Ahh after two straight weeks of album bombs...we get a relative cool down week where most of the Drake nonsense left and A LOT flooded in to replace it. I'm glad for this cool down week before Lil Nas X rides in to bomb the chart next week.
Anyway let's dive straight into the top ten where of course there was no change at the top with "Stay" by The Kid Laroi at number one for a tenth week, its still got strong margins on streaming but there could be a challenger afoot.
That challenge won't come from "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran which rebounded two places to number four this week. sales will help it keep its place on the chart but rise no further.
The same goes for "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa which does have some streaming strength and is a pretty dominant force on streaming, it might make a play for number one should "Stay" falter.
Rebounding six places to number four is "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals because it's got traction on streaming again...just lovely...not.
Then we have a new entry at number five and this one kind of surprised me, it's Ed Sheeran's second song in the top five this week, "Shivers"...now I will talk about the song's quality later but it's here on decent sales and rising streaming.
Then there's "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow which climbed five places to number six. I expect this song to make a play for number one when we get that "Montero" album bomb next week.
Drake's "Girls Want Girls" feat Lil Baby plummets five places to number seven...this is not going to hang around hopefully.
"Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo' rebounded seven places to number eight, this song is fading slowly on both sales and streaming, its about ready to leave.
Down six to number nine is "Fair Trade' by Drake feat. Travis Scott because like "Girls Want Girls", hype behind "Ceritified Lover Boy" faded.
Finally also leaping seven places on the rebound is 'Beggin" by Maneskin to number ten.
Gains
Mostly everything that's not Drake or Kanye gained this week so we'll start with "Happier than Ever"
by Billie Eilish up nine spots to 11 while "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat SZA rebounds 7 to 14 while "Need to Know" also by Doja Cat jumped seven to 15 and "Woman" jumped thirteen to reach a new peak of 17 (I just wish the song was better).
"Levitating" by Dua Lipa leaped nine places to 16. "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" by Lil Nas X got a whopping thirteen place rebound to 19 (Look for this to return to the top ten next week).
"Dreams" by Jolyon Petch returned to the top twenty up fourteen to 20 while "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd climbed sixteen places to 21 and '2055" by Sleepy Hallow up thirteen to 22. "Without You" by The Kid Laroi climbed 19 places to 23.
"Visiting Hours" by Ed Sheeran recovered seven places to 24. Clinton Kane's "I Guess I'm in Love" climbed seventeen places to to hit a new peak of 25 while 'Missing Piece" by Vance Joy rebounded nineteen places to 26.
"Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan got some love to leap seventeen places to 32 while "Take My Breath" by The Weeknd jumped fourteen to 33. "Traitor" by Olivia Rodrigo rebounded thirteen places to 37 while "Drivers License" also by Olivia Rodrigo climbed seven places to 41.
Re Entries
It's an insane week for re entries, there's about thirteen of them. "Mood" by 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior is back at number 50, "I Wanna Be Your Slave" by Maneskin returns at 48. "The Business" by Tiesto gets a second life on the chart at 46.
Unfortunately "One too Many" by Keith Urban and Pink came back at 45. "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd rebounds back into the top 50 at number 43 while a Tik Tok meme saw the return of Sam Smith's 2014 single "Like I Can" at number 42.
Shouse's "Love Tonight" came back at number 40 while "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac glides back in at 39 and "Friday" by Riton and Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa and Hyperman in at 38
Then there's "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf" returns at 36 while "Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon back at 35.
"Leave Before You Love Me" back at 34 for Marshmello and the Jonas Brothers while finally "Get into it (Yuh)" by Doja Cat is back at 30.
Losers
All of the losers are from either the Kanye or Drake album bombs so let's begin with the Kanye songs still on the chart: "Moon" down six to 49, "Off the Grid" feat. Fivio Foreign and Playboi Carti down 21 to 47 and "Hurricane" feat. Lil Baby and The Weeknd down three to 12.
Now for the Drake songs that fell but didn't fall off the chart: I already mentioned the losses for both "Girls Want Girls" and "Fair Trade" but "Way 2 Sexy" feat. Future and Young Thug fell six to 13, "Knife Talk" feat. 21 Savage and Project Pat down five to 18 and Champagne Poetry fell 23 places to 29.
Drop Outs
No real notable drop outs here with the rest of Drake's album bomb not already mentioned in the losers or top ten leaving but apart from that both ABBA's songs 'I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down" unfortunately also exited along with "Jail" by Kanye West feat. Jay Z.
New Entries
Five new entries this week, let's start with ..
44. "Family Ties' by Baby Keem feat. Kendrick Lamar
So of the new entries this week, two of these have already broken through on the US Hot 100 with this song being he better of the two with brassy production before Baby Keem's opening verse where he raps about Kendrick Lamar (his cousin) partnered with him, previously having worked with Kendrick's label TDE but didn't garner success until the pretty awful "Orange Soda' broke through in the USA in 2020.
Then Kendrick comes in and completely dominates in a completely braggadocious manner as only he can do where he insists on people no addressing unless it's with the acronym G.O.A.T and then gives an update on where he has been because it's pretty well documented that Kendrick has been incredibly quiet during the BLM protests last year, he even references Kanye's born again Christianity while nothing has changed for him. Kendrick just makes this song work because let's be real, Kendrick is who people are listening to this song for.
31. "Higher" by Bella Taylor Smith.
So full confession, I have not paid a shred of attention to The Voice Australia...the show hasn't really created any stars unlike what Australian Idol did for the first couple of seasons so imagine my surprise when going through the chart this week when the winner of the contest showed up on the singles chart this week. Bella Taylor Smith hails from Sydney and won the contest following her rather impressive performance of Andrea Boccelli's "The Prayer" so how is her debut single?
It's fine. Look, it's your standard let's climb every mountain together ballad that's been released time and again from reality TV shows but Bella's voice really does shine through here...the production works just enough to make space for her. in the mix and it's got enough swell to kind of work even if the lyrics are your standard cliches. Yeah you know...it's not bad...check this out.
28. "A OK" by Tai Verdes
So here's the other song only less good that hit the Hot 100 recently coming from American newcomer Tai Verdes who got big on TikTok somehow thanks to a song called "Stuck in the Middle" but "A OK" is the song that broke him on the charts and dear god, this song is AWFUL, for one thing the guitar and the overtly polished smarmy attitude from Verdes because he has a fucking acoustic guitar in his arms that makes me understand why the genre of guys with acoustic guitars has a pretty terrible reputation and then there's the lyrics that fall somewhere between Jason Mraz levels of gross and AJR being repulsively twee eg: "Hey little lady, I know your feeling crazy (woo!) All your other friends making babies (ew)" and inserting a lame cheerleader rhyme into the verse. Throw the smug overtly cheery delivery on the chorus and this song sinks to being worse than its older version from last year... "Sunday Best" by Surfaces, in other words if this becomes a hit, it's a definite contender for my worst list...NEXT!
27. "Meet Me at Our Spot" by The Anxiety
So Willow Smith has formed a new duo with her boyfriend Tyler Cole who also happens to be a musician called "The Anxiety with this being the first song from their debut album to hit the ARIA singles chart and look, I actually think there's a bit to like here...the drum groove is solid and Willow fits this song perfectly about meeting somebody for ice cream etc but Tyler wasn't the best choice to open the song, he sounds grating as hell here. Overall, I don't mind it but it could have been better. Just saying.
5. "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran.
What the fuck is Ed Sheeran's label doing? They've got "Visiting Hours" a truly excellent song that deserves to be a hit yet they decide to drop "Bad Habits" part 2 because this sounds so similar to "Bad Habits" its not funny and feels less like a song that Ed Sheeran is comfortable in but one that his label wanted him to make. rather than the heartfelt material Sheeran is good at making, there's something so cold and calculated about this song where its forcing Ed to do his own impression of The Weeknd's synthwave synthpop flourishes yet it just doesn't work here. Sorry but I just am not digging this.
That's the end of the week and the worst of the week fell out easily with that going to "A OK" by Tai Verdes...the first song this year to really completely piss me off.
As for the best of the week...well that's harder but I'm going to give it to "Higher" by Bella Taylor Smith...I just kind of like it a little more than "Family Ties"
Next week...Lil Nas X album bomb so brace for that when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm
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