Fair to say this week wasn't pretty at all, only few songs made gains and those songs that were climbing lost ground while others that had been falling continued their descent all because of an Eminem "Kamikaze" album bomb.
Let's begin with the top 10, Eminem didn't manage to cause a change at number one with Dean Lewis remaining at number one for a fourth straight week with "Be Alright" but it could have some competition for number one soon more on that in a moment.
It's probably not going to come from "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid at number 2, its digital sales are just not matching the song's streaming unfortunately. I actually don't mind this song at all, it's the best Halsey has sounded on anything she's done.
The real challenger for number one comes in the form of George Ezra's "Shotgun" which jumped three places to number 3 this week, it's ruling digital sales and if it gets some streaming gains then there's a fair chance that we might see this song go number one (I'd be happy with that because it's a pretty great pop song)
This where we hit the first and second of the eleven new Eminem songs that reached the ARIA top 50 this week with "Lucky You" feat. Lucas Joyner at number four and "The Ringer" at number five, I don't expect either of these two songs to stick around in the top ten though.
Former chart topper "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer fell three places to number 6 as it continues to rise on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, it currently sits at number thirteen and is a chance of breaking into the top ten there.
It was the same sized drop for Maroon 5 and Cardi B with "Girls Like You" dropping to number seven.
Perhaps mostly surprisingly is the fact "High Hopes" by Panic! At the Disco remaining at number eight. It's actually in Australia where this song is performing the best which is a bit of a surprise.
"In My Feelings" by Drake slid for four places because the novelty of the challenge for this song is being replaced by similarly annoying challenges for crap songs.
Rounding out the the top ten is "No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo at number ten which is a drop of three places.
I expect most of those that dropped places will regain them once the Eminem album bomb recedes.
Gains
Very few gains of note this week, the biggest mover was "Happier" by Marshmello feat. Bastille which jumped from 25 to 19.
Losers
There were some big losers across the board, I am not going to go through every single song that lost this week because most of them will regain ground next week with the album bomb fading away. The biggest loser was "Solo" by Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato fell from 28 to 41.
Other songs to fall big included "I Like It' by Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny and J Balvin (I am not convinced the Australian public love Cardi B just yet to be honest), "I'll be There' by Jess Glynne falling from 29 to 36 and "No Tears Left to Cry" by Ariana Grande down to 42 from 31 however I suspect those songs may well have been on the way out anyway.
Taking a hit were "Happy Now" by Zedd and Elley Duhe down to 35 from 27 and "Beautiful" by Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello down to 21 from 18.
Drop Outs
So let's start with songs that will make the year end list that fell out of the top 50 this week: "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa, "Back To You" by Selena Gomez", former number one"God's Plan" by Drake (thank godness), "Nice for What" by Drake and "Psycho" by Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign.
Songs having their run cut short. "Nonstop" by Drake (not a good week at all for Drake) and "Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews.
Gone and probably won't return: "Idol" by BTS (Good, a pretty awful song),
Might return with Eminem's album bomb receding: "Goodbye" by Jason Derulo feat. David Guetta, Nicki Minaj and Willy William, "I'm A Mess" by Bebe Rexha and "Don't Leave Me Alone" by David Guetta feat. Anne-Marie.
New Entries
So I am going to make this quick and get through all of these Eminem new entries as quickly as possible because I doubt any of them are sticking around.
Outside of "Lucky You" and "The Ringer", there was "Kamikaze" at 13, "Greatest" at 15, "Fall" at 23, "Not Alike" feat. Royce Da 5'9", "Stepping Stone" at 34, "Venom" at 37, "Good Guy" feat. Jessie Reyez at 46 and finally "Nice Guy" also feat. Jessie Reyez at 48.
Ugh, I dislike album bombs, hopefully the one recedes quickly. ARIA will post the latest chart update at 5pm on Saturday.
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