So this week felt slow as hell not just because we only have one new entry but because it felt slower like the charts are just grinding to a slow crawl akin to holiday traffic in gridlock especially as some older songs are making some seriously frustrating gains however before we get to all that. let's go through the top ten where for yet another week, it's "Ordinary" by Alex Warren at number one, while it's not number one on sales,
It held up ahead of "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars which is slowly fading on streaming and looks no chance of re-taking number one, it's probably more under threat from "Piml Pony Club" by Chappell Roan which spent the week being consistent in all areas to climb one spot to number three.
Lady Gaga's Australian tour announcement saw "Die With A Smile" rebound five to nuimber four while 'That's So True" by Gracie Abrams slipped one to five thanks to weakness on streaming.
Whar's also rebounding much to my disgust is "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone which climbed two places to number six. Please do NOT let this shit become another fucking "Heatwaves", Australia, I am warning you.
"Nokia" by Drake slipped two to seven mostly because sales slipped and streaming isn't quite holding it up as much as I had expected.
Also down two to number eight is "Messy" by Lola Young and "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish to number nine.
Wrapping up the top ten, we have "Luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA up two to number ten.
Gains
:Outside of the top ten, there was a ten place gain to twenty for "Azizam" by Ed Sheeran, this song has hit written all over it.
"The Door" by Teddy Swims rebounded six places to twenty six while Sombr's "Back to Friends" rose seven to thirty two.
Older songs also had good sized gains which is frustrating to a degree with "Too Sweet" by Hozier up nine to thirty eight and "Austin" by Dasha up eight to thirty seven.
Re Entries
Just the one return this week with "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga back in the top fifty after Gaga's Australian tour announcement at twenty eight.
Losers
The biggest loser this week was unsurprisingly "Twilight Zone" by Ariana Grande which just utterly collapsed twenty five places to forty six while "Dark Thoughts" by Lil Tecca slipped fourteen places to forty seven.
Drop Outs.
Just the two drop outs with long running hit "Pink Skies" by Zach Bryan and a debutant from last week "Caramel" by Sleep Token exiting the chart.
New Entries
Just the one new entry this week with...
50. "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" by Benson Boone
Look, I don't have a lot of time for Benson Boone's whiny gen z music and "Beautiful Things" remains an absolute abomination to this day and I cannot understand why that song is still taking up space in the top ten despite the song still being a caterwauling disaster and "Slow It Down" is also terrible however I will say that this song is slightly better in that Boone doesn't go down the path of obnoxiously caterwauling and this song does have a nice melody and bassline to it even if Boone still sounds like a smug douche. Ehh, take it or leave.
No best or worst of the week.
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