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07/07/2025 Singles 01 01 21 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 04 18 02 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 03 02 04 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 04 03 02 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 05 05 14 02 UNDRESSED sombr 06 06 15 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 07 09 03 07 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 08 74 02 08 GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 09 16 05 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 10 08 76 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 07 44 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 12 NE 01 12 YOUR IDOL Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 13 11 85 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 10 59 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 15 13 37 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 16 15 64 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 17 14 37 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 18 20 206 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 19 17 31 01 MESSY Lola Young 20 12 46 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 21 NE 01 21 HOW IT'S DONE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 22 19 29 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 23 18 32 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 24 21 60 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 25 NE 01 25 WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 26 22 10 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 27 NE 01 27 SODA POP Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 28 24 26 08 ROCK THAT BODY The Black Eyed Peas 29 23 100 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 30 29 260 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 31 25 07 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 32 28 33 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 33 NE 01 33 FREE Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast 34 37 97 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 35 27 64 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 36 30 51 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 37 33 46 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 38 39 155 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 39 26 04 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 40 34 06 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 41 35 38 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 42 43 04 42 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 43 40 60 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 44 55 02 44 GABRIELA Katseye 45 38 262 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 32 20 05 NOKIA Drake 47 31 10 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 48 36 64 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 49 41 23 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 50 45 67 01 TOO SWEET Hozier Bubbling Under 20 (NE) ILLEGAL PinkPantheress Albums 01 NE 001 01 VIRGIN Lorde 02 05 002 02 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 03 03 007 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 04 02 045 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 06 040 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 07 251 06 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 07 08 230 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 09 059 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 09 10 019 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 10 11 134 01 SOS SZA 11 NE 001 01 I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY (COMPLETE EDITION) Teddy Swims 12 12 054 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 13 13 476 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 14 16 421 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 21 538 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 16 17 115 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 17 18 215 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 18 01 002 01 AMERICAN HEART Benson Boone 19 NE 001 19 F1 THE ALBUM Soundtrack 20 19 056 01 BRAT Charli XCX 21 NE 001 21 THE LOST ALBUMS Bruce Springsteen 22 15 008 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 23 14 004 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 24 23 029 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 25 30 161 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 26 27 108 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 25 366 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 28 26 059 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 29 24 381 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 30 34 064 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 31 32 493 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 31 258 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 41 435 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 34 33 063 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 35 40 327 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 36 29 399 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 37 35 351 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 38 38 225 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 39 44 165 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 40 42 369 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 41 04 002 04 IDOLS Yungblud 42 28 122 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 43 37 138 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 48 018 02 CAN'T RUSH GREATNESS Central Cee 45 45 095 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 46 47 007 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 47 RE 042 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 48 46 068 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 49 49 306 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 50 59 361 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day "Ordinary" is #1 for a 15th week. Once upon a time this was the all-time record for reigns but now it ranks only 3rd. It is the equal most weeks by a non-Australian track. Once again you can lock in the next week because there's no competition and it doesn't even look like wavering. Last time BLACKPINK came back they scored a #1 hit, so maybe that'll happen again, who knows? In the meantime we're dealing with fictional K-Pop single releases, as Rumi, Zoey & Mira make their triumphant entrance in the top 10. I watched the movie because I never want to repeat any past bewilderment I've had with these soundtrack phenomena while actively choosing not to answer the questions myself. Those demonic Saja Boys follow closely behind them and nearly end the never-ending second top 10 stint of "Beautiful Things", but it looks like they will next week as they all appear to be on the rise again. Things are also getting pretty gnarly as KATSEYE get their first ever top 50 entry. Lorde scores a 4th #1 album. Maybe there was risk of competition from KPop Demon Hunters but trust the repeat offender, I think she always gets the top spot without fear. As the Sword of Damocles hangs over many such albums, we look to Pitbull to pull up while he still can, and he gets a slight new peak this week at #6. Free from fear is Teddy Swims and we'll watch tentatively to see if this is one of those albums that vanishes on week 2 or if we'll be watching it vault into the top 10 in a couple of months because of the incoming Gommage. I have been playing Expedition 33 lately and you know I'm gonna be rinsing this joke. The F1 movie is out and helped Tate McRae get back into the top 10, while the album itself also arrives in the top 20. I help type up new release schedules every week and constantly see album compilations that I'm never going to think about after that moment, but sometimes they actually chart, and so The Boss arrives this week with one. After nearly 2 years, The Kid LAROI's album has finally gotten a vinyl release, which gets it back into the top 50. I was going to say it'll be the last time because that's a solid pun, but it will get to dance around for a month or so after Logan's Run: Extreme Edition so maybe it might even hang around a little.

I think ACR does this just fine if you look at it with this perspective rather than 'everything old MUST get ratio'd'. It's a goofy system that's bound to generate some exceptions, but I'm just comparing the streaming chart to the official chart, forgive me if some of these songs are significantly boosted by sales but: "Say My Name" #53 -> #27 "High On Me" #55 -> #28 "How It's Done" #87 -> #40 "Shapeshifter" N/A -> #44 +literally dozens of other songs that are only charting because of this Granted it's not quite as steep in the top 10 but then 6 of the top 9 on streaming right now aren't eligible for ACR. Furthermore, if we're looking at improving positions of newer stuff, then those high charting ACR dodgers are actually the least beneficial to get shunted because they're not going to give up as many places. Nothing's become a top 10 hit as a result of "Ordinary" being on ACR yet, for example.

I'd go far as to say that I think newer songs are far more subject to repeat listens than the oldies. Don't think you get songs like "driver's license" or "Too Sweet" or what have you vaulting to #1 if their streams are capped more harshly.

Where I come to loggerheads with most is that I'm not entirely sure what they want out of these kinds of changes. Unironically I think part of why ARIA are doing this is because they've gotten sick of the weekly social media comments about how the top Australian songs are all decades old. Stuff like "Riptide", "Dreams", "Iris" are just scapegoats for this due to their regularity, and this way you get a fluid system that doesn't necessarily allow anything to reach this point because modern hit singles aren't nearly as omnipresent (if "Somedays" was the top Australian song for 7 consecutive months, would anyone notice? Alex Warren's been #1 for 14 weeks going on 15 and no one seems to care here). I find the forced retirement thoroughly uncathartic because I think longevity has become the most valuable measure of success (unless you think "Anxiety" is a bigger hit than "Something In The Orange"), and this just caps everything at roughly the same finish line with no point of difference. Just completely kills the 'how far can it go?' intrigue both on an individual level and for the all-time record. But the main thing that happens here is that you don't generate a more interesting album chart this way. Less to complain about, but nothing to see either. All those hot shot pure sales debuts are still going to crash out super fast, leaving the only real activity with the stable albums that are there week after week. Aotearoa have had the same set up for a while now (theirs is 1.5 years instead of 2) and so much of it is a bunch of albums that sit around week after week, while the ancient Greatest Hits are just replaced by more recent ones, many of which are only charting because so much space is vacated for them. Just in general I think people crave a version of the charts that resembles those of the past, and no amount of exclusions or rule changes can possibly recreate something that public consumption patterns match at all. Mind you, I'm glad that ARIA is still including these old songs/albums on a chart. I'll reserve my full judgement until I see what it looks like and how accurate it actually is. With the auditing standards I've been witnessing for the last decade and a half, I have my scepticism.

Depending on your semantic read of it, they're actually not crediting the actors individually. All the cast have separate performers who handle the singing parts. I think crediting all the singers individually makes sense because in reality they're not really part of a group. Playing into the kayfabe makes it easier to search for, and adding the whole cast listing helps with Spotify Wrapped/similar things. Cumbersome, but makes it easier to compartmentalise for anyone who's seen the film. Thing that bugs me is the way iTunes/Apple has it typeset as 'HUNTRX'. If you're not including the forward slash, at least make it a letter i, it's like calling Alesha Moore-Hart 'Pnk'. I await to see if there will soon become a second thing that people mistakenly pronounce as 'Hunter x' 🤓

30/06/2025 Singles 01 01 20 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 03 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 03 NE 01 03 VICTORY LAP Fred again.., Skepta, PlaqueBoyMax 04 04 17 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 03 13 02 UNDRESSED sombr 06 05 14 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 07 06 43 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 08 07 75 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 20 02 09 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 10 08 58 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 11 09 84 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 12 10 45 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 13 13 36 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 14 12 36 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 15 14 63 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 16 11 04 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 17 19 30 01 MESSY Lola Young 18 15 31 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 19 18 28 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 20 17 205 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 21 22 59 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 22 30 09 22 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 23 25 99 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 24 47 25 08 ROCK THAT BODY The Black Eyed Peas 25 16 06 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 26 21 03 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 27 26 63 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 28 27 32 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 29 33 259 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 30 31 50 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 31 23 09 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 32 28 19 05 NOKIA Drake 33 29 45 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 34 24 05 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 35 32 37 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 36 36 63 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 37 37 96 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 38 46 261 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 39 39 154 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 40 35 59 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 41 34 22 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 42 38 44 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 43 52 03 43 NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 44 45 17 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 45 41 66 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 46 40 09 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 47 42 12 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 48 49 04 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 49 44 27 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 50 48 16 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone Bubbling Under 15 (NE) GABRIELA Katseye 16 (14) ONE THING Lola Young 17 (NE) WE NEVER DATED sombr 18 (16) ANXIETY Doechii 19 (NE) GOLDEN Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna 20 (NE) HOW DOES IT FEEL? The Kid Laroi Albums 01 NE 001 01 AMERICAN HEART Benson Boone 02 03 044 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 04 006 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 04 NE 001 04 IDOLS Yungblud 05 NE 001 05 KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (FROM THE NETFLIX FILM) Soundtrack 06 06 039 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 07 250 07 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 08 09 229 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 08 058 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 10 11 018 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 11 12 133 01 SOS SZA 12 15 053 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 13 16 475 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 14 10 003 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 15 14 007 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 16 18 420 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 17 19 114 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 20 214 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 19 17 055 01 BRAT Charli XCX 20 NE 001 20 I QUIT Haim 21 21 537 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 RE 057 01 REFLECTOR (25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Killing Heidi 23 22 028 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 24 23 380 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 24 365 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 26 25 058 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 27 31 107 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 28 26 121 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 29 29 398 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 30 27 160 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 31 32 257 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 30 492 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 34 062 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 34 33 063 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 35 39 350 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 36 13 007 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 37 44 137 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 42 224 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 39 NE 001 39 THERE'S A JEWELL IN TOWN Karly Jewell 40 36 326 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 41 38 434 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 42 40 368 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 43 NE 001 43 HOPEFULLY ! Loyle Carner 44 47 164 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 45 46 094 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 46 41 067 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 47 43 006 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 48 91 017 02 CAN'T RUSH GREATNESS Central Cee 49 45 305 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 50 49 134 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for a 14th week. Those who are making fun of the UK for keeping this song at #1 for so long should probably know that Australia is going to make a mockery of it, ACR or otherwise, probably. There isn't really anything looking to dethrone it, and that's including our new big debut this week for Fred again... "Victory Lap" instantly becomes his highest charting song, ditto his collaborators. Fred again.. had previously charted at #13 with "leavemealone", while Skepta got to #33 with "Praise The Lord (Da Shine)". They're contributing to a legendary run at #4 for Ravyn Lenae, up to 5 weeks now, but I wouldn't count her out necessarily. As promised last week, Disco Lines gets a first top 10 hit, and Tinashe gets a second. Olivia Dean also reaches the top 50 for the first time. Benson Boone gets a first ever #1 album here, to which you probably have to give credit to the people who went out and bought it because I don't think the streaming numbers were stellar enough to do it on their own. Maybe he's also lucky to get in while he could because it looks like the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack should make a big leap next week, while also Lorde will be gunning for a 4th #1 album. In-between, we've got YUNGBLUD picking up a 3rd top 10 album, though his last one made it to #1. Haim can't quite keep up their streak as they land at #20. Managing to find a way to enter is the return of Killing Heidi's debut album "Reflector". If you're not an Australian millennial, they're a rock band from Victoria with a lot of buzz at the turn of the millennium, culminating in a #1 single with "Mascara / Leave Me Alone" ("Weir" is also a banger). I always thought they were on the soundtrack to the 21 years old (this week) "Spider-Man 2", but even today on Australian streaming services, you don't find their hit "I Am" (Australia did later get Tonight Alive onto one of the Andrew Garfield ones). A name so underground I can't say I'd heard of them before is rock singer Karly Jewell, who's managed to land in the top 40 this week, ahead of everyone's favourite Christopher Moltisanti typo, Loyle Carner, who charts for the first time.

Noted 'good bloke' Zach Bryan

Always feels like the power of having a strong starting point because it was already doing well before the Super Bowl. It made the EOY chart last year! 23/06/2025 Singles 01 01 19 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 02 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 03 03 12 02 UNDRESSED sombr 04 05 16 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 04 13 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 06 07 42 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 07 08 74 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 09 57 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 09 12 83 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 10 10 44 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 11 06 03 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 12 13 35 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 13 11 35 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 14 15 62 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 15 17 30 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 16 14 05 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 17 21 204 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 18 18 27 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 19 16 29 01 MESSY Lola Young 20 NE 01 20 NO BROKE BOYS Disco Lines, Tinashe 21 41 02 21 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 22 23 58 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 23 19 08 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 24 22 04 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 25 28 98 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 26 26 62 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 27 24 31 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 28 25 18 05 NOKIA Drake 29 30 44 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 30 34 08 30 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 31 31 49 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 29 36 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 33 20 258 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 34 32 21 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 35 37 58 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 36 33 62 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 37 38 95 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 38 39 43 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 39 27 153 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 40 35 08 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 41 40 65 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 42 44 11 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 43 47 04 43 SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (FLY) Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea 44 49 26 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 45 55 16 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 46 42 260 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 47 69 24 08 ROCK THAT BODY The Black Eyed Peas 48 45 15 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 49 36 03 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 50 48 57 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish Bubbling Under 14 (11) ONE THING Lola Young 15 (18) NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 16 (16) ANXIETY Doechii 17 (20) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 18 (17) CLICHE MGK 19 (RE) DARK THOUGHTS Lil Tecca 20 (19) TOUCH ME LIKE A GANGSTER Jessie Murph Albums 01 NE 001 01 ORDER CHAOS ORDER Calum Hood 02 NE 001 02 LOOK AT ME NOW OneFour 03 04 043 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 04 03 005 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 05 NE 001 05 PHANTOM ISLAND King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 06 06 038 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 09 249 07 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 08 07 057 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 09 10 228 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 02 002 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 11 08 017 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 12 12 132 01 SOS SZA 13 21 006 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 14 11 006 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 15 13 052 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 16 15 474 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 17 18 054 01 BRAT Charli XCX 18 19 419 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 19 22 113 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 20 20 213 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 21 17 536 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 22 23 027 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 23 25 379 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 27 364 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 25 24 057 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 26 29 120 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 27 26 159 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 28 NE 001 28 DOPAMINE Lil Tecca 29 14 397 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 30 35 491 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 34 106 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 31 256 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 28 062 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 34 30 061 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 35 01 002 01 DEFIANT Jimmy Barnes 36 37 325 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 37 48 030 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 38 32 433 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 39 36 349 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 40 42 367 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 41 38 066 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 42 40 223 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 43 44 005 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 44 39 136 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 45 41 304 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 46 45 093 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 47 47 163 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 48 51 138 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 49 50 133 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA 50 49 203 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish "Ordinary" is #1 for a 13th week. In a world of uncontrollable chaos, feel comfort in knowing that it'll very likely stay at #1 next week. The dreaded third week slip is coming for Sabrina Carpenter, so while she might actually stay at #2, she's only moving further away from the target. There's actually a crazy gap in the middle of the Spotify top 10 at the moment, #5 has an over 50% lead ahead of #7! If nothing else it means you may be able to lock in Fred again.. with his first ever top 10 hit, but more on that next week. Also possibly vying for the top 10 is this week's highest debut from Disco Lines & Tinashe. It wouldn't be Tinashe's first top 10 hit as "All My Friends" reached #3 in early 2016. For Disco Lines this is a first time entry. The Black Eyed Peas return to the top 50 for the first time since 2016, with the unlikely candidate of "Rock That Body". This particular song (well, most notable Black Eyed Peas songs) comes in as part of a remarkable chart feat, when The Black Eyed Peas managed 15 consecutive top 10 hits over the course of 8 years, starting with "Where Is The Love?" and ending when "Don't Stop The Party" could only manage #16. For the second week in a row, we've got an Australian #1, and this time they were actually born here. It's the debut solo outing for 5 Seconds of Summer's Calum Hood coming in at #1, following the efforts of bandmate Luke Hemmings who also scored a #1 album back in 2021. Just behind him is even more AusCon, as we've got a big, big sound from the west of the town, it's the sound of the mighty OneFour. Well, maybe that's not how you'd describe Sydney drill as a sound but it's been a long time coming for this group's debut album. Much like Toby Greene, the media are always left in a bind as their talent & popularity comes to a head with their constant litigation issues. A more common sight in the top 5 is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The only bizarre thing is that they released the lead single to "Phantom Island" last year and you'd think they'd have put out multiple albums since then. The real stunning moment of the week is that Pitbull's Greatest Hits has managed to climb to #7 in a week with all these debuts, implying he could reach the top 5 soon. Lil Tecca scores his 3rd top 50 album, a bit higher than the last one, not as high as the first. You've probably heard the news about the ARIA Chart going forward. It'll be a while before it comes through but get ready for me to say a million variations on 'this artist has charted higher than their previous album but that's probably just because a lot of the albums that otherwise would have beaten them are no longer appearing on the chart'.

If I ever come across as an ardent Ed Sheeran stan, it's only because he attracts a certain backlash that is so asinine and deranged that any level-headed approach is going to look glowing in comparison (either because he's unfathomably successful, or so antithetical to certain music discussion circles that it's shooting fish in a barrel, or both). I'd just ignore it but to leave it all unopposed is to create the illusion of unchallenged approval. Otherwise I think an under-acknowledged aspect of the DSP wars is just how much exclusive use of one of them is going to re-shape the fundamentals of your own music taste. Normalising otherwise niche sounds, starving previously approved ones. It's a remarkably interesting aspect of national & global music consumption habits. I can't take anyone seriously who chooses to weaponise it to say 'x artist is overrepresented because y platform doesn't count'. It's always used as a detraction which just implies a self-centred approach that can't possibly comprehend people like different music to you, and are valid for doing so.

This is something the head of ARIA has actually said years ago. They were hesitant to introduce these kinds of rules because the reality of the situation is that local music was continuing to perform worse and worse (haven't had an Australian #1 single since 2022, haven't had a top 10 since early 2024, haven't had a top 20 since late 2024, last new top 50 hit was in February I think). The fact that I see people in the US & UK clambering for new stipulations just shows that putting a band-aid over a decelerating chart does nothing to mitigate it, it only hides it temporarily. The only way this changes anything for local artists is if it incentivises their labels to promote their singles more, but if they need the published side of the ARIA Chart to do that, then that's a bigger story than anything else here. Would you rather have a #45 hit that moves 2,000 units or a #55 hit than moves 4,000 units?

Consider me curious to see how it plays out, but I suspect this isn't the Hail Mary it appears to be, for those whom it's a concern (much rather the chart to be unfiltered personally). If there's a global sentiment that Australia's charts are slower than the rest of the world, I suspect no one's compared the raw data to other charts, which is to say that this is true even excusing chart idiosyncrasies. We always have less & lower entries on Fridays than everywhere else, and far more oldies on our Spotify charts. I think a combination of us being so isolated and our ahead time zone means that we aren't treated to the same degree of promotion, and all our global news cycles come through either while we're sleeping or a day late, so there just isn't the same urgency to it. Even Aotearoa's charts are faster than ours, although I might pin that down to it being a far smaller country, which allows things to spread more quickly. Anyone who thinks that "Iris" and "Dreams" are singlehandedly hiding new Australian hits from us are going to be very disappointed to learn it's not the case, you'd more likely just pull back in songs like "I Love You, I'm Sorry" or "Not Like Us" to put a few more superficial top 50 weeks on their resumes. More pressingly though, I feel like we're gonna see some peculiar cases when exclusions fall under awkward timing. Unless the label intervened, I believe "Pink Pony Club" would have run out its 10 week grace period before it even hit the top 50, so it would end up as a #52 hit, never allowed to reach #2 like it did in reality. More likely to get screwed over though would be "Cruel Summer", a song that meandered in the top 10 for ages before belatedly hitting #1. Either you get a chart run that ends pre-maturely, or they try to stitch it together and you get an inane two-part chart run where the song just gets to re-enter at #1, who wants that? No doubt we'll just be treated to further examples that test the cut off points of these rules and make an even messier chart that just desensitizes you to a lot of activity that feels artificial, because you know it doesn't reflect consumer habits correctly.

Better than all of those other songs though? It made 4 year end charts that I can see: Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada & USA. In every single one of those lists, at least 3/9 of the other songs placed higher (7 of them in Australia). Everywhere you look it's the same chart run, high debut and then sputters out without really stabilising at any point. It couldn't hold in the top 50 for more than 13 weeks anywhere, even in Canada where it was a #1 hit. The main point is that a lot of the time even when it seems certain that songs don't have legs, it doesn't always pan out that way.

Just want to note that it's a fallacy to treat every single (even by major artists) as if they're written specifically to be instant #1 hits, especially if they just don't sound like it. To avoid the negatively associated buzzwords, sometimes they can just be made to show the range & potential of the album in question, and probably helps the bottom line a lot in the long run. Often times also these songs that appear to be coasting or underwhelming just don't fit the vibe of the top 40 but then go on to do really well after the fact. Here's a top 10 from 7 years ago, which song here do you think has the most streams on Spotify nowadays? Answer: it's the one spending its first and only week in the top 10

Just want to note that the song actually had 130,000 listeners on last.fm by the time "Good Luck, Babe!" was released, more than 10% of its current total, which is not too shabby.

16/06/2025 Singles 01 01 18 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 NE 01 02 MANCHILD Sabrina Carpenter 03 02 11 02 UNDRESSED sombr 04 03 12 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 05 04 15 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 06 05 02 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 07 06 41 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 08 08 73 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 07 56 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 10 09 43 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 11 10 34 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 12 13 82 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 13 11 34 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 14 14 04 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 15 15 61 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 16 16 28 01 MESSY Lola Young 17 17 29 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 18 18 26 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 19 21 07 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 20 22 257 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 21 19 203 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 22 12 03 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 23 23 57 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 24 24 30 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 20 17 05 NOKIA Drake 26 30 61 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 27 34 152 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 28 26 97 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 29 27 35 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 30 28 43 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 31 33 48 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 25 20 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 33 32 61 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 34 40 07 34 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 35 31 07 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 36 91 02 36 FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae 37 29 57 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 38 44 94 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 39 41 42 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 40 36 64 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 41 NE 01 41 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 42 43 259 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 43 71 03 43 ONE THING Lola Young 44 47 10 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 45 38 14 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 46 37 16 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 47 50 03 47 SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (FLY) Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea 48 39 56 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 49 46 25 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 50 35 14 01 ANXIETY Doechii Bubbling Under 17 (12) CLICHE MGK 18 (NE) NICE TO EACH OTHER Olivia Dean 19 (NE) TOUCH ME LIKE A GANGSTER Jessie Murph 20 (15) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen Albums 01 NE 001 01 DEFIANT Jimmy Barnes 02 NE 001 02 ADDISON Addison Rae 03 01 004 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 04 03 042 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 05 NE 001 05 NEVER ENOUGH Turnstile 06 05 037 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 07 06 056 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 08 07 016 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 09 10 248 09 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 10 09 227 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 08 005 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 12 11 131 01 SOS SZA 13 12 051 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 14 02 396 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 15 15 473 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 16 RE 028 16 THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE My Chemical Romance 17 17 535 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 13 053 01 BRAT Charli XCX 19 14 418 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 16 212 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 21 23 005 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 22 18 112 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 23 27 026 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 24 25 056 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 25 24 378 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 22 158 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 27 30 363 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 28 33 061 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 29 28 119 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 30 20 060 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 31 21 255 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 32 34 432 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 33 NE 001 33 MORE Pulp 34 26 105 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 35 31 490 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 36 32 348 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 37 29 324 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 38 36 065 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 39 38 135 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 40 37 222 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 41 39 303 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 42 40 366 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 43 47 358 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 44 41 004 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 45 46 092 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 46 35 014 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 47 49 162 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 48 43 029 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 49 45 202 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 50 50 132 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for a 12th week, thus beating the Bryan Adams record. Well, it's not really a record because a bunch of songs have done more than that, really, Alex is about halfway to Tones and I's record. He'll have to contend with Sabrina Carpenter from here on though, who's keeping him honest at the moment although we've previously seen songs like this completely sputter their momentum on week 3 or so, so it remains to be seen. Fleetwood Mac now do have the record for the longest running top 50 hit, although maybe some purists will suggest it doesn't fully count as part of that tally pre-dates the ARIA Chart itself. We've got some climbers into the chart this week. Addison Rae gets a second top 50 hit, while Remi Wolf gets her first...nah not really it's just Lola Young. Ed Sheeran also debuts with "Sapphire". Back in 2007, Kaiser Chiefs' "Ruby" reached #35 on the Digital Tracks chart but was not eligible for the main chart as I think it didn't have a physical release. I lean towards saying that Ed Sheeran's Gen 3 Pokémon equivalent has probably charted higher. While the Barbenheimer war of Addison Rae & Turnstile was taking place, a third contender inevitably rose to conquer, as he always does. Jimmy Barnes (ahhh, clouds) scores his 16th #1 album, extending his lead as the artist with the most #1 albums. My Chemical Romance just miss out on a Fetty Wap, as "Three Cheers For Sweet Romance" takes a chunk out of its previous #38 peak to a #16 one. What a belter of an album though am I right fellow millennials? If like Tony Soprano, you prefer to only have some Pulp, then you better look away because we've got "More" Pulp instead. This is actually their second highest charting album ever in Australia, only "This Is Hardcore" which got to #15 did better.

Considering how quickly the narrative last week went from 'it's so over' to 'we're so back', I don't think there's any reason to be super confident on next week's chart based on 1 day of data.

Ah right. I can still lean to understanding where he's coming from because in my limited experience of getting to be the centre of attention like this (and moreover, talking to people who've experienced it more viscerally), it's genuinely taxing on all faculties. I wouldn't be surprised if this chart battle wasn't even on his radar (he's already hit #1 after all), until he just got inundated with vile messages by people who don't know what grass looks like. I do agree that there's some level of responsibility on celebrities to keep their fanbases in check (or at least not stoke the flames), but I'd be surprised if the lion's share of Sabrina's hate messages are coming from ardent Alex Warren stans (not necessarily insinuating the other way either, Twitter's just a cesspit of bad vibes). He's probably not seeing the stuff that gets said about her anyway.

09/06/2025 Singles 01 01 17 01 ORDINARY Alex Warren 02 02 10 02 UNDRESSED sombr 03 03 11 03 BACK TO FRIENDS Sombr 04 04 14 04 LOVE ME NOT Ravyn Lenae 05 NE 01 05 JUST KEEP WATCHING Tate McRae 06 05 40 02 PINK PONY CLUB Chappell Roan 07 06 55 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 08 09 72 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 07 42 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 10 10 33 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 11 08 33 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 12 16 02 12 BLOODLINE Alex Warren, Jelly Roll 13 11 81 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 13 03 13 WHAT I WANT Morgan Wallen 15 12 60 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 16 14 27 01 MESSY Lola Young 17 15 28 02 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 18 17 25 05 THE DAYS - NOTION REMIX Chrystal 19 21 202 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 20 18 16 05 NOKIA Drake 21 23 06 17 BLUE STRIPS Jessie Murph 22 35 256 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 23 19 56 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 24 20 29 20 CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren 25 22 19 08 SPORTS CAR Tate McRae 26 26 96 02 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar & SZA 27 24 34 23 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 28 27 42 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 29 29 56 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 30 31 60 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 31 25 06 25 PARTY 4 U Charli XCX 32 28 60 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 33 32 47 21 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 34 41 151 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 35 30 13 01 ANXIETY Doechii 36 33 63 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 37 43 15 13 REVOLVING DOOR Tate McRae 38 34 13 34 SORRY I'M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE Benson Boone 39 36 55 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 40 51 06 40 MYSTICAL MAGICAL Benson Boone 41 37 41 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 42 38 36 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 43 40 258 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 44 39 93 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 45 46 02 45 CLICHÉ MGK 46 44 24 23 INDIGO Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna 47 54 09 20 AZIZAM Ed Sheeran 48 45 14 19 MUTT Leon Thomas 49 47 54 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 56 02 50 SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (FLY) Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Bubbling Under 15 (14) JUST IN CASE Morgan Wallen 16 (NE) ONE THING Lola Young 17 (20) WHAT WAS THAT Lorde 18 (RE) BLESSINGS Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas 19 (NE) I GOT BETTER Morgan Wallen 20 (NE) FAME IS A GUN Addison Rae Albums 01 01 003 01 I'M THE PROBLEM Morgan Wallen 02 34 395 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 03 02 041 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 04 NE 001 04 SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Miley Cyrus 05 05 036 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 06 03 055 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 07 06 015 01 SO CLOSE TO WHAT Tate McRae 08 04 004 01 EVEN IN ARCADIA Sleep Token 09 08 226 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 10 09 247 09 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 11 10 130 01 SOS SZA 12 07 050 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 13 11 052 01 BRAT Charli XCX 14 12 417 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 15 18 472 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 16 13 211 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 25 534 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 18 14 111 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 19 RE 017 19 BLISS RELEASE Cloud Control 20 23 059 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 21 27 254 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 15 157 03 HOZIER (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Hozier 23 31 004 02 IF THAT MAKES SENSE Spacey Jane 24 21 377 05 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 25 17 055 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 26 20 104 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 16 025 15 YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT, KID (CHAPTER 1) Alex Warren 28 22 118 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 29 24 323 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 30 32 362 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 31 30 489 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 29 347 03 THE FAME Lady Gaga 33 39 060 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 34 37 431 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 35 19 013 01 MAYHEM Lady Gaga 36 26 064 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 37 36 221 02 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna 38 33 134 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 42 302 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 40 38 365 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 41 35 003 28 AVICII FOREVER Avicii 42 48 084 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 43 40 028 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 44 RE 520 01 1989 Taylor Swift 45 45 201 01 HAPPIER THAN EVER Billie Eilish 46 41 091 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 47 55 357 16 GREATEST HITS: GOD'S FAVORITE BAND Green Day 48 46 384 08 DUA LIPA Dua Lipa 49 53 161 09 GRACE Jeff Buckley 50 47 131 36 STUDIO ALBUMS ABBA "Ordinary" is #1 for an 11th week. That's such an unmemorable number that I can never think of another song that's done it...oh hey, Bryan Adams did that. Sometimes I'm taken by surprise by high debuts but I think at this point he's gonna hold it again next week. Tate McRae debuts at #5 which is her equal highest debut with "greedy" managing the same. I don't think this one will take off to the same extent but the movie comes out in a few weeks and that can always do unpredictable things for soundtrack hits. Fleetwood Mac tie Lewis Capaldi's record for the most weeks in the top 50, and with momentum like this, nothing is gonna stop them from going one better unless ARIA unexpectedly announce a rule change. There's a first time entry for a bunch of artists at once at #50 with "Shake It To The Max (FLY)". This has also subsequently reminded me of the song "Show Me Love", that probably should have been a comfortable top 50 hit (maybe even top 20?) but ARIA haven't been including points for the remix, so it hasn't gotten especially close. Morgan Wallen manages a 3rd straight week at #1. I expect he won't make it again next week because surely we're due, and alongside anything I haven't thought of, we've got a new Jimmy Barnes album incoming and he's pretty good at hitting #1. That's something I thought in my head applied to Miley Cyrus but she seems to be on a once-a-decade basis and she's already had her 2020s one, so she can only get to #4. She's also been overshadowed by the Taylor Swift masters announcement, which notably sees "reputation" climb all the way back to #2. I can't call it a comeback because the album has literally never left the top 100 since it came out. "1989" also comes somewhat close to overtaking the newer version of it, something that I felt was already very slowly pacing its way to happening, but now feels inevitable. It's worth noting that ARIA has a recurrency system for albums that fall out of the top 150 for 8 weeks in a row, so "1989" wasn't extremely far away from this which would've possibly prevented it from returning to the chart (it's still allowed in, but it'd need to be re-submitted to the system). In a big week for new vinyl releases, the winner of the pack is actually the debut album for Cloud Control from 2010, and they're rewarded with a new peak for their efforts. I really wanted to say they've made some chart symmetry with triple j's Hottest 100 but they've fallen 1 place short of the #18 finish that the song "There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight" managed.

Fair enough in general but I think you might be reading too much into an Instagram story with no caption? I don't necessarily disagree in the case of Travis Scott (although I'm not sure I've seen him say anything about it, I don't always keep up with that sort of minutiae), but unless there's TMZ footage of Alex Warren cackling as he sends the all-clear to Warner employees to mass-consume and astroturf his single, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt!

Person I like does something bad: Nah I get where they're coming from, people need to put themselves in their shoes Person I don't like does something good: They're just doing it to make themselves look good, don't fall for it!

Initially the 3rd movie was supposed to end at the fairground with the three main characters surviving but test audiences weren't satisfied so they filmed the train sequence months later (not long before it came out!), they were supposed to also get her and the cop from FD2 on the train but one of the actors was busy so they left them out. No doubt in my mind they absolutely want to kill her off for good in a future film, death doesn't like loose ends etc.

The thing that ends up happening usually is that by over-policing the chart with exclusions (or effective exclusions), you don't really change the state of play for those 'new' songs that are advantaged, and you create a chart with greater magnitudes of difference between the top and the bottom. So what happens is that whatever is left over, just runs out of close competition and will just sit still for those 10 weeks before being forced off (I hope that makes sense but I could possibly try to draw a diagram to demonstrate it). Externally also, you can go so far as to create a chart that no longer feels like it reflects reality in a sense. Like how often do most people look at the trending chart on Spotify? It can be a little interesting in highlighting new budding hits, but deep down, I'm just too aware of the bigger picture that it doesn't feel like it resembles anything genuine. Aggressive exclusion will accomplish that same experience on the official chart. The fact of the matter is that music consumption habits nowadays don't make for a satisfying parabola chart run, or at least not in a short period of time. For another example, check out ARIA's New Music Singles Chart. It's a chart that excludes everything that's over 4 months old (usually, "Back To Friends" shouldn't be there), and this is the chart you tend to get. 1 or 2 proper debuts a week, mostly peaking very quickly, and everything else largely stuck in place because the gaps between the chart positions are so wide, the bottom of the chart looking interesting on paper but it's usually just debuts/re-entries being sucked in from #21 through the latest song aging out of it.

Thought it was pretty good myself.

Yeah, the seasonal thing did come to mind actually, these are the only two countries I can see sufficient stats for that just started winter, but on the other hand, last year the song just rebounded a week later like nothing happened. Either it's a single algorithmic glitch, or it's an algorithmic quirk that's made someone go 'hang on, we need our mandated 80K daily "Riptide" streams' and then it gets 'fixed'.

Hey, remember a year ago when I said "Riptide" was exhibiting a huge boost everywhere but Australia & New Zealand (where it actually dropped a lot)? Would you believe that exactly a year later the same thing has happened?