ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 8th June. A sweet top ten debut for "Sour Candy"

This week was a busy one, a couple of new entries and some shifts up the chart that are worth a mention (a bit complain about too but we'll get to that when we go through the gains this week) but let's deal with our rather stagnant top ten first where for yet another week, it's "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch at number one and again it's because of streaming and it's utter dominance there.

The release of "Chromatica" really didn't help "Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, which remained at number two, to challenge for the top spot because again streaming is letting this song down. Gaga and Ariana fans, you cannot complain about it not going number one if you aren't going to stream "Rain On Me" yourselves!. Sales are good so I don't see this falling from number two for awhile.

The same could be said for "Roses" by Saint JHN which remains at number 3 as its sales and streaming are still reasonably solid right now, also for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd glued to number four with sales and streaming still remarkably good (likely to be the biggest hit in Australia this year right now)

"Say So" by Doja Cat remains steady at number five and "Stuck witb U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber at number six...although let's hope these two songs are on the way out because they both suck.

A seven place gain has seen Topic's "Breaking Me" feat. A7S break into the top ten at number 7, don't be surprised if this song is a future number one hit.

The highest new entry of the week belongs to Lady Gaga with the help of k-pop girl group Blackpink as "Sour Candy" debuts at number eight. I am not certain this song will stick around though, it's already fading on streaming.

:"Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee slipped two places to number nine thanks to a slip on streaming while "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion also dropped two places to number ten.

Gains

So there is a little bit to complain about in the gains because the biggest gain of the week is "Go Crazy" by Chris Brown and Young Thug up fourteen spots to break into the top 20 at number twenty for some bizarre reason...probably to do with Tiktok.

"Party Girl" by StaySolid Rocky unfortunately continued to climb, it's up to 29 from 37. We don't need this garbage to become a hit, people.

Also breaking into the top ten is "This City" by Sam Fischer whichr rose from 21 up to 17 this week. Great news for Sam. 

The release of Kygo's album "Golden Hour" helped "Lose Somebody" feat. OneRepublic to rise from 43 to 31 this week. 

Re-Entries

The lone re-entry is "Stupid Love" by Lady Gaga at number 45 off the back of the release of "Chromatica"

Losers

So the biggest loser this week was "Gooba" by Soundcloud Waifu which dived from 23 to 37 proving once again that Soundcloud Waifu has one week shock value but that's about it.

"Daisies" by Katy Perry wilted six places to 50 while "After Party" by Don Toliver is finally packing up and going home to sleep off the hang over down to 44.

"Blueberry Faygo" by Lil Mosey has passed it's best before date dropping eight places to 40.while "If the World Was Ending" by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels may start feeling like their chart run could be over soon as it fell from 33 to 39.

"Boss Bitch" by Doja Cat got fired from 25 down to 34 while :"In Your Eyes" by The Weeknd suffered a poke in the eye down from 15 to 28.

Drop Outs

So we lost "Life Is Good" by Future and Drake (good!), "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (I like the song but it had it's time) and "Lose Control" by Meduza feat. Becky Hill and Goodboys (Likely makes the year end list but yeah it had spent 30 weeks on the chart).

The only song I am sad to see gone is "Righteous" by Juice WRLD. That song deserved so much better...

New Entries

So we have two other new entries other than "Sour Candy" by Lady Gaga and Blackpink at number eight.

Lewis Capaldi is at number 46 with "Bruises" while "Ur So F****** Cool" by Tones and I debuts at 49.

That wraps the week. I think a change of number one is out of the question unless "Rockstar" suffers a shocking collapse. bit of a quiet week on the new release front with sales giving Daryl Braithwaite some hope of notching a song on the chart, we'll find out when ARIA updates the chart on Saturday at 5pm

2000 Sound: 4th June 2000. Australia, Sisqo isn't singing about god damn footwear!

This week is kind of chaotic, it was a busy one too as we got some big moves, your standard mix of new entries and...a new number one so let's not waste any more time and get to our top ten where taking number one is "Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears, her second number one in Australia and it got there because Alof some seriously good sales being enough to edge out "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child which fell to number two this week on slowing sales.

This places "Never Be the Same Again" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in an awkward place because it doesn't really have the sales to challenge the top two and is more under threat from Pink's "There You Go" which climbed two places to number four (this song's success has been surprising, Pink is having a break out year), it pushed past "Shine" by Vanessa Amorosi which fell one to number five.

Toni Braxton's "He Wasn't Man Enough" is upending everything I said about top ten debuts not sticking around as it climbed one place to number six.

"Adelante" by Sash! is heading out as it fell two places to number seven while "Holiday" by Naughty by Nature climbed one place to number 8.

Rounding out the top ten are two arrivals to the top ten, that being "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi climbing from 15 to 9 this week, it had a good sales week but Sisqo's "Thong Song" climbed THIRTY places to hit number ten...seriously? We really want a song about asking to see a woman's thong in the top ten? He isn't singing about fucking footwear, Australia!.

Gains

Already talked about "Thong Song"...it's the biggest gainer this week but also gaining big is the pretty awful "Freestyler" by Bomfunk MCs which climbed nine places to 13.

Another big gainer is Groove Terminator's "One More Time (The Sunshine Song" which climbed from 41 to 25 this week. 

"Put Your Lights On" by Santana frat. Everlast jumped nine places to 34 this week as did Moloko's "The Time is Now" to 36.

Faith Hill's "Breathe" is up eight places to 40

Re-Entries

Just the one re-entry this week with Westlife's "Flying Without Wings" back at 45. 

Losers

It was an ugly week on this front but the biggest loser was M2M's "Mirror Mirror" which just hasn't been able to get any moment going as it tumbled from 30 to 43.

Former number one "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC slipped seven places to 17 this week. while Bardot's "Poison" took a hit from number 8 to 14. Ouch!

"All The Small Things" by Blink 182 dropped seven to number 27.

New Entries

Billie Piper is back on the charts with her new single "Day & Night" and it's the highest new entry this week at number 16.

The other two new entries are from Aussies with Sydney band Lo-Tel landing their first ARIA charting song with "Teenager of the Year" at 48 while "Somebody Like You" by Jimmy Christo from The Wog Boy soundtrack is in at 50. 

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 1st June. Rockstar reigns on Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

I think this week was slower somewhat predictable if you looked at the numbers. Only two new entries with one of those in the top ten plus some moves up and down the chart that make a lot of sense but anyway let's get to the top ten where much to the consternation of the stans on Twitter, "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch scored a second week at number one due to fantastic streaming (this song is a monster on streaming right now and reasonable sales saw it pretty much look comfortable in hanging onto the number one spot.

This takes us to the new number two which is the new entry from Lady Gaga who brought Ariana Grande along for the ride on "Rain On Me" and it was never really a player for number one because yes while sales were fantastic, streaming while good was nowhere near at "Rockstar" levels but despite this some on Twitter got upset that "Rain On Me" didn't debut at number one like they'd hoped, here's the thing, you can get upset about it but when "Rockstar" outstreamed "Rain On Me" for the majority of last week then there's no reason for the upset and anyway there's probably some chance that "Rain On Me" will go number one with the release of Lady Gaga's album "Chromatica" if streaming picks up a bit.

All of this leaves "Roses" by Saint Jhn in a strange place down one to number three, its still got good streaming and sales but it's not going to go back to number one, nor is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd which dropped back to number four (it's still the year's biggest hit  so far)

Holding steady at number five is "Say So" by Doja Cat but sales are starting to slow down as is streaming so really it's not going to go higher on the chart now.

What did fall was "Stuck With U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber which took a hit down two places to number six, I don't expect this song to stick around given it's apparently for charity that they really haven't pushed too hard in the last two weeks which I find odd to say the least.

"Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee rose one place to number seven on the back of solid sales and streaming for some reason, this song has only gotten worse in the last few weeks.

Although the rise was helped by the two place fall taken by "Savage" by Meghan Thee Stallion down two places to number eight.

:"Supalonely" by BENEE feat Gus Dapperton remains at number nine this week, I expect this to be one song gone from the top ten next week along with "Toosie Slide" by Drake which thankfully took a three place plunge to number ten, looks like Australia are recovering some sense of their musical tastebuds, I was getting worried for awhile.

Gains

Some big gains right across the board this week with the biggest being for "In Your Eyes" by The Weeknd which rose a massive 27 spots to 15 this week courtesy of it getting a remix from Doja Cat.

A song I expect to see in the top ten soon is "Breaking Me" by Topic feat. A7S which climbed 11 spots to number 14. 

Re-Entries

So just the one re-entry this week with "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles which re-entered at 19 this week because Styles label decided to make it the next official single from the album rather than "Falling" thus making the top 20 much better (Overall the top 20 is a step up from what it has been in the past few weeks)

Losers

It's my pleasing duty to report that Soundcloud Waifu's "Gooba" has no longevity whatsoever as it fell 9 places this week to 23...good...

Also falling nine was "You Should Be Sad" by Halsey to 29 unfortunately. I still like that song but hey...it's had a better run on the chart than I expected.

Down eight places to to 39 is "The Box" by Roddy Ricch.

Sadly "Righteous" by Juice WRLD seems likely to fall off the chart next week as it tumbled six places to 49.

Drop Outs

Three songs left the chart this week with the biggest probably being "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas, it's secured it's place on the year end list.

The other two are unfortunately "Physical" by Dua Lipa and "Rushing Back" by Flume and Vera Blue. It will be touch and go as to whether they make the year end list.

New Entries

So apart from "Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande entering the chart at number two, there was one other new entry this week and it comes at number 34 from a collaboration mixtape from Chris Brown and Young Thug, the song is called "Go Crazy"...(it's not good at all)

Anyway that wraps up a pretty easy week on the chart, we'll have to wait and see on Saturday at 5pm to see if Lady Gaga's "Chromatica" has any impact on the singles chart while there may possibly be a new entry from Tones and I. 

2000 Sound: 28th May: Vanessa Amorosi shines her way to a top five debut while Sisqo asks the ladies if he can see their thong

Alright so there's plenty helping this week including a slew of new entries. Pity that doesn't include the very top of our top ten where Destiny's Child rules for a fourth week with "Say My Name" however that grip on number one is being challenged by "Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears which is closing the sales margin and may well overtake "Say My name" next week.

All this leaves "Never be the Same Again" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes out in the cold a bit remaining at at number three as it's not really a challenger for number one right now, it just doesn't have the numbers the songs above it does.

For yet another week, there's a new entry to the chart in the top ten and it comes from Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi with "Shine", this ballad had an excellent first week of sales and yeah, it's nice to see an Aussie artist debut a new song so highly, it pushed "Adelante" by Sash! back to number five (I am just surprised this is hanging on as well as it is).

Pink's "There You Go" rose three places to number six and remains a contender to go top five, it's got some very real traction right now so wouldn't be surprised.

Toni Braxton continues to confound everything I said about top ten debuts a few weeks ago as "He Wasn't Man Enough" remains at number seven this week.

Bardot's "Poison" continues to fall, this time three places to number eight and really Pink's big move up to six might have triggered a domino effect because "Holiday" by Naughty by Nature took a one place fall to number nine and "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC dropped four places to number ten...okay, that last one might have happened anyway.

Gains.

The slew of new entries meant that big gains were limited this week however Shaft's "Mambo Italiano" broke into the top ten up from 24 to 17 as did "Rock Me All Night" by Kaylan up from 22 to 18, those two brought along Matchbox Twenty's "Bent" which rose eight places to 19 this week.

M2M's "Mirror Mirror" rose six places to 30 this week. Again, I am not certain this song will be a hit.

Christine Anu's "Sunshine on a Rainy Day' rose ten places to 33 in one of the biggest gains of the week.

Re-Entries

Just the one return this week with Ilanda's "Breakin' There's No Stoppin' Us" back at number 38. 

Losers

There were plenty of big losers this week, Five's "Don't Wanna Let You Go" suddenly let go of number 19 to hit number 28 this week. 

:"Still" by Macy Gray got moving except it was in the wrong direction down from 21 last week to 35! Ouch!. "Bloke" by Chris Franklin lost it's ockers down nine to 39 this week.

Vanessa Amorosi's big top ten hit "Absolutely Everybody" suddenly hit the skids to fall ten places to 44 while Oblivia fell twelve places to 47 with "My Friend" and Christina Aguilera's ballad "I Turn to You" dropped nine places to 49 (not surprising, its a strange turn for Christina).

In the most pleasing news of this week is that "American Pie" by Madonna is on the brink of the exit dropping nine to fifty. Thank fucking christ for that. 

New Entries

We have a busy...and varied week in the new entries, folks. I already mentioned "Shine" by Vanessa Amorosi debuting in the top ten at number four but outside of that we also got rockers 28 Days with "Rip It Up" in at 16.

Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MCs. have their first Australian charting song with "Freestyler" in at 22 (it's not a good song at all)

An American rock supergroup that includes Tool front man Maynard Keenan called A Perfect Circle are in at 25 with "Judith". Bit of a surprise there!.

Aqua's "Around the World" arrive at 36 while American hip hop act Sisqo has his first Australian charting song asking ladies if he can see their thong in "Thong Song" at number 40.

Dance act Groove Terminator arrive at 41 with "One More Time (The Sunshine Song)".

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 25th May. Rockstar reaches the top of the summit

This week while better than last week was still a frustrating one but we saw some interesting shifts with a new number one and a song that debuted last week looking like it has some real traction going forward but firstly to the big story which lays in our top ten with our new number one that being "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch which got to the top thanks to streaming where it is dominant, its not QUITE there are on sales but if this gets sales as well then this could spend a considerable time at the time even allowing for the big debut due next week that we'll talk about later.

It pushed "Roses" by Saint JHN back to number two as "Rockstar" went past it on streaming and sales are starting to show signs of slowing, the same could go for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd back to number three as streaming slows down but sales remain decent however they are starting to bleed so we'll have to wait and see I guess.

A one place fall to number four was also in order for "Stuck On You" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber. Frankly given how forgettable this song is, I am surprised it didn't fall further but anyway, "Say So" by Doja Cat held steady at number five this week as streaming starts to show signs of slipping as sales already have so this song could leave the top ten sooner rather than later. Good

Regaining one place to number six is "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion as it recovered a little ground on streaming. Would be nice if this went back into the top 5, its a pretty good song.

What isn't going back into the top five is "Toosie Slide" by Drake which slid one place to number seven, this thing is hanging on because streaming can't let it die, it's a fucking TikTok MEME for crying out loud, Australia!

The rest of the top ten held their places this week that being "Death bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee at number eight, "Supalonely" by BENEE feat Gus Dapperton at number nine and "Don't Start Now' by Dua Lipa rounding out the top ten at number ten.

Gains

So Topic's "Breaking Me" feat. A7S is the biggest gainer this week up a massive 24 places to 25 this week which is great as I actually don't mind the song.

Breaking into the top 20 though is "ILY" by Surf Mesa feat Emilee up 8 places to 17 this week. I'm now pretty indifferent to this song now.

What I am not thrilled about is Don Toliver's "After Party" getting a 12 place boost up to 34. No, Australia, we do not need this load of garbage to become a hit, there's enough garbage making the year end all fucking ready,

Re Entries

The only re-entry this week is Future's "Life Is Good" feat. Drake which re-entered at 45 probably due to the two different versions on Future's album "High off Life". Not that it matters really because the song sucks.

Losers

Unfortunately this week's biggest loser was Juice WRLD's "Righteous" which fell 13 spots again to 41 this week. Bit of a shame given the song is pretty good considering it's posthumous Juice WRLD song.

Maroon 5's "Memories" takes a well deserved seven place slip to 47. Thank god.

Meduza's "Lose Control" feat. Becky Hill and Goodboys drops six places to 49

Drop Outs

Well I ain't complaining about this week's drop outs with "Say It Again" by OneFour feat. A$AP Ferg, "I'm Ready" by Sam Smith and Demi Lovato, "Falling" by Trevor Daniel and "City of Angels" by 24kGOLDN all gone.

New Entries

Just the three new entries this week with "Daisies" by Katy Perry debuting at 37. Definitely not the high debut she's accustomed to but we'll see if this song can get some organic groundswell behind it.

Another TikTok meme has entered the chart in the form of "Party Girl" by StaySolidRocky at number 41, a hip hop act that I do wonder the point of explaining who he is because I can see him becoming a one hit wonder and "Party Girl" is pretty awful.

Finally Kygo is back on the chart and brought Ryan Tedder and the rest of OneRepublic along for the ride with "Lose Somebody" at number 45.

So that wraps up the week. Expecting a big top ten debut for Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's collab. Not sure what other new entries will hit the chart otherwise, guess we'll find out on next Saturday at 5pm. 

ARIA Top Twenty Ranked: Week of 18th May 2020

I haven't done one of these for awhile and it was about time to take a good, hard look at the ARIA Singles top 20 and see what quality is there so now is the time especially as there's a lot to go through with this week's top 20 and I need to have a few words about several songs.

Granted I have decided to leave "Dance Monkey by Tones and I out, it was at number 16 this week but because that song made the year end list last year and won't go any higher on the 2020 year end list, I have decided to leave it out and replace it with the next available song below the top 20. 

To explain how the ranking works, tiers are used:

Awful = 0 points

Bad = 1 point per song

Meh = 2 points per song

Decent = 3 points per song

Good = 4 points per aong 

Excellent = 5 points per song

Now that is out of the way, let's get this show on the road with the absolute bottom of the barrel.

Awful

20, "Gooba" by Soundcloud Waifu (6ix9ine)

There's literally nothing to this song when it's just Soundcloud Waifu shouting over another unimpressive beat and frequent use of the n-word which should result in him being called out for using it as a white person, I thought it was wrong for white people to use said word? This song is ultimately pointless and has no place in being on the charts.

Speaking of pointless...

19. "Toosie Slide" by Drake

This song is as pointless as "Gooba". it only exists because Drake wanted to make the most boring and vapid dance song that has little to no energy that he can just drone over because the masses will just lap it up. Thank goodness that unlike elsewhere this song didn't go to number one.

18.  "Intentions" by Justin Bieber feat Quavo

For awhile, this song was the stand out for the absolute worst of 2020 and honestly...it still is. The song suffers from misogynistic and baffling regressive lyrics about her staying in the kitchen cooking up her own bread, the weird nonsense shouting out this girl's parents for making her  and the line "heart full of equity, you're an asset" which is just stupid and then there's the beat which is so bare bones and lazy; This song is skin crawlingly repulsive which remarkably fits with the rest of that album I guarantee only the Biebe diehards remember he released this year.

Bad

17. 'Say So" by Doja Cat

So honestly I think this song is pretty unimpressive, a washed out disco beat that makes Doja Cat sound harsher than she needs to be when she is rapping. It's not a good song and the Nicki Minaj remix only makes it worse in that Nicki does nothing to add to the song with her verse and her verse is just completely tacked on. NEXT!

16. "Sunday Best" by Surfaces

The production is clunky and the lyrics are so cliched. The vocal delivery is obnoxious. Enough said.

15. "Stuck With You" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber.

Charity songs are fine and if it achieves its intended purpose to raise money for charity than great but it doesn't excuse the cheap production that makes Ariana sound absolutely terrible, she is not good over a trap beat but she really would be the only reach to listen to this song especially when Bieber sounds checked out or bored or possibly both.

14. "Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee

Time hasn't been kind this song, a few weeks ago I would have put this in the meh tier but I just can't handle Beabadoobee's crooning behind Powfu's rap...there's no real melody to this so more often than not. BLEURGH.

Meh

13. "Roses" by Saint JHN

I just don't care for this song at all. It has no impact on me whatsoever. It's just another remixed electronic song. 

12. "The Scotts" by The Scotts (Travis Scott/Kid Cudi)

Oh Travis Scott made "Highest in the Room" again for 2020 except he brought Kid Cudi along for the ride. Would be nice if they could have put some effort in that might make me CARE.

Decent

11. "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch

This song is only barely just decent, it's pretty much just DaBaby and Roddy Ricch flexing but really it's probably one of the better hip hop tracks on the chart this week.

10. "Boss Bitch" by Doja Cat

This is tolerable even if Doja Cat sounds like she is trying to pull her best Nicki Minaj impersonation. It's fine enough and I wouldn't change the radio station if it came on however I wouldn't seek it out otherwise.

9. "Pump It Up" by Endor

It's a nice hype song but doesn't lyrically expand much beyond "Don't you know, pump it up, you got to pump it up". Again not one I'll seek out but wouldn't be annoyed if it was on the radio.

8. "Supalonely" by BENEE and Gus Dapperton

I don't know how I feel about this song, I get the appeal given the times we are in right now and maybe that's why I feel like it's just decent rather than purely meh. "Glitter" is better than this though.

Good

7. "You Should be Sad" by Halsey

This isn't Halsey at her best on Manic ("3am" is by far the best song on that album) but if we're going to get close to country on the ARIA chart (because we can't get "Does to Me" by Luke Combs feat. Eric Church to chart) then I will take this...We're not done with Halsey though...

6. "Be Kind" by Marshmello and Halsey

So before this song was released I was filled with dread upon learning that Marshmello and Halsey had been working together on a song, Both have consistently made my year end worst lists however much to my surprise "Be Kind" is a pretty good pop song, yes there's some production issues but this is probably the best work Marshmello has done behind the desk in awhile and the writing is fine enough.

5. "Savage"  by Megan Thee Stallion

There is a part of me that feels like this song is the light weight version of a song that Janelle Monae could make awesome but this is still good, Megan Thee Stallion just oozes charisma and personality all over one of the better songs on that EP of hers and Beyonce just kills it on the remix, she makes it a completely different song and schooled everyone on how to make remixes GOOD.

Excellent

4. "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa

So word of warning, there are two Dua Lipa songs in the excellent category, "Future Nostalgia" is one of the best pop albums of 2020 and while "Don't Start Now" is still great, it's kind of worn on me a little especially as "Physical" slays but hey as a kiss off to an ex, this is fantastic.

3. "Break My Heart" by Dua Lipa.

Like I said when you have a killer song like "Physical", that song can overshadow everything Dua releases after it but "Break My Heart" is a really great song that interpolates "Need You Tonight" by INXS (the interpolation isn't hard to miss tbh) where Dua Lipa is musing about this guy she's fallen for but realizes that he may well only just break her heart.

2. "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.

Everyone and their mothers collectively love this song, this is The Weeknd doing pop at his best. Let's just leave it at that, shall we?

1. "Adore You" by Harry Styles

It was close for number one and for the longest time, "Blinding Lights" was going to take the top spot but in the end I just couldn't deny this well executed love song that sees Harry Styles vocal delivery remind me markedly of Crowded House's "World Where You Live" (a song I love) and that chorus just sticks in your head. "Walk through fire for you. Just let me adore you, it's the only thing I'll ever do"...

Total

So we have 3 awful songs, 4 bad songs, 2 meh songs, 4 decent songs, 3 good songs and four excellent songs giving us a total of 47/100 making this a "Ehhh, Needs to improve big time"

2000 Sound: 21st May. Oops, Britney's debuted at number two

So let's get stuck straight in as  we've got a busy week here, starting with the top ten where Destiny's Child remains at number one for another week with "Say My Name" but unlike last week, it's now got a challenger because right behind it is Britney Spears with her lead single "Oops!...I Did It Again" at number two and this song is a challenger for number one with those sales!.

What's not a challenger is "Never Be the Same Again" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes which got pushed back to number three, its starting to slip on sales although radio still loves this song to pieces, I get the feeling this might become a staple.long term.

"Adelante" by Sash! remains steady at number four which is not what can be said "Poison" by Bardot which slipped two places to number five or for "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC which dropped one place to number 7

Toni Braxton's "He Wasn't Man Enough" rebounded this week up three places to number seven somehow. Not really sure I like the song but okay....

Naughty by Nature remain steady at number eight with "Holiday", they seem to be vacationing at that spot lately.

Into the top ten for the fiirst time is Pink with "There You Go" jumping two places to number nine while finally "Don't Give Up" by Chicane feat. Bryan Adams plummets four places to number ten.

Gains

The gains this week are all over the shop with the biggest being Westlife's "Flying Without Wings" which got a ten spot boost up to 31. 

Shaft's "Mambo Italiano" rose six places to 24 this wee as it continues it's rise. 

Losers

The biggest loser this week without question is Pearl James "Nothing As It Seems' which plummeted from number 7 to 29 this week! That's on trend with a number of top ten debuts lately.

Also falling hard was "Pray" by Tina Cousins which slipped from 32 to 46 this week...Ouch.

Hanson's "If Only" plunged nine to 44 while "Caught out There" by Kelis hit the skids down six to 39. and the underwhelming "Two in a Million" by S Cluh 7 drops from 25 to 32 (maybe after telling people you are a party band, not the best idea to drop a sappy ballad as your next single0.

New Entries

It's a fairly busy week for new entries and it wasn't just Britney Spears at number two with "Oops!...I Did It Again". Bon Jovi are back with "It's My Life" at number 12 (this song is potentially going to be huge on radio)

Christine Anu's cover of Zoe's 1990 hit "Sunshine on a Rainy" hits the chart at number 43.

Then we have a cluster of new entries starred by American country superstar Faith Hill's new song "Breathe" in at number 48 (a song that looks like being massive in the US), there's another UK boyband on the chart this time called Point Break and their tough sounding new single "Stand Tough" (Catchy chorus but my god those verses are kind of...yikes) at number 49 and finally electronic act Moloko hit the chart with "The Time is now at number 50.