So we have a cool down week here where we find out what is settling in to become smash hits long into 2021 and while we'll get to the bad signs in our gains in a second but there's some positives in our top ten like "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo holding on to the number one spot for another week, this song looks pretty comfortable at the top for now, it's got streaming and sales for now as I don't see what in the top ten right now could challenge it.
It's comfortably ahead of "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals which remains at number two as it lost out on sales and its streaming has not been able to match that of "Drivers License", the same goes for "Without You" by The Kid Laroi which thankfully remained stuck at number three despite it's parent album "F*** Love" going to number one on the ARIA albums top 50 and meant that The Kid Laroi is now the youngest artist to have ever taken the number one spot on the ARIA album chart.
Rising two places to number four is "Fly Away" by Tones and I, it needs to get streaming back onside in order to rise much further but it got to number four on good sales numbers and decent if not robust streaming.
Well it got ahead of "Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior which slipped to number five as it's losing ground in all channels now as is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat DaBaby which also stumbled one spot to number six although I expect this will get a boost following the release of the deluxe edition of "Future Nostalgia" on February 12th.
In good news, returning to the top ten is SZA's "Good Days" rising five places to number seven, this song appears to be doing well even if Australia radio is ignoring it unfortunately.
Cracking the top ten this week is Tiesto's "The Business" which also jumped five places to number eight. Sigh. I just don't like this song and think the vocals sound absolutely miserable.
"So Done" by The Kid Laroi remains at number nine while Justin Bieber's "Anyone" stays at number ten
Gains
The gains are a mix of good and bad. The good being that "Streets" by Doja Cat jumped from 27 to 14 this week and I'll also take "Save Your Tears" by The Weekend up eleven to 18.
However why is HVME's atrocious remix of Travis Scott's "Goosebumps" up six to 16 or "Best Friend" by Saweetie feat Doja Cat up eight spots to 40. Ugh.
"Looking for Me" by Paul Woolford, Diplo and Kareen Lomax rose eight to 32 because of course it did.
Re Entries
Just the one return this week with "My Ex's Best Friend by Machine Gun Kelly and Blackbear back number 46
Losers
The biggest losers are off the back off the Hottest 100 with Flume's "The Difference" feat Toro y Moi down 18 down to 41, "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan The Stallion down to 25,
Drop Outs
Both "Get on the Beers" by Mashd n Kutcher feat. Daniel Andrews and "I'm Good?" by Hilltop Hoods left and probably won't be back either.
New Entries
So we've only got the one new entry to discuss so how about we check in with a song that's rising in Belgium before we get to it...
Number 18 in Belgium: "Strangers" by Laura Tesoro and Loic Nottet feat. Alex Germys
So to explain both Laura Tesoro and Loic Nottet are household names in Belgium, both have competed for Belgium at Eurovision. Laura with "What's the Pressure" and Loic with "Rhythm Inside', they linked up with fellow Belgian Alex Germys who is a producer for this song and...this is solid stuff, it's got a solid groove and Loic and Laura have a decent chemistry and those harmonies for the chorus are outstanding. The song tells the story of a relationship where the love has clearly gone out of the relationship and now it feels like they are two strangers sharing the bed. Its a mid tempo song that hooks the listener in. Give it a listen, it's not bad!
Getting back to the ARIA singles chart and our only new entry of the week....
47. "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max
Oh thank god this finally showed up, Ava Max is absolutely killing it in Europe with "Who's Laughing Now" breaking into the top ten in Belgium and I have been wondering when Australia is going to give her another top ten hit after "Sweet but Psycho" in 2019, well here's 'My Head & My Heart" a song that interpolate's the ATC 2000s classic "All Around the World (La La La La)" and does it well that it honestly makes this song a lot of fun, the lyrics describe a confrontation Ava Max has had with an ex and she can't get it out of her head and now wants him to repair her broken heart. I'll take this, let's take this opportunity to give Ava Max a hit this time, hey, Australia?
So that wraps up this week on the singles chart. Next week, it looks like Cardi B's new single and the collab between Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato will show up but we'll see when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEDT
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