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10/02/2024 Singles 01 01 10 01 MESSY Lola Young 02 02 16 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 03 03 16 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 04 04 25 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 05 08 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 06 07 38 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 06 43 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 08 08 43 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 09 13 55 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 10 02 10 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 11 17 19 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 12 12 43 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 13 09 39 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 14 11 25 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 15 14 24 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 16 16 11 03 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 17 15 64 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 18 39 04 18 DENIAL IS A RIVER Doechii 19 23 35 19 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 20 NE 01 20 CRY FOR ME The Weeknd 21 NE 01 21 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 22 64 23 22 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 23 20 97 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 24 29 36 24 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Luke Combs 25 41 38 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 26 22 110 22 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 27 45 39 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 28 18 46 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 29 21 30 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 30 25 28 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 31 24 235 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 32 35 81 32 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs 33 19 06 16 BMF SZA 34 28 68 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 35 27 39 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 36 46 185 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 37 31 45 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 38 26 12 26 SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy 39 37 35 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 40 47 26 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 41 32 07 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 42 34 26 26 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 43 50 76 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 44 30 239 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 45 RE 03 32 SÃO PAULO The Weeknd feat. Anitta 46 33 17 30 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 47 48 10 12 TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 48 42 134 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 49 36 03 36 GBP Central Cee, 21 Savage 50 NE 01 50 ABRACADABRA Lady Gaga Bubbling Under 14 (16) FAT JUICY & WET Sexyy Red & Bruno Mars 15 (NE) WAKE ME UP The Weeknd 16 (15) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 17 (20) 30 FOR 30 SZA, Kendrick Lamar 18 (14) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 19 (18) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 20 (12) SMILE Morgan Wallen Albums 01 NE 001 01 HURRY UP TOMORROW The Weeknd 02 04 024 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 07 038 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 03 113 01 SOS SZA 05 06 360 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 06 05 033 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 07 10 043 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 08 09 209 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 02 002 02 CAN'T RUSH GREATNESS Central Cee 10 12 274 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 11 13 025 03 FATHERS & SONS Luke Combs 12 16 035 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 15 019 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 14 17 042 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 15 20 011 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 16 18 101 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 17 22 097 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 18 21 140 03 HOZIER Hozier 19 23 094 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 20 24 400 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 25 194 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 22 26 087 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 23 19 011 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 24 34 074 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 25 27 345 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 33 237 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 27 31 455 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 28 49 306 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 29 29 472 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 28 285 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 31 37 378 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 32 32 517 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 33 36 067 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 38 015 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 35 45 043 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 36 43 117 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 46 288 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 38 40 009 02 ROSIE Rosé 39 39 123 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 40 44 348 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 41 48 204 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 42 42 080 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 43 35 005 16 DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS Bad Bunny 44 56 213 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 45 01 002 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 2) Teddy Swims 46 53 043 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 47 51 025 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 48 55 011 09 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: SEASON 2 Soundtrack 49 50 025 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 50 58 430 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars "Messy" is #1 for a second week. Once again it's difficult to say it could've gotten there without the Hottest 100, and more fun to think that way. Once again, it's difficult to say what'll be #1 next week. "APT." is closing the gap once again. Amusingly, I'm not counting the last two songs to be #1 on Spotify, "That's So True" and "Not Like Us", although in the latter's case, that's possibly an incidence of Australia being a day behind international news cycles. It's not leading by as much as it is in the UK, but it's possible it'll have a better day tomorrow relatively speaking. A peculiar side-product of GRAMMY discourse, is that all discussion of Benson Boone related manners always escapes my periphery, but it must exist, he's gone and jumped back into the top 10, in a manner that can only be described as ultimate Weeknd trolling. "Timeless" spent its first 3 weeks in the top 10, and in what should have been a sure bet to make the top 10, has returned to #11. On The Weeknd, he only has one debut in the top 50, with "Cry For Me". I haven't heard enough people say this, but "Cry For Me" by Magdalena Bay is an excellent pop song that was released last year, I'm planning on seeing them live next month. Getting new peaks in the top 20, we've got Doechii being 1 position shy (pick your least favourite song in the top 10 to no longer exist) of a Fetty Wap climb (also annoyingly it seems like ARIA are not counting "Again", it previously peaked at #53). Luke Combs also very belatedly makes the top 20 this week with "Ain't No Love In Oklahoma", a truly random winner of most popular Luke Combs song currently. Morgan Wallen arrives at #21, looking to be frontloaded like his recent entries for now. What will certainly not be frontloaded in terms of the first tracking week is Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra", just sneaking in at #50 and looking at a decent climb next week. The Weeknd scores his 5th #1 album. I continue to yell at the clouds in praise of "Trilogy". I neglected to mention Luke Combs' new peak on the album chart last week but I am remembering it now. "This One's For You" is making serious headway to becoming the longest charting studio album ever. It's about a year off the mark but being helped by Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift's particular efforts no longer guaranteeing their standings in the top 50. I hate to report that there are zero Australian albums in the top 50 this week.

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I actually found the game pretty fun to watch despite how one-sided it was. I'm always going to be an Aussie rules purist when it comes to football (only 23 days to go!), but there's an excitement to be had with seeing the best of the best do their things. Those 50+ yard touchdowns & field goals are wonderful, and the result is a great reminder of how hard it is to 3peat. Collingwood supporters, do not reply to this message. All the flowers to Kendrick too. Only person who's made it fun to hate on Drake :D in over a decade.

Haha, I hadn't seen your post but I just made a reddit post on this very subject.

03/02/2024 Singles 01 03 09 01 MESSY Lola Young 02 01 15 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 03 02 15 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 04 04 24 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 05 07 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 06 12 42 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 07 06 37 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 07 42 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 09 08 38 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 10 NE 01 10 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 11 13 24 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 12 11 42 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 13 10 54 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 14 09 23 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 15 14 63 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 15 10 03 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 17 16 18 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 18 18 45 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 19 17 05 16 BMF SZA 20 26 96 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 21 19 29 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 22 30 109 22 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 23 34 34 21 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 24 22 234 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 25 25 27 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 26 31 11 26 SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy 27 20 38 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 28 24 67 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 29 35 35 29 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Luke Combs 30 28 238 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 31 21 44 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 32 23 06 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 33 33 16 30 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 34 27 25 26 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 35 42 80 35 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs 36 47 02 36 GBP Central Cee, 21 Savage 37 29 34 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 38 32 47 10 AUSTIN Dasha 39 44 03 39 DENIAL IS A RIVER Doechii 40 37 240 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 41 39 37 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 42 36 133 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 43 40 12 37 LINGER (SIRIUSXM SESSION) Royel Otis 44 38 36 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 45 65 38 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 46 43 184 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 47 70 25 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 48 46 09 12 TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 49 41 97 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 50 45 75 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves Bubbling Under 10 (NE) 4X4 Travis Scott 11 (10) PUSH 2 START Tyla 12 (09) SMILE Morgan Wallen 13 (19) 2 HANDS Tate McRae 14 (12) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 15 (14) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 16 (NE) FAT JUICY & WET Sexyy Red & Bruno Mars 17 (13) TWEAKER Gelo 18 (16) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 19 (11) DTMF Bad Bunny 20 (15) 30 FOR 30 SZA, Kendrick Lamar Albums 01 NE 001 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (PART 2) Teddy Swims 02 NE 001 02 CAN'T RUSH GREATNESS Central Cee 03 02 112 01 SOS SZA 04 03 023 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 01 032 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 06 08 359 06 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 07 07 037 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 08 NE 001 08 FORGIVING SPREE Slowly Slowly 09 06 208 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 09 042 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 11 NE 001 11 SCARS Sisters Doll 12 18 273 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 13 20 024 03 FATHERS & SONS Luke Combs 14 RE 003 14 THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND Bad Omens 15 10 018 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 16 17 034 01 BRAT Charli XCX 17 11 041 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 18 15 100 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 19 13 010 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 20 14 010 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 21 27 139 03 HOZIER Hozier 22 33 096 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 23 21 093 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 24 16 399 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 22 193 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 26 26 086 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 25 344 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 28 28 284 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 29 29 471 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 57 024 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 31 31 454 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 32 35 516 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 33 37 236 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 34 34 073 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 35 23 004 16 DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS Bad Bunny 36 32 066 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 37 30 377 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 38 36 014 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 39 38 122 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 40 39 008 02 ROSIE Rosé 41 NE 001 41 THE HIGH ROAD Kane Brown 42 41 079 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 43 42 116 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 43 347 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 45 40 042 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 46 50 287 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 47 69 646 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 48 45 203 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 49 44 305 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 50 46 024 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris We've got a potentially interesting chart first this week. For decades we've witnessed the first hand response to triple j's Hottest 100, rebounding past hits, thrusting new ones into the spotlight and whatnot. Something I don't think we've ever seen before though is a song actually reaching #1 as a result of this initial burst. We've had some close calls, like "Heat Waves" looking to have the gumption if not for Olivia Rodrigo's unprecedented numbers (Glass Animals did get to #1 but not until a while later), ditto Amy Shark having to compete with the Ed Sheeran quinella. But I was surprised on Friday to see Lola Young take the top spot given the chart positions I was witnessing. From that it can be concluded to be a fairly close margin and one where "Messy"'s #4 finish to "APT."'s non-entry is enough of a swing to change the course of chart history. What makes it more potent is that there's every possibility that "APT." just gets back to #1 next week. Much like N-Trance's "Stayin' Alive" hitting #1 for a week because "Gangsta's Paradise" ran out of stock in shops on its second week, resulting in a 5-16-1-1-1-1... chart run, Lola Young has managed to shoot her shot with ideal timing. Otherwise this week, Tate McRae gets her 3rd top 10 hit. The massive Luke Combs Australian tour marches on and "When It Rains It Pours" actually manages a new peak. He's still got a couple of shows to go at Marvel Stadium so even if Damien Hardwick won't be in attendance, he could climb again and get that illusive top 20 peak. Teddy Swims scores his first ever #1 album. Part 1 debuted at #4 but you can imagine a few genuine crossover hits later (just the biggest hit of 2024 in the US, nbd) and he's grown to have a slightly bigger fanbase. Central Cee is also on the up, previously peaking at #6, but will have to settle for #2 as the UK rap scene continues to wait for its first ever #1 (I am not counting 21 Savage). Australian pop punk or thereabouts band Slowly Slowly score their 3rd top 10 album this week. I'm less familiar with the glam rock band Sisters Doll despite them being from my home state, but they're charting for the first time ever with their 3rd album at #11. Also charting for the first time is Bad Omens. Well, actually their album has been hovering below the chart for years but now with a new vinyl release, reaches the top 50 for the first time ever. Kane Brown returns with his 3rd top 50 album too.

27/01/2024 Singles 01 01 14 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 02 14 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 03 08 03 MESSY Lola Young 04 04 23 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 06 06 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 06 05 36 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 07 07 41 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 08 09 37 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 09 08 22 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 10 12 53 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 10 41 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 12 11 41 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 13 13 23 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 14 14 62 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 15 15 09 03 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 17 17 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 17 16 04 16 BMF SZA 18 18 44 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 19 21 28 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 20 19 37 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 21 24 43 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 22 22 233 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 23 28 05 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 24 20 66 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 25 23 26 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 26 33 95 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 27 26 24 26 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 28 27 237 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 29 25 33 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 30 40 108 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 31 31 10 31 SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy 32 29 46 10 AUSTIN Dasha 33 30 15 30 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 34 52 33 21 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 35 53 34 35 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Luke Combs 36 35 132 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 37 32 239 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 38 34 35 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 39 38 36 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 40 37 11 37 LINGER (SIRIUSXM SESSION) Royel Otis 41 39 96 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 42 63 79 35 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs 43 48 183 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 44 66 02 44 DENIAL IS A RIVER Doechii 45 46 74 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 46 44 08 12 TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 47 NE 01 47 GBP Central Cee, 21 Savage 48 42 03 36 SMILE Morgan Wallen 49 43 09 43 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 50 50 57 05 YELLOW Coldplay Bubbling Under 10 (12) PUSH 2 START Tyla 11 (NE) DTMF Bad Bunny 12 (13) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 13 (08) TWEAKER Gelo 14 (11) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 15 (16) 30 FOR 30 SZA, Kendrick Lamar 16 (14) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 17 (15) SQUABBLE UP Kendrick Lamar 18 (19) NICE TO MEET YOU Myles Smith 19 (18) 2 HANDS Tate McRae 20 (17) DEFYING GRAVITY Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande Albums 01 06 031 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 02 02 111 01 SOS SZA 03 01 022 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 04 NE 001 04 TOY Dear Seattle 05 NE 001 05 BETTER MAN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) Robbie Williams 06 04 207 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 03 036 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 08 11 358 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 09 09 041 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 10 08 017 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 11 07 040 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 12 NE 001 12 BALLOONERISM Mac Miller 13 05 009 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 14 10 009 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 15 13 099 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 16 15 398 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 12 033 01 BRAT Charli XCX 18 31 272 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 19 51 041 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 20 77 023 03 FATHERS & SONS Luke Combs 21 14 092 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 17 192 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 23 16 003 16 DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS Bad Bunny 24 RE 006 03 TEN DAYS Fred Again.. 25 20 343 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 18 085 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 34 138 03 HOZIER Hozier 28 21 283 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 29 25 470 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 26 376 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 31 29 453 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 32 23 065 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 33 53 095 02 GETTIN' OLD Luke Combs 34 22 072 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 35 24 515 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 36 27 013 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 37 28 235 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 38 32 121 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 39 19 007 02 ROSIE Rosé 40 33 041 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 41 36 078 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 42 38 115 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 43 35 346 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 44 37 304 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 45 202 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 46 41 023 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 47 30 009 09 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 2 Soundtrack 48 43 228 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 49 39 023 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 50 44 286 01 STARBOY The Weeknd "APT." has managed 11 weeks at #1. The last song to spend as long at #1 was "Flowers" back in 2023 that got to 12, so that's the next target for Rosé. She'll probably manage it but there has been a spanner in the works as promised. We did have triple j's Hottest 100 over the weekend and I'm still recovering. If you wish to learn more about the Hottest 100, my blog powers on. Last week I wrote a particularly lengthy entry ranting about a misconception of an extremely Australian song I was quite proud of. In any case, Lola Young's #4 finish has granted her a certain amount of interest that hasn't really been extended to Gracie Abrams' #5 finish, curious that. It's turning this thing into a three horse race on Spotify, although I still trust the incumbent elsewhere. The big news of the week otherwise is that Luke Combs is back here again. We get a slight variation on the rule of the same songs re-entering every time this happens because "Where The Wild Things Are" actually re-enters at a new peak. You could very well expect him to keep climbing next week. In vaguely new news, Doechii gets her first ever top 50 hit with "DENIAL IS A RIVER", I am very much endorsing this message. Cench & 21 also give us another new 2025 entry which should at least last a second week with the album release. I await to see if 2024's highly touted status as a year in music also makes it very difficult to unseat in the coming weeks. On a related note, I have to point out that ARIA re-tagged "Tweaker" because that's not something that happens very often. I worry that somewhere down the line, someone's gonna misremember the dates and think that it's thanks to triple j's Hottest 100, but no, Gracie Abrams is back at #1 for a second week thanks to a vinyl re-issue. She's not alone this week, we've also got Benson Boone & Fred again.. benefitting. In a week where Australian music struggles are being highlighted a lot, let's put some attention onto the successes, specifically the top debut this week from Dear Seattle. They've previously made the top 50 twice before but no higher than #31, so they're making the big jump to #4 this time around. They're just ahead of Robbie Williams which might almost still count as Australian content. Not because Robbie's spent the last 2 years as a raging Carlton fan (I suspect this doesn't show up in the movie) but because "Better Man" is arguably his best selling song in Australia on pure sales. I have no idea what the perception of this song is in the UK, where it must be at least somewhat known since it's a likeable cut from a very successful album, but one that didn't get its chart tenure properly. Our two countries don't always agree on everything, but I think we definitely should work together in making fun of the incuriosity of Americans regarding this biopic. Mac Miller's latest posthumous full release of an old mixtape arrives at #12, a few spots higher than "Faces" landed.

20/01/2024 Singles 01 01 13 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 02 13 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 03 07 03 MESSY Lola Young 04 04 22 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 05 35 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 06 07 05 06 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 07 06 40 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 08 09 21 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 36 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 10 08 40 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 11 11 40 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 12 12 52 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 13 14 22 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 14 13 61 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 15 15 08 03 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 17 03 16 BMF SZA 17 16 16 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 18 18 43 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 19 19 36 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 20 20 65 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 24 27 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 22 21 232 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 23 22 25 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 24 27 42 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 25 23 32 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 26 31 23 26 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 27 26 236 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 28 38 04 28 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 29 25 45 10 AUSTIN Dasha 30 39 14 30 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 31 34 09 34 SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy 32 28 238 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 33 30 94 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 34 32 34 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 35 33 131 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 36 42 20 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 37 37 10 37 LINGER (SIRIUSXM SESSION) Royel Otis 38 35 35 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 39 29 95 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 40 40 107 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 41 NE 01 41 TWEAKER Ball Brothers 42 36 02 36 SMILE Morgan Wallen 43 66 08 43 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 44 49 07 12 TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 45 41 48 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 46 43 73 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 47 76 11 26 LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 48 47 182 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 49 57 135 02 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 50 58 56 05 YELLOW Coldplay Bubbling Under 12 (09) PUSH 2 START Tyla 13 (11) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 14 (13) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 15 (15) SQUABBLE UP Kendrick Lamar 16 (16) 30 FOR 30 SZA, Kendrick Lamar 17 (14) DEFYING GRAVITY Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande 18 (17) 2 HANDS Tate McRae 19 (21) NICE TO MEET YOU Myles Smith 20 (18) TOXIC TILL THE END Rosé Albums 01 01 021 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 02 110 01 SOS SZA 03 03 035 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 06 206 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 05 04 008 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 06 07 030 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 07 05 039 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 08 09 016 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 09 08 040 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 10 10 008 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 11 18 357 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 12 12 032 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 11 098 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 14 13 091 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 15 14 397 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 16 99 002 16 DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS Bad Bunny 17 15 191 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 18 17 084 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 19 16 006 02 ROSIE Rosé 20 25 342 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 21 20 282 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 22 21 071 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 23 26 064 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 24 514 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 31 469 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 26 28 375 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 27 22 012 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 28 23 234 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 29 30 452 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 30 29 008 09 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 2 Soundtrack 31 41 271 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 32 27 120 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 33 32 040 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 34 40 137 03 HOZIER Hozier 35 33 345 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 36 34 077 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 37 36 303 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 38 38 114 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 35 022 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 40 NE 001 40 ATAVISTA Childish Gambino 41 37 022 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 46 116 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 43 45 227 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 44 43 285 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 45 49 201 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 46 47 411 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 47 39 022 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 48 44 427 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 49 54 193 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 50 48 311 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott "APT." has landed a 10th week at #1, getting to seriously rare air. That'd be around when you think it's going to wind down but actually it took back the #1 spot on Spotify so it's looking pretty safe. The one thing that could throw a spanner in the works is triple j's Hottest 100. I'm avoiding spoilers so please don't tell me, but if I were making predictions, I think Gracie Abrams & Lola Young polling, and "APT." not polling is a pretty safe bet. If they poll particularly high (which they could well), that could be a difference maker. Last week I said that "Kisses" got a new peak. It actually didn't, but it did this week. Ball Brothers gives us a rare new entry at this time of year, and we also have Alex Warren jumping back up for unclear reasons. We've had the song floating around since July, and it made the new music chart too during that brief window where ARIA put Ella Henderson's name on it. They've taken it off which is a rare move in these parts. Sabrina Carpenter also gets a 10th week at #1. Not much to report really except that Bad Bunny has vaulted up to score his first top 50 album. His previous album never quite got there but spent a long time hovering around below the chart, so it probably did better numbers than a lot of #1 albums did. Childish Gambino scores a debut with a re-issue of his #11 peaking album "3.15.20". Also keep an eye on Luke Combs as he gets into his Australian tour here, we could see his debut album finally score a new peak.

Was literally watching a video about Twin Peaks and heard the news minutes later. :cry: Woefully ignorant of much of his filmography, but the aforementioned show (and film) is one of my favourite things ever. Lynch's own character manages to be one of the best parts of it against some stacked competition, his loud voice lives rent free in my head. Will be greatly missed.

13/01/2024 Singles 01 01 12 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 02 12 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 06 06 03 MESSY Lola Young 04 03 21 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 04 34 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 06 05 39 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 07 18 04 07 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 08 08 39 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 20 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 10 09 35 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 11 11 39 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 12 07 51 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 13 13 60 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 12 21 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 15 15 07 03 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 16 15 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 17 27 02 17 BMF SZA 18 17 42 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 19 19 35 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 20 20 64 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 25 231 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 22 22 24 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 23 21 31 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 24 29 26 24 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 25 14 44 10 AUSTIN Dasha 26 23 235 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 27 51 41 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 28 26 237 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 29 32 94 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 34 93 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 31 60 22 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 32 37 33 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 33 24 130 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 34 54 08 34 SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy 35 38 34 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 36 NE 01 36 SMILE Morgan Wallen 37 46 09 37 LINGER (SIRIUSXM SESSION) Royel Otis 38 62 03 38 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 39 39 13 39 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 40 36 106 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 41 30 47 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 42 42 19 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 43 28 72 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 44 61 02 44 PUSH 2 START Tyla 45 33 28 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 46 43 46 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 47 31 181 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 48 47 40 47 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Journey 49 52 06 12 TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 50 64 10 33 STICKY Tyler, The Creator Bubbling Under 12 (11) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 13 (14) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 14 (16) DEFYING GRAVITY Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande 15 (13) SQUABBLE UP Kendrick Lamar 16 (12) 30 FOR 30 SZA, Kendrick Lamar 17 (18) 2 HANDS Tate McRae 18 (15) TOXIC TILL THE END Rosé 19 (23) BURNING DOWN Alex Warren 20 (22) GOOD NEWS Shaboozey Albums 01 01 020 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 02 109 01 SOS SZA 03 04 034 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 05 007 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 05 03 038 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 06 09 205 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 08 029 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 08 07 039 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 09 06 015 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 10 12 007 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 11 15 097 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 12 11 031 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 23 090 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 14 27 396 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 13 190 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 16 20 005 02 ROSIE Rosé 17 33 083 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 18 18 356 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 10 004 04 HOP Stray Kids 20 17 281 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 21 16 070 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 22 29 011 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 23 24 233 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 24 21 513 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 25 22 341 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 19 063 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 14 119 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 28 26 374 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 29 28 007 09 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 2 Soundtrack 30 34 451 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 31 35 468 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 31 039 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 33 37 344 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 34 32 076 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 35 36 021 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 36 30 302 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 37 41 021 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 38 42 113 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 25 021 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 40 45 136 03 HOZIER Hozier 41 40 270 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 42 NE 001 42 WHAM Lil Baby 43 48 284 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 44 43 426 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 45 44 226 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 46 47 115 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 47 50 410 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 48 39 310 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 49 51 200 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 50 46 325 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen "APT." makes it 9 weeks at #1. I think it'll be #1 again next week. Chrystal also climbs into the top 10. ARIA is not yet counting it as a Dance song, so BL3SS & co. are back to #1 on that chart, with a new peak here too. The jig is very immediately up for "Beautiful Things" after living on borrowed time in the top 10 for months, but its power is transferred over to "Slow It Down" which is taking another stab at reaching the top 20. Morgan Wallen replaces his old song with his new song, though Spotify suggests that his somewhat new song is the top dog in the future. Tyla gets her second top 50 hit and we have an actual 🚨 AUSTRALIAN MUSIC KLAXON 🚨 because Sonny Fodera has finally made the top 50 for the first time with "Somedays". It's hardly him just getting a hit now, the song is already gold, and "Asking" went platinum, but we have to take these tangible results when we can get them. As for why it's climbing so suddenly now, I can only guess that Hot Hits Australia is getting a bit more of a rinsing in this January doldrums period, as a lot of climbing/higher-than-you-would-expect songs trace their lineage to it. Sabrina Carpenter gets a 9th week at #1. You can really tell it's January because we have our annual rapid ascent of Maroon 5 even amongst the usual crowd. Lil Baby gives us our first actual 2025 content on the chart.

2024 End Of Year Singles 1. (NE) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 2. (NE) Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 3. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 4. (NE) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 5. (NE) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 6. (NE) Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER 7. (NE) Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 8. (NE) Hozier - Too Sweet 9. (08) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 10. (NE) Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY 11. (79) Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 12. (NE) Dasha - Austin 13. (NE) Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 14. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please 15. (07) Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 16. (49) Tate McRae - greedy 17. (NE) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 18. (NE) Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start 19. (61) Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe - Prada 20. (NE) Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight 21. (NE) Artemas - I like the way you kiss me 22. (NE) Djo - End Of Beginning 23. (NE) Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 24. (52) Vance Joy - Riptide 25. (02) Morgan Wallen - Last Night 26. (NE) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 27. (NE) Myles Smith - Stargazing 28. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 29. (NE) Cyril - Stumblin' In 30. (13) Luke Combs - Fast Car 31. (NE) Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 32. (NE) Eminem - Houdini 33. (NE) Benson Boone - Slow It Down 34. (29) The Killers - Mr. Brightside 35. (NE) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM 36. (33) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 37. (56) Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 38. (NE) Tyla - Water 39. (01) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 40. (NE) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 41. (14) Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 42. (NE) Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 43. (NE) SZA - Saturn 44. (NE) Billie Eilish - LUNCH 45. (NE) Morgan Wallen - Thinkin' Bout Me 46. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 47. (43) SZA - Snooze 48. (NE) Mark Ambor - Belong Together 49. (NE) Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 50. (NE) Dom Dolla - Saving Up 51. (NE) The Weeknd - One Of The Girls 52. (04) Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 53. (NE) Dua Lipa - Houdini 54. (51) Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours 55. (93) Kenya Grace - Strangers 56. (30) Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 57. (85) Hozier - Take Me To Church 58. (NE) Rosé, Bruno Mars - APT. 59. (NE) Tate McRae - exes 60. (11) OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried 61. (NE) Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti - FE!N 62. (26) Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 63. (86) Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire 64. (09) Harry Styles - As It Was 65. (18) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 66. (32) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 67. (RE) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor 68. (NE) Luke Combs - Where The Wild Things Are 69. (03) SZA - Kill Bill 70. (NE) Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER 71. (71) Coldplay - Viva La Vida 72. (NE) Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 73. (NE) Fred again.. & Baby Keem - leavemealone 74. (RE) Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All The Stars 75. (55) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 76. (NE) Good Neighbours - Home 77. (52) Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 78. (RE) Coldplay - Yellow 79. (NE) Future, Metro Boomin - Like That 80. (66) Luke Combs - Beautiful Crazy 81. (RE) Taylor Swift - Lover 82. (45) The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti, Madonna - Popular 83. (35) Tom Odell - Another Love 84. (NE) The Kid Laroi - NIGHTS LIKE THIS 85. (28) Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 86. (NE) Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry 87. (75) The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weater 88. (NE) Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey 89. (62) Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 90. (RE) Noah Cyrus - July 91. (RE) The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This 92. (NE) Gracie Abrams - That's So True 93. (19) David Kushner - Daylight 94. (27) Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 95. (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? 96. (36) The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - STAY 97. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Nonsense 98. (NE) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - Carnival 99. (NE) Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! 100. (NE) Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish - Guess Albums 1. (NE) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 2. (NE) Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 3. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 4. (03) The Weeknd - The Highlights 5. (01) Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 6. (05) SZA - SOS 7. (08) Taylor Swift - Lover 8. (04) Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 9. (18) Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 10. (02) Taylor Swift - Midnights 11. (12) Taylor Swift - folklore 12. (27) Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 13. (15) Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 14. (NE) Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 15. (11) Taylor Swift - Reputation 16. (14) Luke Combs - This One's For You 17. (92) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 18. (NE) Charli XCX - BRAT 19. (20) Maroon 5 - Singles Collection 20. (NE) Gracie Abrams - The Secret Of Us 21. (NE) Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 22. (34) Travis Scott - UTOPIA 23. (19) Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 24. (26) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 25. (10) The Weeknd - Starboy 26. (13) Elton John - Diamonds 27. (38) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: The Complete Collection 28. (36) Taylor Swift - evermore 29. (29) Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 30. (61) Kanye West - Graduation 31. (80) Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 32. (21) Foo Fighters - The Essential 33. (NE) Linkin Park - Papercuts 34. (40) Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? 35. (31) Arctic Monkeys - AM 36. (24) Luke Combs - What You See Ain't Always What You Get 37. (NE) Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) 38. (30) Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album 39. (07) Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 40. (42) Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band 41. (43) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 42. (44) XXXTentacion - Look At Me: The Album. 43. (23) Ed Sheeran - ÷ 44. (NE) Cold Chisel - 50 Years - The Best Of 45. (22) Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 46. (50) Pitbull - Greatest Hits 47. (89) Travis Scott - Astroworld 48. (57) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 49. (NE) Tate McRae - Think Later 50. (NE) Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can't Send 51. (RE) Hozier - Hozier 52. (74) SZA - Ctrl 53. (32) The Weeknd - After Hours 54. (48) Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 55. (17) Luke Combs - Gettin' Old 56. (63) Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 57. (45) Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 58. (35) Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 59. (52) Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 60. (59) Lady Gaga - The Fame 61. (06) Harry Styles - Harry's House 62. (NE) Post Malone - F-1 Trillion 63. (49) Eminem - The Eminem Show 64. (RE) Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE 65. (47) ABBA - Studio Albums 66. (NE) Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 67. (NE) The Kid Laroi - The First Time 68. (09) Taylor Swift - 1989 69. (66) Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 70. (RE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits 71. (51) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 72. (33) Eminem - Curtain Call 2 73. (41) Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 74. (NE) Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia 75. (82) Tyler, The Creator - IGOR 76. (25) Harry Styles - Fine Line 77. (70) Nirvana - Nevermind 78. (60) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 79. (NE) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - Vultures 1 80. (85) Linkin Park - Meteora 81. (58) INXS - The Very Best 82. (NE) 21 Savage - american dream 83. (16) P!nk - Trustfall 84. (96) Drake - For All The Dogs 85. (NE) Ed Sheeran - +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 86. (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising: The Collection 87. (NE) The Killers - Rebel Diamonds 88. (56) Adele - 25 89. (NE) Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter 90. (78) Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city 91. (77) Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 92. (RE) Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) 93. (NE) Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 94. (NE) Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 95. (62) Adele - 21 96. (72) Billie Eilish - Dont Smile At Me 97. (NE) Coldplay - Moon Music 98. (88) Dr. Dre - 2001 99. (86) Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 100. (NE) Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) Dropouts: xx (28) Ed Sheeran - - xx (37) Soundtrack - Barbie The Album xx (39) Ed Sheeran - = xx (46) Coldplay - Live In Buenos Aires xx (53) Luke Combs - Growin' Up xx (54) Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon xx (55) Doja Cat - Planet Her xx (64) Harry Styles - Harry Styles xx (65) Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys xx (67) Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection xx (68) Drake - Certified Lover Boy xx (69) Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd xx (71) Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding xx (73) Ed Sheeran - x xx (75) Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation xx (76) Tame Impala - Currents xx (79) The Weeknd - Dawn FM xx (81) Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss xx (83) Post Malone - Stoney xx (84) Metro Boomin - Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse xx (87) Spacey Jane - Here Comes Everybody xx (90) Drake - Scorpion xx (91) Nicki Minaj - Queen Radio xx (93) Justin Bieber - Justice xx (94) The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love (Over You) xx (95) Rihanna - Anti xx (97) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary) xx (98) Beyonce - Renaissance xx (99) Metallica - 72 Seasons xx (100) Post Malone - Austin I'd really like to type more but this took so long to type out because I forgot how to do it faster until it was too late. I don't know if there's anything remarkable to point out, but I suppose for clarity (this is a Vance Joy pun), I should point out that "Riptide" looks like it climbed a lot, but that's just because it finally got a full calendar year that it didn't get last year. Also after 7 years in a row on the list (a record), "Perfect" has not made the cut. "Sunflower" has made it to 7 years now though, but it's not looking good for next year. Taylor Swift takes the top album slot for the 3rd year in a row. It's a bad year for Ed Sheeran, Drake & Post Malone in particular. It's especially worth noting that given ARIA's new recurrency rules below the top 100 on the album chart, a lot of these albums that dropped out from last year's list are probably not coming back. One must suspect that this will eventually show a noticeable effect with numerous albums no longer having second winds (imagine some Taylor Swift albums just being missing for instance), which might lower the threshold needed for big sales albums to get in. We need some sort of hope because it's looking pretty bleak for Australian albums this year, none of these 3 albums that made it for 2024 look safe for making it in 2025.

+5 Lady Gaga - Die With A Smile +4 ROSE - APT. +3 Teddy Swims - The Door +2 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song +1 Jimin - Who -1 Lola Young - Messy -2 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams -3 Chrystal - The Days (NOTION Remix) -4 Cynthia Erivo - Defying Gravity -5 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

The way people respond to these sorts of things has the unfortunate side effect of justifying it. As has been said before, years down the track, the average person isn't going to remember the specific timeline and how that affects the rationale of the selection. On the other hand, if you make a dud pick that goes nowhere, that will get parroted. You're more likely to hear someone laugh at the GRAMMYs for giving Best New Artist to A Taste Of Honey or Marc Cohn, rather than the fact that Bon Iver won it 4 and a half years after "For Emma..." came out. Tastemakers get more kudos for parroting consensus mainstream opinions than actually being tastemakers.

That's fair. My philosophy is that accuracy comes first which I feel isn't always shared when I see untimely ACR cheered on and the like. My feeling is that if songs spending a few too many months in the top 40 can cause outrage that requires a rule change, then the studio album only utopia would do the same. It's that grass is greener philosophy, but fair play if that's how you see it.

Yeah I generally agree. You'll get some newer albums that ride on initial sales/streams that get a couple of extra weeks, but overwhelmingly it's those albums that are probably #120 every week that get the most out of it. Just like how the #101-#200 section on Spotify has very few songs that haven't already made the top 100.

Oh, I should have better clarified. I agree that very few are seeing a Greatest Hits comp. on the chart and thinking 'ooh I need to buy that', but I do think it makes for exposure nonetheless. It's simply another avenue for us to be perpetually reminded that the artist exists, and makes them just that little bit more likely to pop into our heads when we think 'who am I gonna stream today?'. If I want to see what's popular, I look at the charts, and I'm gonna see some artists and not others. Categorically, these compilations distil it to the biggest names winning out on the whole, and you wouldn't get that if all the streams were portioned between studio albums with the top 2 tracks neutralised on each album. The difference between the label and the enthusiastic chart fan is that the label don't care if the album is selling peanuts and being pushed in by people who hardly know it exists. The average music fan doesn't even notice, and anecdotally probably just accepts it as gospel. But then those enthusiastic fans seem to do the same thing too when it suits their interests. So many times on this forum I've seen the topic of auto-play come up and a common response is 'I hope Song/Artist X gets boosted by it next'. That's basically outright admitting acceptance of the idea of an inflated sense of popularity under the pretence that it'll eventually be forgotten or reduced to the increasingly deranged kind of comments that get lost in the shuffle of stan war misinformation. The day I see music fans stop distorting the narratives to talk up their favourites is about as likely to come as labels not wanting to exaggerate their own rosters where payrolls are of concern. The main thing I wanted to say though is that if they do remove all the compilations, I guarantee that there'll be very little satisfaction in the long run. It'll look nice immediately, all those albums rocketing up to better positions, maybe lasting a couple weeks more than they would. But you'll just run into a new set of enemies, whether they be pseudo-compilations that skirt by whatever rule the OCC have in place (remember when Mabel & Becky Hill's albums were the target of these discussions?), or they're just absolute hit factory albums that just aren't capable of declining enough to drop out of the chart. Making the chart easier to enter simultaneously makes it harder to fall out of. Removing a whole lot of albums gives less entries to shuffle around each other. You'll get something like the Australian hip-hop chart where there's a recurrency rule that gutted the bottom half of the chart. You're largely just left with more distinctly separate remnants that are allowed on the chart that can't reach each other with week to week randomness because they're too far apart. The chart would end up even *more* boring than it was before. I'm also always keen to point out the Aotearoa album chart which has a rough 1.5 year recurrency rule. It largely gets rid of GH albums except the new ones (there are 10 this week but most will be gone by the end of the year), and it's not exactly a thrilling chart that I'm eager to check out every week. Everything just gets stuck in a rut after a couple of months. Apologies if my posts keep end up being long winded, but every single time I see some sort of chart 'fix' suggested, I don't think there's ever enough consideration on the long term effects. Nothing short of considerable music consumption habit upheaval will produce the idealised version of the charts that are longed for, because the cracks of a quick fix will always show.

I think that example just strengthens what the OCC are doing though. If people are really just looking for a specific song, they're gonna search the specific song, not the album its from. At which point, it's totally up to Spotify's whim where it comes from. This could change unexpectedly at some point and cause some otherwise unexplainable chart movement, and even otherwise, the whole thing would be neutering chart positions for no particular reason. Giving the streaming point to both albums is a solid compromise, and works on the basis that unless the studio album itself is getting serious attention (in the case of Elton John, not really, but in the case of Fleetwood Mac & Oasis, for sure), it's only really showing up on one album. For the label, it's their meal ticket (Elton John tells me you've gotta get one of those), so it works for them. Also just an example of that Spotify chicanery. Eminem's "Lose Yourself" shows up on charts & his Spotify page as coming from the "Just Lose It" single. For quite a while, it actually never showed up on his top 10, as part of some glitch in the algorithm since people mostly were streaming it from "Curtain Call" I guess. That lack of exposure really stifled it for a while and is probably why it never ran away with being his most streamed song. Also also I don't think these albums are necessarily immortal. "Diamonds" also charted in Australia's top 50 for over 5 years straight but it spent all of last year gradually petering out and dropped out for several weeks. The perpetuity is probably helped by labels who can see in real time if their artists are losing traction and course correct themselves, resulting in what we see as endless sustainability. When "The Dark Side Of The Moon" spent over a decade consecutively on the Billboard 200, people probably thought that it would never drop out, and made a joke of the system. Streaming is simply demonstrating the same system.

It's not perfect but I can see the intent behind it. If you pit the 'struggle' between the 2nd & 3rd most relevant albums, it significantly reduces instances of that awkward switcheroo. Billboard for instance were only allowing one album (I believe they still are but can't check), and these sorts of messy mishaps happened all the time. Like Jessie J's album tanking because Ariana Grande had first dibs on "Bang Bang", or The Weeknd's "After Hours" and "The Highlights" spending years trading places over and over again. A system that leads to one studio album and one hits album is a reasonable enough compromise. If the chart were absolutely littered with constant side by side double ups maybe they'd reconsider, but it's mostly just Fleetwood Mac & Oasis with studio albums that have complete plausible deniability through their reputation, while it's hardly stopping anyone from getting a #1 album, so it doesn't affect the bigger picture really. I'd say look at any given run of 5-10 albums in the bottom half of the album chart and ask yourself if we're really missing out on much of note thanks to some position cloggers. #101-#110 on any given week probably looks pretty similar.

Not enough props given for these threads, bravo ^_^

Tell them all I said hi, hope you've been well, you've been asleep while I've been awake because of timezone differences. I'll be just fine waiting for ARIA's 2024 End Of Year charts to be posted, upon which I will post them in last year's thread. I don't know if all or some or none of this week's chart factors into the calculation, or if that has any spooky implications for what happens to the list. 06/01/2024 Singles 01 08 11 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 09 11 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 06 20 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 04 19 33 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 05 18 38 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 06 20 04 06 MESSY Lola Young 07 21 50 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 32 38 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 09 31 34 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 10 35 19 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 11 45 38 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 12 42 20 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 13 44 59 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 56 43 10 AUSTIN Dasha 15 51 06 03 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 61 14 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 17 62 40 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 18 81 03 18 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 19 69 34 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 20 70 63 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 67 30 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 22 68 23 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 23 78 234 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 24 66 129 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 25 71 228 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 26 88 236 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 27 NE 01 27 BMF SZA 28 74 71 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 29 76 25 30 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 30 RE 45 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 31 81 180 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 32 94 93 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 33 RE 27 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 34 91 92 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 35 RE 35 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 36 100 105 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 37 92 32 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 38 99 33 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 39 98 12 39 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 40 RE 99 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 41 93 30 21 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 42 RE 18 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 43 RE 45 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 44 RE 21 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 45 90 51 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 46 RE 08 46 LINGER (SIRIUSXM SESSION) Royel Otis 47 RE 39 47 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Journey 48 RE 133 02 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 49 RE 71 03 PRADA Casso x Raye x D-Block Europe 50 RE 40 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas Bubbling Under 07 (10) TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 08 (12) PUSH 2 START Tyla 09 (11) INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 10 (16) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 11 (17) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 12 (NE) 30 FOR 30 SZA, Kendrick Lamar 13 (13) SQUABBLE UP Kendrick Lamar 14 (19) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 15 (15) TOXIC TILL THE END Rosé 16 (18) DEFYING GRAVITY Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande 17 (21) IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 18 (20) 2 HANDS Tate McRae 19 (23) WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME GloRilla 20 (22) MA MEILLEURE ENNEMIE Stromae, Pomme Albums 01 01 019 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 04 108 01 SOS SZA 03 03 037 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 04 05 033 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 05 06 006 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 06 12 014 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 07 038 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 08 08 028 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 09 11 204 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 09 003 04 HOP Stray Kids 11 10 030 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 15 006 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 13 24 189 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 18 118 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 15 27 096 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 16 14 069 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 17 19 280 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 18 26 355 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 17 062 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 20 22 004 02 ROSIE Rosé 21 20 512 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 16 340 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 23 30 089 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 24 29 232 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 25 13 020 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 26 31 373 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 27 38 395 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 25 006 09 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 2 Soundtrack 29 39 010 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 30 34 301 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 31 33 038 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 32 32 075 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 33 41 082 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 34 47 450 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 36 467 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 36 35 020 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 37 40 343 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 38 23 191 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 39 37 309 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 40 49 269 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 41 66 020 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 42 58 112 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 43 50 425 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 44 63 225 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 45 52 135 03 HOZIER Hozier 46 56 324 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 47 42 114 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 48 60 283 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 49 71 465 02 NEVERMIND Nirvana 50 57 409 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran Avalanche above, business continues below. "APT." makes 8 weeks at #1. It's done this despite only managing 17 days at #1 on Spotify so far, a number that is not increasing at the moment. Which is why I feel safe saying it'll be #1 again next week. In all the chaos we do have some entries this week, leading the pack is Chrystal's "The Days" which has been waiting to make its move for a couple weeks and could well threaten the top 10 next week. Something has to displace that suspiciously declining Benson Boone song. SZA finally makes an impression with her new music, getting a single entry with "BMF". I have an extremely reluctant Australian music klaxon 🚨 as we have seemingly made no progress from last year. Royel Otis get their second ever top 50 hit and surprise surprise, it's another cover of an international hit as performed for a radio station, what did we do to be so spoiled for local content? Actually we might have another Australian entry next week so watch this space. The most interesting thing this week though is the arrival of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, a song that peaked at #100 when it first came out, wasn't let back on the chart when the whole Glee situation was popping off, and has been stewing below the chart in the last few years. By my reckoning it was the 2nd biggest hit of all time to never make the top 50, behind Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" which had its own version of misfortune. The song is of course relevant to me not just because I'm just about to finish watching The Sopranos and I'm told it's fairly prominent in the final episode, but because in September for the finals campaign, the Brisbane Lions social team whipped up a 'Believe' mantra. It turned out to be very apt as the team that had no business being the main character mounted two ridiculous comebacks on their way to Grand Final demolition. The Instagram caption at the time was something to the effect of 'Never stopped believing'. I'm curious to see if any players adopt Journey for a goal song in the 2025 season. Sabrina Carpenter also gets an 8th week at #1 on the album chart. There's very little to note on the chart this week except that Pitbull is somewhat close to a new peak. Also remember when Ed Sheeran's album looked unstoppable? Now it's just barely sneaking back in after 2 whole months out of the top 50.

+5 ROSE - APT. +4 Lady Gaga - Die With A Smile +3 Sonny Fodera - Somedays +2 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song +1 Teddy Swims - The Door -1 Lola Young - Messy -2 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams -3 Chrystal - The Days (NOTION Remix) -4 Cynthia Erivo - Defying Gravity -5 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

I agree about the initial boost but then it went and had a second wind a month after that which never made much sense to me. On Dec 28th there was a big decline to a new equilibrium everywhere. I love the song and don't doubt its popularity, but it was just a touch higher than made sense until last week I thought.

I (sort of) called it! Feels like a different breed of the autoplay stuff that'd get mentioned a year or so ago, just that it's sometimes months and months on end. I've no idea how long this might have been going on for, but suffice to say I've been suspicious of this song for months. "See You Again" also dropped a lot recently, though it's disguised by all the Christmas shenanigans.

It's not the fun answer, but so much of it just comes down to how willing the artist and/or label are willing to do corporate shilling. The most perennially uncool acts of letting your songs be in commercials, making Christmas music has the side effect of letting an artist endure beyond their steadfast peers. No one would ever imagine in the '90s that Smash Mouth would be nearly as popular as Pearl Jam decades in the future, but the former has their Shrek moment for the next generation while the latter frequently stood to their (admirable) beliefs and hardly sold out. What draws zoomers into Pearl Jam? Whenever I see a new high budget biopic or legacy artist-centric film, it screams to me of labels or rightsholders scurrying to immortalise that artist's legacy, and they do it because it absolutely just works.

30/12/2024 Singles 01 03 70 01 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 02 07 61 02 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 03 10 25 02 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 04 14 23 04 JINGLE BELL ROCK Bobby Helms 05 18 31 05 SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande 06 27 21 06 UNDERNEATH THE TREE Kelly Clarkson 07 26 30 03 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 08 01 10 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 09 02 10 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 10 30 20 08 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Andy Williams 11 53 20 09 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 12 43 14 12 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Dean Martin 13 52 34 13 MISTLETOE Justin Bieber 14 36 23 07 HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 15 35 18 11 SNOWMAN Sia 16 04 19 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 17 94 29 03 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 18 08 37 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 19 05 32 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 20 06 04 06 MESSY Lola Young 21 09 49 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 22 RE 09 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS Ed Sheeran & Elton John 23 66 02 23 A NONSENSE CHRISTMAS Sabrina Carpenter 24 RE 03 24 IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS The Fontaine Sisters & Perry Como 25 RE 06 25 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU) Nat King Cole 26 RE 03 26 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) Darlene Love 27 RE 23 13 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band 28 RE 02 28 WINTER WONDERLAND Laufey 29 RE 07 23 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 30 RE 07 19 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 31 13 33 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 32 12 37 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 33 RE 08 22 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Chuck Berry 34 NE 01 34 CAROL OF THE BELLS John Williams 35 11 18 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 36 NE 01 36 RUN RUDOLPH RUN Mark Ambor 37 RE 14 17 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! Frank Sinatra 38 RE 05 38 YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS Gwen Stefani feat. Blake Shelton 39 RE 03 39 SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN Bruce Springsteen 40 RE 09 33 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues 41 RE 04 29 WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 42 16 19 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 43 RE 08 34 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Eagles 44 19 58 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 45 17 37 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE! Chappell Roan 46 NE 01 46 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Frank Sinatra 47 RE 08 31 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 48 RE 07 42 BLUE CHRISTMAS Elvis Presley 49 RE 12 34 HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly 50 RE 04 38 SANTA, CAN'T YOU HEAR ME Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande Bubbling Under 04 (03) LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 05 (NE) HOLIDAY ROAD (SPOTIFY SINGLES HOLIDAY) Kesha 06 (04) TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 07 (32) SANTA BABY Laufey 08 (12) THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 09 (08) BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 10 (05) TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 11 (09) INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 12 (18) PUSH 2 START Tyla 13 (06) SQUABBLE UP Kendrick Lamar 14 (47) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Dasha 15 (07) TOXIC TILL THE END Rosé 16 (11) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 17 (14) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 18 (10) DEFYING GRAVITY Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande 19 (13) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 20 (16) 2 HANDS Tate McRae Albums 01 02 018 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 09 110 01 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 03 01 036 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 04 15 107 01 SOS SZA 05 06 032 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 06 03 005 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 07 05 037 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 08 07 027 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 09 04 002 04 HOP Stray Kids 10 13 029 01 BRAT Charli XCX 11 12 203 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 12 16 013 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 13 19 019 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 14 17 068 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 15 08 005 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 16 23 339 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 17 18 061 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 18 20 117 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 19 26 279 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 20 25 511 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 21 55 086 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS (30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Mariah Carey 22 10 003 02 ROSIE Rosé 23 39 190 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 24 21 188 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 25 11 005 09 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 2 Soundtrack 26 28 354 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 27 22 095 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 28 14 003 14 FRUITCAKE Sabrina Carpenter 29 24 231 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 30 29 088 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 31 32 372 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 32 34 074 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 33 31 037 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 34 38 300 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 35 37 019 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 36 33 466 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 37 40 308 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 38 35 394 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 39 30 009 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 40 57 342 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 41 36 081 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 42 44 113 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 43 45 163 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 44 54 200 01 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 45 51 024 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 46 68 066 01 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 47 41 449 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 48 81 641 01 THE VERY BEST INXS 49 52 268 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 50 49 424 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars It's happened again for the 7th year in a row. Mariah Carey now has 9 weeks at #1 for "All I Want For Christmas Is You". It might not be smooth sailing from here though. Unless it really is just a one year blip, Wham! made a serious challenge for the top spot after usually finishing at #3 so momentum might be on their side to get to the top spot. Otherwise the big winners this year include Bobby Helms, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Perry Como, Darlene Love, Gwen Stefani & Bruce Springsteen. I should also give special shout out to Laufey & John Williams for hitting the top 50 for the first time ever, and Mark Ambor for getting a second one. Sabrina Carpenter just barely misses matching the peak of the original "Nonsense" (#22). Over here we also always love to see Paul Kelly sneak in with the best Christmas-adjacent song you've never heard. Despite the poor showings in preceding weeks, Michael Buble had a very strong year on the Spotify chart for getting his deeper cuts included, which is good for this chart and almost gets him back to the #1 spot for the first time in many years. He doesn't though, so Sabrina Carpenter gets a 7th week there. Also this is the last chart of the year so thanks for reading and see you next thread! I will of course post the End Of Year charts in this thread, and post a sentence about how I'm going to do that in next year's thread, it's tradition at this point.