So what panned out this week is pretty much what I expected...we did get a sizeable "Dawn FM" album bomb from The Weeknd which I don't mind as I generally like the album but it also brought assorted new entries but before we get into that, let's dig into the top ten where "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix" by Elton John stays at number one mostly thanks to streaming that hasn't fully given up yet and it still doing good on sales.
"abcdefu" by GAYLE rose one place back to number two as it took the lead on sales and streaming is still robust enough that may challenge for number one soon, it blew past "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Breber at number three as streaming is the only thing holding it up right now.
The same goes for the omnipresent "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals at number four, "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran at number five, "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran at number six and "Easy On Me" by Adele at number seven. All of these are stalling now and will likely be on the way out of the top ten when stronger tracks finally move up the chart.
That brings us to the first of two new entries to the chart this week with the first of them being "Fingers Crossed" by Lauren Spencer Smith, more about the quality of the song later but it's here because of traction on streaming and it's virality on TikTok right now.
The second new entry comes from the first impact of The Weeknd's album bomb with "Sacrifice" at number nine thanks to decent streaming but I'm not sure as to how long this will last in the top ten going forward...might be a bit of a crap shoot.
Rounding out the top ten is "Do It To It" by Acraze feat. Cherish down two places to number ten this week but should bounce back up next week...unfortunately.
Gains
Unfortunately Luude's cover of "Down Under" feat. Colin Hay is up a massive 29 places to number 19 because people seem to think this bastardisation of an Australian classic is worth something.
"Surface Pressure" by Jessica Darrow is up twenty to 24 and "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by the Cast of Encanto is up eight to 12 as the craze around continues apace, I'm expecting the latter song to hit the top ten soon.
Re Entries
The one re entry this week is thanks to The Weeknd's album bomb with "Take My Breath" back at 15.
Losers
As you would expect in an album bomb week plenty of songs lost hard including "Acapulco" by Jason DeRulo which slipped 17 to 50, "Mr Brightside" by the Killers down 26 places to 49 and "We Run the Night" by Havana Brown fell over 10 places to 48 (Kind of glad that "We Run The Night" is not going to get a second wind if I am going to be honest)
"I Am Woman" by Emmy Meli plunged ten to 44 while "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift collpased 19 to 43 although I am impressed that it has managed to stay on the chart this long.
"Beggin" by Maneskin fell 12 spots to 41 while "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X got a 14 place push down to 40.
The Weeknd didn't evcn spare "Blinding Lights" which fell 18 to 39 and even his collab with Swedish House Mafia "Moth to a Flame" down 12 to 30.
Drop Outs
As you can imagine in an album bomb week, the drop outs are chaos so we'll begin with the songs that will most likely return next week like "Love Tonight" by Shouse, "Dreams"by Fleetwood Mac, the cover of "Dreams" by Jolyon Petch, "Love Nwantiti (ah ah ah)" by Ckay, "Oh My God"by Adele, "Overpass Graffiti" by Ed Sheeran and "Friday" by Riton x Nightcrawlers feat Mufasa and Hyperman.
Older songs whose chart runs should have ended this week..."Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles, "The Business" by Tiesto, "Mood" by 24k Goldn feat. Iann Dior, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee and finally "Without You" by The Kid Laroi and Miley Cyrus..
New Entries
Before we get to reviewing the new entries, lets blow through the songs from The Weeknd that I won't be giving full coverage to "Less Than Zero" at 47, "Here We Go...Again" feat. Tyler the Creator- at 46, "Best Friends at 45, "Out of Time" at 29 and "Gasoline" at 28.
That leaves us with six new entries to talk about and we're not starting with The Weeknd because...
36, "Miserable Man" by David Kushner
So first off the bat this week, we have American singer songwriter David Kushner with a song that of course went viral on TikTok and what we get is this spare acoustic guitar and Kushner sounding like a mix of James Arthur and Dean Lewis and I have to be honest here, this song isn't really doing much for me as it kind of feels one note and Kushner isn't singing with any emotion or force of personality to make me care, it kind of feels like one of those inspirational songs that couples post on Instagram right before the relationship completely breaks down, it's not completely bad however I am still passing on
33. "Edamame" by BBNO$ feat. Rich Brian
Oh I've been looking forward to writing about this song since I first heard it and it's been around since the middle of 2021 because yeah this is the sort of hip hop I love where there's actually a bright groove thanks to the horns and bbno$ opening the song with the line "Balls hanging low while I pop a bottle on my yacht"which leaves a lot to the imagination but hell this song is ridiculously catchy as bbno$ and Rich Brian rap about finally getting paid for the music they release (well streaming services like Spotify pay artists sweet fuck all but that's another story entirely) but yeah I want this to stick around and become a hit because this is way too much fun...
27. "How Do I Make You Love Me?" by The Weeknd
So we begin our exploration of songs from "Dawn FM" with this song where Abel is desperate to know how he and his lover can make their relationship last over this very standard The Weeknd sound, it's garishly 80s with plenty of synths and a nice groove for The Weeknd to play off except for when the drop happens and it reminds me more of early nineties dance which kind of makes more sense given Swedish House Mafia are on production here and there's a nice transition to "Take My Breath"...all up it's fine...it's not my favurite track from the album but I don't hate this.
18, "Is There Someone Else?" by The Weeknd
This song is my least favourite song from "Dawn FM" mostly thanks to the production from Max Martin and Oneohtrix Point Never especially with that annoying noise that opens the song, it sounds like something that belongs on Drake's last album and kind of gets infuriating especially as The Weeknd wonders if his lover is cheating on him. Not a fan at all.
9. "Sacrifice" by The Weeknd
The last of The Weeknd album tracks here with the single that samples "I Want to Thank You" by Alicia Morgan and "I'll Do Anything For You" by Denroy Morgan and yeah this really does sound like a Michael Jackson knock off in the priduction with those synths before getting darker for the bridge and chorus and oddly enough reminds me a bit of a 2010s club boom song. The song sees The Weeknd describe his rather hedonistic lifestyle and the city he is living in. It's a fine enough song but there are better songs on the album.
8. "Fingers Crossed" by Lauren Spencer Smith
Final new song of the week...and it's another song that got traction thanks to going viral on TikTok and it comes courtesy of former American Idol contestant Lauren Spencer Smith, she was knocked out at the top 20 stage and so a couple of years later we get this...a song aimed at an ex that is not helped by the productuin especially with that limp guitar line, snaps and the backing vocals almostr out singing Spencer Smith. The song isn't completely bad but I'd not be surprised if this fades away very quickly.
And that ends the week on an awkwsrd note, worst of the week goes to "Mieserable Man" by David Kushner for being one note and mediocre.
The best of the week goes to "Edamame" by bbno$ feat Rich Brian because yeah that song is ridivulously catchy.
Next week...looks like we may have to deal with Kanye and Frank Ocean...fun times...chart updates on Fridays at 5pm AEDST on ARIA's website
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