ARIA singles chart top ten/Chart Review: 7th October

So uh...the top ten stalled this week, we have a really stagnant top ten that I am predicting will change given some of the new releases set to impact the chart but that's next week so let's begin at the very ttop where "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I spends a tenth week at number one which broke the record for the most weeks spent at number one by any Australian artist which is huge and yet again I don't see what is going to knock it off number one.

I'd say "Circles" by Post Malone at number two is a chance but it just couldn't bridge the gap to "Dance Monkey", although the same could be said for "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello at number three, "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown at nnumber four, "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown at number five, "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid at number six, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X (still good on digital sales right now) at number seven, "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys at number eight and "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi at number nine.

The only change to the top ten this week came at number ten with "How Do You Sleep?" by Sam Smith finally showing up in the top ten by climbing one place to number ten.

Gains

The biggest gainer this week is Maroon 5's bland but radio friendly song "Memories" which jumped 20 places to number 12 this week.

Lizzo's "Good As Hell" jumped from 23 to 16 while "Choir" by Guy Sebastian rebounded from 21 to 17.

"South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B has finally found some consistent momentum by leaping 12 place to to 24.

"Ride It' by Regard is up to 28 off it's debut last week;

Finally because we apparently need fuckboy rap on the charts "Hot Girl Bummer" by Blackbear is up to 33. Gross.

Re-Entries

So we have one song return this week and bizarrely it's "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer which is just plain unexplainable...maybe because of the Masked Singer program?

Losers

Biggest loser this week is Post Malone's "Saint-tropez" which fell from 26 to 41 from 26 while Camila Cabello's "Liar" fell seven places to 40.

Halsey's "Graveyard" buries itself six down to 37 while "Lover" by Taylor Swift went down eight places to 30.

"Sunflower' by Post Malone and Swae Lee appears to finally be on its way out as it fell to 26 while "Slide Away" by Miley Cyrus lived up to it's name by falling from 17 to 25

However the most unsurprising loss of the week belongs to "Don't Call Me Angel" which fell from 10 to 21.

Drop outs

The drop outs this week are all Post Malone album tracks as the album bomb recedes, all three sticking around longer than I would have expected so gone are "Take What You Want" featng. Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott, "Enemies" feat. DaBaby and the album title track "Hollywood's Bleeding"

New Entries

Just the two new entries this week with the highest debut coming from Flume's "Rushing Back" feat. Vera Blue which debuted at number twenty this week. There's definitely hit potential in this song...just wish I liked it more.

Radio is in love with "Castles" by Freya Ridings which debuted at number 48 and much like "Rushing Back", I expect this to stick around even if she does sound a lot like Florence Welch.

That wraps up a quieter week than I expected but with at least two new entries to the top ten next week, things are about to get wild. The chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEDT.

Charting 1996: 6th October

So the top ten had something of a shake up this week or at the very least the arrival of Metallica at number two last triggered some instability within the top ten however it didn't trigger anything at the top where to nobody's suprise "Macarena" by Los Del Rio remains at number one for another week and its under no threat from "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni Braxton which moved up to number two dragging "Macarena" by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castanno up to three, "I'll be There for You" by The Remembrandts up to four and "Return of the Mack" which rebounded two placeys to number five, all of these songs gained ground mostly due to a reason we'll get to shortly.

First week in the top ten for Donna Lewis and her single "I Love You Always Forever" which jumped from thirteen to six this week, it blew past "I Want You" by Savage Garden which slipped one place to number seven as a result/

Now we get to reason for the moves inside the top five...the collapse of Metallica's "Hero of the Day" down from 2 to 8 this week which is not surprising as it followed the typically high debut of their last single.

Jimmy Barnes has earned himself a top ten debut with his latest single and the biggest new arrival this week with "Lover Lover" debuting at number nine.

Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" continues to cling to it's place in the top ten but it's down one place to number ten and with what's coming below it, I expect this to be out of the top ten sooner rather than later.

Gains

So the big gains came unfortunately for Newton's "Sometimes when we touch" which jumped nine places to number 18 (WHY?!)

K's Choice recovered ground this week to also have a nine place gain with "No An Addict".

Now a gain I am keeping an eye on is from new British all girl pop group the Spice Girls, their debbut single "Wannabe" is up from 31 to 24, this song looks to have some significant momentum behind it and given how catchy this song is, I wouldn't be surprised if this song becomes a hit.

Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is up from 36 to 29.

Mark Morrison's "Crazy"  jumped from 35 to 30 while The Corrs also got a good boost to 31 for "Forgiven, Not Forgotten"

Re-Entries

Two returns this week with the best of them coming from Umboza at number 44 with "Sunshine" while John Farnham is also back at number 50 with "Heart's On Fire"

Losers

Two big falls this week especially for No Doubt's top 5 hit with "Just A Girl" taking a huge hit from 14 to 40 which in a way reflects how quick a lot of hits have fallen off the chart this year. More No Doubt when we reach our new entries.

Jewel's "Who Will Save Your Soul" wasn't spared as it tumbled from 27 to 38.

New Entries

So Jimmy Barnes debuted in the top ten but we have to go all the way to the other end of the chart to find the other new entries with a 3T collaboration with Michael Jackson called "Why?" being the best of the rest at number 46.

Oasis are back with their new single "Roll With It" and it's in at number 47.

I promised some No Doubt and their new single "Spiderwebs" wraps up the week by entering at number 48. 

ARIA Singles Chart top ten/ Chart Review 30th September: Top Ten switches obscure quiet week

So this week pretty much panned out the way I thought it would with the top ten really just switching places among themslves that said it's not the case at the very top where Tones and I spends a ninth week equalling the Australian record for the most weeks at number one by an Australian artist, Tones oins Justice Crew who spent nine weeks at number one in 2014 with "Que Sera", here's the thing though, Tones and I will likely break the record next week with nothing really challenging it in terms of what's below "Dance and Monkey" or arriving new to the charts.

"Circles" by Post Malone remains a solid number two for another week thanks to good streaming and the weakness of "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which remains at number three but is losing ground on digital sales and streaming which means it's unfortunately vulnerable to "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which rose two places to number four because we need trash in this vein doing well on the charts (Seriously if you want country music, The Highwomen album is waiting for a song to get the right kind of push!)

Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" rose two places to number five this week after a good week on streaming. It went past "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid which dropped one place to number six.

A boost on digital sales saw "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X regain some ground to number seven while Meduza's "Piece of Your Heart" featuring Goodboys also regained ground up two places to number eight.

Unfortunately "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi refuses to go away by being stuck at number nine

Rounding up the top ten is the biggest fall within the top ten that being for "Don't Call Me Angel" by Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Ray which plunged six places to number ten. Seriously gien how unmemorable that song is, it's not a surprise.

Gains

The biggest gain of the week is for Ed Sheeran's "South of the Border" featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B which rose 12 places to 36, this song has had one of the strangest chart runs I can recall. 

:Lizzo's "Good As Hell" continues it's pretty impressive rise from 31 to 23 this week. Unfortunately also having a good gain is "Only Human" by the Jonas Brothers...seriously? This song BLOWS, I want it gone sooner rather than later.

Speaking of bad songs rising "Hot Girl Bummer" by Blackbear rose nine places to 38. Gross.

Losers

The big losers were for Post Malone album tracks with the biggest being for "Hollywood's Bleeding" to 45, "Enemies" feat. DaBaby to 47, "Wow" dropping to 50, "Saint-Tropez" to 28.  

Also suffering a fall was "Boyfriend" by Ariana Grande feat. Social House from 28 to 35.

Drop Outs

Both the drop outs also come from Post Malone with "On the Road" feat. Meek Mill and Lil Baby ad "Die For Me" feat. Future and Halsey both gone. 

New Entries

Only two new entries with Maron 5 landing the biggest new entry of the week with "Memories " at number 32...an absoluter snoozer of a song unfortunately.

Finally the more interesting of the new enterestings comes from a Kosovo D called Regard who got hold of Jay Sean's 2008 hit "Ride It" and remixed the song courtesy of Tik Tok. The song isn't bad either!.

So that wraps up a pretty quiet week all things considered. Chart updates on Saturday at 5pm as usual. 

Charting 1996; 29th September. Star studded new arrivals can't end Macarena's reign

Well, this week seemed same old, same old until Metallica turned up and made this somewhat more interesting but it didn't stop "Macarena" by Los Del Rios from taking another week at number one and right now nothing is challenging it.

Metallica's new single "Hero of the Day" is the highest new entry of the week at number two, just not strong enough sales to challenge for number one.

It kept "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni Braxton at number three and pushed push "Macarena" by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano back to number four.

The Remembrandts break into the top five up a place to number five this week with "I'll be There for You" while Savage Garden's "I Want You" dropped two places to number six and Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" dropped two places to number seven.

Fomer chart topper "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion stayed where it is at number nine as did "Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham.

Arriving in the top ten this week is "Change the World" by Eric Clapton which rose one place to number ten.

Gains

Donna Lewis was among the big gains this week with "I Love You Always Forever" jumping from 34 to 13 this week. This song has some serious traction and looks set to reach the top ten as unfortunately does Bryan Adams song "Let's Make A Night to Remember" which jumped ten places to number 16.

Fugees are also on a big climb with "Ready Or not" leaping from 37 to 24 this week,

2Pac's "How Do U Want It" feat. KC and Jojo rose seven places to 33.


Losers

Some big losers across the board this week Puff Johnson running out of puff with "Forever More" sliding from 30 to 46 while R.E.M's "E-Bow The Letter" dropping from 32 to 43

Also taking a sizeable hit is Primitive Radio Gods song "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" which fell to 42 and Midnight Oil's "Underwater" which dropped nine places to 38.

The Corr's suffered a pretty harsh drop with "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" taking a huge nosiedive to 37 from 21. while K's Choice "Not An Addict" slips ten to 32.


New Entries

So there are several big new entries this week not even just Metallica's big debut in the top ten. Mark Morrison is looking to follow up "Return of the Mack" success with "Crazy" entering at number 35.

Celine Dion is eyeing another huge hit with "It's All Comng Back to Me Now" arriving at number 36.


Alanis Morisette is "Head over Feet" new at number 40 while You Am I are greeting "Good Mornin'" at umber 44.

Finally Sheryl Crow is asking "If it Makes You Happy" which enters at number 49.

ARIA Singles Chart Top Ten/Chart Review September 23rd. Tones and I breaks Kylie's record

This week feels significant mostly because of the domination of not just the ARIA charts but of European music charts by our current number one but I can't see things changing for the time being especially as "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I held number one for an eighth week breaking Kylie Minogue's record for longest time at no 1 by an Australian female artist, Minogue spent sven weeks at number one in 1987 with "Locomotion". "Dance Monkey' could potentially equal the record of weeks spent at number one by any Australian artist which is held by Justice Crew when "Que Sera" spent nine weeks at number one in 2014, it's that dominant across the board on streaming and on digital sales.

I would say "Circles" by Post Malone which remained at number two this week could challenge but its bleeding on digital sales and it's not really closing the gap to "Dance Monkey" to prevent "Dance Monkey" from getting a ninth week at the top.

Same could be said for former chart topper "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello as this song is not the powerhouse it once was on streaming and it's sales have dropped away so I can see this being vulnerable in the weeks ahead.

That said when I see what the number four is, I am not so sure, it's the highest new entry of the week coming from Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey who have teamed up for the theme song for the new Charlie's Angels movie called "Don't Call Me Angel" and honestly I find this song to be pretty forgettable so really don't see this song staying in the top ten for long but it pushed "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid back one place to number five (the fact this song is still in the top five is pretty impressive)

What also isn't going away is Marshmello's "One Thing Right" feat. Kane Brown which rose one place to number six because we need bland EDM-pop country on the charts.

Speaking country except country rap, "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown jumped one place to number seven while the leader of the tik tok country rap song trend Lil Nas X falls two places to eight with "Old Town Road"

Back in the top ten this week because we had to find a song that is insufferable to replace just absolute shit in the top ten, "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi returned from 13 to 9 because somebody out there thinks that this song is worth anyrhing.

Finally "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys remains at number ten.

Gains

Biggest gains of the week came for Lil Nas X's "Panini" which got a boost from a DaBaby remix of all things to be the biggest gainer of the week up from 41 to 26

"Liar" by Camila Cabelo jumped from 42 to 33 this week while Lizzo's "Good As Hell" rose from 36 to 31.

Re-Entries

The receding Post Malone album bomb saw "Only Human" by Jonas Brothers back at 49 and "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illennium and Lennon Stella at number 50

Losses

Most of the big losses came for Post Malone album tracks like "Die for Me" with Future and Halsey which dropped from 35 to 45, "On The Road" with Meek Mill and Lil Baby to 43,"Hollywood's Bleeding" bleeds out to 32, "Goodbyes" with Young Thug dropped out of the top 10 to 11.

Drop outs

So two non Post Malone songs dropped out this week those being "Right Back" by Khalid and "Then What" by Illy.

The others are Post Malone songs from "Hollywood's Bleeding" with "A Thousand Bad Times", "Allergic" and the collab with SZA "Staring at the Sun" gone.

New Entries

So apart from "Don't Call Me Angel" by Ariana, Miley and Lana at number four, we also got your stock standard garden variety Halsey new song "Graveyard" new in at number 34.

While Blackbear's lame "Hot Girl Bummer" enters at 47...the new entries this week are NOT good.


Anyway the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm,

Charting 1996. 22nd September. The Remembrandts there for you in the top ten

We got a reasonably quiet week, yeah no kidding, this week was a slow one with a small amount of new entries but we've still got plenty of moves including within the top ten so let's start there where Los Del Rios maintains the number one spot for a fourth week. There's just nothing to challenge it right now especially with Los Del Mar's version of "Macarena" feat. Pedro Castano at number two but that looks to be facing a challenge to remain there as sales are slipping.

"You're Making Me High" by Toni Braxton remains at number three this week and looks the most likely challenger for the number two spot, heck it's comfortable over "I Want You" by Savage Garden which remained at number four and "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison which remains at number five.

We have a new arrival into the top ten that being The Remembrandt's Friends theme "I'll Be There For You" which jumped five places to number six, I can see this getting bigger given that show is really taking off.

Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy remained at number seven again with "That Girl" as "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion fell two places to number eight.

Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" rebounded one place to number nine, it effectively switched with "Just A Girl" by No Doubt which dropped to number ten.

Gains

The biggest gain this week is the unfortunate Newton cover of Dan Hill's "Sometimes When We Touch" which got a rise of 12 places to 33. Seriously, we don't need another remember of that that song.

Girl groups had a good week this week with Eternal rising 11 places to 27 with "Someday" an the Spice Girls breaking the top 40 up from 41 to 36 this week with "Wannabe"

Everything but the Girl clicked into gear in going the right direction up 11 places with "Wrong" to 39 while Donna Lewis also broke into the top 40 with "I Love You Always Forever" up to 34 from 42 last week.

Re-Entry

One re-entry this week coming from Bush with "Comedown" at number 45.



Losses

Most of the big losses come in the lower end of the chart with Belinda Carlisle's "In Too Deep" down ten places to 41 while Umboza's "Sunshine" slipped eleven places to 47.

Gary Barlow's "Forever Love" also suffered a big ten place fall to 38 while Midnight Oil dropped from 22 to 29 with "Underwater"


New Entries

Only three new entries to deal with this week with John Mellencamp landing the highest debut of the week with "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" in at number 25.

Aussie R'n'B act Past to Present bring a cover of Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" to the chart at number 48.

Finally maybe the best of the three new songs is John Farnham's new song "Heart's on Fire" at number 50

ARIA Singles top ten/Chart review: 16th September. Post Malone's Bleeding Album Bomb

Well no sooner did Taylor Swift's album bomb come and go than we got another one this time from Post Malone's third album "Hollywood's Bleeding", we got NINE new songs from Post Malone on the chart plus one or two other assorted entries

However he didn't quite get close enough to bother "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which stays at number one for a seventh week and honestly I don't see what going to to knock it off any time soon as it's margins on streaming and digital sales are ridiculous.

The release of "Hollywood's Bleeding" was enough to push "Circles" by Post Malone up three places to number two and could be chance of number one if  "Dance Monkey" starts to slip.

This pushed "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello back to number three, it's time is pretty much done, its bleeding on sales and on streaming right now.

The surprise was that "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid held strong at number four this week especially as "Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug surged back into the top ten up six places to number five.

All of this was enough to send "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X down three places to number six, it's really not got the streaming or sales to hold it up anymore so I expect this will start to make its graceful exit from the charts as the likely year end number one.

Post Malone's album bomb didn't unseat the bad songs though with the awful "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown remaining glued to the number seven place.

However it did unseat Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" which fell back to number eight which is kind of annoying as I actually really do enjoy this song, it's a bit of fun.

"Ran$om" by Lil Tecca continues its unpleasant and unwanted presence by remaining at number nine.

Finally also back in the top ten is "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys" which climbed two places to number ten.

Gains

Spot the gains this week, people. The Post Malone album bomnb took a clean hit on the chart this week which meant not too many risers but Post Malone's "Sunflower" feat. Swae Lee jumped from 29 to 14.

Re-Entries

Two retuns this week with "Wow" by Post Malone back number 34 due to the album bomb and "Panini" by Lil Nas X at number 41 because it's Lil Nas X's new single.

Losers

Biggest loser this week was thankfully Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" which tumbled from 19 to 31.

However most of the big losers are older songs like "Johnny Run Away" by Tones and I which dropped 11 places to 37 or Drake and Rick Ross's "Money in the Grave" which fell ten places to 43.

There was also a ten place drop for "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper to 44 and an 11 place tumble for Illy's "Then What" to 47 (am surprised that this has been on the chart for even this long) "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B continued it's strange chart run by dropping 11 places to 50. 

Finally "Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston dropped to 38.

Drop outs

Some of these drop outs won't be back like Taylor Swift album tracks "The Man" and "Cruel Summer", her lead single "Me!" with Brendon Urie is also gone. 

We also lost former top ten hits and will make the year end list like "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance the Rapper and PNB Rock, "If I Can't have You" by Shawn Mendes and "Never Really Over" by Katy Perry

Bad songers also left including "Easier" by 5 Seconds of Summer and "Rescue Me" by OneRepublic.

The others are songs that re-entered, debuted or are forgettable so "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illennium and Lennon Stella, "Only Human" by Jonas Brothers, "Time" by NF, "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzil (I have lost hope of this becoming a ht) 

New Entries

So let's get through the nine Post Malone songs that entered this week with the albumb title track "Hollywood's Bleeding" earning the biggest debut of the week at number 17. "Saint-tropez" at number 19 (they gave that song a video for some bizarre reason), "Die For Me" feat. Future and Halsey at number 23, "Enemies" feat. DaBaby is in at number 28, "Take What You Want" with Ozzy Osbourne, of all people, and Travis Scott at number 30, "On the Road" feat. Meek Mill and Lil Baby at number 35, "A Thousand Bad Times" at number 39, "Allergic" at 45 and "Staring at the Sun" feat. SZA at number 48,

Finally, there was sone new entry not from Post Malone and it came from Camila Cabello who released two songs with "Liar", being the better of the two songs, entering at number 42.

That wraps a rather wild week, the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEST