This week really does feel like the calm before the storm in terms of the ARIA Singles Chart right now, well at least until Taylor Swift hits the chart big time next week and probably will debut at number 1.
Before we get to this week's top 10. Two songs did leave the top 10, those being "Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled, Rihanna and Bryson Tiller and "Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt (thank goodness...but it will probably make the year end list unfortunately).
So onto the top 10 and it's a second week at number one for Pink's "What About Us?". Whether or not Pink gets a third week is dependent on the numbers for Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me do"
Debuting at number two is "Friends" by Justin Bieber and Bloodpop, with Taylor Swift's impending arrival next week I don't see this song getting to number one. It might spend a good chunk of time at number 2 but we'll see.
Number 3 is New Zealand's new number 1 "Glorious" by Macklemore feat. Skylar Gray. Think this has missed it's opportunity for top spot but we'll see as it's still going strong on the streaming services despite dropping from number 2.
Imagine Dragons remain stable at number 4 with "Thunder" but it's not a challenger for number one now.
"Despacito (Remix)" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber dropped to number 5. Largely due to the song having lost a lot of steam in recent times but will definitely be in that top 5 on the year end list and it looks like it may break Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's chart record for amount of weeks at number one in the US.
At number 6 is former UK chart topper "Feels" by Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean which dropped one place this week.
"Unforgettable" by French Montana feat. Swae Lee climbed one place to number 7 and swapped with "Strip That Down" by Liam Payne feat. Quavo which dropped to number 8 (I suspect that song is on the way out)
Unfortunately what also suffered a drop was Kesha's "Praying" off the back of all the album release gains last week with it down 3 places to number 9. "Rainbow" is a magnificent album even if you aren't a Kesha fan, I highly recommend you buy the album.
A song to keep an eye on for a possible top 5 appearance is the current UK number one "New Rules' by Dua Lipa which climbed another 5 places to number 10. That song is doing big business in the UK so wouldn't be surprised if it stuck around in the top 10 awhile.
Biggest gainer on the chart went to Lauv's "I Like Me Better which rose from 40 to 29, Avicii's "Without You" with Sandro Cavazza also experienced an impressive rise from 33 to 26, "Sorry not Sorry" by Demi Lovato rose from 21 to 14 and for some inexplicable reason "Mi Gente" by J Balvin and Willy William climbed three places to 28.
There one re-entry at number 50 with Halsey's "Now or Never" returning,
As for losers, the biggest of them being Childish Gambino's "Redbone" which dropped 12 places to 39, "Fetish" by Selena Gomez feat. Gucci Mane, which has never really taken off a great deal in Australia, dropped from 30 to 40 and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes dropped from 17 to 21.
As for drop outs, no real surprises with "Believer" by Imagine Dragons, "Galway Girl" by Ed Sheeran, "Swalla" by Jason DeRulo feat. Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign and "Crying in the Club" by Camila Cabello. Both "Believer" and "Crying in the Club" departures seem a bit premature given both have spent just 9 weeks in the chart but Camila Cabello really hasn't captured the hearts and minds of Australians if we're to be honest
Outside of the top 10, there were two other new entries quite the way lower down with Khalid's "Young, Dumb and Broke" entering at 44 and rather surprisingly "Younger Now" by Miley Cyrus entering at 49 which is a bit worrying considering the album is not far away from being released!
There were four new entries to the top 100 this week with the best of those being "Questions" by Chris Brown (which interpolates the 2003 hit "Turn Me On" by Kevin Lyttle quite badly) at number 56, "Havana" by Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug at 62, "Reggaeton Lento (Remix)" by CNCO and Little Mix at number 68 and the song that is doing extremely well in the US is "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B at 94.
So that's this week on the ARIA chart done and dusted, we now wait to see whether or not Pink can somehow stave off the juggernaut that is Taylor Swift for number 1 (I doubt she can). Don't forget you can check out my thoughts on the new single from Taylor Swift here and I'll have the rest of New Music Friday Review featuring Demi Lovato and Foo Fighters up sometime this week.
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