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Not entirely the same, radio doesn't have a skip function. Obviously people can change the station but that kind of specific action isn't captured when calculating audience impressions on the radio. As a matter of fact, the ability to skip songs on streaming playlists does serve as a demonstration that most kinds of quick-fixes wouldn't really satisfy everyone, or might only briefly satiate before descending into a similar equilibrium. Here we have one such function that's always been there, and yet it doesn't solve anyone's preconceptions of what the chart should be like. Much like the chart itself, once you have everyone's collective skips piling together, cancelling each other out, you're going to be left with a final tally that's probably at odds with everyone's individual experience. The OCC could probably announce that they've diminished passive streaming (whatever that means) and I'd sooner expect that people will want it back after seeing what it's done, than I'd imagine people would finally be content with streaming as a chart influence. And hey, some of us will readily take Andy Williams and Perry Como over most other Christmas options.

+5 Kendrick Lamar - tv off +4 Kendrick Lamar - squabble up +3 Kendrick Lamar - luther +2 ROSE - APT. +1 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song -1 Teddy Swims - The Door -2 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You -3 Cynthia Erivo - Defying Gravity (admittedly out of my depth on this one) -4 Wham! - Last Christmas -5 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

Alright I'll give it a go. Is the problem that it's this particular song or that it's a modern song at all? If you're going to use immediate touchstones a la weeks at #1 as your basis for what's the biggest of all time, then it's inevitably going to be something that hasn't yet stood the test of time, and if you're not willing to give new music a fair chance, you're probably not going to be happy about it. The article is about the way the charts are compiled rather than the flow of popularity in general, but they don't mention ACR at all. Looking at polyhex, there's a dip from 2014-2016, but after ACR comes in, the flow of entries isn't much different to the download era. It's like they don't realise that the 'solution' they want is already there. An arbitrary achievement. If it was a practical goal to be chased in the '50s & '60s it would be, but the shelf life and release schedules of the past weren't designed to facilitate it. Really no point getting worked up that people are comparing Justin Bieber or Sabrina Carpenter to Elvis Presley. In the AFL, the all time leaders in disposals, tackles, inside 50s & hit outs are all current players, but the top 28 goal scorers are all retired. You can acknowledge a changing tide, where some old benchmarks are frivolous and others are unobtainable, without concluding that it must be worse than before. A crazy assertion to me. I feel like I'm constantly seeing artists & projects trivialised through chart performance receipts, and the associated backlash to this perspective of judging music. Yes, younger generations don't listen to the radio as much, but chart discourse is very fervent. Give me some ideas. In all seriousness, this has always felt like a uniquely UK perspective driven by the sheer juxtaposition of the rapid moving '90s charts to now. Those '90s charts to me feel just as askew, with no sense of consistency, and a diminished value of high peaks given the sheer amount of songs that manage it. I don't think I've ever seen anyone ever say that 1999 is the absolute pits of the charts, but in Australia it still stands as the year (after 1948) with the least songs hitting #1: 9 (or 8 if you don't count the '98 incumbent). Even 2019 when "Old Town Road" and "Dance Monkey" held the top spot for 34 weeks between them, had more #1 hits. If you look at arbitrary metrics like this, you're gonna chuck up all kinds of things. The beauty of the charts is that these things just happen, largely through the activity of people who aren't actively thinking about the chart as they do it. If you want something to change, then normalise the idea that new music is great and worth exploring. And really explore it. This article's mere mentioning of the biggest names in current music is only reinforcing their exposure over the artists who aren't famous enough to warrant a mention. Also the top of the article's assertion that the 2020s are better than the 2010s because Taylor Swift has usurped DJ Khaled is an absurd equivalence.

02/12/2024 Singles 01 02 06 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 01 06 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 04 28 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 04 03 14 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 05 06 33 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 06 05 15 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 07 NE 01 07 LUTHER Kendrick Lamar 08 07 45 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 09 NE 01 09 SQUABBLE UP Kendrick Lamar 10 08 15 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 11 09 33 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 12 NE 01 12 TV OFF Kendrick Lamar 13 10 29 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 14 13 09 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 15 12 33 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 16 11 18 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 17 15 54 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 18 NE 01 18 WACCED OUT MURALS Kendrick Lamar 19 16 38 10 AUSTIN Dasha 20 17 25 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 21 14 02 14 2 HANDS Tate McRae 22 18 36 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 23 19 29 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 24 20 24 20 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 25 NE 01 25 REINCARNATED Kendrick Lamar 26 NE 01 26 HEY NOW Kendrick Lamar 27 23 58 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 28 24 124 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 29 NE 01 29 MAN AT THE GARDEN Kendrick Lamar 30 21 28 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 31 22 14 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 32 26 36 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 33 29 175 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 34 30 20 31 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 35 NE 01 35 HEART PT. 6 Kendrick Lamar 36 32 66 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 37 NE 01 37 DODGER BLUE Kendrick Lamar 38 25 224 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 39 34 17 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 40 43 07 40 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 41 28 50 05 YELLOW Coldplay 42 NE 01 42 DEFYING GRAVITY Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande 43 38 229 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 44 33 23 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 45 41 231 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 40 14 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 47 37 88 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 48 NE 01 48 PEEKABOO Kendrick Lamar 49 35 27 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 50 31 129 02 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier Bubbling Under 14 (8) IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 15 (13) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 16 (NE) NUMBER ONE GIRL Rosé 17 (11) DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 18 (12) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 19 (NE) MA MEILLEURE ENNEMIE Stromae, Pomme 20 (15) CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren Albums 01 NE 001 01 GNX Kendrick Lamar 02 02 014 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 NE 001 03 WICKED: THE SOUNDTRACK Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande 04 05 023 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 05 06 033 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 06 07 028 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 07 08 199 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 03 005 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 09 09 009 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 10 01 002 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 11 11 025 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 NE 001 12 ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS SEASON 2 Soundtrack 13 14 103 01 SOS SZA 14 12 032 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 15 NE 001 15 MUTATION RedHook 16 13 184 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 15 091 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 18 16 064 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 19 NE 001 19 RAGE AND ALL ITS FRIENDS Alex the Astronaut 20 17 084 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 10 015 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 22 19 350 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 27 057 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 20 390 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 25 26 275 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 26 22 070 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 27 23 033 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 28 37 113 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 29 NE 001 29 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Opeth 30 32 227 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 34 507 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 28 462 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 33 33 368 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 34 36 335 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 35 25 026 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 36 31 077 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 37 35 445 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 38 38 015 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 39 21 130 03 HOZIER Hozier 40 42 296 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 41 41 278 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 42 18 046 02 THICK LATER Tate McRae 43 43 107 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 NE 001 44 ONE ASSASSINATION UNDER GOD - CHAPTER 1 Marilyn Manson 45 40 304 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 46 50 186 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 47 45 264 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 48 46 016 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 49 49 129 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 50 54 420 02 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars "APT." returns to #1 for a 4th week. Believe it or not, this is the first time this year that a song has had separate stints at #1. The last song to have its reign interrupted was "Sprinter" when "vampire" debuted at #1 during its time atop. It's surely a close one though so we could see some back & forth action at the top. At least with both songs coming out on the same week, Spotify Wrapped probably won't factor much into it. If you thought it was mundane last week when the whole top 10 stayed the same, this week we've got #1 & #2, #3 & #4, and #5 & #6 swapping places. Kendrick Lamar has a lot of debuts of course, "luther" figures the highest and it looks like it'll stay that way next week as well. The only other debut this week is for "Defying Gravity", which might stick the floating next week too. If you recall last year, ARIA prevented Christmas entries for a couple of weeks (in a way that only really affected Mariah if I'm being honest). They've done it again this year where I suspect "All I Want For Christmas Is You" should have made the top 50 this week. I imagine it'll return to normal next week but it does mean that we'll only have 4 weeks of Christmas music on the charts probably, 1 week less than last year. Kendrick Lamar gets a 3rd #1 album this week. If you've ever admired the amusing coincidence that it's been two of his most dense and uncompromising albums ("To Pimp A Butterfly" and "Mr. Morale") that have been the ones to go to #1, then that pattern has been revoked as "GNX" makes it party time at #1. This makes 4 weeks in a row that Sabrina Carpenter has been kept at #2 by 4 different albums. The "Wicked" soundtrack also has a strong showing. Perhaps Arcane does too, but I do not endorse League of Legends, I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness etc etc. Australian pop punk band RedHook score their first ever entry at #15, while behind them, Alex The Astronaut bucks the trend and improves to score her highest ever charting album. I'm obliged to point out that she's a rare case of a publicly autistic musician and we don't have enough of those. Then we get some real throwbacks as Opeth and that unpleasant guy are back.

+5 Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER +4 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song +3 ROSE - APT. +2 Teddy Swims - The Door +1 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams -1 Sam Fender - People Watching -2 Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine -3 Tate McRae - 2 hands -4 Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem -5 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

25/11/2024 Singles 01 01 05 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 02 02 05 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 03 03 13 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 04 04 27 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 05 05 14 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 06 06 32 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 07 07 44 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 08 14 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 09 09 32 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 10 10 28 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 11 12 17 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 12 11 32 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 13 13 08 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 14 NE 01 14 2 HANDS Tate McRae 15 15 53 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 17 37 10 AUSTIN Dasha 17 18 24 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 18 16 35 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 19 19 28 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 20 25 23 20 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 21 23 27 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 22 24 13 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 23 22 57 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 24 21 123 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 25 35 223 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 26 30 35 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 27 52 10 14 IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 28 14 49 05 YELLOW Coldplay 29 27 174 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 30 31 19 31 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 31 28 128 02 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 32 26 65 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 33 33 22 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 34 36 16 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 35 32 26 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 36 38 62 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 37 42 87 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 38 41 228 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 39 44 45 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 40 47 13 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 41 37 230 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 42 46 35 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 43 54 06 43 BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 44 45 30 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 45 29 72 02 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers & Coldplay 46 50 94 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 47 43 16 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 48 58 99 25 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Luke Combs 49 65 26 28 SEE YOU AGAIN Tyler, The Creator 50 51 86 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs Bubbling Under 11 (11) DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 12 (9) LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 13 (15) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 14 (8) ST. CHROMA Tyler, The Creator 15 (20) CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren feat. Ella Henderson 16 (31) THE EMPTINESS MACHINE Linkin Park 17 (18) THICK OF IT KSI feat. Trippie Redd 18 (NE) LIKE HIM Tyler, The Creator 19 (22) BABY I'M BACK The Kid Laroi 20 (17) EMBRACE IT Ndotz Albums 01 NE 001 01 FROM ZERO Linkin Park 02 02 013 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 03 004 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 04 NE 001 04 GOOD LIFE Illy 05 04 022 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 06 05 032 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 07 06 027 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 08 07 198 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 08 008 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 10 10 014 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 11 11 024 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 13 031 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 13 12 183 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 16 102 01 SOS SZA 15 15 090 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 16 14 063 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 17 17 083 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 19 045 02 THICK LATER Tate McRae 19 22 349 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 20 21 389 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 21 18 129 03 HOZIER Hozier 22 20 069 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 23 23 032 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 24 NE 001 24 SHAWN Shawn Mendes 25 31 025 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 26 29 274 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 27 26 056 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 28 28 461 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 NE 001 29 MM..FOOD (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) MF DOOM 30 09 003 05 SONGS OF A LOST WORLD The Cure 31 24 076 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 30 226 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 35 367 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 34 34 506 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 35 32 444 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 36 40 334 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 37 36 112 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 38 33 014 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 39 01 007 01 MOON MUSIC Coldplay 40 39 303 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 41 37 277 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 42 42 295 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 43 41 106 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 44 58 008 13 UNREAL UNEARTH Hozier 45 43 263 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 46 44 015 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 47 45 337 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 48 RE 193 11 TEN Pearl Jam 49 48 128 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 50 53 185 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator If you're at all interested in seeing me write at length about modern music, then good news because I have a new blog. It's going through and ranking all 1,000 songs that appeared in triple j's Hottest 100 from 2013 to 2022. This cross section of youth culture means that Billie Eilish & Lorde both appear over a dozen times, but then so do bands like Lime Cordiale and Bring Me The Horizon. I'm currently right at the bottom of the list so it's a lot of me finding kind ways to talk about songs I'm not very fond of. On an unrelated note, we have the same #1 single as last week. Actually we have the same #2 single, and #3, and #4, and #5, and #6, and #7, and #8, and #9, and #10. As if to make the chart even more seamless, Coldplay crash down but Tate McRae manages to debut at exactly the position that "Yellow" has been holding for the last 2 weeks. With a song that also evokes the same era as it shares its name with a 1999 Heath Ledger film. Australians will remember it as the movie where they first heard Powderfinger's "These Days". Speaking of Australians, The Kid LAROI has been doing a local tour lately, and manages to finally get "NIGHTS LIKE THIS" into the top 20. Its partner in the act of sitting eternally in the middle of the chart, "Slow It Down" is still trying to figure that step out. It would've looked a decent chance next week if not for the letters GNX. Teddy Swims also gets a 3rd top 50 hit. I found it mildly amusing that this first 2024 song that sounded a little bit like that one Cutting Crew song has managed to replace Morgan Wallen's song that also sounds a little bit like that one Cutting Crew song. Linkin Park score their 4th #1 album. In the past they've had a track record of picking very bad weeks to release their albums, often being beaten out by blockbuster Australian releases. "Meteora" debuted at #2 because it was released on the same week as Delta Goodrem's "Innocent Eyes", the highest selling album of the decade ("Meteora" was #98 for the 2000s). They slightly improved their record a few years ago when the re-release of "Hybrid Theory" belatedly got it to the #1 spot, but this is their first new album to hit the top since "A Thousand Suns" did so in 2010. They're joined on the debut front by Illy, an artist who will appear on my blog 9 times. His last two albums both debuted at #1 but this one comes years later with very little buzz that I've seen, so colour me impressed he's managed to score a top 5 debut. I cannot say the same for Shawn Mendes, who after three straight top 3 albums has scored his lowest debut to date, lower than "Wonder" was in its 3rd week. I normally try to re-produce all crediting and spelling the way they're listed on the ARIA Chart. I've taken an exception to this rule just this one week because I believe in an important rule with regards to MF DOOM which is ALL CAPS when you spell the man name. Prior to this, the only time MF DOOM ever charted before was as a featured artist on The Avalanches' song "Frankie Sinatra". By sheer coincidence, that song also debuted alongside Shawn Mendes. Thanks to the vinyl re-release, "MM..FOOD" posthumously becomes his first ever charting album in Australia.

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+5 Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER +4 ROSE & Bruno Mars - APT. +3 Teddy Swims - The Door +2 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song +1 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! -1 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams -2 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste -3 KSI - Thick Of It -4 Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem -5 Gracie Abrams - That's So True

18/11/2024 Singles 01 02 04 01 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 02 01 04 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 03 03 12 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 04 04 26 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 05 05 13 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 06 06 31 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 07 07 43 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 09 13 08 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 09 08 31 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 10 10 27 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 11 11 31 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 12 12 16 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 13 13 07 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 14 14 48 05 YELLOW Coldplay 15 15 52 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 19 34 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 17 18 36 10 AUSTIN Dasha 18 16 23 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 19 20 27 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 20 21 135 02 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 21 23 122 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 22 26 56 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 23 29 26 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 24 22 12 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 25 28 22 24 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 26 31 64 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 27 41 173 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 28 52 127 02 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 29 30 71 02 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers & Coldplay 30 25 34 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 31 37 18 31 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 32 39 25 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 33 34 21 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 34 36 49 02 A SKY FULL OF STARS Coldplay 35 27 222 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 36 38 15 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 37 45 229 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 38 64 61 02 GREEDY Tate McRae 39 17 03 15 ST. CHROMA Tyler, The Creator 40 49 04 26 LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 41 48 227 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 42 43 86 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 43 51 15 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 44 40 44 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 45 47 29 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 46 53 34 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 47 50 12 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 48 44 12 18 DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 49 35 34 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti 50 63 93 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen Bubbling Under 12 (17) IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 13 (18) BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 14 (9) DARLING, I Tyler, The Creator 15 (11) STICKY Tyler, The Creator 16 (20) SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy 17 (19) EMBRACE IT Ndotz 18 (16) THICK OF IT KSI feat. Trippie Redd 19 (10) SÃO PAULO The Weeknd feat. Anitta 20 (NE) CARRY YOU HOME Alex Warren feat. Ella Henderson Albums 01 06 006 01 MOON MUSIC Coldplay 02 02 012 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 01 003 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 04 07 021 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 05 10 031 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 06 09 026 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 07 08 197 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 11 007 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 09 05 002 05 SONGS OF A LOST WORLD The Cure 10 16 013 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 11 12 023 01 BRAT Charli XCX 12 13 182 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 13 15 030 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 14 14 062 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 15 18 089 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 16 19 101 01 SOS SZA 17 20 082 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 18 34 128 03 HOZIER Hozier 19 48 044 02 THICK LATER Tate McRae 20 17 068 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 21 22 388 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 22 21 348 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 24 031 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 24 31 075 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 25 NE 001 25 THE BLISS South Summit 26 25 055 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 RE 005 08 ZORA Sheppard 28 29 460 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 29 27 273 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 30 32 225 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 31 41 024 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 32 30 443 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 33 28 013 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 34 33 505 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 35 38 366 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 36 39 111 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 37 36 276 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 38 NE 001 38 MAKE THEM SUFFER Make Them Suffer 39 26 302 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 40 42 333 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 41 40 105 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 42 45 294 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 43 47 262 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 44 50 014 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 45 51 336 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 46 46 084 02 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 47 82 002 47 DUETS Andrea Bocelli 48 57 127 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 49 43 018 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 50 54 064 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan We're not allowed to have fun anymore. Hozier & Tate McRae have been touring here lately, and I know Artemas is presenting at the ARIA Awards for some reason so maybe he's getting a local boost as well. Through sales I am unable to allocate, Coldplay have managed to go to #1 anyway, with a once and a blue moon scenario of dropping out of the top 50 and only peaking at #1 on the re-entry.

11/11/2024 Singles 01 01 03 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 08 03 02 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 03 02 11 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 04 03 25 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 05 04 12 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 06 05 30 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 07 07 42 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 06 30 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 09 10 12 09 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 10 09 26 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 11 11 30 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 12 12 15 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 13 14 06 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 14 83 47 05 YELLOW Coldplay 15 17 51 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 16 22 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 17 15 02 15 ST. CHROMA Tyler, The Creator 18 18 35 10 AUSTIN Dasha 19 21 33 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 20 22 26 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 21 45 134 02 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 22 20 11 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 23 26 121 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 24 24 02 24 DARLING, I Tyler, The Creator 25 28 33 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 26 29 55 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 27 37 221 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 28 30 21 24 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 29 31 25 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 30 71 70 02 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers & Coldplay 31 33 63 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 32 NE 01 32 SÃO PAULO The Weeknd feat. Anitta 33 43 02 33 STICKY Tyler, The Creator 34 36 20 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 35 19 33 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti 36 68 48 02 A SKY FULL OF STARS Coldplay 37 35 17 33 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 38 38 14 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 39 42 24 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 40 41 43 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 41 49 172 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 42 13 02 13 NOID Tyler, The Creator 43 46 85 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 44 23 11 18 DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 45 52 228 19 MR BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 46 25 02 25 RAH TAH TAH Tyler, The Creator 47 40 28 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 48 47 226 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 49 27 03 26 LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 50 44 11 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter Bubbling Under 15 (13) DISEASE Lady Gaga 16 (17) THICK OF IT KSI feat. Trippie Redd 17 (15) IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 18 (21) BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims 19 (16) EMBRACE IT Ndotz 20 (22) SOMEDAYS Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy Albums 01 01 002 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 02 03 011 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 NE 001 03 FEVER LONGING STILL Paul Kelly 04 NE 001 04 LOST IN HEAVEN Chase Atlantic 05 NE 001 05 SONGS OF A LOST WORLD The Cure 06 51 005 02 MOON MUSIC Coldplay 07 04 020 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 08 05 196 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 09 07 025 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 10 09 030 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 11 11 006 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 12 08 022 01 BRAT Charli XCX 13 13 181 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 14 061 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 15 15 029 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 16 21 012 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 17 06 067 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 18 16 088 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 19 19 100 01 SOS SZA 20 18 081 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 21 23 347 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 22 25 387 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 23 NE 001 23 STILL SEARCHING John Butler 24 24 030 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 25 28 054 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 26 20 301 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 27 29 272 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 28 27 012 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 29 30 459 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 34 442 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 31 31 074 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 32 224 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 43 504 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 34 57 127 03 HOZIER Hozier 35 74 003 02 THE EPILOGUE Dean Lewis 36 26 275 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 37 NE 001 37 I JUST NEED TO CONQUER THIS MOUNTAIN Sarah Blasko 38 35 365 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 39 41 110 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 40 39 104 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 41 37 023 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 42 50 332 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 43 22 017 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 44 33 183 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 45 44 293 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 46 RE 083 02 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 47 49 261 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 48 63 043 02 THICK LATER Tate McRae 49 02 002 02 CARTOON DARKNESS Amyl And The Sniffers 50 52 013 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris "APT." is #1 for a 3rd week. I strongly suspect it won't stay there next week and you probably know why. I mentioned last week the clerical error around the performance for Coldplay's "Yellow". It once again falls under the unofficial rule that the top 20 is sacred, and looks to be quite accurate now, climbing considerably higher than it's ever been in the last 23 years. There's more Coldplay to go with that, including the first appearance since COVID-19 for The Chainsmokers in the ARIA top 50. The Weeknd also brings along Anitta for a first ever top 50 entry. Tyler, The Creator had never had a #1 album before last week and now he's #1 for a second consecutive week with no vinyl. He stays ahead of quite a number of debuts, especially on the Australian side of things. Firstly Paul Kelly who has had a habit of #1 albums at this time of year lately, but has to make do with #3. Then we've got Chase Atlantic who I very much assure is a different band to Stand Atlantic, however the battle line has been drawn and the Standers win this time as they charted 1 position higher about a month ago. For the first time in nearly 30 years, The Cure are back in the top 10. I remember back in 2008 when every single they released periodically in the lead up to their album charted in the top 100, but then the album itself only made #30. John Butler's been making serious waves on the charts going all the way back to 2001. That's mostly with his interchangeable trio, with which he's had 4 #1 albums. When it comes to proper solo albums, he's never quite had the same fanfare, but this week manages an equal solo high at #23. Lastly with the longest gap she's ever had between albums, we've got the return of Sarah Blasko, who has previously made the top 10 with 5 of her albums. I've been something of a fan since I first discovered her music in 2006, and finally got to see her live earlier this year.

+5 Teddy Swims - The Door +4 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song +3 ROSE - APT. +2 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! +1 Adam Port - Move -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste -2 KSI - Thick Of It -3 Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem -4 Gracie Abrams - That's So True -5 Gracie Abrams - I ____ You, I'm Sorry

+40 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +39 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +38 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +37 Rita Ora - Anywhere +36 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth +35 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +34 Katy B - Crying For No Reason +33 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +32 Metric - Doomscroller +31 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God +30 MGMT - Little Dark Age +29 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +28 HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind +27 Lorde - Green Light +26 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +25 FKA Twigs - Two Weeks +24 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling +23 Rihanna - Kiss It Better +22 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire +21 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - WAP +20 Dua Lipa - Be The One +19 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +18 RAYE (feat. 070 Shake) - Escapism. +17 Taylor Swift - Style +16 xx – On Hold +15 Chemical Brothers (feat. Q-Tip) - Go +14 Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha +13 Ariana Grande - Into You +12 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +11 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +10 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit +9 Kungs vs. Cookin On 3 Burners – This Girl +8 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +7 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +6 Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens - Gone +5 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - Starboy +4 Years & Years - King +3 LF System - Afraid To Feel +2 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana +1 Galantis - Runaway (U & I)

+5 Lady Gaga - Disease +4 ROSE & Bruno Mars - APT. +3 Sonny Fodera - Somedays +2 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song +1 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! -1 Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi -2 KSI - Thick Of It -3 Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem -4 Gracie Abrams - That's So True -5 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry

04/11/2024 Singles 01 01 02 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 02 10 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 03 03 24 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 04 04 11 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 05 29 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 06 06 29 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 07 10 41 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 08 32 02 08 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 09 08 25 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 10 11 11 10 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 11 09 29 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 12 07 14 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 13 NE 01 13 NOID Tyler, The Creator 14 14 05 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 15 NE 01 15 ST. CHROMA Tyler, The Creator 16 12 21 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 17 13 50 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 18 20 34 10 AUSTIN Dasha 19 16 32 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti 20 15 10 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 21 18 32 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 22 17 25 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 23 25 10 18 DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 24 NE 01 24 DARLING, I Tyler, The Creator 25 NE 01 25 RAH TAH TAH Tyler, The Creator 26 30 120 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 27 26 02 26 LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 28 23 32 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 29 21 54 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 30 24 20 24 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 31 35 24 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 32 22 13 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 33 31 62 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 34 19 20 19 NIGHT CHANGES One Direction 35 34 16 33 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 36 40 19 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 37 27 220 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 38 47 13 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 39 NE 01 39 DISEASE Lady Gaga 40 29 27 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 41 43 42 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 42 33 23 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 43 NE 01 43 STICKY Tyler, The Creator 44 54 10 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 45 68 133 02 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 46 37 84 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 47 38 225 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 48 46 91 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 49 41 171 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 50 36 21 21 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs Bubbling Under 15 (12) IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 16 (11) EMBRACE IT Ndotz 17 (10) THICK OF IT KSI feat. Trippie Redd 18 (15) BABY I'M BACK The Kid Laroi 19 (16) BIG DAWGS Hanumankind, Kalmi 20 (13) MANTRA Jennie Albums 01 NE 001 01 CHROMAKOPIA Tyler, The Creator 02 NE 001 02 CARTOON DARKNESS Amyl And The Sniffers 03 03 010 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 04 05 019 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 05 06 195 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 06 08 066 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 07 10 024 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 08 09 021 01 BRAT Charli XCX 09 12 029 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 10 RE 004 08 ZORA Sheppard 11 14 005 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 12 RE 107 01 AMERICAN IDIOT (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Green Day 13 13 180 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 11 060 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 15 16 028 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 16 15 087 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 17 NE 001 17 THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR Halsey 18 21 080 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 19 20 099 01 SOS SZA 20 17 300 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 21 22 011 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 22 45 016 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 23 18 346 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 24 25 029 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 25 27 386 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 26 26 274 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 28 011 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 28 33 053 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 29 30 271 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 30 29 458 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 31 073 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 37 223 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 33 57 182 03 IGOR Tyler, The Creator 34 38 441 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 35 43 364 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 36 RE 004 36 PARABLES FOR WOODEN EARS (30TH ANNIVERSARY) Powderfinger 37 35 022 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 38 49 014 02 ATE Stray Kids 39 47 103 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 40 01 002 01 TENSION II Kylie Minogue 41 44 109 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 42 NE 001 42 THE SINGLES - THE FIRST 50 YEARS ABBA 43 41 503 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 44 50 292 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 45 24 003 03 INHALE / EXHALE Rüfüs Du Sol 46 NE 001 46 LIVE FROM ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS Thom Yorke 47 34 238 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 48 NE 001 48 PATTERNS Kelsea Ballerini 49 52 260 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 50 51 331 01 AM Arctic Monkeys "APT." is #1 for a second week. We will probably not reach a point of enough "APT." weeks to match the song's chorus but you never know I guess. It'll probably be #1 next week but has been threatened at the top of the Spotify chart by Gracie Abrams, which really flies in the face of my attempts for years to not acknowledge her music. Anyway the main thing that happened here is that Tyler, The Creator had a lot of chart entries, and you have to remember that in Australia, the week was even more over by the time "CHROMAKOPIA" came out so that's even more impressive. Sneaking in alongside is "Sailor Song" going top 10, missing out on the chance of clean sweeping 11's. Also Lady Gaga arrives in the top 40, which I have to imagine was helped by YouTube numbers because "Disease" actually never made the Spotify top 50. Coldplay are also in the unimportant east side of Australia currently. They played Perth a year ago and had a handful of re-entries back then, although I'm not sure now if it's because of that show or because they also announced that they'd be back a year later in the larger population centres. That year has arrived now though which means I get to speculate once again if "Yellow" is being under-counted on the chart again. For now it's just "Viva la vida", but "Yellow" was #13 on Spotify yesterday. They'll certainly climb next week. In an album chart battle of sales that only technically took place this week, Tyler, The Creator scores his first ever #1 album. Despite dominant streaming numbers, he's tended to always fall short due to the release strategy which is sufficient to top the US charts but not here. Amends were made though, as his Australian tour has a CD bundle option so despite the album not actually being out physically yet, that's what's gotten him over the line. The irony here is that Amyl And The Sniffers have gotten to #2 largely off the back of pre-orders that were made weeks and months ago all cashing in on Friday. They're a way away from legendary misfortune status but this is their second consecutive #2 album, as back in 2021 the incumbent Drake held them off. Sheppard also return to the top 10 thanks to what appears to be digital sales, I'm not sure what's spurred it. Green Day's second #1 album also returns. The way more fascinating 'return' for my books though is Powderfinger's debut album. Now, Powderfinger would hit #4 with their second album and then #1 with every subsequent album, but this debut album only ever reached #51. Not only that, but it's widely considered to be pretty terrible, and jarring to anyone familiar with the band. I guess for a UK equivalent, imagine if The Beautiful South made an album in the early '90s that sounded like Pearl Jam. Anyway, they've managed to get enough people to get around the 30th anniversary that it's hitting the top 50 for the first time ever. Elsewhere this week, Halsey returns as one of those aforementioned legendary misfortune statuses with three #2 albums to their name. This is the first one to land below #3. A little while ago, there was an inexplicable ABBA compilation that just kinda sat around the #50 spot on the ARIA Chart for months until it was exiled. It was a very specific box set that probably wasn't actually on sale but generated the streaming points incidentally. Anyway, this new one probably has sales this week but it's a mystery what happens after now. It's crazy that I could bring up Halsey because there's a handful of people who are even more unlucky on the ARIA Chart and the grand champion of that is Thom Yorke. Between Radiohead and his solo career, he's had 7 #2 peaks without a #1. I hear he's gonna take Luke Parker's spot in the Sydney Swans line up next year. Anyhow, he's not coming close to that this time with a live album, which is remarkably awkward timing given that he just made international news for stopping a show due to being heckled in Melbourne about his Israel stance. I'll leave you to make up your own mind on that and just say that Kelsea Ballerini sneaks in a 4th top 50 album.

Listened to Gotye's music a lot in 2007, could've been earlier but wasn't into music at the time. Tame Impala a year or so later. The Weeknd's "House of Balloons" was my morning commute soundtrack for much of 2011, also heard BENEE's debut single (back when she was just Bene) literally the day it came out in 2017 and was championing her all the way from then.

There are two ways to look at it and they're equally boring and unsatisfying answers. 1. Basically nothing changes because hardly anyone had access to that kind of technology at the time, it's a drop in the ocean 2. You suddenly have to imagine a drastically different world to accommodate such a thing and then the entire music landscape is different as a result. But then let's say for example we take the most simple way of looking at it: Suddenly chart companies are able to track and collate what's being played on home/car stereos or whatever, akin to today's system. You first need a baseline starting point because we need to know the point at which the whole infrastructure is rebuilt. But also, we need to know what's going on with sales anyway. Are the two working hand in hand? Are we just scrapping them altogether, or is it like now where it's largely negligible except when it rears its head in to stamp in its own version of events (a la LadBaby)? Main thing is that it's not unreasonable to say that there are acts in the '90s/'00s whose M.O. in coordination with their label was getting #1 hits with the tools available. Much like it is now, the industry would simply lean into the streaming-equivalent and adjust accordingly. Such acts would either continue to dominate all the same, or they just wouldn't exist because there wasn't a sufficient market to justify themselves. Alternative simple answer: Streaming changes the chart democracy into one of time over money. There's every possibility that they would simply get more kid friendly since kids have more free time. The only thing I'd feel mildly confident in saying is that there'd be a bit less in the way of ironed-on legacy acts continuing to score hits.

Made me check the old thread because "Shake It Off" was #2 on UK Spotify when it got removed...but it still didn't drop completely out in a single day.

It jumped up 45 spots in Australia tonight which had me wondering :lol: Only a minor climb in the UK though so not much in it I guess.

+5 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile +4 Sonny Fodera - Somedays +3 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! +2 One Direction - Night Changes +1 ROSE & Bruno Mars - APT. -1 One Direction - Story Of My Life -2 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song -3 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste -4 KSI - Thick Of It -5 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry

28/10/2024 Singles 01 NE 01 01 APT. Rosé, Bruno Mars 02 01 09 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 03 02 23 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 04 04 10 02 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 05 03 28 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 06 05 28 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 07 18 13 07 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 08 08 24 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 09 07 28 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 10 06 40 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 11 12 10 11 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 12 09 20 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 13 13 49 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 14 11 04 11 TIMELESS The Weeknd, Playboi Carti 15 10 09 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 16 38 31 11 FE!N Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti 17 17 24 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 18 14 31 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 19 RE 19 19 NIGHT CHANGES One Direction 20 15 33 10 AUSTIN Dasha 21 19 53 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 16 12 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 23 23 31 21 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 24 27 19 24 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 25 22 09 18 DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 26 NE 01 26 LOVE SOMEBODY Morgan Wallen 27 28 219 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 28 RE 26 03 STORY OF MY LIFE One Direction 29 25 26 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 30 20 119 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 31 24 61 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves 32 NE 01 32 THAT'S SO TRUE Gracie Abrams 33 30 22 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 34 37 15 33 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 35 35 23 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 36 31 20 21 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 37 33 83 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 38 42 224 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 39 40 226 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 40 26 18 19 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 41 44 170 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 42 29 03 29 THICK OF IT KSI feat. Trippie Redd 43 32 41 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 44 41 25 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 45 47 82 02 FAST CAR Luke Combs 46 45 90 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 47 39 12 31 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 48 48 90 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 49 46 04 46 EMBRACE IT Ndotz 50 53 58 02 GREEDY Tate McRae Bubbling Under 12 (09) IT'S OK I'M OK Tate McRae 13 (14) MANTRA Jennie 14 (08) JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 15 (11) BABY I'M BACK The Kid Laroi 16 (13) BIG DAWGS Hanumankind, Kalmi 17 (15) GUY FOR THAT Post Malone feat. Luke Combs 18 (17) DANCING IN THE FLAMES The Weeknd 19 (16) BACKBONE Chase & Status, Stormzy 20 (18) BAD DREAMS Teddy Swims Albums 01 NE 001 01 TENSION II Kylie Minogue 02 NE 001 02 THE EPILOGUE Dean Lewis 03 02 009 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 04 NE 001 04 PACIFIC HIGHWAY MUSIC Skegss 05 12 018 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 06 08 194 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 NE 001 07 I'M SORRY, NOW SAY IT BACK Thelma Plum 08 15 065 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 09 01 020 01 BRAT Charli XCX 10 07 023 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 11 05 059 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 12 06 028 03 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 13 09 179 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 14 11 004 04 +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Ed Sheeran 15 14 086 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 16 13 027 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 17 38 299 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 18 17 345 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 RE 056 01 FOUR One Direction 20 20 098 01 SOS SZA 21 16 079 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 22 21 010 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 23 RE 046 01 MIDNIGHT MEMORIES One Direction 24 03 002 03 INHALE / EXHALE Rüfüs Du Sol 25 18 028 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 26 29 273 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 23 385 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 28 22 010 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 29 27 457 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 30 270 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 31 24 072 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 32 RE 072 02 MADE IN THE A.M. One Direction 33 28 052 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 34 43 237 01 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 35 25 021 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 36 RE 060 01 TAKE ME HOME One Direction 37 31 222 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 38 26 440 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 39 10 003 02 MOON MUSIC Coldplay 40 NE 001 40 3AM (LA LA LA) Confidence Man 41 33 502 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 42 RE 115 01 UP ALL NIGHT One Direction 43 34 363 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 44 40 108 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 45 35 015 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 46 NE 001 46 LYFESTYLE Yeat 47 36 102 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 48 19 002 19 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN Jelly Roll 49 93 013 02 ATE Stray Kids 50 39 291 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish Back in 2022 a quirk of point distribution and perhaps just enough overlap with Asian music markets meant that BLACKPINK debuted at #1 in Australia with "Pink Venom", a song that missed the top 20 in the US & UK. In some respects, this means that Rosé was the last somewhat Australian artist to hit #1 here, she was born in New Zealand but spent more time growing up in Australia. The statement is still true but more direct as she now has a #1 single as a solo artist. Bruno Mars is also here, getting his 4th #1 hit, after "Just The Way You Are", "Grenade" and "Uptown Funk". I'd say that's good trivia to keep track of, but a couple of years ago I went to a trivia night and was not correctly appraised of points for identifying high charting Bruno Mars songs which cost me the win (something that still eludes me). I will not put the hosts on blast though because I was compensated a bonus point next time I went. Speaking of belated attribution, "I Love You, I'm Sorry" enters the top 10 this week, something it should have done last week. Should someone unearth this decades from now in confusion at the misaligned timing with other charts, know that ARIA screwed the pooch on this one, again. One Direction have two re-entries this week, the highest being "Night Changes", which actually scores a new peak. Many people have been saying, 'if "Tension" is so good, why isn't there a "Tension II"', and like all strawmen, they've been horribly crumpled into place this week. Kylie Minogue now has 9 #1 albums. We are once again seeing the single/album chart divide as we've got 4 debuts in the top 10, all Australian, none have any charting singles. The second is Dean Lewis who actually improves on his last album's peak position, and then we've got another former #1 artist in Skegss (not Skeggs, I assure you). Thelma Plum has not had a #1 album but this is her second to make the top 10, 5 years after the first. All 5 of One Directions albums re-enter here, and we've got debuts for Confidence Man & Yeat, the former fairly low here all things considered. With this massive influx we've got a lot of albums seeing considerably lower positions than they're used to. Notably, "Diamonds" by Elton John drops out for the first time this decade, meaning that Luke Combs' "This One's For You" is the only album that has charted every week of this decade. All up this is its 333rd week in the top 50.

I mean, I was thinking that unless you're gunning for the #1 spot, does anyone really need to release on a Friday? You might get a slightly different peak, but anyone with experience with charts is just gonna recognise the inevitable drop off and then take away the credibility of the position. Something like 'oh that's just an album bomb*/that's just fanbase curiosity streams'. Even as a chart watcher myself, the novelty of 'wow, this artist who isn't known for populating the pop charts was really high on them for a week or two' diminishes. In the long run, "IGOR" & "Flower Boy" are getting more streams than any Drake album currently, who cares that they didn't do 100 million on their first week? Btw, the only top 10 hit Tyler has had anywhere is "EARFQUAKE" which did so in Australia and New Zealand, and it peaked on the second week. I actually probably wouldn't have gotten to "CHROMAKOPIA" in a hurry if it were released on a Friday. I'm always so worn out on new singles that I'm not in the mood to check out new albums, but the Monday release on its own worked great. *Really dislike this term. Reeks of people coming up with a dismissive term to describe something they don't like (ala bro-step, skip-hop) and that's never a good foundation

Within the space of one month in 2021, Rancid Eddie blew up, went top 10 on Australian Spotify (+ top 200 UK/Ireland/Norway), got cancelled and then just obliterated from any sort of public discourse. They only get mentioned about once every 2 months on Twitter. It's all so quick that you can see the entire daily chart run on kworb For a British example, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong had some hits, their album got good reviews, but then it never came out and they broke up.

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