ARIA Singles top ten/Chart Review: 6th April. It's a week of Roses and Dua Lipa

So I cannot be the only who does acknowledge that while there has been a positive swing for the better in the standard of the music on the charts however I am seeing what's rising on the charts and what is coming next week and cringing, there's some absolute garbage on and coming to the charts, folks, brace yourselves.

However there are two big stories this week and they are both revolve around the top ten where we have a new number one, "Roses (Imanbeck Remix" by Saint JHN rode streaming traction and decent sales to take the number one spot for how long is anyone's guess given Drake dropped his new single last Friday and is currently doing well on streaming however "Roses" did push back ten week chart topper "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd to number two, this song is still strong but those streaming numbers are starting to slip.

Then there's the other big story, Dua Lipa landing three songs in the top ten this week with the first of them being "Don't Start Now" which regained some momentum off the back of the release of "Future Nostalgia" to move up one place to number three, I don't expect this song to keep up that  momentum though

However it did push past "Intentions" by Justin Bieber and Quavo down one place to number four as Bieber is readying the next single from his album which turns out to be the say nothing album title track "Changes". See ya on my worst hits list of 2020, Bieber.

Speaking of worst hits of 2020, "Say So" by Doja Cat remains a thing in the top ten by staying at number five...ewww...

Up one place to number six this week is "Death Bed" by Powfu feat Beabadoobee, it's got streaming traction.

The highest new entry of the week and the second of Dua Lipa's three songs in the top ten is "Break My Heart" - a song that samples the melody of INXS smash hit "Need You Tonight", is in at number seven this week.

Up one place is :"Supalonely' by BENEE and Gus Dapperton to number eight. A song that I am not sure how to feel about it.

The biggest gainer this week is the last of the Dua Lipa songs on the chart this week, "Physical" which jumped ten places to number nine courtesy of the album dropping last week.

Finally "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I continues its tenuous hold on number ten this week.

Gains

So I have already mentioned "Physical" by Dua Lipa breaking into the top ten at number nine. Outside of the top ten, Endor's "Pump It Up" jumped six places to break into the top twenty at number twenty, this has some streaming traction right now.

It's good news for The Rubens as "Live In Life" jumped from 27 to 21 this week. (That song has grown on me a fair bit in recent weeks)

Finally "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish continues to hang around jumping six places to 29 while the pretty awful "City of Angels" by 24KGOLDEN jumped five places to 25.

Gains

The Weeknd's album title track "After Hours" was the biggest loser this week as it tumbled from 17 to 48 as hype for the album fades away while "In Your Eyes" got a six place poke in the eye to 19.

Sam Smith's "To Die For" continues to lose ground unfortunately as it stumbled from 23 to 31 this week. 

"Godzilla" by Eminem feat. JuiceWRLD is sputtering out as it plunged hard from 18 to 32, the same happened for "Glitter" by BENEE which lost it's shine in skidding down from 21 to 37,

Finally "The Less I Know the Better" by Tame Impala fell ten places to 44. 

Drop Outs

Not really a lot to complain about here with the unsurprising exit of "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers. We also lost 2019 hit "Good as Hell" by Lizzo, it had a great run on the chart so not too sad it's gone. 

"Heartless" by The Weeknd also left taking with it "July" by Noah Cyrus and most pleasingly "Yummy" by Justin Bieber, thank fucking christ however I do expect "Yummy" to make the year end list and my worst hits list for 2020.

New Entries

So outside of Dua Lipa's "Break My Heart" at number seven, what else entered the chart this week, well we have to go to 23 to find "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion, a song that I actually don't mind from her, it's one of the better songs from the EP and it's got traction so it will stick around thankfully.

At number 30 is the pointless new PARTYNEXTDOOR single "Believe It" feat. Rihanna. What's the point of having Rihanna on the song if you are just going to use her as a backing vocalist? Ridiculous waste of talent.

5 Seconds of Summer have managed to chart their Maroon 5 impersonation "Old Me" off the back of the release of CALM. at 39.

Finally to wrap up this week, the success of "Say So" has meant that people are looking for what else Doja Cat has done so it's meant that "Boss Bitch" enters at 46.

That wraps up a pretty wild and busy week, keep an eye out for the next episode of 2000 Sound. Next week that new Drake song will most likely debut top ten, we'll find out from ARIA on Saturday at 5pm AEST.