Well, when I said last week that "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper was going to be a big mover up this week, I didn't ever think it would be the major disturbance to the top ten in the way it has and that's not counting another new arrival in the top ten which we'll get to in a moment.
So let's get to that top ten, shall we? We have a new number one this week that being "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper which jumped from 17 to take the number one spot., it's Cooper's first number one single and it's Lady Gaga's first since "Born This Way" topped the chart in 2011. It's long prospects at number one? Well, that's a vexed question because while it's ruling digital sales, streaming isn't quite there yet.
"Shallow"'s rise to number one meant that George Ezra's "Shotgun" got pushed back to number two, I fully expect this song to start to fall away because it's not as healthy across the board as some of it's rivals.
A contender for the number two slot is "Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille at number 3, this song is pretty healthy across the boardeven though there are questions over the quality of the song.
Benny Blanco has a new song coming on November 2nd with Calvin Harris but his current hit "Eastside" feat. Halsey and Khalid slipped two places to number four and really this song is in an awkward place.
Former chart topper "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis slipped one place to number five this week and is now under threat from Khalid's "Better" which jumped three places to number six although that's probably because he just released a new EP called "Suncity"
All this pushed "Promises" by Calvin Harris feat. Sam Smith down 2 places to number seven.
A song that is dominating on streaming at the moment for some reason is Halsey's "Without Me" which jumped two places to number eight
Hell, it pushed "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando back two places to number nine although I expect it will rebound.
Finally, we have the highest placed debut on the charts this week at number ten with "When the Party's Over" by Billie Eilish, it's her second top ten hit after "lovely" with Khalid but her first solo and this has traction going forward, I expect this to hang around the top ten for awhile.
Gainers
So outside of "Shallow" which was this week's biggest gainer, there really wasn't much that gained big time, I guess there's a two place jump for "Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans to 35.
Losers
A LOT of songs lost ground this week so I am only going to go through the songs that lost big time, "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell was the biggest loser this week as it fell hard from 33 to 48 (that song should make the year end list so not worried).
"Killshot" by Eminem also took a tumble down to 45 as did "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD down to 44 (Good, the latter will make the year end list because way too many thought we needed more Post Malone sound alikes on the chart)
"Jackie Chain" by Tiesto feat. Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone (speak of the devil) got karate chopped down to 42.
"Fire/Reprisal" by Peking Duk burned down seven places to 38.
The unsurprising loss came from "Woman Like Me" by Little Mix feat. Nicki Minaj which fell from 23 to 34 (honestly the song is really mediocre, not surprised it fell).
Also happy to see "I Love It" by Lil Pump and Kanye West drop six places to 12. The sooner that song is gone the better.
Drop Outs
We got some BIG drop outs this week with only one or two of them being any good so let's start with the bad songs dropping out of the top 50 that will likely make year end list that being "Sad!" by XXXtentacion and "No Brainer" by DJ Khalid feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo.
Then there's songs like "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)" by A$AP Rocky feat. Skepta and "Never Ever" by The Rubens feat. Sarah which have a question mark over whether they will make the year end list.
The only song that dropped out which probably won't make the year end is "Breathin'" by Ariana Grande.
Finally the excellent song that I am so happy will make year end list is "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid.
New Entries
We got seven new entries, I already have mentioned the new entry for Billie Eilish at number 10 but at number 13, we have "Sunflower" by Post Malone feat. Swae Lee (I expect this song to jump into the top ten next week)
Then we have two songs from "A Star is Born soundtrack with "Always Remember Us This Way" by Lady Gaga debuting in the top 20 at number 18 and "I'll Never Love Again" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper entering at 32. Given the way these songs are performing on digital sales, we won't be saying goodbye to them any time soon.
We did get one entry from Khalid's EP that I mentioned earlier with the title track "Suncity" with Empress Of entering at number 30.
Dua Lipa teamed up with k-pop girl group Blackpink for the entry at number 33 called "Kiss and Make Up"
Finally "1999" by Charli XCX and Troye Sivan arrives in the top 50 at number 46. I really like this song so happy to see it here.
Wow. What a week and I don't think it's going to slow down with Pink having released a re-imagining of a song from "The Greatest Showman soundtrack", BTS working with Steve Aoki, and not to mention, the return of Ellie Goulding. I don't expect "Shallow" to lose number one though but we'll see. ARIA will announce the chart for the week starting 5th November on Saturday.
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