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+30 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +29 Tyler, The Creator - Earfquake +28 FKA Twigs - Cellophane +27 Tones and I - Dance Monkey +26 Weyes Blood - Andromeda +25 BROCKHAMPTON - NO HALO +24 Stormzy - Vossi Bop +23 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +22 Lizzo - Juice +21 Fisher - Losing It +20 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +19 100 gecs - money machine +18 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road +17 Lana Del Rey - The Greatest +16 Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens - Gone +15 Mark Ronson (feat. Camila Cabello) - Find U Again +14 Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys - Lose Control +13 Ariana Grande - 7 Rings +12 Mark Ronson (feat. Lykke Li) - Late Night Feelings +11 Lana Del Rey - F**k It I Love You +10 Lizzo – Truth Hurts +9 CamelPhat & Cristoph (feat. Jem Cooke) - Breathe +8 Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa with Madison Beer - All Day and Night +7 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer +6 Regard - Ride It +5 Harry Styles - Lights Up +4 Miley Cyrus - Slide Away +3 Meduza & Goodboys - Piece of Your Heart +2 Ghost - Mary On A Cross +1 Post Malone (feat. Young Thug) - Goodbyes

16/09/2024 Singles 01 01 03 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 02 03 17 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 03 06 04 03 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 04 05 22 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 05 02 22 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 06 04 14 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 07 08 18 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 08 07 22 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 09 09 34 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 10 03 10 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 11 11 27 10 AUSTIN Dasha 12 15 43 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 13 13 25 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 14 16 18 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 15 14 06 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 16 12 07 09 BIG DAWGS Hanumankind, Kalmi 17 17 20 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 18 19 47 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 19 31 07 19 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 20 20 19 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 21 32 213 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 22 22 12 22 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 23 18 03 12 GOOD GRACES Sabrina Carpenter 24 24 113 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 25 26 55 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 26 27 35 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 27 NE 01 27 THE EMPTINESS MACHINE Linkin Park 28 29 25 22 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 29 30 16 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 30 23 06 18 APPLE Charli XCX 31 25 12 23 KEHLANI Jordan Adetunji 32 33 77 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 33 28 13 26 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 34 41 04 34 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 35 42 14 35 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 36 21 03 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 37 48 27 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 38 43 164 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 39 35 15 01 HOUDINI Eminem 40 40 05 36 BACKBONE Chase & Status, Stormzy 41 47 84 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 42 36 24 01 BYE BYE BYE *NSYNC 43 44 09 43 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 44 37 06 37 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 45 38 21 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 46 39 11 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 47 56 220 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 48 46 31 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 49 49 84 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 50 54 218 04 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac Bubbling Under 16 (18) BABY I'M BACK The Kid Laroi 17 (21) DIET PEPSI Addison Rae 18 (22) CLOSE TO YOU Gracie Abrams 19 (20) GUY FOR THAT Post Malone feat. Luke Combs 20 (25) 28 Zach Bryan Albums 01 NE 001 01 THE SECOND ACT Missy Higgins 02 01 003 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 03 NE 001 03 TEN DAYS Fred Again.. 04 03 017 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 05 05 022 04 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 06 NE 001 06 LUCK AND STRANGE David Gilmour 07 07 188 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 04 004 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 09 08 012 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 10 06 021 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 11 RE 010 06 BEWITCHED Laufey 12 09 080 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 13 13 073 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 14 26 022 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 15 15 053 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 16 12 173 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 16 092 01 SOS SZA 18 14 015 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 19 19 379 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 20 339 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 18 216 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 22 17 014 03 BRAT Charli XCX 23 21 066 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 24 22 264 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 25 23 046 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 26 25 357 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 27 02 002 02 WILD GOD Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 28 31 434 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 29 29 102 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 30 28 496 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 31 30 451 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 32 32 059 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 33 35 267 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 34 34 005 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 35 11 004 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 36 37 096 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 37 36 098 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 38 38 327 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 39 75 096 02 METEORA Linkin Park 40 41 308 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 41 RE 223 01 DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) Vance Joy 42 40 055 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 43 42 324 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 44 43 209 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 45 49 118 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 46 44 393 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 47 47 192 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 48 39 009 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 49 54 253 01 WHAT YOU SEE AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 50 45 010 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan "Taste" is #1 for a 3rd week. The previous comment about it not being challenged continues to be true, except now it's not even really catching back up to the pack, we could be here a while. If you're here for insightful and interesting Linkin Park takes, I don't have it. I haven't even listened to it yet. I can say that it's their first top 30 hit since 2009's "New Divide", following a run of 6 straight top 50 hits that didn't quite get that high. It's the only new entry this week too, but we should have some more next week too that I still haven't listened to. My excuse is that if labels are willing to screw over the midnight Australia market for their big deal releases then they have to face the microscopic consequence that I'll miss them on my New Music Friday listen throughs, tipping the scales with a pebble that will surely make them stop doing this. Anyway the Bubbling Under chart just got bigger again. It's done so in a very funny way because "Close To You" and "28" are actually debuts to this chart. Despite the former reaching #34 on the chart about 3 months ago, it never quite squeezed in. Now it's much lower and manages to get through. Hoist your klaxons because it's back, and I ain't talkin' about a Thomas Pynchon novel. I'm talking about 🚨🚨 AUSTRALIAN #1 ALBUM ALERT 🚨🚨, and this time it's a 4th #1 album for Missy Higgins. Famous for a style of singing that would probably not please Henry Higgins (although he does like a challenge), she hit #1 with ease with her first 3 albums. That was roughly 10-20 years ago and she's constantly not come close to the top since. She just performed "Scar" at triple j's One Night Stand concert with G Flip though so the nostalgia cycle is back, baby. You might actually also know that song even if you're not Australian, because it's the aggressively Australian song that gets slotted into The Axis Of Awesome's "4 Chords" song, and I bet I've made this exact same reference when one of her other albums has charted. Or to make this more modern and quickly dated, I guess we making triangles squeeze through circles now. After some mysterious circumstances where Fred again.. charted out of sync with the New Zealand charts (and very out of sync with the UK), he's back and charting ever-so-slightly higher than ever, this time at #3. David Gilmour also debuts in the top 10. 9 years ago Lana Del Rey stopped him from hitting #1. I forget what band he's from. Laufey gets yet another vinyl boost, while Vance Joy gets a minor one too. I say minor because he's always charting just a bit shy of the chart anyway, but this boost will keep him away from recurrency rules for a long while yet. Also I'm going to readily assume that there aren't any GWS Giants fans reading this and so I can safely say holy shit how good was the footy on the weekend?

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello were an American comedy duo circa the 1940s. They're best known nowadays for their sketch where an attempt to name players on a baseball team devolves into lunacy due to the players having names that sound like parts of speech, and neither speaker being able to come to terms with the other's misinterpretation of what's being said. It's incredibly sharply written and delivered. I couldn't help but notice the similarity to the conversation that took place above my post.

This is a good Abbott & Costello bit thank you

+30 Metric - Risk +29 Pusha T - If You Know You Know +28 Drake - Nice For What +27 Childish Gambino - This Is America +26 Mitski – Nobody +25 Years & Years – Sanctify +24 1975 - Love It If We Made It +23 BROCKHAMPTON - 1999 Wildfire +22 Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch +21 James Bay - Pink Lemonade +20 Robyn - Honey +19 Clean Bandit (feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi) - Baby +18 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel +17 Sigrid - Strangers +16 Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit +15 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five +14 Bruno Mars (feat. Cardi B) - Finesse +13 Joji - Slow Dancing In The Dark +12 A$AP Rocky (feat. Skepta) - Praise The Lord (Da Shine) +11 Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower +10 Clean Bandit (feat. Demi Lovato) - Solo +9 Christine and the Queens - Doesn't Matter +8 Drake - God's Plan +7 Post Malone - Better Now +6 Jax Jones (feat. Ina Wroldsen) - Breathe +5 Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex +4 Travis Scott (feat. Drake) - Sicko Mode +3 Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next +2 Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop - Capital Letters +1 SOPHIE - Immaterial

+5 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile +4 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +3 Chase & Status & Stormzy - BACKBONE +2 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please +1 Charli xcx - Guess -1 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste -2 BL3SS & CamrinWatsin - Kisses -3 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -4 Dasha - Austin -5 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! ------- +5 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile +4 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +3 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger +2 Chase & Status & Stormzy - BACKBONE +1 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please -1 Oasis - Live Forever (thought I liked this more until I re-listened to it recently) -2 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste -3 BL3SS & CamrinWatsin - Kisses -4 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso -5 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

I reckon what we'd find out is what we already knew, K-Pop fans are the most dedicated fans, and whether deliberately or by nature, they'd flood the album chart and people would find new ways to say it doesn't count because it doesn't fit their personal narrative of what *should* be the most popular albums.

But what does this actually accomplish? You've still got the same state of things just with the numbers tinkered around. As I was kind of saying in my previous post, what's the significant distinction between studio albums & greatest hits that the latter needs to be punished? Because the latter has an easier time charting despite there being less intrinsic attachment to it as a product because it's not an individual artistic statement? If that's the case, then they're already punished by the fact that surely less people will buy them (ignoring the fact that people do still buy them). But for instance, Olivia Rodrigo's "SOUR" received (according to kworb) 6.4 million streams yesterday. The least popular track is "hope ur ok" and that had 130 thousand streams. Even if absolutely nobody streamed that one song on its own, that's at most about a quarter of its streams coming from full listens. In reality, it's probably way less. Any studio album with legs on the chart is going to be subject to the same sort of cherry-picking as a Greatest Hits album. This is all just the nature of the attention & listening cycle nowadays. I'm yet to see a 'solution' that doesn't just create a different status quo to get bored and annoyed with.

09/09/2024 Singles 01 01 02 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 02 03 21 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 03 04 16 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 04 02 13 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 05 06 21 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 06 05 03 05 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 07 07 21 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 08 08 17 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 09 09 33 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 11 02 11 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 11 14 26 10 AUSTIN Dasha 12 13 06 09 BIG DAWGS Hanumankind, Kalmi 13 16 24 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 14 10 05 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 15 15 42 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 17 17 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 17 18 19 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 18 12 02 12 GOOD GRACES Sabrina Carpenter 19 22 46 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 20 21 18 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 21 19 02 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 22 28 11 22 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 23 23 05 18 APPLE Charli XCX 24 26 112 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 25 29 11 23 KEHLANI Jordan Adetunji 26 27 54 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 27 25 34 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 28 35 12 26 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 29 32 24 22 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 30 30 15 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 31 49 06 31 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 32 37 212 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 33 36 76 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 34 20 02 20 SHARPEST TOOL Sabrina Carpenter 35 34 14 01 HOUDINI Eminem 36 31 23 01 BYE BYE BYE *NSYNC 37 42 05 37 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 38 39 20 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 39 41 10 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 40 40 04 36 BACKBONE Chase & Status, Stormzy 41 60 03 41 SAILOR SONG Gigi Perez 42 58 13 39 AIN'T NO LOVE IN OKLAHOMA (FROM TWISTERS: THE ALBUM) Luke Combs 43 51 163 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 44 48 08 44 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 45 24 02 24 SLIM PICKINS Sabrina Carpenter 46 46 30 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 47 53 83 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 48 47 26 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 49 45 83 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 50 44 16 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish Bubbling Under 18 (NE) BABY I'M BACK The Kid Laroi 19 (20) WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 20 (RE) GUY FOR THAT Post Malone feat. Luke Combs Albums 01 01 002 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 NE 001 02 WILD GOD Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 03 04 016 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 05 003 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 05 07 021 04 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 06 08 020 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 07 10 187 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 08 18 011 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 09 12 079 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 RE 056 10 DEFINITELY MAYBE (30TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION) Oasis 11 11 003 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 12 16 172 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 13 14 072 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 14 22 014 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 15 15 052 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 16 17 091 01 SOS SZA 17 13 013 03 BRAT Charli XCX 18 20 215 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 19 23 378 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 20 25 338 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 21 24 065 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 22 21 263 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 23 26 045 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 24 RE 010 03 FATHERS & SONS Luke Combs 25 27 356 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 26 29 021 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 27 71 091 01 (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? Oasis 28 32 495 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 29 28 101 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 30 30 450 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 35 433 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 32 31 058 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 33 09 002 09 DAYS BEFORE RODEO Travis Scott 34 36 004 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 35 34 266 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 36 40 097 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 37 38 095 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 38 41 326 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 39 33 008 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 40 44 054 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 41 48 307 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 42 52 323 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 43 58 208 40 GREATEST HITS Pitbull 44 53 392 01 ÷ Ed Sheeran 45 46 009 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan 46 43 022 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 47 51 191 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 48 74 007 02 ATE Stray Kids 49 49 117 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 50 37 006 30 DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Soundtrack "Taste" is #1 for a 2nd week. Don't expect that to change any time soon. It is receding back to the pack, but it could do that for weeks and go unchallenged. The interesting one to note in the Sabrina Carpenter affairs is "Bed Chem" which manages to climb into the top 10 on its second week, and is generally holding pretty steady even in its 3rd week. Perhaps greater hit potential in the pipeline. I didn't get a chance to say last week that "The Door" is sneaking into the top 50 with help from the points provided by the CYRIL remix, but it's getting pretty close to the point where I'd say that it could get there without it. Gigi Perez scores a first top 50 hit. I don't have anything to say on that but it should keep climbing next week. Once again the Bubbling Under expands. We're gonna lose all of Billie Eilish's tracks next week so it's really gonna push the depths. As a bonus, we have a song that actually could be considered Bubbling Under, as The Kid LAROI comes through with "BABY I'M BACK". It doesn't look like it's gonna make the top 50 next week so I'll just say that this is a particularly Australian coded interpolation. Not just because the Player song "Baby Come Back" gets used memorably on The Simpsons, but also because Ocean Alley once covered the song for Like A Version and it was a particularly popular one. I wouldn't normally leap at the chance to promote international artists on an Australian entry, but I just have to point out how distracting the title is, as one of my favourite songs released last year is "BABY I'M HOME" by Odetari, Kanii & 9lives. Future classic I'm sure. Sabrina Carpenter is also #1 on the album chart for a second week. Once again we are robbed of an Australian artist at #1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have had two #1 albums in the past. It's the only debut this week, but we are treated to a new peak with Oasis's re-release. Though it had a lengthy chart run, "Definitely Maybe" only peaked at #23. Improving to #10 this week, now every Oasis studio album has hit the top 10. Luke Combs also gets a proper physical release that sees him back in the top 50.

So I've said in the past that I wouldn't mind Greatest Hits* compilations being shipped off to their own charts, but I have to wonder what does it actually accomplish in terms of the greater good of the chart? You'll see less brick wall big WI numbers but is there really all that much worthwhile in those positions below the top 100 that are being shoved out of the way? I feel like all of the full-intent album listening experiences kind of cancel each other out and you're just left with 'which album has the biggest 3rd single?' Are we truly enriched if an album has a chart run of 1-56-98-out instead of 1-85-out? I guess if there's an example worth looking at, it's New Zealand's album chart. They kick off any album that's been there for more than 18 months into a catalogue chart, a rule that's been enacted so many times that the catalogue chart houses higher sales once you go beyond the top end of both charts. Both charts are top 40s, but it feels like the official chart stretches that top 40 to the point that #40 is probably around #120 in reality. But is the chart more interesting for it? Not really. Removing so many albums just means that the live remaining ones have less ranks to slip through. It's a lot of treading water until their own 78 week limit runs out. So I guess I can't think of anything that would realistically liven up the album chart and make it interesting in the way that it once was, without tearing it all down into something that scarcely reflects reality (and will probably become stale and uninteresting once the novelty wears off). It's probably best off just leaving it to its own natural behaviour. *But even then, are hit packed albums like "Teenage Dream", "AM", "Divinely Uninspired..." etc that much functionally different to Greatest Hits? Reading the album chart week on week and these albums sure do walk, swim & quack like a duck

^ Tend to agree. "Divide" used to feel like a permanent top 20 fixture until it wasn't. He's slipped down the general streaming pecking order over the last couple of years. 2 years ago he was #1 on Spotify listeners, currently he's #18 @1546532865780989952 (tweet is 8 months after his album btw, so no particular recency bias)

actually on time this time +30 Tyler, The Creator (feat. Kali Uchis) - See You Again +29 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +28 Kendrick Lamar - Humble. +27 Rita Ora - Anywhere +26 MGMT - Little Dark Age +25 Drake - Passionfruit +24 Dua Lipa - Be The One +23 Lorde - Green Light +22 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide +21 Killers - The Man +20 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling +19 Queens of the Stone Age - The Evil Has Landed +18 Lorde - Perfect Places +17 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot +16 alt-J - 3WW +15 Kesha - Praying +14 French Montana (feat. Swae Lee) - Unforgettable +13 London Grammar - Rooting For You +12 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente +11 Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) - Rockstar +10 MUNA - I Know a Place +9 Louis Tomlinson (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals) - Back to You +8 BROCKHAMPTON - JUNKY +7 Paramore - Hard Times +6 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still +5 Camila Cabello – Crying In The Club +4 Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love +3 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me +2 Calvin Harris (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean) - Feels +1 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (Original / Justin Bieber Remix)

Feel like I have to get it out there again, "End Of Beginning" was not a super obscure song prior to 2024. I remember hearing quite a bit of buzz about him when the singles & album came out in 2022. I even saved a couple back then (including "End Of Beginning"), and while I don't have the numbers on hand, I remember thinking at the time 'wow, this guy's got a lot of streams'. Note: I did not know he was in Stranger Things at the time. Something interesting I think is that we're inclined to clown on labels for fumbling the bag but in general they often know way more than they let on. There was a phenom I noticed years ago on the Australian chart, where some songs from big album releases would just end up missing on that week's chart. This still happens as recently as this week, but what I remember thinking at the time is that the songs they left off were disproportionately the ones that would end up being big hits down the line. Stuff like The Kid LAROI's "WITHOUT YOU" and Pop Smoke's "What You Know Bout Love". Our charts have had a history of labels holding back chart debuts so they can enter higher up and look like more of a success (it sounds a lot better that "WITHOUT YOU" debuted in the top 10, rather than below the top 50, regardless of the context. Oh look, it's even the first sentence in the 'Chart Performance' section on Wikipedia). It also probably helps give whatever platforms they're promoting to an easier time spotting out 'the hit' when it's not crowded around a bunch of other songs from that album. Point I'm making with this is that in these cases, though the shorthand is often to say 'wow, it went viral on TikTok, that's crazy', in reality I think it's often way more planned and anticipated than it seems. Whether that means astroturfing or just a really keen ear for these things, I can't say (probably case by case anyway), but I do suspect that a lot of hits aren't necessarily the flukes they're made to look like.

02/09/2024 Singles 01 NE 01 01 TASTE Sabrina Carpenter 02 08 12 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 03 05 20 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 04 01 15 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 05 10 02 05 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 06 02 20 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 07 04 20 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 08 03 16 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 09 06 32 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 10 07 04 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 11 NE 01 11 BED CHEM Sabrina Carpenter 12 NE 01 12 GOOD GRACES Sabrina Carpenter 13 09 05 09 BIG DAWGS Hanumankind, Kalmi 14 12 25 10 AUSTIN Dasha 15 15 41 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 13 23 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 17 14 16 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 18 11 18 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 19 NE 01 19 JUNO Sabrina Carpenter 20 NE 01 20 SHARPEST TOOL Sabrina Carpenter 21 16 17 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 22 17 45 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 23 18 04 18 APPLE Charli XCX 24 NE 01 24 SLIM PICKINS Sabrina Carpenter 25 22 33 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 26 24 111 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 27 19 53 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 28 25 10 25 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 29 23 10 23 KEHLANI Jordan Adetunji 30 20 14 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 31 27 22 01 BYE BYE BYE *NSYNC 32 26 23 22 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 33 NE 01 33 DUMB & POETIC Sabrina Carpenter 34 21 13 01 HOUDINI Eminem 35 31 11 26 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 36 29 75 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 37 32 211 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 38 NE 01 38 LIE TO GIRLS Sabrina Carpenter 39 28 19 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 40 36 03 36 BACKBONE Chase & Status, Stormzy 41 34 09 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 42 59 04 42 KISSES BL3SS x CamrinWatsin feat. bbyclose 43 35 12 24 360 Charli XCX 44 33 15 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 45 37 82 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 46 40 29 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 47 39 25 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 48 52 07 48 THE DOOR Teddy Swims 49 49 05 45 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 50 41 28 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo Bubbling Under 20 (20) WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish Albums 01 NE 001 01 SHORT N' SWEET Sabrina Carpenter 02 NE 001 02 MAJORDOMO Teenage Dads 03 NE 001 03 WAS HERE Stand Atlantic 04 03 015 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 05 02 002 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 06 NE 001 06 ROMANCE Fontaines D.C. 07 05 020 04 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 08 04 019 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 09 NE 001 09 DAYS BEFORE RODEO Travis Scott 10 06 186 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 11 01 002 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 12 09 078 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 13 08 012 03 BRAT Charli XCX 14 10 071 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 15 13 051 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 16 11 171 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 17 14 090 01 SOS SZA 18 15 010 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 19 NE 001 19 WHIRLWIND Lainey Wilson 20 12 214 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 21 19 262 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 22 27 013 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 23 17 377 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 24 20 064 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 25 22 337 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 26 21 044 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 27 18 355 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 28 26 100 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 29 30 020 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 30 29 449 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 31 28 057 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 32 31 494 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 33 24 007 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 34 33 265 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 35 32 432 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 36 35 003 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 37 16 005 30 DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Soundtrack 38 34 094 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 39 07 002 07 POPULAR MONSTER Falling In Reverse 40 42 096 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 41 37 325 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 42 NE 001 42 OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER Lily Grace 43 38 021 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 44 39 053 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 45 NE 001 45 LIVE Louis Tomlinson 46 36 008 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan 47 58 031 27 EMAILS I CAN'T SEND Sabrina Carpenter 48 43 306 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 49 45 116 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 50 41 283 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish I am sleepy, here is your chart. I will just note the notables, which is that the unexplainables are back, "Coincidence" and "Don't Smile" are missing from the chart, and would probably be in the top 40. Also for the first time in many months, we have a Bubbling Under chart again. It's not much right now but expect it to grow in the coming weeks.

That's also one that's hard to define, some songs just get radio airplay on random whims. In the case of Led Zeppelin, the image on the song's Wikipedia article is literally a sleeve sent to radio stations by Atlantic Records. Discogs tells me that this was put out in 1972 (the album was Nov 1971). I'd say that's sufficient enough to call it radio promo.

For what it's worth, "'Till I Collapse" is the most streamed non-single on Spotify.* But defining singles is tricky, especially nowadays where you're less likely to get definitive physical releases. Like if we're being strict, "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen was never released as a single. It doesn't have artwork, or a music video. It was released before the album, but part of a "3 Songs At A Time Sampler" (which still didn't have its own artwork). The only thing it has going for it to define it as a single is that it got promoted to radio, but then so did "Stairway To Heaven". A lot of the time it feels like a technicality as to what is and isn't a single, and very rarely do I see it consistently followed. *At least that's what Wikipedia says, but then I think it should be "I Wanna Be Yours" by Arctic Monkeys? I can't see anything that makes it a single

*The Gotye stan from 2007 has logged on* While I'll concede that I doubt anyone anticipated the degree of success, it was coming off a (locally) big deal album, was released on a major label, had a high effort/concept music video (it was actually newsworthy in Australia when it got leaked early by accident), and it was on the iTunes front page immediately on release. Alongside Kimbra being poised for a big breakout year on a major label (again locally, but it did happen), my hunch is that it *is* a song that everyone involved in it expected big things from. His previous album was that accidental hit.

Never said it was a sole factor. But even that being said, the gap between top 10 & top 200 is not anywhere near as big as it sounds.

Could also be worth considering that streaming services *are* discovery platforms. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that if you spend any amount of time being influenced by them, it'll probably shift your taste in music a bit, making those little differences between the charts grow over time.

Yeah sorry, I think I'm used to these being Sunday night deadlines? That's why I missed last week +30 Röyksopp (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Never Ever +29 Solange - Cranes in the Sky +28 Childish Gambino - Redbone +27 Rihanna – Kiss It Better +26 xx – On Hold +25 Rihanna (feat. Drake) – Work +24 Adele – When We Were Young +23 Ariana Grande – Into You +22 Bruno Mars – 24k Magic +21 Kungs vs. Cookin On 3 Burners – This Girl +20 Jorja Smith – Blue Lights +19 Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Live +18 Travis Scott (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Goosebumps +17 Rae Sremmurd (feat. Gucci Mane) - Black Beatles +16 Rihanna – Desperado +15 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) – Starboy +14 Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom +13 1975 – Somebody Else +12 Clean Bandit (feat. Louisa Johnson) – Tears +11 Christine And The Queens – Tilted / Christine +10 Fifth Harmony – That's My Girl +9 Sia – Cheap Thrills +8 Alan Walker (feat. Iselin Solheim) - Sing Me To Sleep +7 Dua Lipa - Last Dance +6 Chainsmokers (feat. ROZES) - Roses +5 All Saints - One Strike +4 Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) +3 MØ – Final Song +2 Zara Larsson – Lush Life +1 Major Lazer (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) - Light It Up

oh let me jump in quickly!

I belatedly finished watching it just now, have been avoiding this thread for ages :lol: Feel like US Mole needs to work better with the editing to make it properly suspenseful. They do so many tricks that unravel themselves once you're used to them. Wish I could remember better what happened in season 1, but they went this whole season never eliminating the first person called after the quiz (or have it be the very last person, I think). I'm used to the possibility on Australian & Dutch Mole where they're called in a genuinely random order and it's way better for the viewer, even if it can muck with the pacing. They also just can't help putting in countdown timers at the end of challenges to show that they barely got through in time, but the host & contestants never seem to relay it so it just seems deliberately fake and just tells you the challenge is about to end, but that they were never in danger of running out of time. The confessionals is the biggest problem though I think. I was kinda geared towards Ryan & Sean by process of elimination halfway in (though I thought if it was Ryan, she's really bad at lying and strategising with the fortune cookie challenge), because they spent the whole season showing and telling us that Michael is purposely sabotaging, and Muna only stopped doing it when she figured out who the Mole was and realised she should be getting some more money. Hannah was so confident that she was always going to lose a quiz, and then all you've got left is Sean blending into the background. They only gave up the conceit on the last episode because they both knew it and Muna kept saying 'Sean is the Mole' so many times they couldn't get around it, so they had to can it quickly and put more suspense on who won :lol: But I think the biggest problem they've got is that they need to axe these possibilities to drain the entire pot. They did it twice this season, and all I can think of from a Mole perspective is that Sean knows what challenges are coming up, he knows the Prisoner's Dilemma and the way people act. He should be working his butt off in the early challenges to succeed and look like a hero because at the end of the day, all that money is probably gonna be lost anyway. It's a classic Mole strategy of not sabotaging, but putting in work where the net result goes nowhere. And as a viewer, if you know the Mole knows this is gonna happen, then there's no point in speculating because your suspicions, like the money, basically have to be reset. I wanna be double, triple, quadruple bluffed and go away from the last episode thinking I've been played. It's all very professionally edited, slick and fun to watch, but as a game it falls a little short.

The just about year long streak of only white people at #1 over, finally. Think it's an under-analysed issue with rating aggregation +5 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +4 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile +3 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! +2 Chase & Status & Stormzy - BACKBONE +1 Charli XCX - Apple -1 Jordan Adetunji - KEHLANI -2 Charli XCX - Guess -3 BL3SS & CamrinWatsin - Kisses -4 Dasha - Austin -5 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

26/08/2024 Singles 01 01 14 01 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish 02 02 19 01 A BAR SONG (TIPSY) Shaboozey 03 05 15 01 I HAD SOME HELP Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen 04 04 19 04 GOOD LUCK, BABE Chappell Roan 05 06 19 01 ESPRESSO Sabrina Carpenter 06 07 31 01 BEAUTIFUL THINGS Benson Boone 07 03 03 01 GUESS Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 08 08 11 01 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sabrina Carpenter 09 09 04 09 BIG DAWGS Hanumankind, Kalmi 10 NE 01 10 DIE WITH A SMILE Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars 11 12 17 01 MILLION DOLLAR BABY Tommy Richman 12 13 24 10 AUSTIN Dasha 13 14 22 01 TOO SWEET Hozier 14 15 15 11 STARGAZING Myles Smith 15 11 40 04 LOSE CONTROL Teddy Swims 16 10 16 05 NOT LIKE US Kendrick Lamar 17 16 44 01 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 18 18 03 18 APPLE Charli XCX 19 19 52 06 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves 20 22 13 12 PINK SKIES Zach Bryan 21 17 12 01 HOUDINI Eminem 22 21 32 12 SCARED TO START Michael Marcagi 23 23 09 23 KEHLANI Jordan Adetunji 24 24 110 06 SOMETHING IN THE ORANGE Zach Bryan 25 32 09 25 HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan 26 25 22 22 SLOW IT DOWN Benson Boone 27 20 21 01 BYE BYE BYE *NSYNC 28 26 18 01 FORTNIGHT Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone 29 28 74 01 CRUEL SUMMER Taylor Swift 30 35 04 18 GUY FOR THAT Post Malone feat. Luke Combs 31 27 10 26 NIGHTS LIKE THIS The Kid Laroi 32 31 210 06 RIPTIDE Vance Joy 33 29 14 05 LUNCH Billie Eilish 34 30 08 18 GIRLS The Kid Laroi 35 34 11 24 360 Charli XCX 36 41 02 36 BACKBONE Chase & Status, Stormzy 37 37 81 01 LAST NIGHT Morgan Wallen 38 36 22 03 I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME Artemas 39 39 24 02 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) Ariana Grande 40 38 28 15 STUMBLIN' IN Cyril 41 43 27 03 END OF BEGINNING Djo 42 42 161 01 IRIS Goo Goo Dolls 43 33 22 18 BELONG TOGETHER Mark Ambor 44 47 217 19 MR. BRIGHTSIDE The Killers 45 40 10 20 DEVIL IS A LIE Tommy Richman 46 RE 08 33 POUR ME A DRINK Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton 47 53 44 15 UNWRITTEN Natasha Bedingfield 48 46 14 14 WILDFLOWER Billie Eilish 49 45 04 45 I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY Gracie Abrams 50 44 10 36 MISSES Dominic Fike Bubbling Under Nothing this week! Albums 01 NE 001 01 50 YEARS - THE BEST OF Cold Chisel 02 NE 001 02 F-1 TRILLION Post Malone 03 02 014 01 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish 04 04 018 01 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Taylor Swift 05 05 019 04 THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS Chappell Roan 06 09 185 02 THE HIGHLIGHTS The Weeknd 07 NE 001 07 POPULAR MONSTER Falling In Reverse 08 07 011 03 BRAT Charli XCX 09 11 077 01 ONE THING AT A TIME Morgan Wallen 10 13 070 03 THE DIAMOND COLLECTION Post Malone 11 14 170 01 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 12 16 213 01 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 13 15 050 01 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo 14 17 089 01 SOS SZA 15 18 009 01 THE SECRET OF US Gracie Abrams 16 41 004 30 DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Soundtrack 17 23 376 11 SINGLES COLLECTION Maroon 5 18 26 354 01 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 19 20 261 01 LOVER Taylor Swift 20 24 063 06 STICK SEASON Noah Kahan 21 22 043 01 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift 22 28 336 07 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 23 NE 001 23 TIME IS A FLOWER Telenova 24 19 006 01 THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) Eminem 25 01 002 01 SUNDAY SADNESS Amy Shark 26 29 099 01 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift 27 21 012 03 THE FIRST TIME The Kid Laroi 28 25 056 01 UTOPIA Travis Scott 29 31 448 01 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 30 32 019 07 PAPERCUTS Linkin Park 31 33 493 01 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 32 34 431 01 TEENAGE DREAM: THE COMPLETE CONFECTION Katy Perry 33 37 264 01 STARBOY The Weeknd 34 36 093 02 GRADUATION Kanye West 35 30 002 30 96 MONTHS Calvin Harris 36 35 007 03 THE GREAT AMERICAN BAR SCENE Zach Bryan 37 40 324 03 DIAMONDS Elton John 38 44 020 17 FIREWORKS & ROLLERBLADES Benson Boone 39 39 052 02 ZACH BRYAN Zach Bryan 40 45 189 02 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 41 42 282 01 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Billie Eilish 42 43 095 05 THE ESSENTIAL Foo Fighters 43 48 305 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Queen 44 65 003 01 BEAUTIFULLY ORDINARY Tones And I 45 47 115 15 LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM XXXTentacion 46 50 321 01 AM Arctic Monkeys 47 49 290 01 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 48 NE 001 48 D.I.Y. The Southern River Band 49 46 024 01 ETERNAL SUNSHINE Ariana Grande 50 58 145 01 RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) Taylor Swift "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" is #1 for a 2nd week in a row. I do not think it will be #1 next week but I can't say for sure what will replace it. I suspect it could be any of three songs by a certain Saffron City gym leader with a penchant for woodwork. This week's chart gives a good argument to say that it could be "Taste" though because arriving in the top 10 this week is Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, who spent the first two days of the week at #76 and #43 on Spotify, adding to my recent feeling that something has changed in the system to help debuts get a better impression than they once did (it may be YouTube). I neglected to mention last week but isn't it interesting that 7 of the top 8 have gone to #1? Also isn't it interesting that "Apple" definitely debuted at #18, and has spent its entire chart run at that position. She's got a long way to go to match the funny chart run moments of LunchMoney Lewis or Mumford & Sons. Not much else to note except for Mark Ambor being on fraud watch. We have gotten very close to returning the classic Bubbling Under segment though. "WILDFLOWER" is #20 on the New Music chart this week leaving very little space to hide, and perhaps next week's chart shake up could get us there. Cold Chisel score their 6th #1 album this week with a compilation. I will never stop my tradition of blurting out 🚨🚨 AUSTRALIAN #1 ALBUM ALERT 🚨🚨 until maybe next week probably. It gives me the opportunity to point out that when I say Jimmy Barnes has more #1 albums than anyone else, I'm not even including these 6 albums in the tally, and it also gives me the opportunity to say yes, that Jimmy Barnes, the cowboy screaming in the clouds guy. It means that once again, Post Malone is denied a #1 album, still only having two to his name from the 2010s. If you take a shot at the king, you best not miss. Also entering this week is Melbourne trio Telenova. They've been putting out some pleasantly catchy singles for several years now (big fan of and myself). I am less familiar with The Southern River Band despite the fact that they're from the same city as me in Perth, but they also sneak through to get their first ever entry.

I dunno I think it's a bigger mockery if the song that's supposed to go to #1 misses out because of an arbitrary reset ratio.