So this week saw a reset with all of the Christmas music gone and 2019 and 2020 releases rushing to fill the gaps although we did get four new songs on the chart this week but we'll get to that, let's deal firstly with the top ten where much to my delight, "Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior held onto the number one spot mostly thanks to streaming being at least consistent, it held up over "Without You" by The Kid Laroi which thankfully remains stuck at number two because the only traction it's got right now is mostly on Spotify.
"Head & Heart" by Joel Corry feat. MNEK remains stuck at number three as it still has some sales traction and streaming is still solid...it's hanging around a lot longer than I thought but it's coming under pressure from "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby which rose one place to number four, this song has some streaming and while sales did take a hit this week, there's a tiny chance that it could go to number one in a few weeks time...we'll see.
There's a new entry at number five from Justin Bieber called "Anyone", we'll get into the song's quality later but it's here mostly thanks to good sales and streaming that while good wasn't able to push the song any higher.but might do in the weeks ahead.
Holding steady at number six is "positions" by Ariana Grande and also "Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran at number seven, the latter having sales traction and a little streaming.
Rising three places to number eight is "Fly Away" by Tones and I, this song has traction on sales and is climbing on streaming so this isn't going to go away any time soon and I am honestly fine with that as this is a good song, probably one of the first to be on my year end best list considerations.
"So Done" by The Kid Laroi went up one spot to number nine thanks to streaming, it moved past "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd which fell two places to number ten.
Gains
"Heat Waves" by Glass Animals gained 10 places to 22, "Monster" by Shawn Mendes feat. Justin Bieber rose six places to 29, "Paradise" by Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy climbed seven to 33 (actually annoyed about this song, the song is fine but Dermot Kennedy has done better eg: "Power over Me"). "Lasting Lover" by Sigala and James Arthur broke into the top twenty up eight places to 19.
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles rebounded seven places to 17, "34+35" by Ariana Grande returned up six places to 15 and it's got some traction now...it could go top ten soon.
Re Entries
So we had six returns this week, starting at 44 with "Circles" by Post Malone, "Wonder" by Shawn Mendes back at 45 (not a bad week for Mendes), "Dancing in the Moonlight" by Jubel feat. Neimy waltzed back in at 46, "For the Night" by Pop Smoke popped back in at 47, Justin Bieber's slightly less "Lonely" with Benny Blanco back at 48 and the worst of the returns being "Befote You Go" by Lewis Capaldi at 49 (the song still sucks)
Losses
The biggest loss was for "WAP" by Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion which slipped four places to 26 but that was really it in terms of losers.
Drop Outs
As I said at the beginning, all the drop outs were Christmas music.
New Entries
So there's a change to the way I am dealing with new entries this year. I am going to be doing a brief review of each of the new entries. Album bomb weeks will have rules which I will explain when we get to having an album bomb week likely from Drake later this month
So we've got four new entries, starting with
50. "Love Not War (the Tampa Beat)" by Jason DeRulo and Nuka
Do you ever get the feeling that an artist is using the next few singles to try to recreate the lightning in a bottle that was a previous hit? This was the feeling I got when I heard this song that Jason DeRulo co wrote, the song reworking Nuka's song "4 Brylean (WayzRmx2018)" with the lyrics playing to DeRulo just wanting him and this girl to get back to having sex rather than fighting and honestly it's a bit of a shame that DeRulo spends more time bragging about how much money he has spent on this giirl and bemoaning that when he and this girl stop touching they don't stay in touch...the lyrics kind of justify why this girl may not be keen to dive back in.
DeRulo just comes across as whinging here, it's not pleasant at all and as for the production...that horn swonk has got to be the most annoying sound ever and pervades pretty much everything but the verses. I think I'll pass on this one. Time to move on!
40. "The Business" by Tiesto
So Tiesto is back on the ARIA singles chart for the first time since "Jackie Chan" with Post Malone and Preme in 2018 and I honestly don't see the appeal here, the instrumentation is your usual electronic/house song fare while the vocals are deep but don't provide much in the way of anything interesting especially when the lyrics just don't quite connect at all or even tell much of a story, its so vague, its not precisely bad but it's not anything I want to come back too.
38. "Good Days" by SZA
I've had a weird relationship when it comes to SZA, I've never really felt compelled to care about her music at all, her brand of R'n'B hasn't done anything for me in the past so when "Good Days" hit the ARIA singles chart I was wondering what I was in for but as it turned out SZA found a way to make a pretty compelling song that manages to connect, its a gentle piano song where SZA is reminding herself that the world might feel like its crumbling around her but there are still good days ahead and that the best is yet to come...the song is reassuring but not blind to the problems the world is facing. I like it. Good job!
5. "Anyone" by Justin Bieber
Okay...another Justin Bieber song...a song I will say I unfairly lashed out at mostly because it is better than the entirety of that last album and Bieber is at least a little more convincing in a song that sounds like it might be aimed at his wife...again...at least there's something in his delivery that's believable. I just wish the production was a bit more energetic rather than that popping drum line...just feels like there's something missing in the production...still doesn't change that while not good or great. It's passable.
Worst of the week is going to "Love Not War" by Jason DeRulo and Nuka. "Savage Love" may not have pissed me off like it did many others last year but the production and DeRulo not selling it at all with his delivery make it the obvious stand out for worst of the week.
SZA is getting best of the week for "Good Days". Good song that I hope becomes a sustainable hit as currently looks likely.
That wraps up the week, not sure whats coming next week, the US is bracing for a Morgan Wallen album bomb on the Hot 100 but as for the ARIA singles chart, I am not sure...it could be a quiet week as far as new entries go...we'll see on Saturday at 5pm AEDT
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