So for the last couple of weeks I have been suspecting that we're on the verge of change at the very, certainly streaming has suggested that it's time to move on from "Old Town Road" even if digial sales have been proping up this song's esistence at number one and imching it closer to the record for most weeks at number one certainly that was the case this week with "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X spending yet another week at number one making it the fourth longest number one in ARIA chart history, it's got three weeks to go at number one to break the record of 15 weeks at number one set by Ed Sheeran in 2017 with "Shape Of You"
However the challengers for the top spot are rising thick and fast and the first of those lies at number two with "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, this song looks like being the one to take number one of any this week as it continues to rule streaming and is making big gains on digital sales and I am not convinced that the latest remix of "Old Town Road" with Mason Ramsey and Young Thug is having the desired impact for "Old Town Road".
It was a steady week for Ed Sheeran with "Beautiful People" feat. Khalid holding firm at number three...this song is a player for number one especially with the impending album bomb from Sheeran's Collaborations number 6 project as is Sheeran's lead single from the project "I Don't Care" with Justin Bieber at number four.
Post Malone's new single "Goodbyes" feat. Young Thug debuts at number 5. Honestly this song should rise given its doing well on streaming but not on sales which is odd.
"Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish is at number six but it appears to have gotten some kind of boost of the really kind of awful remix with Justin Bieber (probably the first misstep of her career) so I don't think we have seen the last of this song in the top ten.
Guy Sebastian's "Choir" is the first of two Australian songs in the top ten rising three places to number seven.
"Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi dropped two places to number eight while "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys dropped two places to number nine/
The seconf of the two Australian songs in the top ten is "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which rose seven places to reach the top ten but with the Ed Sheeran album bomb coming, I don't expect this to hang around in the top ten unfortunately.
Gains.
The biggest gain of the week belongs to Kygo and Whitney Houston's cover of "Higher Love" which jumped from 34 to 25 this week.
Miley Cyrus gained some traction for "Mother's Daughter" this week with that song going up to 29 from 37 last week.
Finally Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" rose six places to 13. I expect this song will be in the top ten post the Ed Sheeran album bomb.
Re-Entries
So can somebody explain why "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer is back at number 50, don't get me wrong, I like the song, it's just a surprise to see it back in the top 50.
Losers
Some justly deserved losses for utter crap with the biggest going to "The London" by Young Thug feat J Cole and Travis Scott which slipped from 30 to 43 and "Don't Check On Me" by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber down to 32 from 20 and Brown's other single "No Guidance" feat. Drake slid down ten places to 22...good. The sooner all three of the aforementioned songs are gone the better.
"Heaven" by Avicii dropped eight places to 40 while "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock dropped to 14 but I expect "Cross Me" will return to the top ten given the likely album bomb.
Drop Outs
Tyler, the Creator's first Australian hit "Earfquake" is gone with six other songs following it out of the chart this week with Aussie band Birds of Tokyo's "Good Lord" also gone.
Billie Eilish had two songs fall out and both will probably make the year end list with her song with Khalid "Lovely" and "When the Party's Over" (a contender for my best hits of the year).
"Me!" by Taylor Swift is gone after just 10 weeks. What the hell happened to Taylor's longevity on the charts?
The increasingly tiresome "Don't Call Me Up" by Mabel is gone although her new single is probably going to chart soon enough.
We also lost the utterly shit "Go Loko" by YG feat. Tyga and Jon Z.
New Entries
So apart from Post Malone's "Goodbyes" with Young Thug making a top ten debut at number five what else debuted this week?.
Well, Ed Sheeran turned up with two new songs, the first of those being "Best Part of Me" with Yebba at number 24 and "Blow" feat. Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars at number 40.
A contender for the worst hits list if this thing does become a hit is "Lalala" by Y2K and Bbnos at number 41.
We round out the week with two Australian songs with Jessica Mauboy's ballad "Little Things" in at number 46 while "Then What" by Illy debuting at 47. These two songs have had some pretty solid radio traction. Been hearing "Then What" a lot lately.
But that wraps up the week, I will be shocked and annoyed if "Old Town Road" is still at number one when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEST because there's signs that Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are going to be taking top spot, anyway we will find out.
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