Well we have some uncertainty ahead on the charts and it's interesting as to how this might all play out especially as we may well get a couple of weeks in a row of album bombs ahead from Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar and Harry Styles in that order so buckle up because I think the weird quiet on the charts is over for the time being.
Let's dig into the top ten where Harry Syles held on to the number one for another week with "As It Was", Now it's hold on number one next week isn't a sure thing but it's been the streaming and sales leader all week and does have good Youtube to maintain top spot.
However "First Class" by Jack Harlow remains a huge chance of retaking the number one spot next week thanks to a streaming boost courtesy of the new album but it was solid on sales and streaming this week along with the video for the song dropping on Youtube to keep the pressure on "As It Was"
Somehow "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals continues to linger by remaining at number three....I mean seriously I was done with this song Christmas last year...time for it to go.
Remaining at number four is "Thousand Miles" by The Kid Laroi stuck at number four...I am not sure what the future holds for this song especially as it does seem like one of the more anonymous Kid Laroi releases in awhile.
Speaking of The Kid Laroi, "Stay" feat. Justin Bieber also held steady at number five however what is coming to place pressure on the weaker songs above it is "Big Energy" by Latto feat. Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled which climbed four places to number six....sales and streaming are doing a lot for this song.
All this pushed back long time top ten stayers one spot with "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran to number seven, "Where Are You Now" by Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott to eight, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa back to number nine and "Shivers"by Ed Sheeran to number ten.
Gains
Adele's "Easy On Me" rebounded five places to number 16 (think it's because of a recent TV special on Seven but I could be wrong there).
"Wait A Minute" by Willow climbed twelve places to 25 which I find weird but not as weird as the fifteen place gain for "Flowers" by Lauren Spencer Smith to 26...can we not indulge that utter bore of a song, please?
Losers
Lil Tjay's "In My Head" tumbled eight places to 48 while Encanto seems to be absolutely done with "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by The Cast of Encanto suffering the biggest slide of the week down sixteen to 47 (Mostly okay with that, I'm ready to start talking about Bruno again as much as I am tired of the song)
"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac fell out of its chart bed down six spots to 45.
While 2022 songs are also suffering with "When You're Gone" by Shawn Mendes slipping ten places to 43...bit of a shame because yeah the song has grown on me a fair bit.
"Tom's Diner" by AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks suffered a twelve place diner smash up to 40 while "Hurtless" by Dean Lewis fell seven to 36.
A song that might finally be on the way out is "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat. SZA as that plummeted nine places to 33.
Drop Outs
Six drop outs this week with the only one I am really disappointed about is "Numb Little Bug" by Em Beihold falling out, I can only hope the stagnant charts meant it made the year end.
No such worries for "Do It To It" by Acraze feat. Cherish because that's firmly locked on the year end list, it took "Fingers Crossed" by Lauren Spencer Smith and "Boyfriend" by Dove Cameron.
I am not complaining the garbage that is "Let's Trot!" by Brothers feat. Joel Fletcher is gone along with 2018 chart topper "Perfect"by Ed Sheeran.
New Entries
Six new entries this week, let's begin with...
49. "That That" by Psy (feat. Suga of BTS)
So somehow I didn't expect to be talking about K Pop legend Psy on this blog especially in 2022, you might remember he had that massive hit in the early 2010s with "Gangnam Style' which ended up being one of the biggest hits of 2012 (it was 2nd behind Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" on the year end) so while I don't mind the nostalgia, I am kind of well aware that the only reason this charted was because of member of BTS, Suga producing it. As for the song itself, well it reminds me a lot of 2010/11 and the club boom woth elements of the song feeling more like LMFAO had returned! It doesn't really get all that grating until the second half of the song, if you like somewhat silly dance music then you'll enjoy this but this ain't no "Gangnam Style".
38. "10 Things I Hate About You" by Leah Kate
Alright so Tik Tok virality has spawned another newcomer on the charts this time in the form of American Leah Kate who has been releasing singles since 2020 and released her debut album last year with this song being the first of hers to catch any kind of traction. Now I avoided this song for the past week mostly because I was alarmed by the comparisons with "abcdefu" by Gayle (a song that will be making my worst hit songs list for 2022...spoiler) and yet I actually kind of like this one mostly because the instrumentation has some genuine anger behind it which matches the anger in Leah Kate's delivery, the anger in "abcdefu" has always felt very forced from Gayle.
I guess my major criticism of "10 Things I Hate About You" is that lyrically it does feel reminiscent of Miley Cyrus song "7 Things I Hate About You" especially that last line on the chorus where she says he made her love him...not all that original if you ask me but hey it does fit this highly toxic teenage brand of melodrama, I am fine with this song for now but don't be surprised if it has soured on me come the end of the year.
35. "In The Stars" by Benson Boone
Okay so Benson Boone is an American singer songwriter from Washington with this being the first song of his to crack the top 50 in Australia and I am going to be honest about this, this is a boring dirge of a piano ballad about the death of a loved one yet it's Boone's singing that drives me up the wall here, he sounds like a mix of Lewis Capaldi and Dean Lewis with either marbles or dinner, it's really offputing and not something I want to listen to again.
28. "Honest" by Justin Bieber feat. Don Toliver
I didn't expect to get a new single from Justin Bieber so soon especially as "Ghost" is still doing fine enough on the charts right now but I was curious about this one especially as 2021 had shown a genuine improvement in Bieber's music so imagine my disappoint when I heard this song and found out that this is a trap clunker more reminiscent of the absolute garbage Bieber released in 2020 on that forgotten about album "Changes" (nobody cares about that album now in 2022, right?). Throw in the fact that it's another Bieber crooning about his wife with lyrics including "I like that cajun on you" and Don Toliver's verse being an absolute mess about smoking skunk and buying weed over Facetime? This is is absolute junk and a complete regression from Bieber.
15. "Wait for U" by Future (feat. Drake & Tems)
I would have said that the only reason that this song debuted as high as it did was because of the Drake feature but then ARIA revealed that Future's new album "I NEVER LIKED YOU" debuted at number one on the top 50 album so how's this song?. Honestly, it's not anything special as Future mumble raps his way through the song and Drake complains about this girl having a cheap watch after telling her to put a muzzle over her mouth. The sample of Tem's 2020 song "Higher" does sound nice here but wow not feeling the content from either Future
12. "About Damn Time" by Lizzo
Well it's about damn time that Lizzo returned to the Australian charts with a new song, granted this song had a shaky start in it's first week but then hanks to Tik Tok took off so remarkably that it ended up being the highest new entry of the week. I'll give the song this, that chorus is catchy and Lizzo is doing her best to sell it with the content basically being this reassuring "Life is tough but you'll pull through the worst of it okay" however I do feel like this is just a rehashed version of "Juice" or an attempt to make a part two of "Juice" but hey I'll take it .
And really I have no choice but to give Lizzo the best of the week in a week where I felt like the good tracks needed asterisks around them to some degree as for the worst...Justin Bieber and Don Toliver are getting this for "Honest" because it's such a massive disappointment from an artist who I thought was on the right track to being really good, it beats out Benson Boone for it.
Next week, looks like its plentu of Jack Harlow but we'll see when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm AEST
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