ARIA Top Ten Singles/Chart Review: 29th March. Nothing But Bieber's Justice

Sigh...This entire chart review is basically going to revolve around Justin Bieber and his new album "Justice" because it's the main talking point this week. Bieber has all the new entries most of which aren't even the best songs on the album and even caused a couple of songs to jump hard but anyway let's get into all the action with the top ten where "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals continues to squat at number one for a fifth week which is weird to me given it's such a weird nothing of a song.

Justin Bieber makes his presence felt at number two with "Peaches" feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon thanks to really good streaming but that's all it's really got at the moment however it did push "Without You" by The Kid Laroi down one spot to number three, "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo down to number four and "The Business" by Tiesto down to number five.

Rising seven places to number six off the back of the album release is "Hold On" by Justin Bieber. Again streaming was mostly where this song benefited and a lot is going to be dependent on how the deluxe album does.

Climbing one spot to number seven  is "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf, its actually got some sales behind it as well as streaming so this could be a player for number one soon.

All of this pushed "Cover Me in Sunshine" by Pink and Sage Willow Hart back two spots to number eight while the surprise come with the sudden four place collapse of "Goosebumps (remix)" by HVME feat Travis Scott to number nine...ouch. 

Wrapping up the top ten is "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd which fell three places to number ten.

Gains

Well outside of the top ten, there was the eight place gain by "Anyone" by Justin Bieber to 13 thanks to the album release in the only major gain this week outside the top ten.

Re Entries

Both re entries are from Justin Bieber with "Holy" feat. Chance The Rapper back at 21 and "Lonely" by Benny Blanco back at 47

Losers

"What's Next" by Drake took the biggest hit this week down eleven to 34 with "What's Next"...kind of telling just how these Drake songs aren't sticking around...it could rebound next week but I'm not so sure.

"Lasting Lover" by Sigala feat. James Arthur down nine to 46 while "Streets" by Doja Cat slipped seven to 19 while "Fly Alway" by Tones and I down eight to 26

Drop Outs

Couple of big ones this week with 2020 hits like "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Rich and  "What You Know Bout Love" by Pop Smoke

Then there's songs that will likely make the 2021 year end like "34+35" by Ariana Grande and "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish.

The non starters gone are "Wants and Needs" by Drake feat. Lil Baby, "On the Ground" by Rose and "Looking for Me" by Paul Woolfor feat. Diplo and Kareen Lomax.

New Entries

So I am introducing album bomb rules this week so if five or more songs from one album enter the chart then I will cover the top three new charting songs from that album plus any tracks that qualify for best or worst of the week.

So with there being five new entries all Justin Bieber album tracks, the two songs that aren't best nor worst of the week are "Off My Face" by Bieber at 42 and "2 Much" at 40.

23. "As I Am" by Justin Bieber feat Khalid

So one of the things I have noticed with Justin Bieber is that he likes to get features on his songs (there's quite a few on the album and honestly I kind of feel like for Bieber and his lack of charisma and personality that isn't punchable that is a bad idea when you absolutely know that he is very likely going to get blown out of the water by his collaborators and it's kind of the case in point where Khalid is more easily able to lean into the instrumentation and groove here to the point where I forgot Bieber was even on the song, granted, I am not sure the pianos really work that well and Bieber shouting "TAKE ME AS I AM" over that weirdly warped beat on the chorus and how the beat overwhelms Khalid's verse. The potential is there but yeah I'll pass.

22. Unstable by Justin Bieber feat The Kid Laroi

So I am going to make no bones about this but I don't like The Kid Laroi all that much, I think he is trying to rip way too hard from his mentor Juice WRLD rather than find his own particular style or sound and here sounds very much like it's in the Juice WRLD knock off vein but unlike Juice WRLD's better songs, it's got absolutely no energy and just falls flat over that acoustic guitar and watery piano. Plus the song feels like a fragment and feels too monotone rather than the instability that Bieber and The kid Laroi are singing about. Again this could have been better.

2. Peaches by Justin Bieber, Daniel Caesar and Giveon

So this song is an r'n'b song with a bit of groove, two artists like Daniel Caesar and Giveon on it along with the least interesting part of the song...Justin Bieber. "Peaches" has the sort of R'n'B that Bieber could have put into his previous album :"Changes"!. 

The song serving as an ode to Georgia with the state's peaches being a central theme to the song and the state also being the birthplace of Martin Luther King which doesn't make the excerpts of MLK's speecches earlier on on the album okay, Bieber?

Giveon and Daniel Caesar are really the only reason to want to return to this song and even then I'd rather listen to Giveon's new album anyway.

But yeah "Peaches" is still the best of the week easily. "Unstable" gets the worst of the week. As for next week: I've no idea as New Music Friday was overloaded with big names releasing new music, Bieber released a deluxe edition of "Justice" so we may well get another smaller album bomb...joy...might also get Taylor Swift working wth Maren Morris, Lil Nas X and Demi Lovato, we''ll find out on Friday at 5pm AEDT