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
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