That threat doesn't come from "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd which remains at number two, those sales aren't going to keep up forever to support the diminishing streaming so really it will be a surprise to see this song return to number one.
We have a new entry at number three and it's not a surprise either with "Stuck With U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber being the highest debut of the week (not the worst of the debuts which is saying something), it really wasn't a shot at number one because while it had sales for the majority of the week, streaming let it down big time, it's not close to "Roses" or the current streaming leader.
Which brings us to "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch which, on the back of taking the streaming lead, went up five places to number four, the only thing from propelling it to number one is weaker sales but if it gets sales on board...watch this song hit number one.
Not the case for 'Say So' by Doja Cat which remained at number five, I honestly don't see this song getting much higher now with sales slipping and streaming only just hanging on and the same could be said for 'Toosie Slide" by Drake which fell three to number six, it's never had sales and streaming is starting to bleed so this could be gone sooner rather than later.
"Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion slipped three places to seven after the hype of the Beyonce remix faded away. Sales are still okay and while streaming could be better, it's a bit of a wait and see with this one.
"Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee fell two places to number eight as sales finally dropped off. Streaming is bleeding at a much slower rate but I expect stiffer competition will see this song gone from the top ten soon.
'"Supalonely" by BENEE feat Gus Dapperton rebounded back into the top ten at number nine mostly because of sales and streaming not letting this one go just yet...sigh.
Finally Dua Lipa's 'Don't Start Now" fell two places to number ten as it's on it way out naturally.
Gains
Not much in the way of massive gains this week. "ILY" by Surf Mesa and Emilee continues its bemusing popularity up from 32 to 25 this week. I already mentioned "Rockstar" by DaBaby and Roddy Ricch going up to number 4.
Losers
A little sad to see the biggest loser this week was "Righteous" by Juice WRLD which dropped eleven places to 30 this week. The song is good, would have been nice to see it stick around a bit longer even if it's definitely a hard song to listen to.
"The Scotts" by The Scotts fell out of the top ten down five places to number 12 while "City of Angels" by 24kGolden also fell hard down six places to 50.
Drop Outs
Not all that said about the drop outs here with "Never seen the Rain" by Tones and I the only one I am slightly disappointed to see gone but it had at good run on the charts.
The others gone are "Scko Mode" by Travis Scott and Drake, "Highest in the Room" by Travis Scott, "Gozilla" by Eminem feat. Juice WRLD and "Maniac" by Conan Gray.
New Entries
So I've already talked about "Stuck with U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber debuting at number 3 but there were four other debuts this week and frankly not many of them are good.
At number 14 this week is the return of the Souncloud Waifu otherwise known as 6ix9ine with "Gooba, this is going to be a contender for worst hit song of the year, once you get beyond the stupid shouting that just reminds you he is a talentless hack, there's not much to this song at all.
OneFour team up with A$AP Ferg for "Say It Again" which enters at 34 while the absolutely awful "After Party" by Don Toliver is in at 46.
Finally the best of the new entries is in at 49 courtesy of Topic who has teamed up with A7S for "Breaking Me". I really kind of like this, it's a hit in parts of Europe so I am glad to see it finally hit the Australian charts.
Next week is likely going to see Katy Perry show up along with maybe Kygo's collab with OneRepublic and possibly Delta Goodrem. The race for number one might be starting to heat up so we'll have to see when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm/
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
It's time go back to the decade of economic trouble, the arrival of Countdown and ABBA, yes, folks, we're stepping back to the 1970s or more precisely the year 1974 for the top ten best hit songs of that year, it's a year deemed notorious by many critics for being a bad year for popular music so did I manage to cobble a top ten together? Find out next Wednesday.
The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 1974 debuts on this blog at 4pm on Wednesday 20th May.
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