We got a rather interesting week especially as we might well have contests for the number one over the next few weeks and this week probably going to look insignificant with Taylor Swift album bomb set to sweep away most of what happened on the chart this week which is kind of a shame as this week was interesting as the big story was that we got a brand new number one...that's right..."Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon took the number one spot, it's Bieber's fourth number one in Australia and both Daniel Caesar and Giveon's first...it got there basically because it ruled streaming and continues to do so.
This pushed "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals back to number two, this might fall off pretty as it bled on streaming and it's getting passed.
The biggest gainer on the chart this week belongs to (as expected) "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X which jumped 13 places to number three. This song is the current biggest threat to the number one on the chart right now, it's got streaming on board and digital sales is getting there.
Also with some momentum is "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf which climbed one spot to number thanks to streaming, this was enough to push it past "The Business" by Tiesto (I'm thoroughly sick of this song at this point) which slipped one to number five.
Fading naturally down three to number six is "Without You" by The Kid Laroi as its streaming took hits this week...good...shame it's safe for the year end though.
Remaining steady at number seven is "Cover Me in Sunshine" by Pink and Sage Willow Hart. Sales are still great but that streaming is starting to look shaky...
Also fading naturally is "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo down two to number eight. We've got more Olivia Rodrigo to discuss in the new entries but yeah "Drivers License" is slowly but surely making its way of the top ten.
What I wish was making it's way out of the top ten but is sticking around like a really disgusting case of genital herpes is "Goosebumps (Remix)" by HVME feat. Travis Scott at number nine, the sooner we can get this scab of atonal drone out of the top ten the better.
Justin Bieber is the chart bookend because he starts and completes the top ten as "Hold On" fell two places to number ten.
Gains
So apart from "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" by Lil Nas X having the biggest gain of the week into the top ten, what else gained? Truth be told...not much. "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac shows no sign of exiting the chart up eight places to number 27 even as the viral meme is pretty much dead at this point.
Rising five places off the album boost to 39 is "What Other People say" by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato.
Re Entries
Two returns this week with "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I back at 43 and "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch at 48. Don't get me wrong, I still like both songs but it's time for both to be moved on from the chart.
Losers
"Love Songs Ain't For us" by Amy Shark and Keith Urban continues to have no real traction as it tumbled five places to number 38. Lil Tjay & 6Lack's "Calling My Phone' also dropped five pplaces to number 16.
Other than that most of the losses were around the 1 to 3 places this week as the chart continued to reset after the Bieber bomb
Drop outs
Gone are Bieber album tracks "As I Am" feat Khalid and "Unstable" feat. The Kid Laroi (No complaints here taking "Whoopty" by CJ with them as an added bonus.
"You All Over Me (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift feat. Maren Morris also dropped out but that is likely to return next week when Taylor Swift likely bombs the chart.
New Entries
Just two new entries this week so let's get moving and begin with:
47. "Body" by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne
Okay so Russ Millions is a British rapper who is otherwise known as Russ who had a late 2018 top ten hit in the UK with "Gun Lean" which become the first track with the drill sound (it's getting popular in modern hip hop) to reach the top ten there. His partner on this track, Tion Wayne is also a British rapper. This song being the first song to hit the ARIA singles chart for both and well...yeah...this does nothing for me especially when there's no obvious melody to this song and the hook suggests "English girl named Fiona" and "African girl named Adeola" have "bodies shaped like Cola"...what the hell does that even mean?
That's even before Russ Millions references staying high like Jeff Hardy and Tion Wayne declares that when he sees a woman's butt he says "What the fuck"...I am pretty sure butts aren't exclusive to women, Tion.
I am not impressed with this at all. Next!
13. "Deja Vu" by Olivia Rodrigo.
So since this song was released I have heard every comparison to Lorde and Taylor Swift I thought was not even humanly possible so I am going to spend my time avoiding those comparisons because Olivia Rodrigo's music deserves to be talked about on it's own merits rather than being compared to that of Lorde or Taylor Swift and also because "Deja Vu" is a good pop song, no it's not better than "Drivers License", this song doesn't quite have the memorable lines like "Drivers License" does but what "Deja Vu" does well is build on the narrative of it's predecessor and Olivia asking the questions of what her ex is feeling when he is with the other girl.
The drums could have been dialled back at bit, they do sound way too loud in the mix but hey, I'll take this overall..it's easily the best of the week.
Yeah, "Body" is getting the worst...if that's an example of drill...just yikes,
Next week could be busy, a Taylor Swift album bomb, a new singles from Doja Cat collaborating with SZA and more. We'll find out when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm
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