Well, we got a fully fledged album bomb from Ariana Grande with every single track from her fifth album "Thank U, Next" reaching the top 50 of the ARIA singles chart and given the chart a pretty thorough clean out and it was about time too.
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But firstly to the top ten and Ariana has now spent a month at the top of the charts with "7 Rings" and really, it's position is starting to look a bit shaky if and when streaming from the album dies off because this song is already starting to suffer on sales due to our new number two also by Ariana and sadly the worst song from the album "Break Up with your Girlfeiend, I'm Bored" which is also the new single with a video, geezus Ariana, "Bloodline" the Rihanna rip off would have been a better choice of single for crying out loud.
That meant "Sunflower' by Post Malone and Swae Lee dropped to number three, a song I have come to really like lately but I suspect if anything I like because I have gotten to used it.
Slipping a place to number four is Billie Eilish's "Bury a Friend" which I sincerely hope sticks around in the top ten because it is an excellent song.
Post Malone's second song in the top five "Wow" also joins the songs that lost ground down to number 5. Now I expect this song and "Bury a Friend" to regain traction as the Ariana album dies.
Coming off a big night at the Grammys is "Shallow which jumped four places to number 6 and with the Oscars still to come. Don't be surprised if this song finds it way back into the top 5 but its going to need streaming on its side.
Returning to the top ten is "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande which jumped from 11 to number 7 this week. I don't see this staying in the top ten when the album bomb fades. Just saying.
Dropping three places is "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max to number 8 and yeah, those strreaming numbers aren't great, I'll not be surprised if Ariana has triggered the exit for this song.
Also suffering a three place fall are both "Without Me" by Halsey to number 9 and "Dancing with a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani to number 10. I do expect "Dancing with a Stranger" to rebound but we'll see.
Gainers
So uhh apart from :"Shallow" and "Thank U, Next". There's nothing to talk about here.
Losers
The big losers that probably won't regain lost traction next week are "Confidence" by Ocean Alley which fell to 37 from 18 which isn't surprising because radio ain't that keen on it. The rest are 2018 songs that are on the way out anyway like "In my Mind" by Dynoro down to 50 from 39, "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis down to 34 and "Let You Love Me" by Rita Ora down from 29 to 38.
I'd also suggest "Middle Child" by J Cole which dropped to 35 from 19 is the only 2019 that might struggle to regain lost ground.
Re-Entries
So with the album bomb, "Imagine" by Ariana Grande come back at number 25.
Drop outs
Most of the drop outts this week should be back in the top 50 next week like "Saturday Nights" Khalid, "Hope" by The Chainsmokers and Winona Oak, "Lie to Me" by 5 Seconds of Summer. and "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson.
Maybe back in the top 50 next week: "Nights LIke this" by Kehlani feat. Ty Dolla $ign,
Unfortunately probably won't be back "Before I Go" by Guy Sebastian and"High Hopes" by Panic at the Disco. Also put "So Close" by NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku.
Gone and hopefully won't return: "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B (How much longer are we going to tolerate this simpering, pandering trainwreck of song on the charts, Australia?), "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes, "Lost in the Fire" by Gesaffelstein and The Weeknd and "Zeze" by Kodak Black feat Travis Scott and Offset (a terrible song that has thoroughly been on the fucking chart for way too good damn long. Good riddance)
New Entries
So let's blow through the Ariana Grande album tracks that entered below the top ten.
"Bloodline" jumped in at number 11 (it should have been the single), "Needy" arrives at 13, "NASA" rocketed in at 16, "Bad Idea" and "Fake Smile" at 21 and 22 respectively, "Ghostin" at 26, "In My Head" arrives 36 and "Make Up" at 41.
Finally there were two songs that entered that aren't Ariana Grande songs, the first of those is "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure at 24 and "Who Do You Love" by The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer (a song that really should have just been a 5 Seconds of Summer song as The Chainsmokers add nothing to it).
Next week sees the fall out from all of this and the probable arrivals of the new Cardi B and Bruno Mars collab, Katy Perry working wth Zedd and who knows what else. The chart gets announced on Saturday 23rd February at 5pm.
See you guys later for "Charting 1996"
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