I need to get better at reading the Australian public. Seriously. I got it horribly wrong last week when I suggested that it was likely Billie Eilish could keep number one because....
That didn't happen and the new number one is "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus. It got here courtesy of those streaming numbers which while not better than our current number two "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish, the combined streaming numbers of "Old Town Road" and it's Billy Ray remix were enough for it to push past Billie.
So yeah as I said "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish went back to number two after a two week run at number one.
Jonas Brothers "Sucker" remains stuck at number three as their new single "Cool" is getting roundly lambasted for being a pretty god awful song.
"Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure is up to number four proving that Australia has a major love affair with Khalid (he has better songs that this one!)
Also up one is Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" to number five. Ugh.
"Wow" by Post Malone got pushed back two places to number six while his other hit former number one "Sunflower" with Swae Lee continues to show it's longevity by remaining at number 7.
Also stable is "Bury A friend" by Billie Eilish at number eight while "Here with Me" by Marshmello and CHVRCHES continues to infuriate by climbing one spot to number 9 (Australia, you ignored CHVRCHES better songs but you let this become a hit?).
The highest new entry of the week isn't a surprise, it comes from BTS who have teamed up with Halsey for "Boy With Luv": which has debuted at number 10. Now like most other K-Pop songs, I am not expecting this one to stick around and its already slipping down Australian streaming charts but hey the song is actually decent so I'll take it at number ten for now.
Gains.
Happy to say the biggest gain of the week went to Australian band Birds of Tokyo with "Good Lord" up from 50 to 36 this week while Hilltop Hoods single "Exit Sign" with Ecca Vandal and Illy is up to 27 from 34.
Meanwhile "Don't Call Me Up" by Mabel smashed into the top twenty this week up ten places to 18 while Lewis Capaldi's UK number one "Someone You Loved" is up from 19 to 13. "Someone You loved" is a good bet to be in the top ten next week.
"So Am I" by Ava Max is up five places to 22.
Drax Project feat. Hailee Steinfeld is up 11 places to 29 this week wth "Woke Up Late".
Re-Entry
There was one re-entry this week courtesy of Ariana Grande with "Thank U, Next' back at 50.
Losers
There were some big losses this week mostly for Billie Eilish album tracks but the biggest loser this week was "Monopoly" by Ariana Grande and Victoria Monet which slipped hard to 39 this week. Ouch. As I said, I think it's time Ariana took a break from releasing singles.
Lets blow through the Billie Eilish songs that lost hard, "You should See me in a Crown" down to 48, "My Strange Addiction" down to 47, "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" slides to 37 and "When the Party is Over" down to 17.
Meanwhile Blackpink's "Kill This Love" fell as expected to 34 while Khalid's "My Bad' got shoved down to 28.
Drop Outs
The drop outs are as expected with "Xanny" by Billie Eilish (I think that may well be a single off the album soon, won't be shocked if it comes back) while I am surprised by the premature exit of "Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag 'n' Bone man, kind of thought that that song had some traction to stick around.
Don't mind seeing "Bad Liar' by Imagine Dragons also out of the top 50. Good riddance.
New Entry
A posthumous song is one of two new entries (the other being "Boy With Luv" by BTS and Halsey at number ten) and by that I mean the new single by the much missed Avicii. Aloe Blacc recording his vocals for a song called "SOS" off of Avicii's second album which had been in the works before he sadly died.
Anyway will be interesting to see if Lil Nas X can nab a second week at number one especially with Taylor Swift showing up the week after. Things are about to get interesting and we're here for it. The chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEST.
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