This week feels significant mostly because of the domination of not just the ARIA charts but of European music charts by our current number one but I can't see things changing for the time being especially as "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I held number one for an eighth week breaking Kylie Minogue's record for longest time at no 1 by an Australian female artist, Minogue spent sven weeks at number one in 1987 with "Locomotion". "Dance Monkey' could potentially equal the record of weeks spent at number one by any Australian artist which is held by Justice Crew when "Que Sera" spent nine weeks at number one in 2014, it's that dominant across the board on streaming and on digital sales.
I would say "Circles" by Post Malone which remained at number two this week could challenge but its bleeding on digital sales and it's not really closing the gap to "Dance Monkey" to prevent "Dance Monkey" from getting a ninth week at the top.
Same could be said for former chart topper "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello as this song is not the powerhouse it once was on streaming and it's sales have dropped away so I can see this being vulnerable in the weeks ahead.
That said when I see what the number four is, I am not so sure, it's the highest new entry of the week coming from Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey who have teamed up for the theme song for the new Charlie's Angels movie called "Don't Call Me Angel" and honestly I find this song to be pretty forgettable so really don't see this song staying in the top ten for long but it pushed "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid back one place to number five (the fact this song is still in the top five is pretty impressive)
What also isn't going away is Marshmello's "One Thing Right" feat. Kane Brown which rose one place to number six because we need bland EDM-pop country on the charts.
Speaking country except country rap, "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown jumped one place to number seven while the leader of the tik tok country rap song trend Lil Nas X falls two places to eight with "Old Town Road"
Back in the top ten this week because we had to find a song that is insufferable to replace just absolute shit in the top ten, "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi returned from 13 to 9 because somebody out there thinks that this song is worth anyrhing.
Finally "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys remains at number ten.
Gains
Biggest gains of the week came for Lil Nas X's "Panini" which got a boost from a DaBaby remix of all things to be the biggest gainer of the week up from 41 to 26
"Liar" by Camila Cabelo jumped from 42 to 33 this week while Lizzo's "Good As Hell" rose from 36 to 31.
Re-Entries
The receding Post Malone album bomb saw "Only Human" by Jonas Brothers back at 49 and "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illennium and Lennon Stella at number 50
Losses
Most of the big losses came for Post Malone album tracks like "Die for Me" with Future and Halsey which dropped from 35 to 45, "On The Road" with Meek Mill and Lil Baby to 43,"Hollywood's Bleeding" bleeds out to 32, "Goodbyes" with Young Thug dropped out of the top 10 to 11.
Drop outs
So two non Post Malone songs dropped out this week those being "Right Back" by Khalid and "Then What" by Illy.
The others are Post Malone songs from "Hollywood's Bleeding" with "A Thousand Bad Times", "Allergic" and the collab with SZA "Staring at the Sun" gone.
New Entries
So apart from "Don't Call Me Angel" by Ariana, Miley and Lana at number four, we also got your stock standard garden variety Halsey new song "Graveyard" new in at number 34.
While Blackbear's lame "Hot Girl Bummer" enters at 47...the new entries this week are NOT good.
Anyway the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm,
Sunday 22 September 2019
Charting 1996. 22nd September. The Remembrandts there for you in the top ten
We got a reasonably quiet week, yeah no kidding, this week was a slow one with a small amount of new entries but we've still got plenty of moves including within the top ten so let's start there where Los Del Rios maintains the number one spot for a fourth week. There's just nothing to challenge it right now especially with Los Del Mar's version of "Macarena" feat. Pedro Castano at number two but that looks to be facing a challenge to remain there as sales are slipping.
"You're Making Me High" by Toni Braxton remains at number three this week and looks the most likely challenger for the number two spot, heck it's comfortable over "I Want You" by Savage Garden which remained at number four and "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison which remains at number five.
We have a new arrival into the top ten that being The Remembrandt's Friends theme "I'll Be There For You" which jumped five places to number six, I can see this getting bigger given that show is really taking off.
Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy remained at number seven again with "That Girl" as "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion fell two places to number eight.
Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" rebounded one place to number nine, it effectively switched with "Just A Girl" by No Doubt which dropped to number ten.
Gains
The biggest gain this week is the unfortunate Newton cover of Dan Hill's "Sometimes When We Touch" which got a rise of 12 places to 33. Seriously, we don't need another remember of that that song.
Girl groups had a good week this week with Eternal rising 11 places to 27 with "Someday" an the Spice Girls breaking the top 40 up from 41 to 36 this week with "Wannabe"
Everything but the Girl clicked into gear in going the right direction up 11 places with "Wrong" to 39 while Donna Lewis also broke into the top 40 with "I Love You Always Forever" up to 34 from 42 last week.
Re-Entry
One re-entry this week coming from Bush with "Comedown" at number 45.
Losses
Most of the big losses come in the lower end of the chart with Belinda Carlisle's "In Too Deep" down ten places to 41 while Umboza's "Sunshine" slipped eleven places to 47.
Gary Barlow's "Forever Love" also suffered a big ten place fall to 38 while Midnight Oil dropped from 22 to 29 with "Underwater"
New Entries
Only three new entries to deal with this week with John Mellencamp landing the highest debut of the week with "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" in at number 25.
Aussie R'n'B act Past to Present bring a cover of Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" to the chart at number 48.
Finally maybe the best of the three new songs is John Farnham's new song "Heart's on Fire" at number 50
"You're Making Me High" by Toni Braxton remains at number three this week and looks the most likely challenger for the number two spot, heck it's comfortable over "I Want You" by Savage Garden which remained at number four and "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison which remains at number five.
We have a new arrival into the top ten that being The Remembrandt's Friends theme "I'll Be There For You" which jumped five places to number six, I can see this getting bigger given that show is really taking off.
Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy remained at number seven again with "That Girl" as "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion fell two places to number eight.
Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" rebounded one place to number nine, it effectively switched with "Just A Girl" by No Doubt which dropped to number ten.
Gains
The biggest gain this week is the unfortunate Newton cover of Dan Hill's "Sometimes When We Touch" which got a rise of 12 places to 33. Seriously, we don't need another remember of that that song.
Girl groups had a good week this week with Eternal rising 11 places to 27 with "Someday" an the Spice Girls breaking the top 40 up from 41 to 36 this week with "Wannabe"
Everything but the Girl clicked into gear in going the right direction up 11 places with "Wrong" to 39 while Donna Lewis also broke into the top 40 with "I Love You Always Forever" up to 34 from 42 last week.
Re-Entry
One re-entry this week coming from Bush with "Comedown" at number 45.
Losses
Most of the big losses come in the lower end of the chart with Belinda Carlisle's "In Too Deep" down ten places to 41 while Umboza's "Sunshine" slipped eleven places to 47.
Gary Barlow's "Forever Love" also suffered a big ten place fall to 38 while Midnight Oil dropped from 22 to 29 with "Underwater"
New Entries
Only three new entries to deal with this week with John Mellencamp landing the highest debut of the week with "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" in at number 25.
Aussie R'n'B act Past to Present bring a cover of Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" to the chart at number 48.
Finally maybe the best of the three new songs is John Farnham's new song "Heart's on Fire" at number 50
Tuesday 17 September 2019
ARIA Singles top ten/Chart review: 16th September. Post Malone's Bleeding Album Bomb
Well no sooner did Taylor Swift's album bomb come and go than we got another one this time from Post Malone's third album "Hollywood's Bleeding", we got NINE new songs from Post Malone on the chart plus one or two other assorted entries
However he didn't quite get close enough to bother "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which stays at number one for a seventh week and honestly I don't see what going to to knock it off any time soon as it's margins on streaming and digital sales are ridiculous.
The release of "Hollywood's Bleeding" was enough to push "Circles" by Post Malone up three places to number two and could be chance of number one if "Dance Monkey" starts to slip.
This pushed "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello back to number three, it's time is pretty much done, its bleeding on sales and on streaming right now.
The surprise was that "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid held strong at number four this week especially as "Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug surged back into the top ten up six places to number five.
All of this was enough to send "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X down three places to number six, it's really not got the streaming or sales to hold it up anymore so I expect this will start to make its graceful exit from the charts as the likely year end number one.
Post Malone's album bomb didn't unseat the bad songs though with the awful "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown remaining glued to the number seven place.
However it did unseat Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" which fell back to number eight which is kind of annoying as I actually really do enjoy this song, it's a bit of fun.
"Ran$om" by Lil Tecca continues its unpleasant and unwanted presence by remaining at number nine.
Finally also back in the top ten is "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys" which climbed two places to number ten.
Gains
Spot the gains this week, people. The Post Malone album bomnb took a clean hit on the chart this week which meant not too many risers but Post Malone's "Sunflower" feat. Swae Lee jumped from 29 to 14.
Re-Entries
Two retuns this week with "Wow" by Post Malone back number 34 due to the album bomb and "Panini" by Lil Nas X at number 41 because it's Lil Nas X's new single.
Losers
Biggest loser this week was thankfully Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" which tumbled from 19 to 31.
However most of the big losers are older songs like "Johnny Run Away" by Tones and I which dropped 11 places to 37 or Drake and Rick Ross's "Money in the Grave" which fell ten places to 43.
There was also a ten place drop for "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper to 44 and an 11 place tumble for Illy's "Then What" to 47 (am surprised that this has been on the chart for even this long) "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B continued it's strange chart run by dropping 11 places to 50.
Finally "Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston dropped to 38.
Drop outs
Some of these drop outs won't be back like Taylor Swift album tracks "The Man" and "Cruel Summer", her lead single "Me!" with Brendon Urie is also gone.
We also lost former top ten hits and will make the year end list like "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance the Rapper and PNB Rock, "If I Can't have You" by Shawn Mendes and "Never Really Over" by Katy Perry
Bad songers also left including "Easier" by 5 Seconds of Summer and "Rescue Me" by OneRepublic.
The others are songs that re-entered, debuted or are forgettable so "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illennium and Lennon Stella, "Only Human" by Jonas Brothers, "Time" by NF, "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzil (I have lost hope of this becoming a ht)
New Entries
So let's get through the nine Post Malone songs that entered this week with the albumb title track "Hollywood's Bleeding" earning the biggest debut of the week at number 17. "Saint-tropez" at number 19 (they gave that song a video for some bizarre reason), "Die For Me" feat. Future and Halsey at number 23, "Enemies" feat. DaBaby is in at number 28, "Take What You Want" with Ozzy Osbourne, of all people, and Travis Scott at number 30, "On the Road" feat. Meek Mill and Lil Baby at number 35, "A Thousand Bad Times" at number 39, "Allergic" at 45 and "Staring at the Sun" feat. SZA at number 48,
Finally, there was sone new entry not from Post Malone and it came from Camila Cabello who released two songs with "Liar", being the better of the two songs, entering at number 42.
That wraps a rather wild week, the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEST
Charting 1996: 15th September. Toni Braxton getting high
So not a lot changed this week within the top ten apart from some positional changes, as for the rest of the chart, we got our usual slew of new arrivals but unfortunately for a third week, "Macarena" by Los Del Rios remains at number one, this is pretty much settling itself in for a long stint at the top of the charts which is not good news.
I don't see "Macarena" by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano which stayed at number two but it looks a safe number two for now especially as it's unlikely to knock the Los Del Rios version of "Macarena" off top spot.
Toni Braxton moves up three places to number three with "You're Makin' Me High" after a good sales week while Savage Garden remained steady at number four with "I Want You"
The same cannot be said of "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison which slipped two places to number 5 or for "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion which slipped one place to number six.
"That Girl" by Maxi Priest feat; Shaggy remains stuck at number seven while former chart topper "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees also remains where it is at number eight.
"Just A Girl" by No Doubt swapped places with Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" with "Just a Girl" up to number nine and "Mother Mother" down to number 10.
Gains
New Edition's 'Hit Me Off" has risen from 37 to 23 this week and is one of the big gainers this week along with Belinda Carlisle's "In too Deep" which has rocketed to 31 from 49 while Jewel's "Who will Save Your Soul" climbed to 33 from 46 last week.
Kulcha also gained big with people showing they do like "Do You Like It?" as it climbed to 35.
Losers
Some massive losers mostly down around the lower end of the chart especially for Everything But the Girl which slipped 14 places to 50 with 'Wrong" which seems awfully wrong to me as that song isn't bad.
Powderfinger dropped eight spots to 48 with "D.A.F" while a song that should make the year end list "Ooh Ahh...Just A little Bit" by Gina G dropped from 33 to 47 this week.
Also falling hard are Pearl Jam's "Who You Are" to 46 and Robbie Williams "Freedom" to 46. The Corrs "Runaway" dropped eight places to 40
New Entries
Let's crash through these new entries and we start at number 30 with the biggest new entry of the week coming from crooner Bryan Adams with "Lets Make a Night to Remember".
The Fugees have hit the charts with their follow up single " Ready or Not" debuting at number 34.
It's then to number 37 where we find Crowded House with their new single "Not the Girl You Think You Are", it's set to be be on the band's greatest hits album called "Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House"
Eternal are back with "Someday" at number 38.
Welsh singer songwriter Donna Lewis has her first chart entry in Australia with "I Love You Always Forever" in at 42.
UK dance singer Newton has recorded a cover of Dan Hill's hit "Sometimes When We touch" ( a song I do not like AT ALL for the record in the first place) and it's in at number 45 to wrap up the week.
Thursday 12 September 2019
ARIA Singles top ten/chart review
So this week was manic because it not only saw the Taylor Swift album bomb pretty much die in the arse and bring a whole slew of new songs with but there's also a new entry in the top ten that could pose a big threat to our number one in the weeks ahead, speaking of our number one, "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I remains at number one for a sixth week.
Its now clear the challenge isn't going to come from "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which remained at nunmber two or from "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X regaining some ground to go number three. We'll discuss the underlying reason why this song is back up to number three.
Same goes for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid which also recovered to number four.
There's a new song in a number 5 and it's the latest single from Post Malone's recently released album "Hollywood's Bleeding" called "Circles". This thing has traction on streaming right now and I expect this song will challenge "Dance Monkey" in the weeks ahead for number one.
Speaking of Post Malone, I hope whem the album bomb hits next week it wipes out shit like "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which stayed steady at number seven this week. I'd like to see it gone.
However the reason several songs gained ground this week is because Taylor Swift's "Lover' suffered a five place drop to number eight. Ouch. Would like to see this song stick around. It's really quite good.
What isn't so good is the one place gain afforded to "Ran$om" by Lil Tecca to number nine. Maybe Post Malone is more of a chance at booting this song, either way I hope this song goes from the top ten sooner rather than later. Ugh,
"All Good Girls Go to Hell" has a video as Billie Eilish's former chart topper "Bad Guy" drops from 8 to 10 this week.
Gains
The biggest gain this week belonged to 5 Seconds of Summer with "Teeth" rising from 0 to 17. Good to see this song taking a bite out of the charts.
Normani's "Motivation" rose from 35 to 28 this week in further good news. I really do like that song.
In fact most of the gains are pretty agreeable with "Higher Love" by Kygo feat. Whitney Houston up six places to 31.
"Money in the Bank" by Drake and Rick Ross jump six places to 33 and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rises nine to 34. while "If I Can't Have you" by Shawn Mende oses 7 to 40
The worst of the gains is pribably "South Of the Border' by Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello and Cardi B rising 11 places to 39.
Re- Entries
With Taylor Swift's album receding there was a rush to fill the top 50 especially around the bottom end of the chart and for the most part I'll take "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid back at number 41. "Right Back" by Khalid at number 42 and especially "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzi at number 45.
But why is "Rescue Me" by OneRepublic back at nunmber 46 or "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illenium and Lennon Stella. Both those songs suck.
Losers
The biggest loser this week were mostly Taylor Swift with the biggest loss coming for "The Man" which fell hard from 17 to 30. Cruel Summer" dropped from 22 to 35 and "Me!" feat. Brendon Urie dropping nine places to 50.
Drop outs
All the drop outs were Taylor Swift "Lover" album tracks with "I Forgot You Existed", "Paper Rings", "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince", "I Think He Knows", "The Archer" (sadly), "Cornelia Street", "London Boy" and "Death by a Thousand Cuts" all gone.
New Entries
Already mentioned Post Malone in at number five with "Circles" but Lizzo looks set to follow up the success of US number one "Truth Hurts" with success for another 2016 song "Good As Hell" which debuted this week at number 32.
Finally this week, the Jonas Brothers managed to get "Only Human" to chart at number 49 but I don't expect this one to stick around Post Malone set to dominate the charts.
We'll find out how big Post's domination is when the chart is updated and released at 5pm on Saturday
Its now clear the challenge isn't going to come from "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which remained at nunmber two or from "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X regaining some ground to go number three. We'll discuss the underlying reason why this song is back up to number three.
Same goes for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid which also recovered to number four.
There's a new song in a number 5 and it's the latest single from Post Malone's recently released album "Hollywood's Bleeding" called "Circles". This thing has traction on streaming right now and I expect this song will challenge "Dance Monkey" in the weeks ahead for number one.
Speaking of Post Malone, I hope whem the album bomb hits next week it wipes out shit like "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which stayed steady at number seven this week. I'd like to see it gone.
However the reason several songs gained ground this week is because Taylor Swift's "Lover' suffered a five place drop to number eight. Ouch. Would like to see this song stick around. It's really quite good.
What isn't so good is the one place gain afforded to "Ran$om" by Lil Tecca to number nine. Maybe Post Malone is more of a chance at booting this song, either way I hope this song goes from the top ten sooner rather than later. Ugh,
"All Good Girls Go to Hell" has a video as Billie Eilish's former chart topper "Bad Guy" drops from 8 to 10 this week.
Gains
The biggest gain this week belonged to 5 Seconds of Summer with "Teeth" rising from 0 to 17. Good to see this song taking a bite out of the charts.
Normani's "Motivation" rose from 35 to 28 this week in further good news. I really do like that song.
In fact most of the gains are pretty agreeable with "Higher Love" by Kygo feat. Whitney Houston up six places to 31.
"Money in the Bank" by Drake and Rick Ross jump six places to 33 and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rises nine to 34. while "If I Can't Have you" by Shawn Mende oses 7 to 40
The worst of the gains is pribably "South Of the Border' by Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello and Cardi B rising 11 places to 39.
Re- Entries
With Taylor Swift's album receding there was a rush to fill the top 50 especially around the bottom end of the chart and for the most part I'll take "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid back at number 41. "Right Back" by Khalid at number 42 and especially "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzi at number 45.
But why is "Rescue Me" by OneRepublic back at nunmber 46 or "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illenium and Lennon Stella. Both those songs suck.
Losers
The biggest loser this week were mostly Taylor Swift with the biggest loss coming for "The Man" which fell hard from 17 to 30. Cruel Summer" dropped from 22 to 35 and "Me!" feat. Brendon Urie dropping nine places to 50.
Drop outs
All the drop outs were Taylor Swift "Lover" album tracks with "I Forgot You Existed", "Paper Rings", "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince", "I Think He Knows", "The Archer" (sadly), "Cornelia Street", "London Boy" and "Death by a Thousand Cuts" all gone.
New Entries
Already mentioned Post Malone in at number five with "Circles" but Lizzo looks set to follow up the success of US number one "Truth Hurts" with success for another 2016 song "Good As Hell" which debuted this week at number 32.
Finally this week, the Jonas Brothers managed to get "Only Human" to chart at number 49 but I don't expect this one to stick around Post Malone set to dominate the charts.
We'll find out how big Post's domination is when the chart is updated and released at 5pm on Saturday
Charting 1996; 8th September. Macarena one two punch
So this week saw some changes with momentum starting to stall for a few songs making a run at the top ten but let's deal with said top ten because for a second week it's "Macarena" by Los Del Rios at number one and that doesn't look like changing right now however right behind it at number two is "Macarena" by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano which rose three places to reach the bridesmaids slot. Seriously, isn't one version of "Macarena" at the very top of the charts enough, Australia?
Ugh, anyway it was enough to push Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" back to number three. I'd be surprised now if this song did get to number one as its sales started to fall off.
In exciting news, "I Want You" by Brisbane pop act Savage Garden rose two places to break into the top 5 at number four pushing former number one "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion back to number 5,
Toni Braxton is the biggest gainer inside the top ten with "You're Makin' Me High" up four places to number six, it's not a bad song to be honest, check it out.
"That Girl" by Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy remains at number seven this week as Fugees former chart topper "Killing Me Softly" drops four places to number eight.
"Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham stays steady at number nine while No Doubt fall two places to round out the top ten at number ten with "Just A Girl"
Gainers
Two songs breaking into the top twenty this week with the first of those being The Remembbrandts jumping from 25 to 16 and Eric Clapton's excellent "Change the World" jumping six places to 18..
The biggest gain this week came from Primitive Radio Gods with their ridiculously titled song "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth with Money in my hand" jumping ten places to 35 while "Crazy '96" by Daisy Dee jumped from 46 to 38.
Losers
Not much in the way of massive losers here either with Pearl Jam's "Who You Are" dropping from 22 to 30 and "Freedom" by Robbie Williams tumbling from 21 to 28.
New Entries
The biggest new entry of the week belongs to R.E.M with their new single "E-Bow The Letter" debuting at 23.
Everything But the Girl return at number 36 with their new single "Wrong" while American R 'n' boy band New Edition hit the chart with "Hit Me Off" at number 37.
Nada Surf are in at number 43 with "Popular"
The Brits have a brand new all female pop group known as the Spice Girls and they have arrived on the Australian charts with their debut single "Wannabe" at number 45. It's certainly catchy enough to be be huge.
American folk singer songwriter Jewel debuts "Who Will Save Your Soul" at number 46 while Fun Lovin' Criminals" are bringing "Scooby Snacks" to the chart at number 47.
Finally Aussie band Kulcha's new single "Do You LIke It?" in at 48.
Look, it's probably going to be "Macarena" at number one again next as disheartening as it is but we'll see.
Ugh, anyway it was enough to push Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" back to number three. I'd be surprised now if this song did get to number one as its sales started to fall off.
In exciting news, "I Want You" by Brisbane pop act Savage Garden rose two places to break into the top 5 at number four pushing former number one "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion back to number 5,
Toni Braxton is the biggest gainer inside the top ten with "You're Makin' Me High" up four places to number six, it's not a bad song to be honest, check it out.
"That Girl" by Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy remains at number seven this week as Fugees former chart topper "Killing Me Softly" drops four places to number eight.
"Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham stays steady at number nine while No Doubt fall two places to round out the top ten at number ten with "Just A Girl"
Gainers
Two songs breaking into the top twenty this week with the first of those being The Remembbrandts jumping from 25 to 16 and Eric Clapton's excellent "Change the World" jumping six places to 18..
The biggest gain this week came from Primitive Radio Gods with their ridiculously titled song "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth with Money in my hand" jumping ten places to 35 while "Crazy '96" by Daisy Dee jumped from 46 to 38.
Losers
Not much in the way of massive losers here either with Pearl Jam's "Who You Are" dropping from 22 to 30 and "Freedom" by Robbie Williams tumbling from 21 to 28.
New Entries
The biggest new entry of the week belongs to R.E.M with their new single "E-Bow The Letter" debuting at 23.
Everything But the Girl return at number 36 with their new single "Wrong" while American R 'n' boy band New Edition hit the chart with "Hit Me Off" at number 37.
Nada Surf are in at number 43 with "Popular"
The Brits have a brand new all female pop group known as the Spice Girls and they have arrived on the Australian charts with their debut single "Wannabe" at number 45. It's certainly catchy enough to be be huge.
American folk singer songwriter Jewel debuts "Who Will Save Your Soul" at number 46 while Fun Lovin' Criminals" are bringing "Scooby Snacks" to the chart at number 47.
Finally Aussie band Kulcha's new single "Do You LIke It?" in at 48.
Look, it's probably going to be "Macarena" at number one again next as disheartening as it is but we'll see.
Thursday 5 September 2019
ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 1st September. Chart feels Lover's Impact
This week is the week of Taylor Swift, she created a path of destruction that impacted up and down the chart including in our top ten with the very much improved "Lover" because unlike the mess that was made with the rollout of previous album "Reputation", "Lover" was made available on streaming on the DAY OF RELEASE which led to the chaos seen on the chart and there'll be more chaos when Post Malone undoubtedly turns up in a couple of weeks with his new album "Hollywood's Bleeding".
However Taylor's impact was not at the very top where "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I spends a fifth week at number one and honestly its a dominant number one right now, it's leading digital sales and streaming, the only one it could be knocked off number one is if Post Malone's new single "Circles" does some pretty impressive numbers when "Hollywood's Bleeding" has it's inevitable album bomb. "Dance Monkey" is now a big international hit having gone number one in Norway, Sweden (dropped to number two this week though), Finland, Ireland and Denmark, number eight in Germany and seems set to do big business in the UK.
"Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello remains at number two and it's dominant there just can't bridge the gaps on streaming and sales to "Dance Monkey"
Taylor Swift's impact on the chart this week begins at number three with this week's greatest gain that being the title track "Lover" going up 12 places to number 3. I don't see it staying there unfortunately, it's streams have begun to fall away somewhat.
But it did push "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number four as attention turns to "Panini". I expect this song will have a slow fall from the top ten.
Same could be said for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid. I've warmed to this song a bit in recent weeks but it did take a one place fall to number 5.
Remaining healthy at nunmber 6 is Blanco Brown's "The Git Up". This song is doing well on sales...just needs streaming to get behind it in a big way.
Unfortunately moving up two places is "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown to number seven. We don't need EDM faux country in the top ten right now, Australia.
Billie Eilish has dropped the climate changed themed video for "All Good Girls Go to Hell" as "Bad Guy" drops three places to number 8.
"Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug dropped two places to number 9, It will get a boost when the album drops.
Completing the top ten is the sack of turd that is "Ran$om" by Lil Tecca which dropped four places to number ten and unfortunately because streaming think this crap is worth anything, it's going to stick around the top ten and be the bane of my existence.
Gains
So outside of "Lover" jumping 12 places to number 3. Taylor's second single from "Lover", "You Need to Calm Down" rebounded ten places to 14.
"Slide Away" by Miley Cyrus broke into the top 20 jumping four places to 18.
The gain I am most happy about though is "Motivation" by Normani jumping from 47 to 35...great news. I really like the song and want it to become a hit.
Re-Entries
We got two re-entries this week and unsurprisingly they are both from Taylor Swift with "The Archer" back at 36 (YAY!) and "Me!" feat. Brendon Urie at number 41.
Losers
Taylor Swift did some serious damage with some big songs falling HARD this week, the biggest coming for 5 Seconds of Summer's pretty terrible "Easier" which dropped from 30 to 46 this week (there's more 5 Seconds of Summer to come in the New Entries)
"Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock tumbled from 25 to 38 and a Ed Sheeran song I am surprised is still on the chart if I am to be honest "South of the Border" feat. Camilla Cabello and Cardi B dropping to 50 from 36.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hit the skids from 32 to 43. It's been on the chart for 47 weeks now.
"Never Really Over" by Katy Perry was also hit as it tumbled 12 places to 45 while NF's "Time" dropped ten places to 49.
"If I Can't Have you " by Shawn Mendes plunged to 47 from 34 while Illy's "Then What" dropped to 44 from 35...that said I expect "Then What" to rebound hard.
Drop Outs
The "Lover" album bomb took some long running hits with it including 2018 hit "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid (it spent 58 weeks on the chart!) and songs that will safely make the year end list like "Sucker" by Jonas Brothers, "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike, and "Talk" by Khalid.
Also gone but won't make year end are unfortunately "Right Back" by Khalid, "Small Talk" by Katy Perry (Not a good week for Katy!), "Painkiller" by Ruel and "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzi
Songs that suck but might unfortunately make year end: "The London" by Young Thug feat. Cole and Travis Scott and "Rescue Me' by OneRepublic.
Finally also gone is "Panini" by Lil Nas X
Songs that suck butt won't make the year end list: "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illenium and Lennon Stella.
New Entries
So let's blaze through all nine new entries from Taylor Swift, she of course got the biggest new entry of the week with "The Man" at 17, "Cruel Summer" at 22 (a song that has become a fan favourite), "I Forgot You Existed" at number 24, "Paper Rings" at 29, "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" at 32, "I Think he Knows" at number 34, "Cornelia Street" at number 40, "London Boy" at 42 and finally.."Death by a Thousand Cuts" at number 48.
Finally the only non Taylor Swift new entry is "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer at number 30.
That wraps up a good but long and kind of eventful week. Post Malone's new single "Circles" is set to cause some disruption to the top ten next week, we'll find out how much at 5pm AEST on Saturday
However Taylor's impact was not at the very top where "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I spends a fifth week at number one and honestly its a dominant number one right now, it's leading digital sales and streaming, the only one it could be knocked off number one is if Post Malone's new single "Circles" does some pretty impressive numbers when "Hollywood's Bleeding" has it's inevitable album bomb. "Dance Monkey" is now a big international hit having gone number one in Norway, Sweden (dropped to number two this week though), Finland, Ireland and Denmark, number eight in Germany and seems set to do big business in the UK.
"Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello remains at number two and it's dominant there just can't bridge the gaps on streaming and sales to "Dance Monkey"
Taylor Swift's impact on the chart this week begins at number three with this week's greatest gain that being the title track "Lover" going up 12 places to number 3. I don't see it staying there unfortunately, it's streams have begun to fall away somewhat.
But it did push "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number four as attention turns to "Panini". I expect this song will have a slow fall from the top ten.
Same could be said for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid. I've warmed to this song a bit in recent weeks but it did take a one place fall to number 5.
Remaining healthy at nunmber 6 is Blanco Brown's "The Git Up". This song is doing well on sales...just needs streaming to get behind it in a big way.
Unfortunately moving up two places is "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown to number seven. We don't need EDM faux country in the top ten right now, Australia.
Billie Eilish has dropped the climate changed themed video for "All Good Girls Go to Hell" as "Bad Guy" drops three places to number 8.
"Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug dropped two places to number 9, It will get a boost when the album drops.
Completing the top ten is the sack of turd that is "Ran$om" by Lil Tecca which dropped four places to number ten and unfortunately because streaming think this crap is worth anything, it's going to stick around the top ten and be the bane of my existence.
Gains
So outside of "Lover" jumping 12 places to number 3. Taylor's second single from "Lover", "You Need to Calm Down" rebounded ten places to 14.
"Slide Away" by Miley Cyrus broke into the top 20 jumping four places to 18.
The gain I am most happy about though is "Motivation" by Normani jumping from 47 to 35...great news. I really like the song and want it to become a hit.
Re-Entries
We got two re-entries this week and unsurprisingly they are both from Taylor Swift with "The Archer" back at 36 (YAY!) and "Me!" feat. Brendon Urie at number 41.
Losers
Taylor Swift did some serious damage with some big songs falling HARD this week, the biggest coming for 5 Seconds of Summer's pretty terrible "Easier" which dropped from 30 to 46 this week (there's more 5 Seconds of Summer to come in the New Entries)
"Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock tumbled from 25 to 38 and a Ed Sheeran song I am surprised is still on the chart if I am to be honest "South of the Border" feat. Camilla Cabello and Cardi B dropping to 50 from 36.
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hit the skids from 32 to 43. It's been on the chart for 47 weeks now.
"Never Really Over" by Katy Perry was also hit as it tumbled 12 places to 45 while NF's "Time" dropped ten places to 49.
"If I Can't Have you " by Shawn Mendes plunged to 47 from 34 while Illy's "Then What" dropped to 44 from 35...that said I expect "Then What" to rebound hard.
Drop Outs
The "Lover" album bomb took some long running hits with it including 2018 hit "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid (it spent 58 weeks on the chart!) and songs that will safely make the year end list like "Sucker" by Jonas Brothers, "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike, and "Talk" by Khalid.
Also gone but won't make year end are unfortunately "Right Back" by Khalid, "Small Talk" by Katy Perry (Not a good week for Katy!), "Painkiller" by Ruel and "I.F.L.Y" by Bazzi
Songs that suck but might unfortunately make year end: "The London" by Young Thug feat. Cole and Travis Scott and "Rescue Me' by OneRepublic.
Finally also gone is "Panini" by Lil Nas X
Songs that suck butt won't make the year end list: "Takeaway" by The Chainsmokers feat. Illenium and Lennon Stella.
New Entries
So let's blaze through all nine new entries from Taylor Swift, she of course got the biggest new entry of the week with "The Man" at 17, "Cruel Summer" at 22 (a song that has become a fan favourite), "I Forgot You Existed" at number 24, "Paper Rings" at 29, "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" at 32, "I Think he Knows" at number 34, "Cornelia Street" at number 40, "London Boy" at 42 and finally.."Death by a Thousand Cuts" at number 48.
Finally the only non Taylor Swift new entry is "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer at number 30.
That wraps up a good but long and kind of eventful week. Post Malone's new single "Circles" is set to cause some disruption to the top ten next week, we'll find out how much at 5pm AEST on Saturday
Charting 1996: 1st September. AAAYYY MACARENA!
It finally happened, the writing has been on the wall for the past few weeks with the undeniable momentum of "Macarena" by Los Del Rio that it would go number one which it did this week leaping four places to number 1, it was a case of timing and with the dance craze to boot, I don't see how this annoying craze is going to get booted off the top spot any time soon.
It muscled its way past "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison which remain steady at number two this week but ahead of last week's chart topper "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion which fell two places to number three and I don't see it going back there given slowing sales.
Same csn be said for "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees which dropped one place to number four.
One of the biggest gainers of the week is the Los Del Mar feat Pedro Castano version of "Macarena" which leapt from 13 to 5 this week. (We do not need two versions of the same annoying song in the top five, Australia).
"I Want You" by Savage Garden and "That Girl" by Maxi Priest feat Shaggy remained stagnant at six and seven respectively.
No Doubt's "Just a Girl" tumbled four places to number eight triggered by the big rise of Los Del Mar's version of "Macarena". Same could be said for the one place fall of "Mother Mother' by Tracy Bonham to number nine.
Finally the second song making it's arrival to the top ten is "You're Making Me High" by Tonni Braxton at number ten.
Gains
Eric Clapton's "Change The World" jumped from 40 to 24 this week which is great because it's a good song, hope it goes higher in the weeks ahead.
It was also a good week for TV theme songs with The Remembrandts "I'll Be There for You" up from 43 to 25 while Bodeans "Closer to Free" went from 20 to 12.
Powderfinger's "D.A.F" rose from 46 to 39 this week.
Losses.
Gloria Estefan's "Reach" continues it's strange run by dropping from 31 to 47 this week. Seriously. where's the consistency here?
A hit on the way out is "Mission Impossible Theme" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen which slipped from 36 to 22 this week.
"You Learn" by Alanis Morissette unfortunately tumbled from 26 to 37 while Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams" stumbled nine places to 41 as did The Presidents of the United States of America with "Dune Buggy" dropping to 33.
New Entries
The biggest new entry this week arives at number 19 with George Michael's "The Spinning the wheel" ep. Not expecting this to be as big as "Fastlove" was earlier this year.
Midnight Oil are back on the charts with new single called "Underwater" at number 23, the song comes from their forthcoming album "Breathe"
It's all the way down to 43 where we find Belinda Carlisle's new single "In Too Deep". Hope this does well for her to be quite honest. It's a decent song.
Primitive Radio Gods win the award for the longest song title I have seen in some time while debuting at number 45 with "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" (seriously!)
Bush's follow up to "Glycerine" has charted with "Comedown" arriving at 48 while rockers AC/DC turn up at 49 with "Bailbreaker"
Finally Coolio gets the last of the debuts this week with "It's All the Way Live (Now)" at number 50.
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