I think it's time I state this honestly, the ARIA chart this week is BORING, we need a big shake up especially in the top ten, what you want proof? Okay, let's go to the top ten where returning for a ninth week at number one is "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa because there are people not sick of this song yet somehow. It got enough sales and streaming this week.
It pushed "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber back to number two on the back of decent enough sales. "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals resurged to return to number three somehow...ugh...come on people. let's not have this dominate another year again, please.
However it was enough to push back "abcdefu" by Gayle back to number as it looks like streaming might finally be done with this song...thank goodness.
Returning to number five si "Where Are You Now" by Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott thanks to boosts on streaming.
Also riving one place is "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran up to number six thanks to renewed strength on streaming although it might be because 'We Don't Talk About Bruno" by the Cast of Encanto slipped two places to number seven, it had a rough week on streaming, I expect this to rebound.
What might also rebound is "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran which remained sready at number eight but it could rebound next week thanks to a remix with rock group Bring Me The Horizo, believe it or not.
Climbing three spots to return to the top ten is "That's What I Want" by Lil Nas X at number nine and boy, am I happy to see it here.
Finally wrapping up our top ten is "Easy on Me" by Adele which slipped one place to number ten.
Gains
So I am mostly okay with "She's All I Wanna Be" by Tate McRae up eight to 20 and "Lost" by Frank Ocean up five to 17 and they were really our only major gains this week.
Losers
"Sacrifice" by The Weeknd slipped nine to 50 this week, bit worrying that people are sick of The Weeknd right now...might be time to give people a break.
"Light Switch" by Charlie Puth got knocked out eight places to 32 while "Say Nothing" by Flume feat. MAY-A fell eleven spots to 27/
"Fingers Crossed" by Lauren Spencer Smith crashed seven spots to 24 because the hype for it has died rather quickly.
Drop Outs
The drop outs are really not a surprise with long running hits "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo and "Beggin'" by Maneskin fall out of the top 50 this week.
New Entries
Just the two new entries this week, starting with...
31. "Boyfriend" by Dove Cameron
So we have the lead single for Disney actress and singer Dove Cameron which comes from her debut EP. Cameron was in The Descendants movies and honestly I was never really impressed by any of the songs she performed from those movies so maybe this time around she might impress me with a song that gained traction via Tik Tok? Well, I will say it does sound better and somewhat evil in the production with the dark and eerie production but the lyrics are where this song falls down a bit because this is a song where Dove is telling this girl that she could be a "better boyfriend than him" and that she'll steal this girl away from the guy and yet I am not seeing how and why this guy is such a bad boyfriend, what makes him so bad? It's not precisely awful but it's not all that good either, shame I think it's going to stick around though...next!
11. "The Joker and The Queen" by Ed Sheeran feat. Taylor Swift
Really, Ed...just really? You couldn't have gotten Taylor on a remix of "Overpass Graffiti" instead or even better released "Tides" as the next single? Anyway we were probably overdue an Ed Sheeran ballad and this one isn't too bad even if I do think it does sound like one of those songs ripe to fit as the opening music for some period drama. Taylor sounds good here on a love song where they both proclaim the other brings out the best in them. I guess I'll take it even if I think there are better singles on "="
"The Joker and The Queen" does take the best of the week. I am not going to worry about worst of the week more because the production on "Boyfriend" saves it from being completely awful.
Next week might be another quiet week so we'll have to see when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm AEDST
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