ARIA top ten singles/ Chart review: 26th August. Top Ten gets held to Ransom

So this year, there's been rough sections, sometimes its the gains, the losses or even the new entries that are pretty awful but this week, it's the top ten as we got two songs arriving in the top ten that are absolute garbage and will hopefully be eradicated from the top ten when Taylor Swift's album bomb swings in next week but we'll get to all that.

Let's start at the top where we have an extremely dominant number one in the form of "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which spends an fourth week at number one and at this point, I don't see what is stopping it given it's margins on both streaming and digital sales especially with the EP out on Friday, I can see this spending 6 or 7 weeks at number one unless Post Malone's new song does some crazy numbers. 

"Semorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello remains a pretty safe number two as it has strong streaming behind it right now. 

Digiral sales are barely enough to hold up "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X which remains at number three this week as his team turn attention to his next single which is "Panini". 

A song I have warmed to a bit in recent weeks remains at number four that being "Beautiful People' by Ed Sheeran and Khalid while its a similar situation for "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish at number five.

"The Git Up" by Blanco Brown rose two places to number six this week on the back of strong digital sales which I continue to be fine with because I like that song.

It pushed "Goodbyes" by Post Malone feat. Young Thug back to number seven this week.

What I am not okay with is the big 7 place gain for Lil Tecca's "Ransom" to move it up to number 8..come on Australia, this song sucks, it's not deserving of being anywhere near the top ten...oh well..hopefully Taylor Swift's album bomb will see it gone from the top ten for a week or so.

Also in the unwanted in the top ten category is the EDM/country but absolute crap that is "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which rose three places to number nine. Taylor can erase this song from the top ten as well.

Finally rounding out the top ten is "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys which fell one place to number 10.

Gains

Apart from "Ransom" by Lil Tecca climbing big into the top ten, there's no other real major gains this week

Losers

The biggest loss this week was for Katy Perry's "Small Talk" which fell from 33 to 45 this week. Somewhat surprising but hopefully a video might help stabilise that song so we'll see.

Drop Outs

We have two big ones this week that being "Wow" by Post Malone and "Woke Up Late" by Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld. "Wow" will definitely make the year end list but I am not sure on "Woke Up Late"...we'll see.

The other two definitely won't be making the year end and in "Call You Mine" by The Chainsmokers feat Bebe Rexha...that's a very good thing as that song is ass. Also gone is "Antisocial" by Ed Sheeran feat. Travis Scott.

New Entries

All four of the new entries are all ranging in excellent to okay. We start off with the very good "Lover" by Taylor Swift which is the highest new entry of the week at 15 and I expect this song to go top ten when the album bomb strikes next week.

In at 22 is the okay "Slide Away" by Miley Cyrus. Really not sure with what Miley is doing with all these song releases right now.

Khalid's released "Right Back" from his album "Free Spirit" and lodged it number 41 while finally the awesome "Motivation" by Normani debuts at number 47.

So next week, it's the impact of the imminent Taylor Swift album bomb, she'll definitely have a big impact on the top ten but as for other songs, we'll have to wait and see until Saturday at 5pm AEST when ARIA releases the chart.