So we had some changes to the top ten this week and a fair bit of movement up and down the chart so let's get stuck into it because for a second week it's "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals at number one thanks mostly due its dominance on streaming because it's sales while good are starting to waver and it's facing some STIFF competition for top spot next week.
It held up ahead of both "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo at number two and "Without You' by The Kid Laroi holding steady at number three mostly because neither have the streaming presence anymore.
That might be good news for "The Business" by Tiesto which regained a spot to number four as it's in position to take advantage of any weakness above it BUT like I said there are some MASSIVE new releases heading for the charts next week however it did push past "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack which dropped a spot to number five as interest in this song is fading ALREADY.
Unfortunately the worst song in the top ten "Goosebumps" by HVME and Travis Scott climbed one place because streaming won't let this song fucking die in a pit of fire already. It meant that "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd got pushed back one to number seven.
Steady at number eight is 'Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior and "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby at number nine. Both these songs look likely to exit the top ten next week.
However we do have a new arrival to the top ten that being "Cover Me in Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart which climbed six places to number ten because of strength on sales and is growing on streaming. It's Pink's 27th top ten hit in Australia and Willow Sage Hart's first. I'm not surprised by this, Australia loves Pink and almost anything she releases does pretty well. plus the radio LOVES this song.
Gains
So outside the top ten the biggest gain of the week came for "Your Love (9pm)" by ATB, Topic and A7S up 21 spots to number 24.
The other two are cases of continued momentum with "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max up six places to number 21 and "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf up nine spots to break into the top twenty at 16.
Losers
The biggest loser this week is "Love Songs Ain't for Us" by Amy Shark and Keith Urban as it fell ten places to 32 because it really only has sales with only a small amount of streaming.
"Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran looks to be fading away naturally down seven to number 40.
Drop Outs
Much to my disappointment, "Martin & Gina" by Polo G fell out...that song deserved better.
Also gone are "Willow" by Taylor Swift and "Send It" by Hooligan Hefs.
New Entries
Three new entries this week starting with...
41. Friday by Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa and Hyperman
Well this requires some explanation, this song is by English DJ and producer Riton who teamed up with Scottish house music project Nightcrawlers and brought in Internet sensations Mufasa and Hyperman, both who are responsible for viral videos on Youtube.
Now it should be said that the song does lean heavily on a remix of the Nightcrawlers 1992 hit "Push the Feeling On" which is kind of ironic because while objectively this is fine enough, I'm not feeling this at all, it just doesn't do anything for me, it feels kind of flat in a way I would expect a song about it being Friday to feel. That's all.
38. Josh by Peach PRC
Ahh so another act I need to explain, Peach PRC is a Australian pop singer/songwriter. Peach being her preferred stage name. This song being her first to hit the ARIA singles chart top fifty after some pretty impressive promotion on streaming and going viral on Tiktok.
So how's the song, it's your pretty basic break up song where she wants this guy named Josh to stop calling her and outlines all his immature traits (the song opens with the line "Does your mom still buy your clothes?" cause that's real mature to out that kind of shit in public) which eventually result in her cutting him off and just leaves me unimpressed with just how juvenile and catty this song is especially when she's rubbing it in about the song being on music playlists...it's not just Josh that needs to grow up here, clearly and the instrumentation is just bland as hell...NEXT.
29. Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon
So I will confess I paid this song absolutely no attention when it first turned up on the Spotify top 50 in Australia and only began taking notice a few weeks ago when it turned up rather low down on the USA Billboard Hot 100 and with this being Giveon's first song to turn up on the ARIA singles top 50, what did we get?
Well it turns out we got a solid R'n'B cut that might well be one of the best of the year so far with its piano and bits of guitar spiking through out the song as Giveon parses through his feelings about the 1 year anniversary of his split with his ex and the pain he has felt since she left him and misses her a lot. It's a lot more maturely written than a certain other new entry this week. I like this. Let's make it a hit.
"Heartbreak Anniversary" runs away with best of the week this week while "Josh" by Peach PRC gets the worst of the week for being just ridiculously juvenile.
Next week is going to be an overload of new songs so we'll see what happens when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday.
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