Very little in the way of surprises this week, we got the Ariana Grande album bomb that was expected and considering the album debuted at number one, we got two Ariana songs inside the top ten.
However it's still Dean Lewis at the top for week number 2 at number 1 with "Be Alright" and really I don't see this song being knocked off number one for awhile with streaming and sales still extremely strong for this song.
This week's new number 1 in New Zealand sits at number 2 on the Australian singles chart that being "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid jumped two places to number 4. This song has been going gangbusters on streaming for awhile but it needs stronger digital sales to challenge "Be Alright"
However it did push "In My Feelings" by Drake to number 3 and "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer to number 4.
A song that's a contender for being the biggest song of the year to be blocked from number one is remaining at number 5 this week, that song being "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B.
It's yet another week at number six for "No Brainer" by DJ Khalid feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo.
We then get to "God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande which returned to the top ten by jumping ten places to number 7 courtesy of the album dropping. Ariana's likely next single "Breathin'" is the highest new entry this week at number 8
The song that is likely to make a play for number one should streaming improve is "Shotgun" by George Ezra which jumped two places to number 9.
Finally Panic! At the Disco round out the top 10 at number 10 with "High Hopes" but I expect this song to rebound post the Ariana Grande "Sweetener" album bomb
Gainers
Unsurprisingly the biggest gainer this week was from Ariana Grande with former number one "No Tears Left to Cry" rising from 45 to 21. We've already mentioned the big gain for "God is a Woman"
"Beautiful" by Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello jumped from 34 to 22. Bazzi looks to be one of the breakout stars of 2018.
Also breaking back into the top 20 is "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khalid up from 21 to 17.
Finally the last of the big gainers is the Canadian and UK hit "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando (a song I don't get the appeal of to be honest but good on you if you like it) which jumped 8 places to 40.
Re-Entries
The recent passed and much loved Aretha Franklin's "Respect returns to the top 50 at number 50, it originally peaked at number 14 in 1967. There's not much I can say that would properly pay true respect to somebody as amazing as Aretha was.
Losers
Anyway getting back into it, time to look at our losers this week and "Stargazing" by Travis Scott continued it's freefall down from 32 to 49 to be the biggest loser this week.
"Better Now" by Post Malone fell from 12 to 18 (The sooner this song is gone the better) while "FEFE" by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj fell four places to 19.
"I Wanna Know" by NOTD and Bea Miller (a song I kind of wish was better than it actually is) dropped to 28 from 23.
On the subject of crap, "Sad!" by XXXTentacion fell to 32 from 27 while "God's Plan" by Drake fell to 46 from 39. "Nice for What?" by Drake slipped to 45 from 36.
Finally on the losers front, Amy Shark's "I Said Hi" continues its exit path fealling from 31 to 39. ("All Loved Up" is on the way, Amy Shark fans, don't worry!).
Drop Outs.
The drop outs this week are a mixed back with the pretty awful "Psycho" by Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign and the meh "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran both likely to make year end list despite Sheeran's song being from 2017!
Also likely to make the year end list is "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani. Sad to see it go but also happy that it will make year end list because it's a good song.
Following those out are "Bed" by Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande (weird, as I would have expected that to also get a rise given Ariana's involvement), "Don't Leave Me Alone" by David Guetta and Anne-Marie and finally "You Should See Me in A Crown" by Billie Eilish.
New Entries
So outside of Ariana's "Breathin'" which cracked the top ten, there were 4 other new entries with "Promises" by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith debuting at number 30 (I really like this song despite some annoying elements).
From there we get to "Everytime" by Ariana Grande at number 36 and Ariana's album title tracker "Sweetener" entering at 43.
Finally "Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille is the last of the new entries at number 48.
So what to expect on Saturday, probably Dean Lewis remaining at number one while there's likely to be new chart entries for BTS (sadly their new song is a pile of awful), Jason DeRulo collaborating with Nicki Minaj and Willy William...whatever else who knows.
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