2000 Sound: 26th November. Dogs barking at the top as Destinys Child declare women are independent

 This week...oh boy...let's just dive straight into it with the top ten where we have a brand new number one with "Who Let the Dogs Out" by the Baha Men...it got there because somehow this got sales traction enough to take the number one...sigh...this is another of those.."WHY? Just why, Australia?.

it pushed "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus back to number two but its still play to take number one, it had a good week on sales, it just got outdone by the sales surge for "Who Let The Dogs Out".

"Friends Forever (Graduation) by Vitamin C climbed one place to number three as schools across Australia opt to use this for their graduating year twelve students. I'm kind of sick of this song.

Spiller's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" tumbled two places to number four as the sales fell away, it's under threat from Human Nature's "He Don't Love You" which somehow rose seven places to number five...I know it had a lot of hype from appearing on Neighbours but really?

Madasun's "Don't You Worry" jumped two places to number six. Nice to see this song sticking around...I still like it a lot. 

All of this meant the rest of our top ten took steps backward or remained steady, starting with "Holler" by Spice Girls which slipped two places to number seven, "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin which stumbled two places to number eight, remaining at number nine is "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez and finally "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba plunged three places to number ten.

Gains

"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo climbed eleven places to 14 because as I keep saying this song is going to be a top ten hit,there's an appeal to it that just works for it.

Matchbox Twenty jumped from 34 to 22 with "If You're Gone" (a song I actually really like so am glad to see this become a hit),

Also happy that "Gravity" by The Superjesus climbed nine places to number 35. Good to see!

Re-Entries

Paul Kelly's "Roll On Summer" EP is back at number 40 while Anuj will be glad that the Australian public still remember him with "Remember Me" back at number 46

Losers

Alright, we had a lot of losers this week so let's start with "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" by 98 Degrees slipped from 42 to 50.

Madison Avenue plunged from 37 to 44 with "Everything You Need" while "We'll be One" by Nikki Webster and Sing 2001 Choir slipped ten places to 43. 

Billie Piper's "Something Deep Inside" fell from 35 to 41 this week...this song just doesn't quite have the same energy as "Day & Night" so not surprising.

Not a great week for the Aussies continued with Savage Garden down seven places to 37 with "Chained to You" while "On A Night Like This" 

" I Want Candy" by Aaron Carter slipped nine places to 36 because who the hell wants this?

"Fill Me In" by Craig David got the shimmies down from 26 to 33 while unfortunately "Black Coffee" by All Saints slipped from 23 to 32...damn.

"B-Boys & Flygirls" by Bomfunk MCs fell from 17 to 24.

New Entries

The highest debuting new entry of the week belongs to Craig David with "7 Days" in at number 16. Not better than "Fill Me In" but ehh...its fine.

Destiny's Child's 'Charlie's Angels' song "Independent Women Part 1" debuts at number 18. 

Finally because we apparently we needed it...Limp Bizkit are back with a new song called "My Generation at number 49....ewww.

ARIA Singles Top Ten/ Chart Review: 23rd November. Whoopty! Mood retains number one.

 A fairly standard week here which I will take given next week is likely going to have a lot of chaos and disruption around it thanks to BTS and collabs by Miley Cyrus with Dua Lipa and Shawn Mendes with Justin Bieber coming but let's get right to it starting with our top ten where "Mood" by 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior rules at number one for a sixth week thanks mostly to just purely consistent streaming because it's not dominant on any platform right now.

The song that spent the week mostly dominant on streaming was "positions" by Ariana Grande, I was sure this was going to return to number one but it effectively doesn't really have the sales to match or surpass "Mood". 

There's a new entry at number three this week courtesy of Billie Eilish with "Therefore I Am". Good sales and streaming but not enough to topple either "Mood" or "positions" but it did push "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry feat. MNEK back to number four. It feels like "Head & Heart" has been trying to launch a run at number one for the last few weeks with it taking a lead on Apple Music for a couple of days last week.

"Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper slipped back one place to number five, its a monster on sales still and it's streaming is holding up a little better than those behind it.

Rising one place to number six is "So Done" by The Kid Laroi because yeah we need a pretty god damn awful song in the top ten for some bizarre reason.

Speaking of rubbish rising that would explain why "You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae also climbed one place to number seven. Like "So Done", this song still has some streaming so we've not seen the last of this song in the top tenn.

In good news, "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby gained two places to number eight and it's got traction on streaming and on sales so we'll have to see what happens. Hopefully we can get four Dua Lipa songs from "Future Nostalgia" on the Australian year end chart.

All this was because "What You Know about Love" by Pop Smoke which fell back four places to number nine as this song is only hanging on via streaming that doesn't quite ready to die yet, the same goes for "Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna feat. BAV and Don Toliver which also fell four places to number ten as streaming slowed up.

Gains

The gains this week aren't exactly bundles of good news here.Okay, I'll give a pass to Ariana Grande's "POV" which rebounded from 47 to 29 ( I do not get why "34+35" is the single when its clear that "POV" is the song that Ariana fans love from "positions") as I do like that song but the other two major gains are questionable at best.."Lasting Lover" by Sigala and James Arthur rose 16 places to 30, "My City" by OneFour feat. The Kid Laroi jumped from 48 to 35 (OneFour released an EP which explains the rebound of this song).

Re-Entries

There is one return this week courtesy of James Arthur's "Train Wreck" back at number 50...lovely...

Losers

There's more bad news in our losers with  "Forever After All" by Luke Combs took an eleven place hit to 42, and "Diamonds" by Sam Smith down ten to 44.

Drop Outs

Two of the four drop outs are likely assured of places on the year end list with "Rain on Me": by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande and "This Ciry" by Sam Fischer both gone. 

Ariana Grande's "Motive" feat Doja Cat is also gone taking with it 'Tragic" by The Kid Laroi.

New Entries

There are two other new entries aside from "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish with Tones and I's "Fly Away" in at 21 and American rapper CJ's pretty terrible "Whoopty" arriving at 41.

So that wraps up this week...next week is going to be pretty damn wild this BTS and the two collabs I mentioned so we'll have to see what happens and how all tha shakes up the chart at 5pm AEDT on Saturday

2000 Sound: 19th November. Who Let the Baha Men Out? Why Are Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis Cruisin?

 Well ain't this an interesting development? We have yet another brand new number one this week and a brand new entry in the top five so let's get stuck into it with the top ten where the new number one is the first for this American rock band....that's right....it's Wheatus with "Teenage Dirtbag" and it got there through extremely strong sales. 

Ir handily outsold "Groovejet (If this Ain't Love)" by Spiller which slipped back to number two, whether or not it can return to number one is an open question. 

A new entry in at number comes from a group hailing from the Bahamas called the Baha Men, the song is called "Who Let the Dogs Out"...the song is every bit as annoying as the title sounds.

The biggest mover of the week within the top ten comes from Vitamin C with "Friends Forever (Graduation)" rising six places to number four, this is a player for number one if any of the songs above it start showing weakness.

"Holler" by Spice Girls regains one place to number five because people don't realize that this song is not actually a very Spice Girls song. 

All of this meant the rest of the top ten either got pushed back or remained steady with "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin down two places to number six,  "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba down four to number seven and "Don't You Worry" by Madasun down one to number eight. Jennifer Lopez remained steady at number nine while Pink's 'Most Girls" finally looks to be on the way out down two spots to number ten.

Gains

"Original Prankster" by The Offspring went up six places to 29 while "Chain of Fools" by Jimmy Barnes went up five spots to 15.

Losers

Wow, we had a lot of big losers this week so we'll go in chart order so down nine places to 14 is "Shape of My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys.

 "Kids" by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue tripped over lego to slide eight places to 22.

Craig David's got more gaps as "Fill Me In" blanked out eleven places to 26. Nikki Webster & Sing 2001 Choir's song for Sydney Olympics "We'll Be One" fell from 26 to 33 this week.

"If You're Gone" by Matchbox Twenty fell from 27 to 34 this week...bit of a shame as I really like that song. The same goes for "Absolutely (Story of  a Girl)" by Nine Days which slipped eleven places to 49.

The rest of the falls are songs that have been hits fading away naturally like U2's "Beautiful Day" got clouded over six places to 18, "Everything You Need" by Madison Avenue fell eight places to 37, m Madonna's "Music' plunged from 24 to 38 as people finally realize the song is fucking awful.

Finally Ronan Keating's "Life is a Rollercoaster" fell eleven places to 45.

New Entries

So outside of "Who Let The Dogs Out" by the Baha Men debuting at number three, what else debuted? Well at number 12 is the new single from Human Nature called "He Don't Love You", a pretty brash, kind of catty number from Human Nature which is unusual for them.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has teamed up with 80s star Huey Lewis for a cover of the Smokey Robinson song "Cruisin'" which is in a 28...the cover is not good AT ALL.

Westlife's new single "My Love" sails in at number 36 while The Corrs are looking to follow up the success of "Breathless" with "Irresistible as it debuts at number 39

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: November 16th: The Kid Laroi rides into the top ten.

 So this week was a cool down week and it somewhat played out exactly the way I thought it would a few weeks ago, we have a returning number one and a few easily explained shifts up and down the chart so let's get stuck into it where as I said we have a returning number one in the form of "Mood" by 24k Goldn feat. Iann Dior, it's the song's fifth week at number one and honestly it's an open question as to whether it will get a sixth week at the top because right behind it is last week's number one "positions" by Ariana Grande, it's still got some traction on streaming but I am not certain that it can make a play to return to number one given the new releases coming to the chart next week....oof.

I would say "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK is in perfect position to snatch the top spot as it is doing better on digital sales than both songs above it but again with the new releases especially one that's probably going to debut at least top five

That's not the case for "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat Chance The Rapper remaining at number four, its steady on sales but it's not making up ground on the songs ahead of it.

The late Pop Smoke has his first top five hit with "What You Know Bout Love" rising two places to number five thanks to good streaming in the most part because it doesn't have sales traction, it moved past "Lemonade" by Internet Money feat. Gunna, NAV and Don Toliver down one to number six as streaming slowly starts to fade for this song.

We have the first of two new arrivals to the top ten at number seven with "So Done" by The Kid Laroi which off the back of streaming gains and an EP release rose nine places to give The Kid Laroi his first Australian top ten hit...wish the song was actually good though...just saying;

"You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae remains steady at number eight. Kind of annoyed this song is hanging around now but it's safe from "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion as it fell away naturally down three to number nine, likely gone from top ten next week.

Finally rising one place to join the top ten for the first time is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby at number ten. This song will likely make the year end which I am fine with because the original version of this song is one of my favourite songs from "Future Nostalgia"

Gains

The biggest gain of the week belonged to Miley Cyrus with "Midnight Sky" rising from 25 to 12 mostly thanks to the insanely good mash up of it with the song that inspires the melody namely 'Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks...you can argue the mash up is actually pretty damn great to be honest.

There were a lot of gains this week as the Ariana Grande album bomb receded so I am just going to go through a few of the other big gains like for the long running 2019 hits that won't go away like "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi up six places to 32 and "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I up from 43 to 36,

"Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande jumped from 44 to 38 while "This City" by Sam Fischer rose seven places to 40. 

"What's Poppin'" by Jack Harlow rose from 49 to 43,

Re-Entries

Lewis Capaldi is back at number 50 with "Before You Go" but surprisingly that was it.

Losers

Ariana Grande album tracks form the majority of our big losers with "Motive" feat. Doja Cat demotivating down from 19 to 45, "Pov" POQed down from 39 to 47 (this song has some groundswell behind so wouldn't be surprised to see it rise while "34+35" slipped out of the top 10 to 18. 

The one non Ariana loser was "My City" by Onefour feat. The Kid Laroi which slipped twenty places to number 48.

Drop Outs

The drop outs are all Ariana Grande album tracks with "Off The table" feat. The Weeknd, "Safety Net" feat. Ty Dolla $ign, "Just Like Magic" and "Shut Up" all gone and probably won't be back.

New Entries

Three new entries with two of them being from The Kid Laroi thanks to the EP with "Always Do" at 37 and "Tragic" at 41 while "Lasting Lover" by Sigala and James Arthur turns up at 46 (a song I actually don't mind).

Next week is huge, Billie Eilish's new song debuts likely top five at this point rather than number one, Tones and I flies in with her latest single and Onefour will likely get a song on the chart as well. Not sure about whether or not Lil Nas X will chart as "Holiday" doesn't seem to have any kind of streaming whatsoever right now but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT when ARIA update the chart.

2000 Sound: 12th November. Don't You Worry, the top ten cleanout is just doing it for the KIds

 We got a moderate to standard week here, yeah we had some changes but nothing that is too wild or anything like that...in fact, it's pretty normal especially if you look at the number one for yet another which which is Spiller's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" as it still rules on sales and radio are absolutely LOVING this song, its everywhere right now.

It's closest threat and contender for number one is "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus up one place to number two on back of solid sales but is also rising to be a player for top spot is "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba which rose two places to number three, it's actually looking like being a serious threat to Spiller. 

What surprised me is the out of nowhere two place rise to number four for "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin, this still somehow has legs...why?

The highest debut of the week comes from the Backstreet Boys with "Shape Of My Heart" at number five. The song is fine but the Backstreet Boys have done better this year.

All that meant the sudden four place drop to number six for "Holler" by the Spice Girls...honestly I'd be fine if this disappeared off the charts altogether especially as it strips the girls of their personalities making it flat and lifeless as a Spice Girls song.

So it seems it was a week of change in the top ten because the first of three songs to rise into the top ten is Madasun's "Don't You Worry" which climbed seven places to number seven. 

Pink's "Most Girls" stalls at number eight while unfortunately, "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez got a six place jump to arrive in the top ten at number nine.

Finally, Vitamin C's "Friends Forever (Graduation" rose seven places to number ten to give Vitamin C her first top ten hit.

Gains

So two major gains this week are cases of continued momentum with "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo up from 31 to 23 and "If You're Gone" by Matchbox Twenty rising eleven places to 27.

There were five place gains for "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" by Mircheeba to 44 and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want is You) by Christina Aguilera to 11.

Losers

It was a bloodbath for songs that were in the top ten last week with U2's "Beautiful Day" down eight places to 12, "Fill Me In" by Craig David dropping down from number seven to 15, "B Boys & Flygirls" by Bomfunk MCs down from number nine to 16 while "On A Night like this" by Kylie Minogue dropped nine places to 19.

"These Days" by Bardot dropped six places to 39, "Everything You Need" by Madison Avenue got hit down six to 29 and the charts are proving to be a rollercoaster for Ronan Keating with "Life is a Rollercoaster" down from 26 to 34...ouch.

New Entries

So I have already talked about the new entry for the Backstreet Boys in the top ten with "Shape of My Heart" at number five but beyond that we have a collab between Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue called "Kids" at number 14...a song I actually kind of like.

The new entries have got a distinctly Australian flavour with You Am I at number 37 with "Damage" and Anuj with 'Remember Me" at number 50. The ,latter being kind of annoying

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 9th November. Positions lands album bomb for Ariana Grande

 I was tempted to just ignore this week and not worry about covering it mostly because everyone is busy watching the US Presidential election play out as though it's an episode of "Days Of Our Lives" or one of those stupid American soaps, nobody really gives a shit about the pop charts right now especially when it's not particularly an interesting week, right?

Well okay...we may as well deal with the charts because we did get an album bomb from Ariana Grande who got seven new songs from her album "positions" onto the top fifty on the singles chart while the album debuted at number two on the ARIA top 50 albums behind Midnight Oil's "The Makarrata Project" however "oositions" album release was enough to keep the title track at number one for a second week however it's dying in slow motion on sales with streaming propping it up for now.

It held on ahead of "Mood" by 24k Goldn and Iann Dior which spent another week at number two as it also is leaking on sales but like "positions" is holding its place on streaming however it does also hve a remix feat. Justin Bieber and J Balvin that might just see it nab another week at number one.

A song that could make a play for number one is "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry feat. MNEK which is doing well on sales and finally picking up some traction on streaming again, it held up over "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper which again remained at number four.

"Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna feat. NAV and Don Toliver up one place to five, it's got consistent streaming that's keeping it afloat in the top ten as it flew past "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion as it is beginning to fade naturally down place to number six.

"What You Know Bout Love" by the late Pop Smoke rose one place to number seven as it continues to look like it might have a run in the top ten, following it up is unfortunately "You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae up one to number eight, we don't need bland derivative Billie Eilish rip offs on the chart, people!

Now we hit the first evidence of the Ariana Grande album bomb with "34+35" debuting at number nine, not surprising as it is being touted as the next single from the album.

Finally "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac is down three places to number ten as the virality wears off but I suspect it should still make the year end list.

Gains

Not too many big gains given it is an album bomb week but we did get "Diamonds" by Sam Smith having the biggest gain of the week up  ten places to 33 thanks to the release of Sam's album "Love Goes"

"So Done" by The Kid Laroi up four places to 16, this song looks like blowing up in the USA somehow which is unfortunate because it's not that good.

Re Entries

Just the one return this week with "Golden" by Harry Styles back at number 41.

Losers

We have a slew of losers this week and most of them are set to make the year regardless, well, maybe apart from the week's biggest loser "Forever After All" by Luke Combs which slipped 20 spots to 34 unfortunately (this should hopefully rebound as the Ariana album tracks leave the chart)

The rest of these are pretty much locked on the year end list like "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa down ten places to 50 or "What's Poppin'" by Jack Harlow also down ten to 49, "Go Crazy" by Chris Brown and Young Thug down 12 places to 48, "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande down nine places to 44 (bit of a surprise, would have thought this song would get a rebound considering Ariana is involved with it) and "Mood Swings" by Pop Smoke down from 34 to 46 this week.

"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I slipped from 37 to 43 while "This City" by Sam Fischer dropped nine places to 47, "My Ex's Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly feat. Blackbear dropped six places to 36.

Some of these will likely rebound next week so we'll have to see.

Drop Outs

Nine drop outs and there are some massive ones here like "Circles" by Post Malone which leaves after 60 weeks on the ARIA singles chart (it's also left the Billboard Hot 100)

Also gone are songs likely to make year end list like "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi,  "Popstar" by DJ Khaled and Drake and possibly "Heather" by Conan Gray.

The Ariana Grande album bomb also saw "Kings & Queens" by Ava Max, "Everybody Rise" by Amy Shark, "Secrets' by Regard, "Train Wreck" by James Arthur and "Together" by Sia

New Entries

So the only non Ariana Grande new entry came from Onefour who teamed up with The Kid Laroi for "My City" which is in at number 28.

As for the Ariana Grande songs, I already mentioned "34+35" in at number 9 but beyond that? Well, "Motive" feat. Doja Cat slots in at 19, "Off the Table" feat. The Weeknd is in at number 32, "Pov" checks in at 39 (the best song from the album), "Just Like Magic" waves its wand at 40, "Safety Net"
feat. Ty Dolla Sign makes it's landing at 42 and somewhat appropriately "Shut Up" zips in at 45.

That wraps up a busy week, shaping like we're going to be seeing some more new The Kid Laroi on the chart next week. Hopefully one or two songs from that new Kylie Minogue album cross over but we'll find out when ARIA updates their charts at 5pm on Saturday.

2000 Sound. 5th November. Spice Girls given something to Holler about by Spiller's flying Groovejet

 So this week we finally got some stability at the very top of the ARIA singles chart and I am kind of glad of that because I was starting to get frustrated at the revolving door cycle of number ones we were having but anyhow let's get to the top ten where for a second week, it's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Spiller at the top again riding some pretty solid sales. it kept hold of the top spot despite a surge from a new entry from the Spice Girls (now minus Geri) called "Holler" which debuted at number two which I guess got hype off the back of the curiosity of how the group would sound without Geri Halliwell.

However it looks like Wheatus are going to be the big challenger for number one as it rose two places to number three on the back of some pretty good sales, this song could well be the next number one, hell it flew past "Beautiful Day" by U2 which remained steady at number four and right behind them is this week's big top ten gainer "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba which flew into up six places to number five! Wowsers!

"She Bangs" by Ricky Martin has less bang this week as it clattered down three places to number six while Craig David  asking to be filled in at number seven for another week with "Fill Me In"

Pink's "Most Girls" got hit with a six place drop as it slipped down to number eight while unfortunately up a place is "B-Boys & Flygirls" to number nine.

Finally rounding out the top ten is "On A Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue.

Gains

Continuing it's rise is "Friends Forever (Graduation)" by Vitamin C which hit the top 20 up from 22 to 17 this week, this song will hit the top ten eventually.

"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo rose five places to 31. One of the biggest rises of the week belongs to American rock band Matchbox Twenty as they climbed ten places to 38 which is fine because I like the song while Bardot's "These Days" recovered nine places to 33.

Losers

Let's deal with a lot of losers this week so we'll start with the hits that are fading naturally like Britney Spears "Lucky" down eleven places to 48 and "Try Again" by Aaliyah which dropped from 31 to 44 this week (ouch).

Dropping out of the top ten is "Come On Over Baby (All I Want is You)" by Christina Aguilera which dropped from 9 to 16 this week.

Then there are songs that have just lost all momentum like "Rome Wasn't Built in a day" by Morcheeba which plunged eleven places to 49, "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" by Nine Days dropping nine places to 41, "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche" by 98 Degrees slipped eight places to number 37 while Girl Thing's "Last One Standing" got sat down at 35 down from 28.

New Entries

So what else turned up this week apart from the Spice Girls having the biggest new entry of the week with "Holler" at number two?

Well, Jimmy Barnes is at 18 with his cover of Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools". The Offspring have let "Original Prankster" off the chain at number 39 while Blink 182 are shouting "Man Overboard" lodging at 40.

Finally, Paul Kelly's "Roll on Summer (EP)" debuts at number 50