So we have one (likely) final album bomb for 2021 courtesy of Adele's "30" but we also have an assortment of other scattered new entries but firstly to the top ten where the impact of the "30" album bomb was felt right at the top of the chart with "30" with "Easy On Me" by Adele returning to number one courtesy of strength across the board.
It knocked "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift back to number two, now considering that most of the other songs from "Red (Taylor's Version)" either fell hard or dropped out, it's pretty impressive that this song held on enough to only fall to number two.
From there though, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa remained glued to number three, "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber stuck at number four and "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran frozen to number five.
New entry by Adele at number six with "Oh My God". Now we'll talk about the song's quality later but this got here thanks to strong first week streaming however that might ebb back next week
"Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran slipped back to number seven as this song's run is effectively done at this point while 'Heat Waves" by Glass Animals continues to be one hell of an annoying presence in the top ten as it slipped back one place to number eight while "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow remains at number nine.
The second new entry to the top ten comes from Adele with "I Drink Wine" debuting at number ten. Again more about this one in the new entries.
Here's how the top ten would have shaped without the Adele album bomb...
10. "Smokin' Out the Window" by Silk Sonic
9. "Ghost" by Justin Bieber
8. "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow
7. "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals
6. "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran
5. Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran
4. "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
3. "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa
2. "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift
1. "Easy On Me" by Adele
Gains
Hard to imagine we got many gains in an album bomb week but we did get a couple and its a shame it's not on the good side with "Do It To It" by Acraze feat. Cherish breaking into the top twenty up from 23 to 16 while "Acapulco" by Jason Derulo climbed two to 44 because this would probably be bigger if not for the album bombs in recent weeks.,
Re Entries
Three re entries this week beginning with "2055" by Sleepy Hallow at 48, "Without You" by The Kid Laroi feat. Miley Cyrus at 47 and of course "Rolling in the Deep' by Adele at 46.
Losers
So over a half of the chart lost so this week I am only going to deal with songs that lost eight places or more, starting with "Run (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran which fell 30 places to 49 and is one of only two songs from "Red (Taylor's Version)" to still be in the ARIA top 50 in it's second week.
Down ten places is "Moth to a Flame" by Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd to 36...will be interesting to see if it rebounds in the weeks ahead even with Christmas music coming.
"Beggin'" by Maneskin down eight to 28 while "love nwantiti (ah ah ah)" by Ckay slipped eight to 26 and "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish slumped eight places to 24.
Drop Outs
The majority of the drop outs are songs from the "Red (Taylor's Version)" album bomb but we did also lose "Already Dead" by Juice WRLD (I expect to see this back when the album is released), "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic, "Bad Man (Smooth Criminal)" by Polo G, "Knife Talk" by Drake feat. 21 Savage and Project Pat and "A OK" by Tai Verdes.
New Entries
We are in an album bomb situation for Adele's "30" so here's the chart positions of the songs from "30" I won't be reviewing:
"All Night Parking" feat. Erroll Gurner at 33, "Hold On" at 31, "To Be Loved" at 25, "Cry Your Heart Out" at 21, "Strangers By Nature" at 18 and "Can I Get It" at 15.
That leaves us with just six new entries to deal with so let's start with...
50. "Enchanted" by Taylor Swift
So this is an album track from "Speak Now" that went viral on Tik Tok to the point where streaming ensured it would chart and well...its decent...a pop country song where Taylor is infatuated with this guy she has met at this dull party and worrying about whether her feelings for him will be reciprocated toward her by him. It's a solid song from an overall solid Taylor Swift country pop album that being "Speak Now" and it will be interesting which re recorded album will be released next.
35. "Enemy" by Imagine Dragons feat. J.I.D & League of Legends
So this is somehow a thing on the charts rather than anything from that last Imagine Dragons album, it's a song from the League of Legends animation series and well...I am not a fan of this...there's no real animosity or darkness that comes with having everyone else be your 'enemy" not to mention that dragged out 'enemy' on the hook is just plain annoying. This song could have afforded to sounded bigger and more imposing...something Imagine Dragons are capable of (remember "Radioactive"?) but never do anymore and as a result come off sounding like a mix of AJR and some teenage musical without the drama to make it interesting...next!
17. "abcdefu" by Gayle
Alright this is a newcomer to the ARIA singles chart, Gayle is a seventeen year old singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee with this being her breakthrough single and well...I hate saying this but...this sucks...I've heard some people compare this song to "Do Re Mi" by Blackbear but I think the closer and more immediate comparison is "Hot Gitl Bummer" where she's telling this guy's friends and family to fuck off but whem you have the vocal ability that sits somewhere between Julia Michaels and Tate McRae, the swearing on the hook comes off sounding kind of cutesy and pretty damn unbelieveable. The song is this exhausting piece of toxic immature melodrama that belongs on the worst teen dramas where nobody comes off sounding good here. I'm not buying this for a second...
11. "My Little Love' by Adele
So we begin our three song exploration of music from Adele's new album with a song dedicated to her son Angelo that actually gets to me a bit especially with Adele's emotional breakdown right roward the end of the song and the voice clips of her song asking her questions and her giving the best answers she can even if she doesn't know where life is taking her especially as her son is the only stability in her life post the divorce.
Also let's dispel the controversy...accusations were made that Adele was exploiting her son for album sales which couldn't be further from the truth, if anything the song examines the impact that a divorce can have on a child and the child having the realization that life is going to be so different from what he is used to with his family still living in the same house. This is a good song.
10. "I Drink Wine" by Adele
This song was touted as the second single from "30" before the album was released and has been described as a 70s style Elton John/Bernie Taupin, a song about shedding ego and not taking everything so personally and needing to get over themselves, it's a pretty brutally honest piece of standing in front of the mirror and being brutally honest with herself and only then when she's reached that point of being able to not take things so personally that she can open herself to the possibility of love. Yeah another pretty good song.
6. "Oh My God" by Adele
The final new entry of the week and the highest of the Adele album tracks that charted this week and probably the first track where she's feeling emotionally free after the divorce was made final, how she's having an internal conflict with regard to wanting to put herself first and take control of her life upon the realization that she's now single for the first time in awhile and is available for dating. Just wish the production felt a little more free as to a degree it does feel a little more claustrophobic than a song like this needs to be.
And that closes out a long week but best and worst fall out easily with the worst going to "abcdefu" by Gayle (a worst list contender if it makes the 2021 year end) for being toxic and exhausting in all the worst ways. Best of the week though goes to "My Little Love" by Adele and that's pretty obvious.
Next week, probably the first onslaught of Christmas music but we'll see what happens when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm AEDT
No comments:
Post a Comment