So the school of thought I had about Taylor Swift debuting at number one with her new single turned out to be thoroughly misconcieved because there's been a somewhat cooler than expected response to the new song with Brendon Urie and with what's coming the signs for Taylor going number one are starting to seem kind of grim
But as it was, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X remained at number one for another week but suddenly things are starting to look a little shaky for it as the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus fell away hard this week and with Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber collab being released tomorrow, this could very well be Lil Nas X last week at number one.
So yeah, "ME!" by Taylor Swift feat. Panic! At the Disco's Brendon Urie is the highest debut of the week at number two and yeah, I'm sorry but I don't see this going to number one if you look the streaming figures and the fact Ed Sheerand and Justin Bieber are probably about to release one of the biggest songs of the year so far.
A song that may have a shot at returning to the top spot though is "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish which because of Taylor Swift got pushed back to number three, it's still doing well on streaming and could take number one back if streams continue to fall off for 'Old Town Road".
"Me!" pushed Dominic Fike's still pretty awful "3 Nights" back to number 4 and "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure back to number 5. Honestly I really hope both these songs are gone sooner rather than later.
"Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee continues to have a suprising amount of longevity in remaining at number 6 this week but it could well be vulnerable to likely two top ten debuts next week while Post Malone's second top ten hit 'Wow" also remains at number 7.
It was total collapse for "Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers down four places to number eight while "SOS" by Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc slipped one place to number nine.
UK chart topper Lewis Capaldi rounds out the top ten with "Someone You Loved" at number ten.
Gainers
So it's most positive news on this front ront this week, while I am not happy that "Earth' rose from 46 to 17 this week to be the biggest gainer. (Seriously, there are songs that send the message about climate change than a song that is covered in way too many bad sex jokes to be taken seriously) but it also meant "Good Lord" by Birds of Tokyo got a good jump from 25 to into the top twenty at 19 and "Mess Her Up" by Amy Shark up four places off the debut last week to number 40 and both of the latter songs are pretty excellent
The album dropping meant Pink's lead single from it "Walk Me Home" is up from 20 to 13.
Losers
The biggest loser this week was George Ezra's "Shotgun" which fell from 35 to 47 this weekend, honestly while I like the song, I think it is time, "Shotgun and also "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer shifted out.
"Dancing with a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani also tumbled hard down to 21 from 12. Ouch. That song will make the year end list so I am not worried about it.
"Waiting" by Kian also took a tumble from 41 to 34...it's one of those songs that may or may not make the year list.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper dropped from 15 to 23 as it finally appears to be on the way out.
Drop Outs
Two big drop outs this week but I can't say I am sad to see either of them gone because both suck with them being "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott and Drake and "Bad Liar' by Imagine Dtagons.
The other two songs out of the top 50 are are "Kill This Love" by Blackpink and "My Bad" by Khalid
New Entries
So outside of Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie's "ME!" at number two, we had three other new entries this week with the best of those being Game of Thrones collab "Power is Power" by SZA frat. The Weeknd and Travis Scott at number 30.
The US got "Love Me Anyway" by Pink feat. Chris Stapleton to chart but instead Australia decided to give a chart spot to the Pink album title track "Hurts 2 B Human" feat. Khalid in at number 48.
Finally "Paradise" by Bazzi is the last of the new entries at number 50.
So yeah I am expecting another couple of shake ups to the top ten over the next few weeks with Shawn Mendes plus Logic feat. Eminem both releasing songs that will likely debut very high on the ARIA chart when it's released on Saturday at 5pm AEST.
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