So this week was probably a bit busier than I would have liked given there's likely an Ariana Grande album bomb coming next week (despite the album being fine but pretty underwhelming) because we've got four new entries and some big moves in the top twenty but let's start with the biggest story of the week, our new number one which is "positions" by Ariana Grande, it got there through solid sales and streaming and should hold onto number one for a couple of weeks post the album release and while the song is not bad, it's like the album...underwhelming that said I think my opinion on the song is somewhat soured by the behaviour of some of Ariana's fanbase during the week however I will save my bake of stan Twitter for the year end worst list though.
Anyway all that was enough to push "Mood" by 24k Goldn and Iann Dior down to number two...I would have liked to have seen this remain number one as I think it is the better song, the same can be said for "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK which slipped to number three.
"Holy" by Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper continues to linger like herpes on the genitals by remaining at number four.
"WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion is finally on it's way out as it bled on streaming and on sales to drop two places to number five.
Also remaining steady this week is "Lemonade" by Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver and NAV at number six.
The virality slipping away has seen "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac fall two spots to number seven...honestly this should be enough to seal a year end spot but we'll have to see in January. Pop Smoke's "What You Know Bout Love" dropped one place to number eight.
Staying at number nine is "You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae....hopefully Ariana's album bomb knocks this out of the top ten and stalls it's momentum.
Speaking of momentum that's dying off, "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo slipped down two places to number ten.
Gains
Pretty quiet on the gains front with the biggest gain being for "Levitating (remix)" by Dua Lipa feat DaBaby which rose nine places to 13 while "Diamonds" by Sam Smith rose four to 43 this week ("Diamonds" should get a boost off the back of the album release next week)
Losers
The biggest loser this week is "Kings & Queens" by Ava Max which got dethroned from 42 to 48 this week while "Everybody Rise" is doing the opposite of the songs title in collapsing down from 43 to 49.
Drop Outs
So there are four drop outs this week with "Wishing Well" by Juice WRLD, "Adore You" by Harry Styles, "Be Kind" by Marshmello and Halsey and "Look Into My Eyes" by Brando all gone
New Entries
So beyond Ariana Grande's "positions" debuting at number one, we did have three other new entries with American country star Luke Combs achieving his highest ever singles chart position in Australia thanks to the deluxe release of his album thanks to the song "Forever After All" debuting at number 14, I am all for this happening, it's the best country song to hit the ARIA top 50 in such a long time.
The Kid LAROI's "So Done" arrives at number 20 while James Arthur's "Train Wreck" turns up at number 45 thanks to virality on TikTok.
So next week, we should see what carnage Ariana Grande can create with the "positions" album bomb when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday.
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