So this is the sort of thing that happens when a long term number one finally falls off the top spot, the bunfight is on in earnest to see who will take the number one and yes, this week saw a second new number one in two weeks this time from Australian singer/songwriter Tones and I with "Dance Monkey" becoming the first Australian song to hit the top of the ARIA singles chart since "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis last year and just the ninth number one single in Australia for 2019 (just shows how dominant "Old Town Road" has been). Now, "Dance Monkey" looks like it might have some staying power too as its dominant on streaming and on digital sales.
I would say "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X, which held onto number two this week, is a chance going back to number one but it spent the week losing ground on streaming and on digital sales.
So what of last week's number one "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello? It dropped rwo places to number three and while it's still strong on sales on and streaming, I don't see it going back to number one unless there's an unexpected boost for it still in the pipeline.
All of this places "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish in an awkward place in spite of remaining at number four because its leaking on streaming and on sales, it may not too much longer in the top ten.
Same could be said for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheran feat. Khalid at number five and "Goodbyes" Post Malone feat. Young Thug stuck at number six and for former number one "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber at number seven although in the latter's case, it's hopefully heading for the top ten exit.
Meduza and Goodboys hit "Piece of Your Heart" remains steady at number eight given a good streaming week, same could be said for "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi remaining at number nine.
Finally we have a new song hitting the top ten and it's the first time for Blanco Brown with "The Git Up" up one place to number 10. Which is fine by me because I still like the song.
Gains
The gains this week mostly suck, it's not a good sign that the biggest gain was for "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which jumped from 28 to 18 his week or that "Lalala" by Y2K and BBNOs rose nine to 16.
Even worse "No Guidance" by Chris Brown feat. Drake is up nine to be back in the top 20 at number 20.
The only gains that might be good news is the four place rise for "Little Things by Jessica Mauboy to number 40 and "Never Seen the Rain" by Tones and I rising six places to 32.
Losers
The losers this week are a bit of a strange old bag with Miley Cyrus's "Mothers Daughter" dropping like a stone this week, it fell eleven places to 48.
Strangely there was an eight place drop to 28 for Kygo's "Higher Love" (feat. Whitney Houston) and an eight place drop to 24 for "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B while Sheeran's "Antisocial" feat. Travis Scott dropped from 13 to 21. Ouch.
Also falling hard was "Panini" by Lil Nas X which dropped seven places to 30.
Drop Outs
All threee drop outs are inconsequential to the year end lists with none of them going to make it. Ed Sheeran's "Remember the Name" feat. Eminem and 50 Cent and "Best Part Of Me" feat. Yebba are gone.
As is "Mood 4 Eva" by Beyonce feat. Jay-Z and Childish Gambino
New Entries
There weere three new entries to the ARIA top 50 singles this week, the biggest debut went to Taylor Swift witb "The Archer" shooting in at 19.
The Chainsmokers feat. Ilenium and Lennon Stella grabbed number 34 with "Takeaway" while NF is in at number 39 with "Time"
So that wraps up the week. I can see "Dance Monkey taking a strangle hold on number one for awhile but with Ariana's new single set to hit the chart, things could get interesting, the chart will update on Saturday at 5pm AEST
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