ARIA singles top ten/Chart Review 11th March: Jonas Brothers have their biggest hit in Australia

So this week was a surprising one, things I thought would happen didn’t and things that weren’t likely actually happened, well okay, I think we have all could have predicted the debut that’s landed in the top but we’ll get to all that in a second because we need to start at the very top where “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remained at number for a second week this year but it’s fifth week overall (taking into account the three weeks at number one last year) and really it’s the numbers that are telling because it is doing remarkably well on digital sales.

“7 Rings” by Ariana Grande remains at number 2 and I am less confident that it can rebound and return to number one at this one, the streaming numbers are looking a little perilous right now especially as it appears other songs are closing the gap however I am happy that a return to number one doesn’t seem likely as the song just blows chunks.

It’s also the case for Ariana’s second song in the top ten “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” which remained at number three however its losing ground on streaming big and will likely be over taken by “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee which remains at number four this week.

That brings us to a new arrival to the top ten and one that I wasn’t expecting. ”Sucker” by the Jonas Brothers making the highest new entry of the week at number 5, making it their biggest hit since “Burnin’ Up” reached number 31 in 2008. I get the feeling that this high debut is more nostalgia than anything else, don’t get me wrong the song is decent but I suspect a lot of memories played a part in this song debuting so high heck it’s even number one in the US.

Whatever the case it pushed “Wow” by Post Malone down to number 6 and really given the continued impact of Post Malone’s other song in the top ten, I think this one might be suffering due to that.

Khalid’s “Talk” with Disclosure went up one place to number 7 as it rides some pretty solid streaming and sales.

“Dancing with a Stranger” by Sam Smith and Normani slipped two places to number eight as it starts to wobble on streaming but on digital sales, its still in decent shape.

Ava Max has dropped a new single called “So Am I” which looks set to impact the chart next week but “Sweet but Psycho’ remains for another week inside the top ten at number nine.

Finally, Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend” dropped three places to number ten and I would expect this to rebound up when the album drops in two weeks.

Gains

So as far as the big gains go, the biggest gain came for “I’m So Tired” by Lauv and Troye Sivan which went from 29 to 22 this week while “3 Nights” by Dominic Fike continues to be an unpleasant sight in the top 20 only this time climbing six places to number 12.

Re-Entries

Just the one re-entry which is the excellent “Saturday  Nights” by Khalid

Losses

The biggest fall of the week belongs to “365” by Zedd feat. Katy Perry which fell hanrd to 45, “Love Someone” by Lukas Graham slipped to 38 from 32 because it blows all amounts of ass.

“Bad Liar” by Imagine Dragons dropped from 26 to 31 while a lot of last year’s big hits are slowly making their way out like “Body” by Loud Luxury feat. Brando which fell 5 places to 29 and “Shotgun” by George Ezra which fell four places to 26.

Unfortunately, both “Leave Me Lonely” by Hlltop Hoods dropped three places to 14 as did “Walk Me Home” by Pink to number 15.

Dropouts

So this week saw the last of the Ariana Grande album tracks leave the chart with “Bloodline” gone taking three songs that had either returned or were hits last year with it like “Promises” by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith, “In My Mind” by Dynoro and hopefully for good, “Girls like You” by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B.

New Entries

So, outside the big new Jonas Brothers entry in the top 5 what else arrived? Let’s see, there’s the very Mi Gente sounding “I Can’t Get Enough” by Benny Blanco, feat. Selena Gomez and Tainy (You know what I think of “Mi Gente” if you saw my 2017-year end lists) and because we need an ode to toxic nonsense on the charts, Juice WRLD’s “Robbery” has turned up at number 46…just gross.

So yet again I have no idea what is going to happen next week and whether “Shallow” can stay at number one or indeed of “Sunflower” rebound hard because it certainly seems as though the Ariana Grande songs are losing traction. We’ll also likely get new entries from Louis Tomlinson (I hope…that song is fantastic) and Billie Eilish. The new singles chart is released on Saturday at 5pm

Charting 1996: March 10th Joan Osborne goes number one

So yeah when I looked at the chart last week I said Joan Osborne was the main challenger to Shaggy for number one but I wasn't expecting what happened because yes, we have a new number one in the form of "One of Us" by Joan Osborne, now really given the noise about the song, it's not a surprise that it climbed four places to get to the top of the chart.

That said "Boombastic" by Shaggy is still a strong player for the top spot even as it sits at number two down one place while pushing back "Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number three.

Another big mover inside the top ten is "Missing" by Everything But the Girl which jumped five places to number four and looks a potential challenger to "One of Us" in the weeks ahead.

That leaves "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something (a song I admit to liking) in an awkward place dropping two places to number five because it's coming under pressure from TLC's "Diggin' On You" which bounded two places to number 6.

La Bouche was left to shut up as it got bundled down three places to number seven with "Be My Lover"


Peter Andre feat. Past to Present are getting down on the chart asecent with "Get Down On It" up two places to number eightt while as I predicted last week "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo found it's way into the top ten from 15 to number 9.

Finally Groove Theory are back yet agan in the top ten at number ten with "Tell Me"

Gains

OMC's "How Bizarre" arrives in the top 20 at number 17 off it's debut at 24. Celine Dion's "Falling into You" also continues to rise jumping from 23 to 19.

"Anything" by 3T continues yet again with it's impressive gains, it's up from 31 to 23 even though the song isn't that good to begin with but that's another story for a very different day.

Ace of Base continue to experience a "Beautiful Life" up ten places to 27.

Maybe most surprising is Boyzone are up to 33 from 49 with "Father and Son"...we really need a Cat Stevens cover to be a hit, Australia, really?

Re-Entries

One re-entry this week with Ken Carter's "Ammonia" back at number 50.


Losers

So the most chaos was inflicted around the top ten with "Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman down to 13 and "It's Oh So Quiet" by Bjork down to 12.

On the way out is Shaggy feat. Rayvon's hit "In the Summertime" which slipped 9 places to 34 while also headed toward the exit is Dreamworld's "Movin' Up" down to 35 from 27 and CDB grooving down from 29 to 36 with "Let's Groove" along with "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers which slipped from 35 to 43.

New Entries


A much calmer week for new arrivals with an Aussie leading the charge at number 31 via Tina Arena's "That's the Way a Woman feels". It's a terrific song too.

Irish band The Corrs have their first song on the ARIA chart with "Runaway" debuting at number 38.

"Charmless Man" by Blur finds charm entering at number 41 while "Aeroplane" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers flies in at 44.

So that wraps up the week and its going to be interesting with the stiff opposition around it as to whether Joan Osborne can hang on to number one.

Back to 2019 though and coming up is this week's ARIA top ten/chart review, did Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hang on to number one? Where did the Jonas Brothers new single debut? All these questions and more will be answered this week.

Charting 1996: March 3rd. How Bizarre! One of Us goes top 5.

This provided plenty of intrigue as new entries from last week made considerable jumps and a potential number one has definitely made it's move so let's get stuck into that top ten where for another week "Boombastic" by Shaggy explodes at number one but with songs lower down gaining traction, its becoming a matter of how long it can hang onto number one.

The challenge won't come from Oasis "Wonderwall" stuck at number 2, Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" remaining at number three and La Bouche's "Be My Lover" (thankfully) stuck at number four.

The big challenge for Shaggy could come from American singer song-writer Joan Osborne's song "One of Us" which has climbed five places this week to land at number five. It has some serious traction right now.

Bjork's "Its Oh So Quiet" climbed one place to number six while "Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman unfortunately fell two places to number seven.

Remaining steady inside the top ten is TLC's "Diggin' On You" at number eight while we have two songs spending their first week inside the top ten with "Missing" by Everything But the Girl jumping from 14 to 9 and "Get Down On It" by Peter Andre feat. Past to Present jumping five places to number ten off it's debut last week!.

Gains

The big stories lie in what gained this week especially with "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo rocketing from 30 to 15 and looks a likely contender to shove weaker songs out of the top ten soon.

The Presidents of the United States of America also have a big hit on their hands with "Peaches" up ten to 18 wbile Eternal's "Power of A Woman" up 5 to 14.

"Falling into You" by Celine Dion jumped from its debut slot of 27 to 23. Looks set to be a hit for her!

3T's "Anything" was also a big gainer this week, jumping from 47 to 31 this week. It's an okay song. but not anything that I really remember. Just saying.

Ace of Base's "Beautiful Life" broke into the top 40 this week at number 37 as did "I Feel it" by DJ Darren Brian vs. PeeWee Ferris

Losers

So let's run through the big losers this week, former chart topper "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael got dumped from 17 all the way to 34.  "Lump" by Presidents of the United Styates of America discovered the chart road lumped them down six places to 19.

Whitney Houston's pretty god awful "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" is down from 25 to 32 (the sooner this crap is gone the better.

New Entries

So like last week, we have a whole slew of new songs that arrived this week and let's begin with the highest debuter of the week as normal and that is New Zealand group OMC's "How Bizarre" whiich has turned up as the week's highest debut at number 24, now this song could well be a huge hit given the melodies and harmonies in this song. It's okay.

London based dance act Definition of Sound have a ARIA charting hit with "Pass the Vibes" in at number 39.

Everclear turn up at 43 with "Santa Monica (Watch the world Die)" wbile Sepultura find themselves planting their seed at number 44 with "Roots Bloody Roots".

The last two new entries are from British boyband Boyzone who arrive at 49 with their cover of Cat Stevens hit "Father and Son" while Sophie B. Hawkins new single "Right Beside You" jumps in right beside the number 50.

I have no legit idea what is going to happen next week and whether Shaggy can be challenged but hey, we'll find out!

ARIA top ten/chart Review: 4th March. Shallow back at number one and the Oscars dominate the chart

Well, it's a rather historic week for the ARIA singles chart as we have a new/old nnumber one and when I say old, this song was number one smash in November last year. Yep. "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper returned to the number one spot following a big win at the Oscars which resulted in "Shallow" hitting the top spot on digital sales plus an increase in streaming to ensure it hit top spot on the singles chart.

Of course, there's still a chance that "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande, which dropped to number two this week, will return to number one but have you seen the the slowing streaming for this song? Also with digital sales slowing, there's definite signs of weakness thank god.

Of course, there's an open question of whether Ariana's 2nd song inside the top five "Break up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" can challenge having dropped to number three but it's also bleeding streaming numbers but digital sales is holding up a little better than "7 Rings" so therefore may well have a chance of passing it.

Then we have Post Malone's "Sunflower" with Swae Lee which slipped back a spot to number four and honestly this may not be out of the equation for a return to number one with the streaming starting to side for both Ariana's songs.

Post Malone's second song "Wow" dropped one place to number 5.

In good news, the fantastic "Dancing With a Stranger" jumped two places to reach it's best slot of number six so far in it's chart run seven weeks in.

Billie Eilish's "Bury A Friend" drops two places to number seven. Frankly I am surprised the song lasted in the top ten this long!

Khalid and Disclosure are up one place to number eight with "Talk"

Ava Max has a new single dropping tomorrow but in the mean time "Sweet But Psycho" is down two places to number nine.

Finally "Without Me" by Halsey remains rooted to the number ten place. The sooner that's gone the better...quite frankly.

Gains

Some gains this week outside the top ten with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen also using the Oscars buzz to go from 46 to 37 and there's more of that Oscars talk to come later.

The Hilltop Hoods "Leave Me Lonely" benefitted from the release of their number one album 'The Great Expanse" to go up eight places to number 11 while "Who Do You Love?" by The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer go up 5 places to 13.

"11 Minutes" by Yungblud feat Halsey and Travis Barker drove up 7 places to 23.

Finally "Nights Like This" by Kehlani and Ty Dolla $ign recovered 7 places to number 43

Re-Entries

So in further Oscars related returns, "Always Remember Us This Way" by Lady Gaga from the "A Star is Born" sound track was the biggest and welcome returner at 39 but did it have to bring with it the drippy "In My Mind" by Dynoro at 48 and the awful "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B at 49 with it? Christ.

Losers

As expected the big loser was Ariana Grande's "Bloodline" which slipped to 45 from 31 as the album bomb continues to fade away.

Maybe the most surprising loss of the week was the sudden fall to 31 of "Please Me" by Cardi B and Bruno Mars, I thought given the star power on that song, it would have had some chance to be a hit?

"Waiting'  by Kian fell from 16 to 21 and "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande from 11 to 16.

Finally people appear to be finally tiring of "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott feat. Drake which slipped from 12 to 17. Good.

Drop outs

I really don't have an issue with the drop outs as four of the five are Ariana Grande album tracks with "Imagine", "Needy", "Nasa" and "Bad Idea" all gone.

So is "1999" by Charli XCX and Troye Sivan which is a pity considering that song is actually pretty damn good.
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New Entries

The new entries are headlined by Pink's return with her lead single "Walk Me Home" from forthcoming album "Hurts 2 B Human" debuting at number 12. I have a feeling this song may well be a top ten hit for Pink if she can get those streaming numbers up.

The other new entry is the new single from "The Great Expanse" called "Exit Sign" by Hilltop Hoods feat. Illy and Ecca Vandal at number 44. Now this song has some traction on iTunes. and considering it's one of the best tracks from that album I'd love to see it become a hit.


So that wraps up the week. With Jonas Brothers probably going to debut top ten and Pink likely headed to the top ten, we're in for one of hell of an interesting week. Along with likely debuts for the new Benny Blanco collab with Selena Gomez, J Balvin and Tainy and hopefully the new Ellie Goulding song. We'll find out whether "Shallow" can hang on to number one when the chart is released on Saturday at 5pm.

Charting 1996: February 25 1996. Slew of new entries as Shaggy continues to "Boombastic" at number one

I apologise for the lateness of Charting 1996 this past week.

So this week was a little crazy as plenty of songs entered the chart and a reversal at number one so to the top ten and Shaggy returns to number one for a second week with "Boombastic", its got some pretty damn great sales and looks like being number one for a while longer, it pushed last week's number one "Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two because while it's good... people seem to be loving the infectious energy of "Boombastic" just a bit more.

Meanwhile Deep Blue Something continues its way up the chart with "Breakfast at Tiffanys" up one place to number 3 riding some decent momentum, it pushed "Be My Lover" by La Bouche to number 4.

"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman and "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remain at 5 and 6 respectively.

Bjork creeps "It's Oh So Quiet" up again this time to number seven. Be interesting to see if this song has peaked.

TLC are also up one place with "Diggin' On You" to number 8

Both "It's Oh So Quiet" and "Diggin on You" surpassed Monica's debut hit "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" which fell two places to number 9.

Finally we get to one of the biggest gainers of the week...Joan Osborne's 'One of Us" wbich has gone from 23 to number 10...yeah...I don't know why, it's not that good a song.

Gains

Outside the top ten is chaos so outside of the big gains for Joan Osborne, Everything but the Girl's "Missing" is up to 14 from 35.

Eternal break into the top 20 at 19 (up from 25 last week) with "Power of  woman" as do After 7 with "Til You Do Me Right" at 19 (up from 22)

Smashing Pumpkins new single "1979" rose hard off it's debut going to 21 from 32.

The New Power Generation is up big to 32 from 41 with "The Good Life"


Losers

I'll jut run through the big losers with former chart topper "Gangstas Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. down from 29 to 49. Janet Jackson's non starter "Twenty Foreplay" is down hard from 34 to 41. The Outhere Brothers have a little less boom with their hit "Boom Boom Boom" falling eleven to 31.

Berri's "Sunshine After the Rain" has started to slip in the rain as it tumbled eleven places to 38. Unfortunately "Let's Groove'  by CDB has suffered a malfunction in its groove to go down ten to 29.

It was also bad news for Deni Hines as "It's Alright" tumbled from 28 to 36.

Alanis Morrisette tumbled from 13 to 24 with "Hand in My Pocket"

New Entries

A whole slew of new entries so let's buzz through these with the highest debut going to Peter Andre feat. Past to Present with "Get Down On It" at number 15.

Celine Dion is back on the Australian charts with "Falling Into You" her latest single debuting at 27.

English rock band Babylon Zoo land on the Australian charts with "Spaceman', a pretty weird song that I am not sure I like all that much if I am honest.

"I Feel It" enters the chart at 44 for DJ Darren Briais feat, Peewee Ferris. (Peewee?!!!)

Ace of Base return with starting what hopefully is a "Beautiful Life" for their new single. " Beautiful Life arrives at 45.

"Stick with Me" by Green Day sticks in at number 46 while 3T's "Anything" turns up at 47

Finally at 50, we've got "Ammonia" by Ken Carter.

Whoo. A weird week with some potential hits on the horizon lower down the chart. Things are about to get interesting, folks!

Speaking of interesting, returning 2019, the ARIA singles chart dropped today and I am pretty excited about it. More on that with the ARIA chart singles review.

ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart Review: February 25th: Mixed cooldown week as Ariana stays at number one

So this week saw a chunk of the Ariana Grande album  bomb leave the charts and some interesting new arrivals including a regaining of traction for a couple of songs that I really didn't expect but returns and new entries are interesting to say the least.

For now, there's no change at the top with "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande remaining at number one however with the album bomb receding and streaming slowing, I am not sure how long this song will remain at number one especially with what is set to be arriving on the chart next week.

Mercifull it remains ahead of Ariana's new single "Break Up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" which remains at number two and right now I don't see that going much higher for much the same reasons as "7 Rings" with streaming starting to fade and this song's digital sales a bit iffy, it's in trouble if streaming completely borks.

Then it's an open question of what challenges it, it may well not be "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee.

The song that might have some chance is Post Malone's second song in the top 5 "Wow" which jumped one place to number four.which pushed "Bury a Friend" by Billie Eilish down to number 5 (the album release can't come soon enough for Eilish's song).

"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remains at number six. There's a possibility that this song will rise back into the top 3, there's also a chance that it could knock "7 Rings' off number one when the Hot 100 for next week is released.

"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max got a one place boost up to number 7 which can be attributed to the Ariana Grande album bomb falling back.

"Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani rose two places to number 8 again probably due to the album bomb falling off.

Now we have new arrival to the top ten that being "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure which made a massive leap from number 24 to number 9 this week off the back of streaming and reasonable digital sales.

Rounding out the top ten is "Without Me" by Halsey which dropped one place to nunmber ten as it heads out of the top ten. Good. The song sucks.

Gains

A lot of songs gained off the back of the Ariana album bomb dropping away with the biggest of thosse gains belonging to "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan which jumped from 45 to 25.

Sadly there was a ten place gain for The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer collab "Who Do You Love?" to number 18. That song is terrible.

"Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag 'N' Bone Man breaks back into the top 30 up from 33 to 24. "Bad Liar" by Imagine Dragons inexplicably also returns to the top 30 at number 26 up from 32.

Two songs that defeated what I said last week by rising were "Confidence" by Ocean Alley up 3 to 34 and "Middle Child" by J Cole which climbed back up to 27.

Dominic Fike's "3 Nights' seems set to unfortunately become a hit because it's now up ten places to number 20...Australia, why? A good instrumental doesn't make up for bad lyrics..

Re-Entries

There's good news in the re-entries with two fantastic songs back with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen back at 46 and "Nights Like this" by Kehlani and Ty Dolla $ign at number 50.

Losses

Most of the big losses are for the Ariana Grande album tracks with "Needy" to 38, "Bloodline" to 31, "NASA" to 40, album promo track "Imagine" to 41 and "Bad Idea" to 42 while the lead single and former number one "Thank U, Next" dropped to number 11.

Other than that the only other one that fell was "When the Party's Over" by Billie Eilish which fell four places to 35

Drop Outs

The only significant one was Dynoro's "In My Mind" leaving and good riddance to it. The rest were Ariana album tracks like "Fake Smile", "Ghostin", "In My Head" and "Make Up"

New Entries

All three of the new entries are collaborations with Cardi B and Bruno Mar's new single "Please Me" in at number 22.

YUNGBLUD has teamed up with Halsey and Travis Barker for a song called "11 Minutes" which turns up at number 30 and finally, Zedd and Katy Perry's "365" enters at number 39.

So next week,,,"7 Rings" should hang onto number one depending on how the new Pink song does and what impact the Oscars performance of "Shallow" has so. Don't forget the new chart is announced by ARIA at 5pm AEDT on Saturdays.

Charting 1996; February 18: Shaggy returns to number one

So things on the ARIA singles chart this week have been in a state of flux lately, at least thats what I noticed when I glanced at the chart where no song has been able to stay at number one for mre than two weeks, I say that because there's been yet another change at the top and it's actually a song returning to the number one spot, it's "Boombastic" by Shaggy which had a good sales week to tip
"Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two after just a week at number one. Whether "Boombastic" has the momentum to be a three or four week number one remains to be seen.

"Be My Lover" by La Bouche regains traction to jump back up to number three even though the song still blows chunks.

Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is having their breakfast while remaining at number 4 for a second week.

"Give Me A Reason" by Tracy Chapman virtually swapped with La Bouche and slipped back two places to number 5 while "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remained at number 6. Fine by me, I don't mind either song.

Then we have the first of three big moves into the top ten this week with Monica's "Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days" which moved all the way from 16 to number 7. Can't say I care about this song all that much but whatever the case, it's her first top ten hit in Australia.

Another big mover was Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" which leaped six places to number 8 this week, it's also her first top ten hit after "Army of Me" peaked at 35 in May 1995.

TLC have their second top ten hit with "Diggin' On You" jumping from 15 to number 9 this week. Pretty good way to follow up their big hit "Waterfalls".

All this saw "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men slip back two places to number ten.

Gains

After 7 continue to make big gains with "Til You Do Me Right" up ten places to 22 this week.

Looking like it may well be a hit, Joan Osborne's "One Of Us" leapt 11 places to 23!

Alex Party also had a ten place gain with "Wrap Me Up" up to 33 while people are loving "Warm Summer Daze" by Vybe which went to 39.

"The Good Life" by The New Power Generation jumped nine places to 41.


As does "Peaches by The Presidents of the United States of America which broke into the top 30 this week at 26.

Losers

Pearl Jam's "Merkinball EP" slipped from 33 to 46 to be the biggest loswr of the week. Surprisingly Madonna was another loser with "You'll See" in freefall, down 12 to number 40.

There were big falls also for songs like "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers which slipped from 10 to number 20 and also for CDB's "Let's Groove" which dropped from 9 to 19 but really both those two songs are on their way out, as is "Fairground" by Simply Red which fell from 31 to 42

New Entries

The Smashing Pumpkins have already experienced chart success with "Bullet with Butterfly Wings which is at number 38 this week but they are also back on the chart with "1979" at number 32 and is the highest debuting new song to the chart.

British duo known as Everything but the Girl have their first Australian charting song with "Missing" entering at number 34.

British easy listening group The Mike Flowers Pops have landed on the ARIA top 50 with their early 60s style cover of "Wonderwall"...lets not keep this nonsense on the chart for too long, okay, Australia?

Wrapping up the week is British electronic dance producer Motiv 8 with "Break the Chain" entering at number 50.