So this week was a pretty quiet one in terms of new entries but we got one hell of a busy week here somehow.
Just no movement right at the very top where "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande spends it's 5th week at number one, I still believe that this song will finish the year at number one in Australia,
Halsey's "Without Me" remains at number two for another week but I am not certain of this song's prospects of knocking "Thank U, Next" from number one, it still has good streaming but it doesn't seem enough to challenge "Thank U, Next" right now and digital sales appear to be dropping off.
A song that continues to hang around is former number one "Shotgun" by George Ezra at number three, the song has completely fallen away on streaming so it's probably no chance of returning to number one.
Another former number one lies at number four that being "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper but it's not a threat for number one.
The song that is looming as a challenger for number one is "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max which jumped three places to number 5, it's presence on streaming and on digital sales is continuing to build rather impressively, heck, it pushed "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee down one place to number six and "Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille down to number 7.
We have a new arrival to the top ten with "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus up nine places to number eight which I am absolutely delighted about as the song is just fantastic.
It pushed "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott down two places to number 7 and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid down two places to number ten.
Gainers
Former number seven "High Hopes" by Panic! At The Disco was the biggest gainer of the week leaping back up to 24 from 37. (Don't mind that song quite honestly).
The Hilltop Hoods look set to have a big hit with "Leave Me Lonely" up twelve places to number 26.
"Last Christmas" by Wham also gained hard this week up from 47 to 34 which isn't surprising considering Christmas is around the corner.
"Going Bad" by Meek Mill feat. Drake jumped up to 33 from 42 because people can't seem to get enough of Drake right now.
Strangely enough "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran is up 6 places to 46...this song has been on the chart for pretty much the entire year!
"Leave A Light on" by Tom Walker returns to the top 40 at 36 from 41 and "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini refuses to go away by elevating from 44 to 37.
Re-Entries
XXXtentacion's album release saw the return of the single "Bad" at number 35 but apart from that there really isn't any XXXtentacion to talk about...thank goodness.
Also back for some reason is "Lost in Japan" by Shawn Mendes at 38.
Finally for no discernible reason "In My Feelings" by Drake is back at number 49. (Australia, really?)
Losers
It wasn't a good week for 6ix9ine with "Mama" feat. both Nicki Minaj and Drake being the biggest loser down from 22 to 50...good.
Also down hard is "Come Out and Play" by Billie Eilish which fell off it's debut at 28 to slide down to 45.
"Woman Like Me" by Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj crash landed at 47 down from 33.
"Waiting" by KIan slithered down six places to 30.
Drop Outs
It was relatively good news on the drop out side of things with 6ix9ine's "Kika" feat. Tory Lanez dropping out taking with it "Taki Taki" by DJ Snake feat. Ozuna, Selena Gomez and Cardi B.
Also gone is "Close to Me" by Ellie Goulding feat. Diplo and Swae Lee which is the better of the three songs that left the chart this week.
So with no new entries this week that wraps up this week's chart review. The chart for the week starting 24th December will be released on Saturday at 5pm.
Have a Merry Christmas everyone.
Monday 17 December 2018
Thursday 13 December 2018
ARIA Singles Chart top ten/chart review: 10th December 2018: 6ix9ine shows up as Ronson/Cyrus debut in top 20
Oh folks, this week was a rough one, sure, we traded out some crap but wow, some absolute junk also debuted on the chart, there's a story or two in terms of what arrived on the charts and what got jumps up the chart but we'll get to that in a minute but first the top ten...
Well, really...there's no change at number one with "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande holding firm, it looks to have lock on number one for another few weeks barring a complete collapse, this song should see out the year at number one.
Halsey's "Without Me" is the new number two this week after jumping two places, I don't expect this song to go number one witb there being songs rising below it making out to be more convincing challengers for top spot.
What aren't challengers are "Shotgun" by George Ezra at number three and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper which dropped two places to number four as the hype for "A Stat is born fades away.
Arriving in the top 5 is "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which rose one place to number five (I am desperately trying to convince myself the song isn't good)
It swapped with "Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille which dropped number 6.
Then we have our biggest gain for the week with the worst song from Travis Scott's album "ASTROWORLD", "Sicko Mode" jumping 7 places because I guess we just have to copy America trends, right?
Ava Max's 'Sweet But Psycho" adds Australia to it's list of countries where it's hit the top ten as it jumped five places to number 8.
Two songs I either like or don't mind round out the top ten with "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid down two to number 7 and "Let You Love Me" down two to number 10.
Gains
So apart from the big gains for Travis Scott and Ava Max to reach the top ten, there wasn't much that gained big. There was a four place gain for "Waiting" by Kian which has reached number 24 and "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson is up four to 36 (a song I still can't get to liking) and in the other piece of good news for Australian music, Hilltop Hoods new song "Leave Me Lonely" jumped up to 38 from 42 (I think this song has a solid chance of being a hit)
Re- Entries
Of course it's that time of year when Christmas music starts to reach the charts because of streaming which means "All I want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey is back at number 14 and "Last Christmas" by Wham is back at number 49.
Losses
It was a blood bath this week with "Always Remember Us this Way" by Lady Gaga dropping from 21 to 39 because the movie hype is fading and people are moving on but that doesn't explain why "High Hopes" by Panic! At the Disco lost hope down to 37 or "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini dropped from 31 to 44 (in the latter's case, the song is crap so maybe understandable)
"A Million Dreams" by Pink slipped ten to 48.
Drop Outs
I'm sad to see "I'll Never Love again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gone as well as "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen.
Not really bothered that "Happy Now" by Kygo feat. Sandro Cavazza and "There's No Way" by Lauv and Julia Michaels are also gone. Didn't really care for either song.
However I am happy to see utter crap like "Falling Down" by Lil Peep and XXXtentacion, "Bad" by XXXtentaction (probably will be back next week with the album having been released) and "In My zFeelings" by Drake gone.
New Entries
Let's begin with the good stuff that debuted, the excellent "Nothing Breaks like a Heart" by Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus enters at 17 to be the biggest debut of the week, I expect this song to be huge in 2019.
"Close to Me" by Ellie Goulding feat. Diplo and Swae Lee enters at number 50.
6ix9ine somehow had two songs land on the chart wth "Mama" feat. Nicki Minaj and Kanye Wrest entering at number 22 and "Kika" feat. Tory Lanez at number 30.
Meek Mill's song with Drake "Going Bad" enters the chart at number 42.
So this week turned out surprisingly busy, am still expecting a quieter time over the next few weeks as the charts slow down for Christmas but we'll see. I'll be interested to see if "Sweet But Psycho" can can break into the top five and indeed whether or not "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" can jump into the top ten. We'll find out on Saturday at 5pm
Well, really...there's no change at number one with "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande holding firm, it looks to have lock on number one for another few weeks barring a complete collapse, this song should see out the year at number one.
Halsey's "Without Me" is the new number two this week after jumping two places, I don't expect this song to go number one witb there being songs rising below it making out to be more convincing challengers for top spot.
What aren't challengers are "Shotgun" by George Ezra at number three and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper which dropped two places to number four as the hype for "A Stat is born fades away.
Arriving in the top 5 is "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which rose one place to number five (I am desperately trying to convince myself the song isn't good)
It swapped with "Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille which dropped number 6.
Then we have our biggest gain for the week with the worst song from Travis Scott's album "ASTROWORLD", "Sicko Mode" jumping 7 places because I guess we just have to copy America trends, right?
Ava Max's 'Sweet But Psycho" adds Australia to it's list of countries where it's hit the top ten as it jumped five places to number 8.
Two songs I either like or don't mind round out the top ten with "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid down two to number 7 and "Let You Love Me" down two to number 10.
Gains
So apart from the big gains for Travis Scott and Ava Max to reach the top ten, there wasn't much that gained big. There was a four place gain for "Waiting" by Kian which has reached number 24 and "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson is up four to 36 (a song I still can't get to liking) and in the other piece of good news for Australian music, Hilltop Hoods new song "Leave Me Lonely" jumped up to 38 from 42 (I think this song has a solid chance of being a hit)
Re- Entries
Of course it's that time of year when Christmas music starts to reach the charts because of streaming which means "All I want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey is back at number 14 and "Last Christmas" by Wham is back at number 49.
Losses
It was a blood bath this week with "Always Remember Us this Way" by Lady Gaga dropping from 21 to 39 because the movie hype is fading and people are moving on but that doesn't explain why "High Hopes" by Panic! At the Disco lost hope down to 37 or "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini dropped from 31 to 44 (in the latter's case, the song is crap so maybe understandable)
"A Million Dreams" by Pink slipped ten to 48.
Drop Outs
I'm sad to see "I'll Never Love again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gone as well as "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen.
Not really bothered that "Happy Now" by Kygo feat. Sandro Cavazza and "There's No Way" by Lauv and Julia Michaels are also gone. Didn't really care for either song.
However I am happy to see utter crap like "Falling Down" by Lil Peep and XXXtentacion, "Bad" by XXXtentaction (probably will be back next week with the album having been released) and "In My zFeelings" by Drake gone.
New Entries
Let's begin with the good stuff that debuted, the excellent "Nothing Breaks like a Heart" by Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus enters at 17 to be the biggest debut of the week, I expect this song to be huge in 2019.
"Close to Me" by Ellie Goulding feat. Diplo and Swae Lee enters at number 50.
6ix9ine somehow had two songs land on the chart wth "Mama" feat. Nicki Minaj and Kanye Wrest entering at number 22 and "Kika" feat. Tory Lanez at number 30.
Meek Mill's song with Drake "Going Bad" enters the chart at number 42.
So this week turned out surprisingly busy, am still expecting a quieter time over the next few weeks as the charts slow down for Christmas but we'll see. I'll be interested to see if "Sweet But Psycho" can can break into the top five and indeed whether or not "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" can jump into the top ten. We'll find out on Saturday at 5pm
Sunday 2 December 2018
ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart review: 3rd December: Rita Ora enters top ten, big move up for Sheck Wes
The charts are starting to slow down for the Christmas/New Year period and this week seemed to continue that slow down with just three new entries and omly a couple of changes to the top ten and somehow I wish there was some big changes because the top ten feels pretty stagnant apart from one song that entered the top ten
However there was no change at the top with another week at number one for "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande and with the song doing well all over the place, I don't see it being challenged unless a certain new song released on Friday can get the numbers to challenge it...
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper spends another week at number two but it's challenge for number one looks done with "A Star is Born" hype slowly starting to fade.
"Shotgun" by George Ezra rode a week of hype surrounding his performance at ARIA Awards to return to number 3, it jumped past Halsey's "Without Me" which dropped back to number four.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid all remain at 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
We have a new arrival to the top ten and it's one I predicted with "Let You Love Me' by Rita Ora jumping four places to number 8. Guess that ARIA Awards performance paid off for her but hey it's the best of the songs that she has released from Phoenix as singles so I'll take it.
"Be Alright" by Dean Lewis remains at number nine while "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando drops two to number ten.
Gainers
The biggest gainer this week came from "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes because people love trap artists singing out of tune as that jumped ten places to 29.
"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max looks like it may well break into the top ten soon as it jumped nine places to number 13. This song reminds me more of Lady Gaga's early career than it probably should..
Lukas Graham continue to have a sleeper hit with "Love Someone" up nine places to 22.
Morgan Evans "Day Drunk" jumped back into the top 40 up eight places to 35.
Losers
The losers are hard to explain but lets start off with the fact that there was an eleven place drop for "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini to 31. Maybe people have finally worked out it was a pale imitation of an already awful song.
Pink's "A Million Dreams" continues its yoyo existence also dropping eleven places to 38.
Really also not complaining that "Bad" by XXXtentacion dropped 9 places to 47 after just 3 weeks on the chart (3 weeks too many for grave robbing trash) while his song with Lil Peep "Falling Down" slipped four places to 48. (My god there's some absolute garbage down the lower end of the chart this week)
Sadly, "I'll Never Love Again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper fell eight places to 43. Would rather this song be a hit over some of the crap above it!
"Woman Like Me" by Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj lost its gains from the release of 'lm5" so that is down four places to 30.
Drop outs
Disappointed to see Silk City and Dua Lipa's collaboration "Electricity" drop out. Really would have liked that song to have become a hit.
"Somebody to Love" by Queen also dropped out because hype for "Bohemanian Rhapsody" movie is fading.
The one song of the three that dropped out that will probably make year end "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khalid which peaked at number 12.
New Entries
So the highest new entry comes from the rather highly popular at the moment, Billie Eilish with "Come Out and Play" at number 23 (even though it's not her best song, check out 'Bellyache")
Australian rap legends Hilltop Hoods snag another chart entry with "Leave Me Lonely" at number 42
Finally "Happy Now" by Kygo feat. Sandro Cavazza enters at number 50/
That wraps up the week and given Friday saw the release of the new collaboration between Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus (get used to it, you are going to be hearing this song everywhere, it's got the potential to be as big as "Uptown Funk" given the chord the song is striking with a lot of people) and possibly Meek Mill's collaboration with Drake off his album "Championships" may enter too. We'll find out on Saturday when ARIA releases the chart for the week of 10th December
However there was no change at the top with another week at number one for "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande and with the song doing well all over the place, I don't see it being challenged unless a certain new song released on Friday can get the numbers to challenge it...
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper spends another week at number two but it's challenge for number one looks done with "A Star is Born" hype slowly starting to fade.
"Shotgun" by George Ezra rode a week of hype surrounding his performance at ARIA Awards to return to number 3, it jumped past Halsey's "Without Me" which dropped back to number four.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid all remain at 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
We have a new arrival to the top ten and it's one I predicted with "Let You Love Me' by Rita Ora jumping four places to number 8. Guess that ARIA Awards performance paid off for her but hey it's the best of the songs that she has released from Phoenix as singles so I'll take it.
"Be Alright" by Dean Lewis remains at number nine while "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando drops two to number ten.
Gainers
The biggest gainer this week came from "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes because people love trap artists singing out of tune as that jumped ten places to 29.
"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max looks like it may well break into the top ten soon as it jumped nine places to number 13. This song reminds me more of Lady Gaga's early career than it probably should..
Lukas Graham continue to have a sleeper hit with "Love Someone" up nine places to 22.
Morgan Evans "Day Drunk" jumped back into the top 40 up eight places to 35.
Losers
The losers are hard to explain but lets start off with the fact that there was an eleven place drop for "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini to 31. Maybe people have finally worked out it was a pale imitation of an already awful song.
Pink's "A Million Dreams" continues its yoyo existence also dropping eleven places to 38.
Really also not complaining that "Bad" by XXXtentacion dropped 9 places to 47 after just 3 weeks on the chart (3 weeks too many for grave robbing trash) while his song with Lil Peep "Falling Down" slipped four places to 48. (My god there's some absolute garbage down the lower end of the chart this week)
Sadly, "I'll Never Love Again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper fell eight places to 43. Would rather this song be a hit over some of the crap above it!
"Woman Like Me" by Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj lost its gains from the release of 'lm5" so that is down four places to 30.
Drop outs
Disappointed to see Silk City and Dua Lipa's collaboration "Electricity" drop out. Really would have liked that song to have become a hit.
"Somebody to Love" by Queen also dropped out because hype for "Bohemanian Rhapsody" movie is fading.
The one song of the three that dropped out that will probably make year end "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khalid which peaked at number 12.
New Entries
So the highest new entry comes from the rather highly popular at the moment, Billie Eilish with "Come Out and Play" at number 23 (even though it's not her best song, check out 'Bellyache")
Australian rap legends Hilltop Hoods snag another chart entry with "Leave Me Lonely" at number 42
Finally "Happy Now" by Kygo feat. Sandro Cavazza enters at number 50/
That wraps up the week and given Friday saw the release of the new collaboration between Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus (get used to it, you are going to be hearing this song everywhere, it's got the potential to be as big as "Uptown Funk" given the chord the song is striking with a lot of people) and possibly Meek Mill's collaboration with Drake off his album "Championships" may enter too. We'll find out on Saturday when ARIA releases the chart for the week of 10th December
Thursday 29 November 2018
ARIA singles top ten/Chart Review: November 26. Quiet week as Ariana keeps number one
This week can best be described as quiet what with only one new entry and one leaving, it was one of those weeks of relative calm on the chart at least until the fall out from the ARIA awards strikes over the next week and that is coming.
What it did mean is that the top ten didn't change all that much, "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande holds onto number one for another week and really given it still leads on streaming, I'd be surprised if it lost number one for awhile.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sits steady at number two as does "Without Me" by Halsey at number three.
Am expecting "Shotgun" by George Ezra which remained at number four this week to get a rebound off the back of Ezra's performance the ARIAs.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid remain at 5, 6, and 7 respectively.
The only change to the top 10 is "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando jumping one place to number 8 pushing "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis to number 9 but again like "Shotgun", "Be Alright" will likely rebound off the back of Lewis performing the song last night.
At number 10 is Billie Eilish's "When the Party's Over" to wrap up the top ten.
Gains
Pink had the biggest gain this week with her re-imagined version of "A Million Dreams jumping 20 places to 27.
Ava Max's break out hit "Sweet But Psycho" jumped from 28 to 22, this song has got momentum now so I wouldn't be surprised to see this in the top ten before the year is out.
Imagine Dragons song "Bad Liar" jumped from 29 from 35 which can be explained as being due to the album. Speaking of albums being responsible, the continually underwhelming "Woman Like Me" by Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj went up four places to 26.
Lukas Graham's rather awkward "Love Someone" jumped 6 places to 31.
The absolute garbage that is "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes is somehow breaking into the top 40 by jumping up to 39 from 42.
In better news, "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid jumped to 40 upon its return and kind of makes sense given Eilish has a top ten hit right now and people are wanting to see what else she has done. (Check out "Bellyache")
Losers
I am fine with most of our big losers, the biggest being "Falling Down" by Lil Peep and XXXtentacion down ten to 44 while XXXtentacion's "Bad!" fell hard off it's debut last week (good) to 38
Kanye and Lil Pump's 'I Love it" dropped to 32. Kanye's featured on a new 6ix9ine song with Nicki Minaj....just joy...not.
Unfortunately it wasn't all good news though with the good "Electricity" by Silk City feat. Dua Lipa down to 49 and the decent "I'll Never Love again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Coooper down to 35.
Drop Outs
Only one song dropped out however I kind of expect to see it back soon, that drop out was "Breathin'" by Ariana Grande. I am not sure if it will make the year end list but we'll see.
New Entries
Only one new entry to speak of this week with that being "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson which enterred at number 42.
So that wraps up a rather quiet week on the ARIA singles chart. I am expecting a shake up to the top ten with the ARIAs though. Rita Ora's "Let You Love Me" is in prime position for a run at the top ten but we'll have to wait til Saturday 5pm to find out if it does get there.
What it did mean is that the top ten didn't change all that much, "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande holds onto number one for another week and really given it still leads on streaming, I'd be surprised if it lost number one for awhile.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sits steady at number two as does "Without Me" by Halsey at number three.
Am expecting "Shotgun" by George Ezra which remained at number four this week to get a rebound off the back of Ezra's performance the ARIAs.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid remain at 5, 6, and 7 respectively.
The only change to the top 10 is "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando jumping one place to number 8 pushing "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis to number 9 but again like "Shotgun", "Be Alright" will likely rebound off the back of Lewis performing the song last night.
At number 10 is Billie Eilish's "When the Party's Over" to wrap up the top ten.
Gains
Pink had the biggest gain this week with her re-imagined version of "A Million Dreams jumping 20 places to 27.
Ava Max's break out hit "Sweet But Psycho" jumped from 28 to 22, this song has got momentum now so I wouldn't be surprised to see this in the top ten before the year is out.
Imagine Dragons song "Bad Liar" jumped from 29 from 35 which can be explained as being due to the album. Speaking of albums being responsible, the continually underwhelming "Woman Like Me" by Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj went up four places to 26.
Lukas Graham's rather awkward "Love Someone" jumped 6 places to 31.
The absolute garbage that is "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes is somehow breaking into the top 40 by jumping up to 39 from 42.
In better news, "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid jumped to 40 upon its return and kind of makes sense given Eilish has a top ten hit right now and people are wanting to see what else she has done. (Check out "Bellyache")
Losers
I am fine with most of our big losers, the biggest being "Falling Down" by Lil Peep and XXXtentacion down ten to 44 while XXXtentacion's "Bad!" fell hard off it's debut last week (good) to 38
Kanye and Lil Pump's 'I Love it" dropped to 32. Kanye's featured on a new 6ix9ine song with Nicki Minaj....just joy...not.
Unfortunately it wasn't all good news though with the good "Electricity" by Silk City feat. Dua Lipa down to 49 and the decent "I'll Never Love again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Coooper down to 35.
Drop Outs
Only one song dropped out however I kind of expect to see it back soon, that drop out was "Breathin'" by Ariana Grande. I am not sure if it will make the year end list but we'll see.
New Entries
Only one new entry to speak of this week with that being "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson which enterred at number 42.
So that wraps up a rather quiet week on the ARIA singles chart. I am expecting a shake up to the top ten with the ARIAs though. Rita Ora's "Let You Love Me" is in prime position for a run at the top ten but we'll have to wait til Saturday 5pm to find out if it does get there.
Tuesday 20 November 2018
ARIA Chart top 20 ranked: Spring 2018.
So this is a new thing I am going to be doing toward the end of each season which means four times a year, I am goimg to rank the ARIA chart top 20. Mainly doing it to check the overall health of the chart and that there are some genuinely awesome songs within the top 20.
How the ranking works is that there are 6 levels that range from 0/5 being absolute shit to 5/5 being excellent, these will turn into points and make a total score for the ARIA singles top 20 and yeah it may provide hints as to what might make my year end best and worst hits lists of the year.
So with that explained, let's begin at the bottom of the barrel and clean up the absolute crap first off.
Absolute Shit (0/5)
20. “Arms Around You” by XXXtentacion, feat. Lil Pump, Maluma and Swae Lee (Currently: 17)
This song is a slice of atrocious grave robbery which I strongly object to. Hate the music industry is attempting to continually make money out of somebody who wasn’t a good person or wrote decent music. This song is trash anyway.
19. “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott feat. Drake. (Currently: 16)
Here because it’s the worst song off “ASTROWORLD” and I am so god damn tired of Drake
Bad (1/5)
18. “In My Mind” by Dynoro (Currently: 13)
I know this song has been a major hit around the world especially in Europe, but I cannot understand or see the appeal of it, the production and the vocals are just so ridiculously grating and horrible, its close to unlistenable.
17. “This Feeling” by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini (Currently: 20)
Can we just stop the practice of female country artists jumping in the studio with z-grade producers like The Chainsmokers to produce garbage like this song? Kelsea Ballerini, you are so much better than this crap
16. “Happier” by Marshmello and Bastille (Currently: 5)
Ehh. This song is a confused mess and Bastille doesn’t sound good over Marshmello’s EDM beat.
Mediocre (2/5)
15. “Without Me” by Halsey (Currently: 3)
This song lacks balance eg: what did the guy (presumably G-Eazy do for her), its all about Halsey taking credit for G-Eazy’s career and also the beat lacks anything substantial to make this relationship melodrama that Halsey regularly indulges in interesting. It’s not bad by any stretch…just painfully mediocre.
14. “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee (Currently: 6)
I want to like this because of the melody and Post Malone’s cadence isn’t bad per se but the fact this is about being an arsehole to a woman kind of puts me off so yeah, I guess it fits in with the mediocre crew.
13. “Thank U, Next” by Ariana Grande (Currently: 1)
Oh wow, this song is pulling from Mariah Carey hard and I got to be honest I am not a fan of this at all. I get why she’s released and all of that but yeah not a fan at all especially when she has done better this year with “No Tears Left to Cry”.
12. “Body” by Loud Luxury (Currently: 9)
This song annoys me less than the others that I consider to be mediocre largely however that does change how the vocals just go that extra mile to be irritating and it does feel like there’s not a lot of depth to the song.
Decent (3/5)
11. “Better” by Khalid (Currently: 11)
This has been a year where I have come to really like Khalid while I wouldn’t say “Better” is the best song on the “Suncity EP”, there’s still plenty to like about the song with it’s somewhat melancholic R ‘n’ B production and Khalid’s vocals are almost way too relaxing.
10. “Be Alright” by Dean Lewis
This song has faded one me hard in recent weeks, it’s still a good song but some of the lyrics and even the vocal tone of the song feels off in a way that I never actually picked up on when I was head over for the song.
9. “Let You Love Me” by Rita Ora (Currently: 14)
Am in two minds as to whether I actually like this song or not. Rita Ora has this habit of songs that I like but never ever really stick with me or that stick with me but are downright atrocious. Ehh, it’s in the decent category for now.
8. “Always Remember Us This Way” by Lady Gaga (Currently: 15)
I got to be honest here, this is a song I don’t remember all that much from having listened to the A Star is Born soundtrack, its still good and Lady Gaga just kills vocally.
Good (4/5)
7. “When The Party is Over” by Billie Eilish (Currently: 10)
I can’t lie, it’s been kind of amusing watching everyone fawn over Billie Eilish this year when she was dropping fantastic songs last year but yeah while this song doesn’t quite reach my love of “Bellyache” or “Lovely” (feat. Khalid), this is still a good song.
6. “Eastside” by Benny Blanco feat Halsey and Khalid
My mind hasn’t changed on this song, I still really think it’s a good song that doesn’t quite reach great given the lack of chemistry between Halsey and Khalid.
5. “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (Currently: 2)
This song is sooo close to being a great song to me, I can’t explain why I merely think it’s just good at the moment but it’s close to great. Consider this my 4.5
Excellent (5/5)
4. “Shotgun” by George Ezra (Currently: 3)
It’s the sort of cheery pop song that just kind makes me smile, we could do with some more pop in this vein. I get why some don’t like it but for me, I really dig the hell out of it and I am glad it went number one.
3. “Promises” by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith (Currently: 12)
This is a bit of a surprise considering I have mixed feelings on both but Sam Smith sounds amazing on this song especially with Calvin Harris’s production and while the Jessie Reyez giggle and “tonight” are annoying to a degree, it’s not quite enough to stop me loving this song
2. “Youngblood” by 5 Seconds of Summer (Currently: 19)
Thank goodness, this didn’t leave the top 20 last week, I still love this song, it’s got plenty of momentum and energy. I do wish sometimes that the chorus had a big rock guitar riff but the money isn’t in rock music, I get it but even with that it doesn’t stop me enjoying a pretty kick ass song.
1. 1. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen (Currently: 18)
Yeah, I would have been in trouble if this wasn’t number one but I’ll make it short and sweet, this song is a rock classic. Happy to see it back on the ARIA singles chart even if it’s because of the Freddie Mercury biopic.
Score: 55/100
Comment: Better than I expected. As I have said I have been reasonably happy with how things have gone on the ARIA charts this year but worrying that there’s still a lot of awful to mediocre songs on the chart right now.
Monday 19 November 2018
ARIA Singles Chart/Chart Review: 19th November: Ariana takes number one as Queen arrives in the top 20
Well as it turned out it was only a matter of time as we have a new number one and we have a couple of surprises one of which oddly looks like sticking around awhile.
So let's get to the top ten where we find "Thank U, Next" has taken the number one spot giving Ariana Grande her second number one in Australia this year and of her career. "Thank U. Next" is the 12th single to hit number one in Australia this year.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remains right behind it at number two and still remains a chance of reaching number one.
"Without Me" by Halsey climbed one place to number three but she needs digital sales to get on board with her however it did push back former chart topper "Shotgun" by George Ezra to number four.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille spends another week at number 5.
What is starting to show signs of being a possible number one is "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which jumped one place to number six, it's doing well on streaming so it wouldn't surprise me if it got to the top 2 or 3.
"Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid was pushed back to number seven but its a song that is starting to fade naturally.
The next two songs stayed where they are that being "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis at number 8 and "Body" by Loud Luxury at number 9.
Billie Eilish returns to the top ten at number 10 with "When the Party's Over" - this song has grown on me a lot in recent weeks.
Gainers
No big surprise that Ariana Grande had the biggest gain of thr week with "Breathin'" up from 49 to 38 given she released the video for that song.
The Freddie Mercury biopic is having an effect on the charts hence we got "Bohemian Rhapsody" up from 26 to breaking into the top 20 at 18 which is to no end awesome!
What isn't awesome is that also breaking into the top 20 is "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini which climbed four places to 20.
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan continue to party because "1999" is up five places to 23.
"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max has broken into the top 30 at number 28 up from 33.
Unfortunately people think "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes is worth anything so it went up to 42. WHY?
Re- Entries
So I mentioned Queen earlier amongst the gainers, well they have two other songs inside the top 50 which I know ARIA say they are new enttries but the fact that they were on a previous incarnation of the pop chart means they are probably re entries with the two song being "Another One Bites the Dust" at 39 (originally peaked at number 5 in 1980) and :"Somebody to Love" at number 50 (originally peaked at 15 in 1976).
Losers
The biggest loser this week is from the A Star is Born soundtrack with "I'll Never Love Again" down to 26 from 19.
"In My Feelings" by Drake slipped to 48 from 41 as he warns all and sundry that if we're not totally sick of him by now, we will be in 2019 because there's another album coming.
Sadly, "Electricity" by Silk City feat. Dua Lipa slipped six places to 40.
"Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans fell to 43 from 36.
Drop outs
Only really upset by the loss of "Suncity" by Khalid feat. Empress of. It was a good song.
However I am delighted that "Sad!" by XXXtentacion is gone however it will unfortunately make year end list as will "Beautiful" by Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello.
Also out is "Fire/Reprisal" by Peking Duk.
New Entries
Speaking of XXXtentacion, he has the heighest new entry this week with "Bad" debuting at 31 while Imagine Dragons "Bad Liar" debuts at 35
That wraps up the week and yeah, I think Ariana will likely get a second week at number one but we'll find out on Saturday afternoon.
So let's get to the top ten where we find "Thank U, Next" has taken the number one spot giving Ariana Grande her second number one in Australia this year and of her career. "Thank U. Next" is the 12th single to hit number one in Australia this year.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remains right behind it at number two and still remains a chance of reaching number one.
"Without Me" by Halsey climbed one place to number three but she needs digital sales to get on board with her however it did push back former chart topper "Shotgun" by George Ezra to number four.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille spends another week at number 5.
What is starting to show signs of being a possible number one is "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which jumped one place to number six, it's doing well on streaming so it wouldn't surprise me if it got to the top 2 or 3.
"Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid was pushed back to number seven but its a song that is starting to fade naturally.
The next two songs stayed where they are that being "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis at number 8 and "Body" by Loud Luxury at number 9.
Billie Eilish returns to the top ten at number 10 with "When the Party's Over" - this song has grown on me a lot in recent weeks.
Gainers
No big surprise that Ariana Grande had the biggest gain of thr week with "Breathin'" up from 49 to 38 given she released the video for that song.
The Freddie Mercury biopic is having an effect on the charts hence we got "Bohemian Rhapsody" up from 26 to breaking into the top 20 at 18 which is to no end awesome!
What isn't awesome is that also breaking into the top 20 is "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini which climbed four places to 20.
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan continue to party because "1999" is up five places to 23.
"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max has broken into the top 30 at number 28 up from 33.
Unfortunately people think "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes is worth anything so it went up to 42. WHY?
Re- Entries
So I mentioned Queen earlier amongst the gainers, well they have two other songs inside the top 50 which I know ARIA say they are new enttries but the fact that they were on a previous incarnation of the pop chart means they are probably re entries with the two song being "Another One Bites the Dust" at 39 (originally peaked at number 5 in 1980) and :"Somebody to Love" at number 50 (originally peaked at 15 in 1976).
Losers
The biggest loser this week is from the A Star is Born soundtrack with "I'll Never Love Again" down to 26 from 19.
"In My Feelings" by Drake slipped to 48 from 41 as he warns all and sundry that if we're not totally sick of him by now, we will be in 2019 because there's another album coming.
Sadly, "Electricity" by Silk City feat. Dua Lipa slipped six places to 40.
"Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans fell to 43 from 36.
Drop outs
Only really upset by the loss of "Suncity" by Khalid feat. Empress of. It was a good song.
However I am delighted that "Sad!" by XXXtentacion is gone however it will unfortunately make year end list as will "Beautiful" by Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello.
Also out is "Fire/Reprisal" by Peking Duk.
New Entries
Speaking of XXXtentacion, he has the heighest new entry this week with "Bad" debuting at 31 while Imagine Dragons "Bad Liar" debuts at 35
That wraps up the week and yeah, I think Ariana will likely get a second week at number one but we'll find out on Saturday afternoon.
Thursday 15 November 2018
ARIA Singles top ten/Chart Review: November 12th. Ariana arrives as a slew of songs return
Well this week did surprise me because we got a whole slew of songs returning down, only two new entries and honestly what happened at the very top also surprised me so let's get stuck into that top ten, shall we?
Much to my surprise, "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper held onto number one due to digital sales being pretty darn excellent.
It's nearest challenger is the title track of Ariana Grande's fifth album "Thank U Next" at number two, now this song is doing very well on streaming but it isn't matching "Shallow" for digital sales dominance so if streaming falls away, I am not sure this song is a player unless those sales start picking up.
That leaves "Shotgun" by George Ezra down a place at number three in a tight spot, it'd still be a challenger for number one if it's streaming hadn't fallen away hard recently.
Streaming is also the same problem for Halsey's "Without Me" which rose number four, sure it's digital sales are okay but I am not sure it's going to get much higher than number four.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille is finally starting to show signs of exiting the top ten as it slipped two places to number 5 but it unfortunately also took Benny Blanco's "Eastside" featuring Khalid and Halsey down with it. "Eastside" slipping two to six.
Staying steady this week is "Sunflower" by :Post Malone and Swae Lee at number seven, a song that I expect to see stick around in the top ten for awhile.
All the changes saw Dean Lewis's "Be Alright" go down two places to number 8, it's on its slow way out of the chart.
"Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando stumbled one place to number 9 while rounding out the top ten is 'Promises" by Calvin Harris feat. Sam Smith.
Gainers
Biggest gainer of the week is the very early Lady Gaga souding song "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max, it's not a bad song and also not surprise considering how well it is doing in Europe.
"Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott and Drake broke into the top 20 by jumping up from 21 to 18.
For some reason "There's No Way" by Lauv and Julia Michaels climbed to 37 and "Ocean" Martin Garrix and Khalid went from 42 to 39.
Re-entries
It was a busy week on that front so let's start with the good songs that re-entered because the highest re-entry come from Queen with "Bohemian Rhapsody" at number 26, the song originally charted on the Kent Music Report charts in 1976 peaking at number 1 and then returned in 1992 to peak at number 5.
In other good news, "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid is back at 46 and "Breathin'" by Ariana Grande at 49.
The bad news lies with XXXtentacion's "Bad" returning at 48.
Fallers
Pink's re imagining of "A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman soundtrack tumbled hard to 43.
"Suncity" by Khalid and Empress of tripped down to 45 from 34 while "Beautiful" by Bazzi and Camila Cabello
People are finally growing tired of "I Love It" by Lil Pump and Kanye West because that slipped to 22 from 16.
Drop outs
The onlt drop out that I am really disappointed about is "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell exiting but it should make the year end.
As should "Jackie Chan" by Tiesto feat. Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone.
Others gone are "Kiss and Make up" Dua Lipa and Blackpink, "Venom" by Eminem, "Lucky You" by Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas and "MIA" by Bad Bunny and Drake.
New Entries
There was one other new entry to the top 50 besides the arrival of Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" and unfortumately the song isn't any good, it's "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes.
That wraps it up for the week, I have no idea what's coming up or what will enter the charts.
Much to my surprise, "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper held onto number one due to digital sales being pretty darn excellent.
It's nearest challenger is the title track of Ariana Grande's fifth album "Thank U Next" at number two, now this song is doing very well on streaming but it isn't matching "Shallow" for digital sales dominance so if streaming falls away, I am not sure this song is a player unless those sales start picking up.
That leaves "Shotgun" by George Ezra down a place at number three in a tight spot, it'd still be a challenger for number one if it's streaming hadn't fallen away hard recently.
Streaming is also the same problem for Halsey's "Without Me" which rose number four, sure it's digital sales are okay but I am not sure it's going to get much higher than number four.
"Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille is finally starting to show signs of exiting the top ten as it slipped two places to number 5 but it unfortunately also took Benny Blanco's "Eastside" featuring Khalid and Halsey down with it. "Eastside" slipping two to six.
Staying steady this week is "Sunflower" by :Post Malone and Swae Lee at number seven, a song that I expect to see stick around in the top ten for awhile.
All the changes saw Dean Lewis's "Be Alright" go down two places to number 8, it's on its slow way out of the chart.
"Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando stumbled one place to number 9 while rounding out the top ten is 'Promises" by Calvin Harris feat. Sam Smith.
Gainers
Biggest gainer of the week is the very early Lady Gaga souding song "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max, it's not a bad song and also not surprise considering how well it is doing in Europe.
"Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott and Drake broke into the top 20 by jumping up from 21 to 18.
For some reason "There's No Way" by Lauv and Julia Michaels climbed to 37 and "Ocean" Martin Garrix and Khalid went from 42 to 39.
Re-entries
It was a busy week on that front so let's start with the good songs that re-entered because the highest re-entry come from Queen with "Bohemian Rhapsody" at number 26, the song originally charted on the Kent Music Report charts in 1976 peaking at number 1 and then returned in 1992 to peak at number 5.
In other good news, "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid is back at 46 and "Breathin'" by Ariana Grande at 49.
The bad news lies with XXXtentacion's "Bad" returning at 48.
Fallers
Pink's re imagining of "A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman soundtrack tumbled hard to 43.
"Suncity" by Khalid and Empress of tripped down to 45 from 34 while "Beautiful" by Bazzi and Camila Cabello
People are finally growing tired of "I Love It" by Lil Pump and Kanye West because that slipped to 22 from 16.
Drop outs
The onlt drop out that I am really disappointed about is "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell exiting but it should make the year end.
As should "Jackie Chan" by Tiesto feat. Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone.
Others gone are "Kiss and Make up" Dua Lipa and Blackpink, "Venom" by Eminem, "Lucky You" by Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas and "MIA" by Bad Bunny and Drake.
New Entries
There was one other new entry to the top 50 besides the arrival of Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" and unfortumately the song isn't any good, it's "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes.
That wraps it up for the week, I have no idea what's coming up or what will enter the charts.
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