32 NE 01 32 VINCE STAPLES Vince Staples 33 35 99 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 34 39 97 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 35 28 351 01 1989 Taylor Swift 36 29 27 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 37 38 464 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 38 36 174 02 ? XXXTentacion 39 27 246 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 40 32 105 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 41 33 05 11 JORDI Maroon 5 42 37 189 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 43 52 134 01 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 44 31 09 03 THE OFF-SEASON J. Cole 45 43 154 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 46 40 44 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 47 42 188 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 48 53 429 02 GREATEST HITS Queen 49 55 168 01 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS Post Malone 50 34 368 01 X Ed Sheeran We have a new #1. The Kid LAROI gets his 2nd #1 which if nothing else means that the "WITHOUT YOU" remix which I've still never listened to has even less reason to exist because now it no longer serves the purpose of giving him a #1 hit. Although I guess you could say that with two #1 singles and a #1 album, he on a vague metric overtakes Jessica Mauboy as the most successful Indigenous Australian on the charts, as she has just one of each if you don't count The Sapphires soundtrack which makes no sense but then people have said that Benny Blanco & Mark Ronson are one hit wonders because they only ever stuck their name at the front of one of their many US hits (I suppose Benny's done it twice now) and people who obsess over this stuff tend to be extremely convinced their illogic is logic. BTS have also once again hit #6 on the chart though I can't help but suspect that they're due for a big decline on both of their singles this week unless the army see this message and choose to prove me wrong out of spite. Billie Eilish's latest single does a little better than her last at least on the surface as it had worse streaming figures just against weaker competition than "Lost Cause". Sadly it looks to exit the chart just as quickly. Not doing that is Post Malone's cowardly SEO-baiting "Motley Crew" which looks to at least climb in its 2nd week. On the album chart it's a slow enough week for Olivia to return to #1. Doja Cat is stuck at #3 for a 3rd week which reminds me to say that "Ain't Shit" is also still missing from the ARIA Chart which is en route to overtaking "Kiss Me More" on Spotify. Anyway Tkay Maidza put out another great EP so listen to that. DZ Deathrays were possibly victims of unmatched format release dates to keep Part 1 of "Positive Rising" out of the top 20, but this week Part 2 lands at #4, matching their previous best set in 2018. Perhaps most interesting this week is the 25th anniversary re-release of Australian rock royalty Magic Dirt sees the band reach the top 10 for the first time ever in their career. Just behind them curiously is duo Jess & Matt, who got famous as finalists on X Factor, but while most of that show's output struggle to find chart positions even 12 months after the fact, here they are reaching #11 some 6 years down the track. This is their 4th time making the top 20. Speaking of Australian stalwarts, another big shout out can go to Cosmic Psychos, who have been around for nearly 4 decades, but only recently have been seeing chart positions, so now their latest album at #19 is their highest ever charter. Vince Staples also returns with his 4th top 50 album. Next week is near impossible to predict with a bunch of notable but not sure bets, which means that it's possible that Olivia just retains #1. But if she doesn't, it'll be between John Mayer, Tones and I, KSI and Pop Smoke, while Chet Faker and Diesel probably figure somewhere as well.

First Draw The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy vs. Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl Alan Walker - Faded vs. Zara Larsson - Lush Life Winner/Playoff The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy vs. Alan Walker - Faded The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy vs. Zara Larsson - Lush Life Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl vs. Alan Walker - Faded Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl vs. Zara Larsson - Lush Life This is all very adequate with no strong feelings to be had

The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy vs. The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes - Roses Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie & Sean Paul - Rockabye vs. Alan Walker - Faded Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills vs. Zara Larsson - Lush Life Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl vs. Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy vs. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie & Sean Paul - Rockabye vs. The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills vs. Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza vs. Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For vs. Adele - When We Were Young Zara Larsson - Lush Life vs. Ariana Grande - Into You Alan Walker - Faded vs. DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes - Roses vs. Tinie Tempah featuring Zara Larsson - Girls Like

What about Shake It Off? I don't know if it was an immediate drop out, but based on the old thread it was #2 before it was taken off Spotify in 2014. Edit: disregard, I just looked further in said post and it went #2->#29

Suffice to say the charts will surely never be as conservative as when Ballad Of The Green Berets was the biggest song of 1966.

re-peak, not a new peak :D

Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla - One Dance vs. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman vs. The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy Bruno Mars - 24K Magic vs. Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie & Sean Paul - Rockabye Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills vs. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza vs. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For vs. Galantis - No Money Zara Larsson - Lush Life vs. Little Mix featuring Jason Derulo - Secret Love Song The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer vs. Alan Walker - Faded The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes - Roses vs. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! vs. Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore vs. Tinie Tempah featuring Zara Larsson - Girls Like (oh no again) Shawn Mendes - Stitches vs. DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You 99 Souls featuring Beyoncé & Brandy - The Girl Is Mine vs. Ariana Grande - Into You Adele - When We Were Young vs. DNCE - Cake By The Ocean Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ - Cold Water vs. Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl Anne Marie - Alarm vs. Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend vs. Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down vs. Major Lazer featuring Nyla & Fuse ODG - Light It Up Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) vs. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

I was at a prog metal show last year and for like an hour before it started the PA was playing nothing but Hiatus Kaiyote, so they've got impressive reach :lol: 12/07/2021 Singles 01 01 02 01 BAD HABITS Ed Sheeran 02 02 08 01 GOOD 4 U Olivia Rodrigo 03 06 03 03 BEGGIN' Måneskin 04 03 13 02 KISS ME MORE Doja Cat feat. SZA 05 04 39 04 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 06 05 26 03 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 07 07 47 01 HEAT WAVES Glass Animals 08 09 15 01 MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) Lil Nas X 09 08 22 04 ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN Masked Wolf 10 10 14 03 DEJA VU Olivia Rodrigo 11 14 07 05 TRAITOR Olivia Rodrigo 12 11 02 11 YOU RIGHT Doja Cat & The Weeknd 13 13 31 01 WITHOUT YOU The Kid Laroi 14 12 14 01 BODY Russ Millions & Tion Wayne 15 21 02 15 I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Måneskin 16 16 16 01 PEACHES Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon 17 15 20 12 FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT) Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman 18 20 07 18 MISSING PIECE Vance Joy 19 17 26 01 DRIVER'S LICENSE Olivia Rodrigo 20 24 07 20 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE Tom Grennan 21 18 21 06 COVER ME IN SUNSHINE P!nk feat. Willow Sage Hart 22 25 05 13 FAVORITE CRIME Olivia Rodrigo 23 19 32 04 THE BUSINESS Tiësto 24 23 14 20 BED Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta 25 26 27 05 GOOSEBUMPS (REMIX) Travis Scott & HVME 26 27 07 15 HAPPIER Olivia Rodrigo 27 33 06 27 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers 28 29 12 28 RASPUTIN Majestic vs. Boney M 29 30 84 01 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 30 28 13 04 RAPSTAR Polo G 31 31 22 18 YOUR LOVE (9PM) ATB feat. Topic & A7S 32 34 07 12 BRUTAL Olivia Rodrigo 33 38 07 22 JEALOUSY, JEALOUSY Olivia Rodrigo 34 35 52 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 35 46 03 24 HOLIDAY KSI 36 36 18 10 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN Silk Sonic 37 37 07 06 BUTTER BTS 38 39 47 01 MOOD 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior 39 41 51 02 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry feat. MNEK 40 22 02 22 WUSYANAME Tyler, the Creator feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign 41 42 18 06 HOLD ON Justin Bieber 42 45 121 04 SOMEONE YOU LOVED Lewis Capaldi 43 54 03 43 THOT SHIT Megan Thee Stallion 44 47 86 05 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 45 48 04 45 CLOUDY DAY Tones and I 46 32 04 31 NEED TO KNOW Doja Cat 47 50 08 28 BUILD A BITCH Bella Poarch 48 52 222 01 PERFECT Ed Sheeran 49 64 06 49 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 50 55 112 01 DANCE MONKEY Tones and I Albums 01 NE 01 01 FLESH AND BLOOD Jimmy Barnes 02 01 07 01 SOUR Olivia Rodigo 03 03 02 03 PLANET HER Doja Cat 04 02 02 02 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, the Creator 05 07 67 01 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 06 08 07 02 ALL I KNOW SO FAR: SETLIST P!nk 07 09 16 01 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 08 10 22 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 11 50 01 F*CK LOVE The Kid Laroi 10 13 53 01 SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 11 12 82 01 FINE LINE Harry Styles 12 14 227 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 13 18 87 01 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 14 17 119 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 15 19 161 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 16 20 213 16 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 16 10 01 CRY FOREVER Amy Shark 18 22 173 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 15 04 03 HALL OF FAME Polo G 20 21 285 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 21 23 50 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 24 330 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 23 25 52 01 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 24 30 142 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen / Soundtrack 25 27 30 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 26 32 112 07 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 27 35 245 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 28 28 350 01 1989 Taylor Swift 29 34 26 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 30 36 36 02 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 31 26 08 03 THE OFF-SEASON J. Cole 32 29 104 01 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT Ed Sheeran 33 33 04 11 JORDI Maroon 5 34 38 367 01 X Ed Sheeran 35 53 98 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 36 39 173 02 ? XXXTentacion 37 40 188 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 38 31 463 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 39 37 96 01 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 40 44 43 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 41 NE 01 41 LIVE IN THE UK The Seekers 42 43 187 01 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 43 45 153 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVOURITE BAND Green Day 44 47 153 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 45 46 75 19 HOT PINK Doja Cat 46 68 419 02 THE BEST OF: ALL FOR YOU Cold Chisel 47 56 158 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 48 57 36 03 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 49 41 47 02 SUNLIGHT Spacey Jane 50 55 268 01 TEENAGE DREAM (THE COMPLETE CONFECTION) Katy Perry "Bad Habits" remains at barely #1 as streams replace sales. It's actually getting close to overtaking "good 4 u" on Spotify but anyway that's irrelevant because The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber are probably replacing it next week. I don't yet know if that's a good thing. But hey I guess there might be some big new entries next week and so we're getting surprisingly close to ousting Capaldi from the top 50. As it stands, this week is so slow that all of the 4 longest running top 50 hits of all time are simultaneously in the top 50. The highest new entry is "Thot Shit", which unless it gets another quote unquote remix is Megan's only solo top 50 hit as it stands, after "Body" just barely missed out. Galantis also fluke a top 50 for the first time in many years. A couple of years ago I noted that Jimmy Barnes has the record for the most #1 albums by any artist. Now he's extended that with his 13th #1, and that doesn't include the 5 further #1's he's gotten with Cold Chisel. Suffice to say that this country's love of "Khe Sanh" and "Working Class Man" has had significant legs. He leads a very slow week that only also includes a debut for a live Seekers album, and now the bar is so low that Pitbull's made the top 40. Queen got to #2 in the UK this week thanks to a vinyl release, but it doesn't get into the top 50 here because the "Bohemian Rhapsody" album is still hoarding all the Queen streams. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this, it's just somewhat funny.

I don't know any British context but I feel like for most of my life the song has just been a perpetual soundtrack to slow motion sports highlight reels.