This week saw the top ten see something of a clean out and unfortunately, it looks like some of the quality that was in the top ten got replaced by...well....ugh...you'll see, it's rough however what's not so rough is that "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo spent a sixth week at number one however its leaking ground on both sales and streaming which makes "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals a player for number one as its got streaming on side for a run at number one next week.
A new entry at number three for American rapper Lil TJ and 6lack with a song called "Call My Phone". Now apparently this became a thing off a tik tok meme but more about that later however this song got some insane streaming tis week that saw it debut so high.
It disrupted the top ten though with "Without You" by The Kid Laroi pushed back to number four as it just lost out on streaming/ The same goes for Tiesto's "The Business" down one to number five although I expect this song to stick around...unfortunately.
However up one spot to number six is "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd thanks to good streaming although it probably gained because "Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior tumbled two places to number seven.
Also down two spots is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. Dababy to number eight as it gracefully looks set to leave the top ten
Arriving to the top ten for the first time and is the unpleasant turd that is "Goosebumps (remix)" by HVME and Travis Scott up five places to number nine. Only one word for this...ewww.
Returning to the top ten is "So Done" by The Kid Laroi at number ten up one spot from last week.
Gains
Biggest gain of the week belongs to Ava Max with "My Head & My Heart" up to 12 spots to 29 which is some good news as I still really like the song. That was the only major gain outside of the top ten.
Losers
Biggest loser of the week belonged to "What You Know bout Love" by the late Pop Smoke which tumbled ten spots to number 43.
A slew of songs fell six places including "Take You Dancing" by Jason DeRulo to 45, "Dynamite" by BTS to 42, "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion to 34 and "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish to 31
Drop Outs
A bunch of 2020 hits fell off the chart including "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo, "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa, "For the Night" by Pop Smoke and "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus
The only song I'd say is a bit of a non starter that fell off was "Monster" by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber
New Entries
Five new entries on the chart this week, we begin with....
47. "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf
So this is your very definition of sleeper hit, this song was released 18 months ago only for it to blow up on Tik Tok this year, it's by a little known Australian MC who goes by the rap name Masked Wolf and well...this song is interesting mostly because the chorus reminds me a lot of what Juice WRLD was doing before he died while his flow on the verses reminds of Eminem, he is quick and while there's no real story here other than Masked Wolf showing that he has overcome mental health problems, he could have built the story a little better and the song itself feels pretty short but this is still better than I expected coming off it blowing up on Tik Tok so yeah check this out if you are curious.
27. "We're Good" by Dua Lipa
So Dua Lipa released the deluxe edition of "Future Nostalgia" and I got to be honest as somebody who loved the tightness of the pop on the standard edition of the album...the extra songs really didn't anything for me and "We're Good" kind of falls into that category of not having the tightness to it that makes for a great Dua Lipa song, it's not precisely bad but given what was on Future Nostalgia, disappointment hurts here.
21. "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift
So here's the first of the newly recorded Taylor Swift songs with the first album to be re recorded and released to be "Fearless" on April 9th with Taylor's first Australian number one in 2008 "Love Story" the first re release single and...well I actually like this more than the original...for one thing the new version strips out a lot of the syuthetic elements that didn't mesh at all with Taylor's vocal and gives the song a much more organic country sound which is fantastic so yeah I am okay with this version. Good job Taylor. Now to if you can make "You Belong With Me" tolerable for me, you'll be doing brilliantly.
15. "Cover Me In Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart
Well then...I didn't see this coming especially as this is the best performing Pink song in a long time but put Pink in a studio with her nine year old daughter to record a song aimed at making people smile during a pandemic and I think there's a reason it debuted as high as it did because yeah less not mince words this is adorable and the production is acoustic guitar that can sound country if you squint. Yeah I'm not going to dunk this song, it is adorable and achieves what it sets out to do which is make people smile during a tough time in the world right now. Nice job from both Pink and Willow.
3. "Call My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack
So the second hip hop song to get big on Tik Tok comes from two American rappers although it is mostly Lil Tjay's song with 6lack handling the hook all about the end of a relationship and Lil Tjay trying to make it clear to a girl that it's over and it's time for her to leave him alone and move on although it's not a good look when Lil Tjay says he might buy his 'new bitch' Dior (really, give yourself some time to get over the break up!)
Look the song is fine from a production standpoint even if it does sound a Pop Smoke song at points. I'll take it even if it's really only a solid song rather than excellent.
So that wraps up our week and there's no real clear stand outs one way or the other, I'm giving worst of the week to "We're Good" by Dua Lipa purely for being the most disappointing of the five new entries. Best goes to "Cover Me In Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart just edging out "Love Story (Taylor's Veraion)" by Taylor Swift.
Next week: something from that deluxe edition release of Ariana Grande's album "Positions" and maybe the collab between Amy Shark and Keith Urban but we'll find out on Saturday when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT
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