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Rein Me In DCL-2 this week, pray for DCL-3 on Friday

I knew Iran & NZ are long shots to win, but I hope both of them pull upsets and somehow get advance to R32 and beyond over the favourites like Belgium and Egypt.

Does RMI ever hit DCL-2 and DCL-3 at some point outside of Christmas season?

+50 Lady Gaga – Judas +49 Pet Shop Boys – Rent +48 Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia +47 Shocking Blue – Venus +46 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal +45 Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends +44 Linkin Park – In the End +43 Muse – Time Is Running Out +42 Eagles – Hotel California +41 Arctic Monkeys – Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? +40 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing +39 Radiohead – Karma Police +38 Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi +37 Blink 182 - I Miss You +36 The Beatles – Yesterday +35 Bananarama – Cruel Summer +34 Bananarama – Venus +33 Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine +32 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On +31 The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up +30 Robyn – Dancing On My Own +29 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black +28 Len - Steal My Sunshine +27 Depeche Mode – Just Can't Get Enough +26 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) +25 Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' +24 Mary J Blige - Family Affair +23 Sister Sledge – We Are Family +22 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody +21 Pink - Try +20 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +19 Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone +18 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You +17 The Beloved – Sweet Harmony +16 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay +15 Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town +14 Visage - Fade To Grey +13 Nero – Guilt +12 Evanescence – Going Under +11 Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi +10 McAlmont & Butler - Yes +09 Oasis - Live Forever +08 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love +07 Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again +06 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell +05 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message +04 The Smiths – This Charming Man +03 The Veronicas – Untouched +02 The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For +01 Black – Wonderful Life

The #1 lead on singles is gonna be very close with Thursday streams being estimated. Hopefully Harry American Girls can prevail by Friday because Sam+Olivia Rein Me In will be #1 for long time and doesn't show any sign to ACR anytime soon.

17 out of my SF2 top 25 list made to the final with the biggest casualty being Madonna Human Nature

+25 Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? +24 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia +23 Muse - Time Is Running Out +22 Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends +21 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On +20 Bananarama - Venus +19 Sister Sledge - We Are Family +18 Eagles - Hotel California +17 Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine +16 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing +15 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black +14 Madonna - Human Nature +13 Linkin Park - In The End +12 Robyn - Dancing On My Own +11 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam +10 Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver +9 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) +8 Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All +7 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' +6 The Veronicas - Untouched +5 Rihanna - California King Bed +4 Wilkinson featuring Becky Hill - Afterglow +3 Chris Brown - With You +2 Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting +1 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Now that RMI finally get #1, it's time for Olivia to focus on performing So Easy at the BRITs so she can get 3rd #1 in quick succession

I guess in some way this might explain why Rein Me In manage to avoid ACR for so long.

16 out of my SF1 top 25 made it to the final so that's quite a lot of cuts for me, but my entire top 16 apart from 1 song (Robyn Show Me Love) was keep intact to make up for it.

Just drop my vote above

+25 Lady Gaga - Judas +24 Pet Shop Boys - Rent +23 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough +22 The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up +21 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal +20 Shocking Blue - Venus +19 Radiohead - Karma Police +18 Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi +17 Robyn - Show Me Love +16 Mary J Blige - Family Affair +15 The Beatles - Yesterday +14 Bananarama - Cruel Summer +13 Blink 182 - I Miss You +12 Len - Steal My Sunshine +11 Pink - Try +10 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody +09 My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words +08 Dido - Life For Rent +07 Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone +06 Bjork - Hyperballad +05 Beyonce - Listen +04 Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver - Exile +03 Lily Allen - Pussy Palace +02 George Michael - One More Try +01 Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet

Totally forgot the 1st semi voting, can I still vote for this? Got to start the list right away.

Just realised I totally left out Caesars (Palace) Jerk It Out 😭😭😭

Check out some of the clauses in the RMNZ chart rules https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/api/media/file/2025-09-30%20-%20Chart%20Rules%20-%20PDF%20version%20for%20website.pdf I guess the chart committee interpreted the rules in a way Djo EOB exceed the 78 week threshold based on the song first Top 40 chart appearance on 26 February 2024 which made the song return to catalogue chart instead. Otherwise I have the same question as you for RMNZ like how Prince Purple Rain allowed to return Top 40 while Djo EOB can't and stuck on catalogue chart.

Wonder why Djo End of Beginning was not reentered into the main chart considering it gain lots of popularity again

Omg yes

Zara remix version was primary the demo version so it's obvious the production wouldn't be as polished as the original version

Didn't expect it would be very hard to select 30 songs from the #8 peak list. For info I have 89 songs listed on my 1st batch of shortlist and further reduced to 53 on the 2nd batch of shortlist. +30 Shocking Blue – Venus +29 The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin' On +28 Lady Gaga – Judas +27 Muse – Time Is Running Out +26 Birdy – Wings +25 Pet Shop Boys – Rent +24 Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia +23 Arctic Monkeys – Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? +22 Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing +21 Sister Sledge – We Are Family +20 Depeche Mode – Just Can't Get Enough +19 Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine +18 Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends +17 Bananarama – Cruel Summer +16 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal +15 Robyn – Show Me Love +14 Robyn – Dancing on My Own +13 Eagles – Hotel California +12 The Beatles – Yesterday +11 Radiohead – Karma Police +10 Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi +9 Linkin Park – In the End +8 Sum 41 – Fat Lip +7 Blink 182 – I Miss You +6 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit +5 Backstreet Boys – I'll Never Break Your Heart +4 Madonna – Human Nature +3 The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up +2 Amy Winehouse – Back to Black +1 Diplo & Sleepy Tom – Be Right There

Would love to see Djo getting the lead (albeit narrowly) on Friday, but I'm not sure if the Thursday stream estimation could help his case getting the lead.

Farewell MIN and NTEO it's a great run for Olivia

Hot take yes follow the Australia and New Zealand style recurrent rules by automatically moving every singles and albums with original date release over 18 month/78 week (New Zealand) or 2 year/104 week (Australia) to a separate catalogue or on-replay chart. Then remove the 3 tracks rule while keep ACR in possible improved methodology Australia On Replay Singles and Albums Chart https://www.aria.com.au/charts/catalogue-singles-chart/2025-10-20 https://www.aria.com.au/charts/catalogue-albums-chart/2025-10-20 New Zealand Catalogue Singles and Albums Chart https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/charts/catalogue-singles https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/charts/catalogue-albums

Golden back to leading MIN by 2k on Monday, at least Olivia managed to have her moment last week

Olivia Dean is likely on lock for chart double with Man I Need lead increase from 634 on Monday to 3658 on Wednesday

At least Olivia Dean Man I Need is closing the Golden lead from 2k last week to around 700 this week