Shortened one this week, am only going to focus on the top 50 from now on rather looking at the top 100. Things actually took a positive upswing for once, although I don't expect it to last long.
Indeed, the bad news was the empty vessel that is "God's Plan" by Drake remains at number one yet again but with The Weeknd on the horizon...it could get interesting as this song has definitely slipped a little on streaming and sales have dropped off.
Whether or not it opens the way for "Psycho" by Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign which remains at number 2 is another story entirely as The Weeknd will most likely push this song back which is a good thing. I'll take The Weeknd at not quite his best over "Psycho" that's for sure.
At number 3 is the biggest mover inside the top ten..."IDGAF" by Dua Lipa climbed 5 places to number 3...I am so happy to see this song become almost as big a hit as "New Rules" (Australia did Dua a dirty by not getting "New Rules" to number one) and it's a good song.
However I can't say the same for ever increasingly juvenile "Friends" by Marshmello and Annie Marie which climbed 2 spots to number 4.
Also I have no idea why anyone would care for "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown which managed to be the biggest mover of the week, climbing from 18 to sit at number 5.
All this meant "These Days" by Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen slipped to number 6 from 4 last week.
Remaining steady at number 7 is "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey.
Dropping three places is 'All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA as the Black Panther hype continues to fade away.
We have a new entry at number 9, Shawn Mendes with "In My Blood" - the highest new entry of 5 songs to debut this.
Finally I am also happy to see "Love lies" by Khalid and Normani arrive in the top ten at number ten, its a good song and if it means the irritating 'Meant to Be" is out of the top ten then I am very happy with that!
Gains
Well as I said before "Freaky Friday" was the biggest gainer of the week but there was also a good four place gain for "Capital Letters" by Hailee Steinfeld and Bloodpop (it's not a bad song) to 32 especially in a week that saw plenty of losers but we'll get to some of the bigger losers in a second.
Re-Entries
There was one re-entry this week with a Drake remix sparking the return of "Lemon" by N*E*R*D and Rihanna at 44.
Falls
Troye Sivan fell hard with "My My My!" as it dropped 10 places to 31, "Wolves" by Marshmello and Selena Gomez is also on the way out falling six places to 40 (should make the year end list for 2018 though), "Everyday" by Logic and Marshmello fell nine to 49.
The hype from the Ed Sheeran tour has begun to fade with "erfect" falling from 3 to 12 and "Shape of You" from 19 to 25 (when on earth is that song going to leave? Seriously) also "River" with Eminem fell 5 to 18.
Drop outs
Both Ed Sheeran's big hits "Castle on the Hill" and "Galway Girl" fell out along with "Anywhere" by Rita Ora and "Young, Dumb and Broke" by Khalid (there's a new collab that he has done that is absolutely excellent, might well mention it in the New Music Friday review).
Sadly "Coming Home" by Sheppard also left meaning I am doubtful that it will make the year end list but most pleasingly they also took "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers with them showing time on the fame clock may well be up for The Chainsmokers and thank goodness for that!
New Entries
So as I said there were 5 new entries to the chart and all of them are awesome to good. Shawn Mendes new single "In My Blood" debuted at number 9 (a well timed video will push it even higher) and Mendes other song "Lost in Japan" debuted at number 27.
One of the very few good songs of Taylor Swift's album "Reputation, "Delicate" debuted at 38.
The awesome comes in the final two new entries with 21 year old singer Anna Robinson or aka Robinson debuted in the top 50 with "Nothing to Regret" at number 46...that song is awesome and deserves to be a hit.
Speaking of awesome so is Kygo's new single with Miguel called "Remind me to Forget" which arrived at number 48. Yet, please Australia make this song a HIT.
So we await the chaos The Weeknd's "My Dear Melancholy" EP will reap on the charts and man alive I am expecting to see some change in that top 2!
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