Sunday 20 May 2018

ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart Review: 21st May. Another new number 1.

So the chart instability rages for another week, we have a new number one which I called on Twitter and some pretty significant shifts all round...some good, some bad, some really quite dreadful.

The new number one is 'This is America" by Childish Gambino and it looks like it may well be on top of the charts for awhile now given its cultural impact especially with that video and the song itself triggering much discussion. It's also number one in the US right now.

Post Malone defied expectations of a drop with "Better Now" remaining at number 2, this more than likely will now be the next single from Beerbongs and Bentleys given it's traction on the chart.

At number 3 is "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer and yeah, I am really happy about the fact this song jumped 6 places from 9 last week to reach the top 5, it's the lone 5 Seconds of Summer song that I like!.

Drake's "Nice for What" fell 3 spots to number 4 with the album "Scorpion" due out at the end of next month, I expect this to stick around awhile.Th

The current British number one "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa fell one spot to number 5. Not overly surprising given it was starting to fall away on sales.

Also starting to fall away (unfortunately) is Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" which dropped 3 places to number 6, hopefully this sticks around in the top 10 because it is a good song.


Post Malone makes his second appearance in the top 10 at number 7 with "Psycho" featuring Ty Dolla $ign, it fell two places to number 5...thank goodness, I am still struggling to understand the appeal of that song.

Another that fell two places was "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani to number 8, it's on it's way out of the top 10 but still a tad disappointing, would have liked to have seen it go number one instead of Drake.

We have a second Australian artist in the top ten this week with Amy Shark getting her second top ten hit with "I Said Hi" jumping from 13 to 9. Yet again more great news given that song is awesome.

The Weeknd wraps up the top ten at number 10 for another week with "Call Out My Name"

Gains

The biggest gainer this week was unfortunately the dated "2002" by Anne-Marie which jumped from 24 to 12

In good news, "Remind Me To Forget" by Kygo and Miguel jumped from 21 to 17 (why this song hasn't broken into the hot 100 in the US yet is beyond me)

"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd jumped from 46 to 35, it looks like being a sleeper hit.


Re-Entries

A couple of re-entries this week with the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend seeing Jessica Mauboy's "We Got Love" being the highest of the two  re-entering songs at 31.
The other is Ed Sheeran's latest single from 'Divide' with "Happier" returning at number 50.

Losers

Unfortunately Troye Sivan's "Bloom fell from 34 to 46 because we can't have nice things stay on the charts for long.

In better news "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown fell out of the top 10 to 14, "Ball for Me" by Post Malone and Nicki Minaj to 36, and "Rockstar" also by Post Malone feat. 21 Savage to 22 and "Candy Paint" to 40.

The other big drops though were mostly bad news with "These Days" by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen falling to 24, "All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA falling to 27, "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid to 33, "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton to 44, "Mine" by Bazzi to 48,


Drop Outs

The only drop out that's likely to make the year end list is Camila Cabello's "Never Be The Same", she also took Taylor Swift's "Delicate" with it (should return when Taylor tours Australia later this year)

The rest are Post Malone songs from the album bomb with "Spoil My Night" with Swae Lee, "Stay". "Rich & Sad" and "Over Now" all gone.

New Entries

Selena Gomez new single "Back to You" debuted at number 15 this week. I expect this song to be a top ten hit for her and boy, she needs a big hit.

"Playwitme" by Kyle and Kehlani enters the chart at 41 while "Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews at 42.

Finally, the unfortunate return of The Chainsmokers to the top 50 with "Somebody" featuring Drew Love at 49.


So that wraps things up. New Music Friday Review to look at the collabs by Clean Bandit with Demi Lovato and also Pharrell Williams and Camila Cabello.




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