This week is the week of Taylor Swift, she created a path of destruction that impacted up and down the chart including in our top ten with the very much improved "Lover" because unlike the mess that was made with the rollout of previous album "Reputation", "Lover" was made available on streaming on the DAY OF RELEASE which led to the chaos seen on the chart and there'll be more chaos when Post Malone undoubtedly turns up in a couple of weeks with his new album "Hollywood's Bleeding".
However Taylor's impact was not at the very top where "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I spends a fifth week at number one and honestly its a dominant number one right now, it's leading digital sales and streaming, the only one it could be knocked off number one is if Post Malone's new single "Circles" does some pretty impressive numbers when "Hollywood's Bleeding" has it's inevitable album bomb. "Dance Monkey" is now a big international hit having gone number one in Norway, Sweden (dropped to number two this week though), Finland, Ireland and Denmark, number eight in Germany and seems set to do big business in the UK.
"Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello remains at number two and it's dominant there just can't bridge the gaps on streaming and sales to "Dance Monkey"
Taylor Swift's impact on the chart this week begins at number three with this week's greatest gain that being the title track "Lover" going up 12 places to number 3. I don't see it staying there unfortunately, it's streams have begun to fall away somewhat.
But it did push "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number four as attention turns to "Panini". I expect this song will have a slow fall from the top ten.
Same could be said for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid. I've warmed to this song a bit in recent weeks but it did take a one place fall to number 5.
Remaining healthy at nunmber 6 is Blanco Brown's "The Git Up". This song is doing well on sales...just needs streaming to get behind it in a big way.
Unfortunately moving up two places is "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown to number seven. We don't need EDM faux country in the top ten right now, Australia.
Billie Eilish has dropped the climate changed themed video for "All Good Girls Go to Hell" as "Bad Guy" drops three places to number 8.
"Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug dropped two places to number 9, It will get a boost when the album drops.
Completing the top ten is the sack of turd that is "Ran$om" by Lil Tecca which dropped four places to number ten and unfortunately because streaming think this crap is worth anything, it's going to stick around the top ten and be the bane of my existence.
Gains
So outside of "Lover" jumping 12 places to number 3. Taylor's second single from "Lover", "You Need to Calm Down" rebounded ten places to 14.
"Slide Away" by Miley Cyrus broke into the top 20 jumping four places to 18.
The gain I am most happy about though is "Motivation" by Normani jumping from 47 to 35...great news. I really like the song and want it to become a hit.
Re-Entries
We got two re-entries this week and unsurprisingly they are both from Taylor Swift with "The Archer" back at 36 (YAY!) and "Me!" feat. Brendon Urie at number 41.
Losers
Taylor Swift did some serious damage with some big songs falling HARD this week, the biggest coming for 5 Seconds of Summer's pretty terrible "Easier" which dropped from 30 to 46 this week (there's more 5 Seconds of Summer to come in the New Entries)
"Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock tumbled from 25 to 38 and a Ed Sheeran song I am surprised is still on the chart if I am to be honest "South of the Border" feat. Camilla Cabello and Cardi B dropping to 50 from 36.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hit the skids from 32 to 43. It's been on the chart for 47 weeks now.
"Never Really Over" by Katy Perry was also hit as it tumbled 12 places to 45 while NF's "Time" dropped ten places to 49.
"If I Can't Have you " by Shawn Mendes plunged to 47 from 34 while Illy's "Then What" dropped to 44 from 35...that said I expect "Then What" to rebound hard.
Drop Outs
The "Lover" album bomb took some long running hits with it including 2018 hit "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid (it spent 58 weeks on the chart!) and songs that will safely make the year end list like "Sucker" by Jonas Brothers, "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike, and "Talk" by Khalid.
Also gone but won't make year end are unfortunately "Right Back" by Khalid, "Small Talk" by Katy Perry (Not a good week for Katy!), "Painkiller" by Ruel and "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzi
Songs that suck but might unfortunately make year end: "The London" by Young Thug feat. Cole and Travis Scott and "Rescue Me' by OneRepublic.
Finally also gone is "Panini" by Lil Nas X
Songs that suck butt won't make the year end list: "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illenium and Lennon Stella.
New Entries
So let's blaze through all nine new entries from Taylor Swift, she of course got the biggest new entry of the week with "The Man" at 17, "Cruel Summer" at 22 (a song that has become a fan favourite), "I Forgot You Existed" at number 24, "Paper Rings" at 29, "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" at 32, "I Think he Knows" at number 34, "Cornelia Street" at number 40, "London Boy" at 42 and finally.."Death by a Thousand Cuts" at number 48.
Finally the only non Taylor Swift new entry is "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer at number 30.
That wraps up a good but long and kind of eventful week. Post Malone's new single "Circles" is set to cause some disruption to the top ten next week, we'll find out how much at 5pm AEST on Saturday
Thursday, 5 September 2019
Charting 1996: 1st September. AAAYYY MACARENA!
It finally happened, the writing has been on the wall for the past few weeks with the undeniable momentum of "Macarena" by Los Del Rio that it would go number one which it did this week leaping four places to number 1, it was a case of timing and with the dance craze to boot, I don't see how this annoying craze is going to get booted off the top spot any time soon.
It muscled its way past "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison which remain steady at number two this week but ahead of last week's chart topper "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion which fell two places to number three and I don't see it going back there given slowing sales.
Same csn be said for "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees which dropped one place to number four.
One of the biggest gainers of the week is the Los Del Mar feat Pedro Castano version of "Macarena" which leapt from 13 to 5 this week. (We do not need two versions of the same annoying song in the top five, Australia).
"I Want You" by Savage Garden and "That Girl" by Maxi Priest feat Shaggy remained stagnant at six and seven respectively.
No Doubt's "Just a Girl" tumbled four places to number eight triggered by the big rise of Los Del Mar's version of "Macarena". Same could be said for the one place fall of "Mother Mother' by Tracy Bonham to number nine.
Finally the second song making it's arrival to the top ten is "You're Making Me High" by Tonni Braxton at number ten.
Gains
Eric Clapton's "Change The World" jumped from 40 to 24 this week which is great because it's a good song, hope it goes higher in the weeks ahead.
It was also a good week for TV theme songs with The Remembrandts "I'll Be There for You" up from 43 to 25 while Bodeans "Closer to Free" went from 20 to 12.
Powderfinger's "D.A.F" rose from 46 to 39 this week.
Losses.
Gloria Estefan's "Reach" continues it's strange run by dropping from 31 to 47 this week. Seriously. where's the consistency here?
A hit on the way out is "Mission Impossible Theme" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen which slipped from 36 to 22 this week.
"You Learn" by Alanis Morissette unfortunately tumbled from 26 to 37 while Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams" stumbled nine places to 41 as did The Presidents of the United States of America with "Dune Buggy" dropping to 33.
New Entries
The biggest new entry this week arives at number 19 with George Michael's "The Spinning the wheel" ep. Not expecting this to be as big as "Fastlove" was earlier this year.
Midnight Oil are back on the charts with new single called "Underwater" at number 23, the song comes from their forthcoming album "Breathe"
It's all the way down to 43 where we find Belinda Carlisle's new single "In Too Deep". Hope this does well for her to be quite honest. It's a decent song.
Primitive Radio Gods win the award for the longest song title I have seen in some time while debuting at number 45 with "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (seriously!)
Bush's follow up to "Glycerine" has charted with "Comedown" arriving at 48 while rockers AC/DC turn up at 49 with "Bailbreaker"
Finally Coolio gets the last of the debuts this week with "It's All the Way Live (Now)" at number 50.
Thursday, 29 August 2019
ARIA top ten singles/ Chart review: 26th August. Top Ten gets held to Ransom
So this year, there's been rough sections, sometimes its the gains, the losses or even the new entries that are pretty awful but this week, it's the top ten as we got two songs arriving in the top ten that are absolute garbage and will hopefully be eradicated from the top ten when Taylor Swift's album bomb swings in next week but we'll get to all that.
Let's start at the top where we have an extremely dominant number one in the form of "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which spends an fourth week at number one and at this point, I don't see what is stopping it given it's margins on both streaming and digital sales especially with the EP out on Friday, I can see this spending 6 or 7 weeks at number one unless Post Malone's new song does some crazy numbers.
"Semorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello remains a pretty safe number two as it has strong streaming behind it right now.
Digiral sales are barely enough to hold up "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X which remains at number three this week as his team turn attention to his next single which is "Panini".
A song I have warmed to a bit in recent weeks remains at number four that being "Beautiful People' by Ed Sheeran and Khalid while its a similar situation for "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish at number five.
"The Git Up" by Blanco Brown rose two places to number six this week on the back of strong digital sales which I continue to be fine with because I like that song.
It pushed "Goodbyes" by Post Malone feat. Young Thug back to number seven this week.
What I am not okay with is the big 7 place gain for Lil Tecca's "Ransom" to move it up to number 8..come on Australia, this song sucks, it's not deserving of being anywhere near the top ten...oh well..hopefully Taylor Swift's album bomb will see it gone from the top ten for a week or so.
Also in the unwanted in the top ten category is the EDM/country but absolute crap that is "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which rose three places to number nine. Taylor can erase this song from the top ten as well.
Finally rounding out the top ten is "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys which fell one place to number 10.
Gains
Apart from "Ransom" by Lil Tecca climbing big into the top ten, there's no other real major gains this week
Losers
The biggest loss this week was for Katy Perry's "Small Talk" which fell from 33 to 45 this week. Somewhat surprising but hopefully a video might help stabilise that song so we'll see.
Drop Outs
We have two big ones this week that being "Wow" by Post Malone and "Woke Up Late" by Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld. "Wow" will definitely make the year end list but I am not sure on "Woke Up Late"...we'll see.
The other two definitely won't be making the year end and in "Call You Mine" by The Chainsmokers feat Bebe Rexha...that's a very good thing as that song is ass. Also gone is "Antisocial" by Ed Sheeran feat. Travis Scott.
New Entries
All four of the new entries are all ranging in excellent to okay. We start off with the very good "Lover" by Taylor Swift which is the highest new entry of the week at 15 and I expect this song to go top ten when the album bomb strikes next week.
In at 22 is the okay "Slide Away" by Miley Cyrus. Really not sure with what Miley is doing with all these song releases right now.
Khalid's released "Right Back" from his album "Free Spirit" and lodged it number 41 while finally the awesome "Motivation" by Normani debuts at number 47.
So next week, it's the impact of the imminent Taylor Swift album bomb, she'll definitely have a big impact on the top ten but as for other songs, we'll have to wait and see until Saturday at 5pm AEST when ARIA releases the chart.
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Charting 1996: 25th August: Macarena and TV themes.
So there's a certain turbulence to the chart this week that suggests a shake up ain't far away and looking at this week's top ten, it seems clear that something is on the way.
Celine Dion remains for a third week at number one with "Because You Loved Me" but I am not certain that it will get a fourth week given its slowing on sales and Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" is snapping at its heels at number two but whether its a contender for number one is uncertain.
What isn't a contender is "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees which got dumped back to number three but its still got strength enough to stay in the top 5 although in 1996...who can tell?
No Doubt stays at number four with "Just A Girl", I can see this falling away.
But the song with the biggest momentum and is presenting itself as a threat to the number one spot is Los Del Rios with "Macarena" which climbed seven places to number five this week and unfortunately, while being very catchy, is set to get annoying very quickly.
Savage Garden continue to be the lone Australian act in the top ten with "I Want You" remaining at number six.
Maxi Priest gets a two place jump for "That Girl" feat. Shaggy to number seven. Potential for this song to go top five.
"Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham drops three places to number eight. This song has become a bit of a critical love lately.
"I Love to Love" by La Bouche dropped one place to number nine while Gary Barlows "Forever Love" remains at number ten.
Gains
So moving into the gains and BoDeans 'Party of Five' theme "Closer to Free" which jumped 15 places to number 20. Also a good seven place gain for "Macarena" by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castao to number 13.
"I Live for You" by Chynna Phillips breaks into the top 20 with a nine place jump to 19.
Robert Miles might have another hit on his hands with "Fable" up to 29 from 37.
Also a big gain for "How Do U Want It" by 2Pac feat. KC and Jojo up to 33 from 49.
Finally in positive news "Change the World" by Eric Clapton gained ten places to 40, positive in that I really like that song so am happy to see it doing well.
Losses
Let's start a little lower down with "Glycerine" by Bush going sour down to 45 from 32 last week.
Human Nature's "Tellin' Everybody" has slumped from 31 to 41 while Everclear's "Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)" dropped thirteen places to 38 this week.
Gloria Estefan has had to "Reach" down this week as "Reach" hit 31 from 23 this week and finally "Theme from Mission Impossible" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen fell from 14 to 22.
New Entries
The biggest new entry of the week comes from the Pet Shop Boys with "Se a vida e (That's the eay Life is)" debuting at number 12.
Another TV theme new this week comes from The Rembrandts and their song "I'll Be There for You" from the US TV sitcom "Friends" arrives at 43
Thankfully Powderfinger are back on the charts with "DAF" at 46 and finally a Dutch singer who goes by the stage name Daisy Dee is in at number 50 with "Crazy '96"...honestly the sooner that is gone the better.
That wraps up the week. Can "Macarena" leap to nnumber one? That question and more will be answered next week
Celine Dion remains for a third week at number one with "Because You Loved Me" but I am not certain that it will get a fourth week given its slowing on sales and Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" is snapping at its heels at number two but whether its a contender for number one is uncertain.
What isn't a contender is "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees which got dumped back to number three but its still got strength enough to stay in the top 5 although in 1996...who can tell?
No Doubt stays at number four with "Just A Girl", I can see this falling away.
But the song with the biggest momentum and is presenting itself as a threat to the number one spot is Los Del Rios with "Macarena" which climbed seven places to number five this week and unfortunately, while being very catchy, is set to get annoying very quickly.
Savage Garden continue to be the lone Australian act in the top ten with "I Want You" remaining at number six.
Maxi Priest gets a two place jump for "That Girl" feat. Shaggy to number seven. Potential for this song to go top five.
"Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham drops three places to number eight. This song has become a bit of a critical love lately.
"I Love to Love" by La Bouche dropped one place to number nine while Gary Barlows "Forever Love" remains at number ten.
Gains
So moving into the gains and BoDeans 'Party of Five' theme "Closer to Free" which jumped 15 places to number 20. Also a good seven place gain for "Macarena" by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castao to number 13.
"I Live for You" by Chynna Phillips breaks into the top 20 with a nine place jump to 19.
Robert Miles might have another hit on his hands with "Fable" up to 29 from 37.
Also a big gain for "How Do U Want It" by 2Pac feat. KC and Jojo up to 33 from 49.
Finally in positive news "Change the World" by Eric Clapton gained ten places to 40, positive in that I really like that song so am happy to see it doing well.
Losses
Let's start a little lower down with "Glycerine" by Bush going sour down to 45 from 32 last week.
Human Nature's "Tellin' Everybody" has slumped from 31 to 41 while Everclear's "Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)" dropped thirteen places to 38 this week.
Gloria Estefan has had to "Reach" down this week as "Reach" hit 31 from 23 this week and finally "Theme from Mission Impossible" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen fell from 14 to 22.
New Entries
The biggest new entry of the week comes from the Pet Shop Boys with "Se a vida e (That's the eay Life is)" debuting at number 12.
Another TV theme new this week comes from The Rembrandts and their song "I'll Be There for You" from the US TV sitcom "Friends" arrives at 43
Thankfully Powderfinger are back on the charts with "DAF" at 46 and finally a Dutch singer who goes by the stage name Daisy Dee is in at number 50 with "Crazy '96"...honestly the sooner that is gone the better.
That wraps up the week. Can "Macarena" leap to nnumber one? That question and more will be answered next week
Thursday, 22 August 2019
ARIA singles top ten/ chart review: 19th August. Chart shuffle as Boyfriend stumbles
You know that feeling you get when you look at the chart and see what happened below the top ten and get a sick feeling in the pit of your stomache? Yeah, that's what happened to me this week with the bubbling tide of crap coming up on the charts, there's not many good signs going forward here, folks.
Firstly though, let's deal with the top ten where Tones and I spend a third week at number one with "Dance Monkey", I don't see it getting knocked off number one for at least another few weeks, its dominant on sales and on streaming.
Hell it's got a comfortable gap on "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which stayed at number two this week.
"Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X remains at number three, I expect this song to have a very slow exit from the top ten, it has lost the number one spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 after a record 19 weeks at number one there.
Ed Sheeran regains ground to go up one place to number four with "Beautiful People" feat. Khalid as did new US number one "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish which went up one place to number 5 while "Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug also went up a place to number six.
All of that is because "Boyfriend" by Ariana Grande and Social House dropped three places to number seven, I am not certain this song is going to stick around but anyway..
What is sticking around is Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" which went up one place to number eight. It's looking pretty solid in the top ten right now thanks to digital sales more so than streaming which is fine by me!
"Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys jumped one to number nine this week while finally hanging on to the top ten like that final bit of faeces is "Someone You Loved' by Lewis Capaldi which returned to the top ten at number ten this week. Gross.
Gains
It's not a good sign when the biggest gainer of the week is "F*** I'm Lonely" by Lauv and Anne-Marie which jumped from 37 to 19 this week. Really, Australia? There's so much better out there right now.
Thankfully Jessica Mauboy's excellent "Little Things" rose from 33 to 25 this week and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper continues it's never ending chart run by jumping nine places to number 30.
Finally Bazzi's "I.F.L.Y" rose seven places to 41 off it's debut last week
Re-Entry
I kind of want to pretend that this re-entry didn't happen because the song is terrible, for some inexplicable reason "The London" by Young Thug feat. J Cole and Travis Scott is back at 50
Losses
The biggest loser this week was "Antisocial" by Ed Sheeran feat. Travis Scott which fell hard to 43, "Call You Mine" by The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha dropped eight places to 44.
"Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston stumbled six places to 21.
Drop Outs
I suppose I cannot be too pissed about the drop outs given we did lose "Don't Check on Me" by Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber and "SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc but I am slightly disappointed to see "The Archer" by Taylor Swift gone even though it is just an album track.
New Entries
That said I think my disappointment in the loss of "The Archer" is magnified when looking at one of our two new entries that being "Ransom" by Lil Tecca which enters at 15. Seriously, we replaced Taylor Swift's best song since "Getaway Car" with a kid who doesn't have much to say? Come on people.
Finally the other new entry is the decent "Small Talk" by Katy Perry at number 33.
That ends this week. An updated ARIA chart is released at 5pm AEST on Saturday
Firstly though, let's deal with the top ten where Tones and I spend a third week at number one with "Dance Monkey", I don't see it getting knocked off number one for at least another few weeks, its dominant on sales and on streaming.
Hell it's got a comfortable gap on "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which stayed at number two this week.
"Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X remains at number three, I expect this song to have a very slow exit from the top ten, it has lost the number one spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 after a record 19 weeks at number one there.
Ed Sheeran regains ground to go up one place to number four with "Beautiful People" feat. Khalid as did new US number one "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish which went up one place to number 5 while "Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug also went up a place to number six.
All of that is because "Boyfriend" by Ariana Grande and Social House dropped three places to number seven, I am not certain this song is going to stick around but anyway..
What is sticking around is Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" which went up one place to number eight. It's looking pretty solid in the top ten right now thanks to digital sales more so than streaming which is fine by me!
"Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys jumped one to number nine this week while finally hanging on to the top ten like that final bit of faeces is "Someone You Loved' by Lewis Capaldi which returned to the top ten at number ten this week. Gross.
Gains
It's not a good sign when the biggest gainer of the week is "F*** I'm Lonely" by Lauv and Anne-Marie which jumped from 37 to 19 this week. Really, Australia? There's so much better out there right now.
Thankfully Jessica Mauboy's excellent "Little Things" rose from 33 to 25 this week and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper continues it's never ending chart run by jumping nine places to number 30.
Finally Bazzi's "I.F.L.Y" rose seven places to 41 off it's debut last week
Re-Entry
I kind of want to pretend that this re-entry didn't happen because the song is terrible, for some inexplicable reason "The London" by Young Thug feat. J Cole and Travis Scott is back at 50
Losses
The biggest loser this week was "Antisocial" by Ed Sheeran feat. Travis Scott which fell hard to 43, "Call You Mine" by The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha dropped eight places to 44.
"Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston stumbled six places to 21.
Drop Outs
I suppose I cannot be too pissed about the drop outs given we did lose "Don't Check on Me" by Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber and "SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc but I am slightly disappointed to see "The Archer" by Taylor Swift gone even though it is just an album track.
New Entries
That said I think my disappointment in the loss of "The Archer" is magnified when looking at one of our two new entries that being "Ransom" by Lil Tecca which enters at 15. Seriously, we replaced Taylor Swift's best song since "Getaway Car" with a kid who doesn't have much to say? Come on people.
Finally the other new entry is the decent "Small Talk" by Katy Perry at number 33.
That ends this week. An updated ARIA chart is released at 5pm AEST on Saturday
Charting 1996: 18th August: Savage Garden disrupts the top ten
So it was another busy week if you look beyond the top four which remain the same this week although it does feel like the chart is on the verge of a major shake up but anyway "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion remains at number one for a second week and at the moment, it seems a lock for number one.
"Killing Me Softly" by Fugees is steady at number two as is "Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison at number three" and "Just A Girl" by No Doubt at number four. Nothing much to say about those songs.
However Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" which jumped up three places to number 5, this song seems to have plenty of critical acclaim and traction right now so it will be interesting to see if it can make further inroads.
Savage Garden's "I Want You" rises 5 places to number 6 this week and is one of two songs into the top ten this week.
Pearl Jam's "Who You Are" slipped two places to number seven. I don't expect this song to stay in the top ten much longer.
La Bouche gain two places with "I Love to Love" at number eight while Maxi Priest's "That Girl" with Shaggy is the second song to arrive in the top ten rising four places to number 9.
Finally "Forever Love" by Gary Barlow dropped three places to round out the top ten at number ten.
Gains
The biggest gain of the week comes from Los Del Rios and their Spanish song "Macarena" which jumped from 36 to 12. Expect to see this in the top ten next week.
Also having a huge rise is the version of the "Macarena" by Los Del Mat feat Pedro Castano which rose from 35 to 20 this week!
Huge gains also from Gloria Estefan's "Reach which went from 37 to 23 and "Not An Addict" by K's Choice from 34 to 26.
"Dune Buggy" by The Presidents of the United States of America broke into the top 20 jumping 5 places to 16
Re-Entries
Just one re-entry with You Am I's "Soldiers" back at number 42.
Losses
We have a healthy batch of losers this week mostly songs that were in the top ten in the past like "Sexual Healing" by Max-A-Million down to 45 from 30, "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" by Coolio which slipped from 28 to 43, "Children" by Robert Miles slumped from 22 to 40 and "X-Files Theme (Version Dance)" by Triple X which dropped from 34 to 18.
New Entries
Neneh Cherry has the biggest new entry of the week with "Woman" arriving at nnumber 22.
American rock band BoDeans 'Party of Five' Theme "Closer to Free" is the second of the new entries at number 35.
Puff Johnson makes her debut on the AIA singles chart at number 36 with "Forever More".
UK house duo Umboza have arrived at number 41 with "Sunshine".
2pac has teamed up with KC and Jojo for "How Do U Want It' arriving at number 39 while finally Eric Clapton is back on the chart with "Change the World" at number 50
"Killing Me Softly" by Fugees is steady at number two as is "Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison at number three" and "Just A Girl" by No Doubt at number four. Nothing much to say about those songs.
However Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" which jumped up three places to number 5, this song seems to have plenty of critical acclaim and traction right now so it will be interesting to see if it can make further inroads.
Savage Garden's "I Want You" rises 5 places to number 6 this week and is one of two songs into the top ten this week.
Pearl Jam's "Who You Are" slipped two places to number seven. I don't expect this song to stay in the top ten much longer.
La Bouche gain two places with "I Love to Love" at number eight while Maxi Priest's "That Girl" with Shaggy is the second song to arrive in the top ten rising four places to number 9.
Finally "Forever Love" by Gary Barlow dropped three places to round out the top ten at number ten.
Gains
The biggest gain of the week comes from Los Del Rios and their Spanish song "Macarena" which jumped from 36 to 12. Expect to see this in the top ten next week.
Also having a huge rise is the version of the "Macarena" by Los Del Mat feat Pedro Castano which rose from 35 to 20 this week!
Huge gains also from Gloria Estefan's "Reach which went from 37 to 23 and "Not An Addict" by K's Choice from 34 to 26.
"Dune Buggy" by The Presidents of the United States of America broke into the top 20 jumping 5 places to 16
Re-Entries
Just one re-entry with You Am I's "Soldiers" back at number 42.
Losses
We have a healthy batch of losers this week mostly songs that were in the top ten in the past like "Sexual Healing" by Max-A-Million down to 45 from 30, "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" by Coolio which slipped from 28 to 43, "Children" by Robert Miles slumped from 22 to 40 and "X-Files Theme (Version Dance)" by Triple X which dropped from 34 to 18.
New Entries
Neneh Cherry has the biggest new entry of the week with "Woman" arriving at nnumber 22.
American rock band BoDeans 'Party of Five' Theme "Closer to Free" is the second of the new entries at number 35.
Puff Johnson makes her debut on the AIA singles chart at number 36 with "Forever More".
UK house duo Umboza have arrived at number 41 with "Sunshine".
2pac has teamed up with KC and Jojo for "How Do U Want It' arriving at number 39 while finally Eric Clapton is back on the chart with "Change the World" at number 50
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
ARIA top ten singles/ Chart Review: August 12th. Ariana's new song enters at number four
So on the surface of things, the chart looks pretty good but when I looked beyond the top ten this week and saw the slew of absolute dirge rising or new this week, I was left with a bad feeling, it got ugly this week but as I said let's start with the top ten which isn't so bad.
"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I spends a second week at number one and really with the moster streaming sales, I don't expect this song to lose number one any time soon, it fended off former number one "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which regained one place to number 2 with solid streaming and sales.
This pushed the likely biggest song of the year "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number three as streaming continues to die for this song so once the digital sales follow suit, this will be gone sooner rather than later.
Then we have the biggest new entry of the week that being "Boyfriend" by Ariana Grande and Social House at number four. Now I can't help but feel as thugh there's a little bit of Ariana exhaustion creeping in here...yeah it still had good sales and streaming but I think Ariana and her management might be a little disappointed.
"Beautiful People' by Ed Sheeran and Khalid continued to remain steady at number 5 as "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish dropped to number 6 (there's a new Billie Eilish single from "When We All Fall Asleep, where do we go" on the way)
"Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug dropped one place to number seven. Post Malone confirmed last week that his third album would be dropping in September and the second single called "Circles from that album would drop this week (Check out the teaser for that song too).
The second of the Ed Sheeran songs "I Don't Care" feat. Justin Bieber dropped one place to number eight while "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown rose 1 place to number nine.
"Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys round out this week's top ten having dropped two places to number ten.
Gains
So the gains this week start off pretty good with the biggest being "Never Seen the Rain" by Tones and I rising from 32 to 24 this week, "Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston up seven places to 21 and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rebounding back up to 39.
Jessica Mauboy's "Little Things" jumped up seven places to 33.
But the good news is interupted because up six places to 14 is "No Guidance" by Chris Brow and Drake..who the hell wants that song while the atrocious "One Thing Right" by Marshmello feat. Kane Brown is up three places to 15.
Losers
Despite it being her best song of the "Lover" era so far "The Archer by Taylor Swift fell hard off it's debut last week dropping from 19 to 45. Not surprising though as it's not an official single from the album and isn't going to be getting a video.
Also dropping hard was "Don't Check on Me" by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber which dropped from 36 to 49 which is good news.
Not good news was the sudden fall of "Woke up Late" by Drax Project and Hailee Steinfeld which fell from 38 to 47 this week but even more surprisingly was that "Antisocial" by Ed Sheeran feat. Travis Scott dropped ten places to 31.
Drop Outs
The drop outs aren't worth worrying about with "Mother's Daughter" by Miley Cyrus, "Don't Give Up On Me" by Andy Grammer and "The London" by Young Thug feat. J Cole and Travis Scott all gone with only "The London" possibly making the year end list and most likely my worst hits of the year list.
New Entries
There were two other new entries alongside Ariana Grande and Social House this week with the first being the pretty unfortunately bad "F*** I'm Lonely" by Lauv and Anne-Marie at number 37 and the other new entry being Bazzi's pretty solid "I.F.L,Y" which enters at number 48 to wrap up the week.
I don't see anything challenging "Dance Monkey" for the number one spot but as usual the chart updates at 5pm AEST on Saturday.
"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I spends a second week at number one and really with the moster streaming sales, I don't expect this song to lose number one any time soon, it fended off former number one "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which regained one place to number 2 with solid streaming and sales.
This pushed the likely biggest song of the year "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number three as streaming continues to die for this song so once the digital sales follow suit, this will be gone sooner rather than later.
Then we have the biggest new entry of the week that being "Boyfriend" by Ariana Grande and Social House at number four. Now I can't help but feel as thugh there's a little bit of Ariana exhaustion creeping in here...yeah it still had good sales and streaming but I think Ariana and her management might be a little disappointed.
"Beautiful People' by Ed Sheeran and Khalid continued to remain steady at number 5 as "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish dropped to number 6 (there's a new Billie Eilish single from "When We All Fall Asleep, where do we go" on the way)
"Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug dropped one place to number seven. Post Malone confirmed last week that his third album would be dropping in September and the second single called "Circles from that album would drop this week (Check out the teaser for that song too).
The second of the Ed Sheeran songs "I Don't Care" feat. Justin Bieber dropped one place to number eight while "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown rose 1 place to number nine.
"Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys round out this week's top ten having dropped two places to number ten.
Gains
So the gains this week start off pretty good with the biggest being "Never Seen the Rain" by Tones and I rising from 32 to 24 this week, "Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston up seven places to 21 and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rebounding back up to 39.
Jessica Mauboy's "Little Things" jumped up seven places to 33.
But the good news is interupted because up six places to 14 is "No Guidance" by Chris Brow and Drake..who the hell wants that song while the atrocious "One Thing Right" by Marshmello feat. Kane Brown is up three places to 15.
Losers
Despite it being her best song of the "Lover" era so far "The Archer by Taylor Swift fell hard off it's debut last week dropping from 19 to 45. Not surprising though as it's not an official single from the album and isn't going to be getting a video.
Also dropping hard was "Don't Check on Me" by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber which dropped from 36 to 49 which is good news.
Not good news was the sudden fall of "Woke up Late" by Drax Project and Hailee Steinfeld which fell from 38 to 47 this week but even more surprisingly was that "Antisocial" by Ed Sheeran feat. Travis Scott dropped ten places to 31.
Drop Outs
The drop outs aren't worth worrying about with "Mother's Daughter" by Miley Cyrus, "Don't Give Up On Me" by Andy Grammer and "The London" by Young Thug feat. J Cole and Travis Scott all gone with only "The London" possibly making the year end list and most likely my worst hits of the year list.
New Entries
There were two other new entries alongside Ariana Grande and Social House this week with the first being the pretty unfortunately bad "F*** I'm Lonely" by Lauv and Anne-Marie at number 37 and the other new entry being Bazzi's pretty solid "I.F.L,Y" which enters at number 48 to wrap up the week.
I don't see anything challenging "Dance Monkey" for the number one spot but as usual the chart updates at 5pm AEST on Saturday.
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