This week had a whole pile of instability largely triggered due to the death of US rapper XXXtentacion and most of the rest of Kanye West's album 'ye" falling off the chart and with Drake dropping his album on Friday, the instability is likely to continue.
However this instability didn't affect top spot with 5 Seconds of Summer's "Youngblood" remaining at number one for a 5th week due to of course the album drop and the song being pretty strong right across the board.
It's closest competition is Canadian number one "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B at number 2 and really, it's a not a surprise considering it's still doing well right across the board but on an album release week for 5SOS, it was never going to match "Youngblood"
However what it did do was push "Better Now" by Post Malone back to number 3, largely because still doesn't have an official music video and it looks as though Post is going to push "Ball for Me" with Nicki Minaj as a single.
Anne-Marie continues her surprisingly successful 2018 with "2002" shooting up 4 places into the top 5 at number 4.
Ariana Grande jumps two places back to number 5 with "No Tears Left to Cry" but I'd suggest that that climb would be on the back of weaknesses of other songs given "Back to You" by Selena Gomez surprisingly dropped two places to number 6 and "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa also fell two to number 7.
Look, it will be gone next week (I hope) but XXXtentacion's death meant that "Sad!" re-entered the top ten at number 8.
Unfortunately Amy Shark's "I Said Hi" fell 3 places to number 9...that said this song will get a boost when Shark's album "Love Monster" is released on July 13.
Rounding out the top ten is "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani after a respectable run in the top ten.
Gains
Probably not surprising given they were given a big promotional boost by playing at the NRL's State of Origin game 1, Peking Duk's "Reprisal" jumped 15 places to jump into the top 20 at number 20.
"Solo" by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato rose 5 places to 12, it looks likely to be the song to break into the top ten when XXXtentacion exits. (sigh).
"Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD jumped 6 places to 14 becaue we need a Post Malone impersonator doing well right now.
"I Wanna Know" by NOTD and Bea Miller rose to 36 off the debut last week
Re-entries
So what else re-entered apart from "Sad!", the other XXXtentacion song was "Changes" at 34.
Calum Scott has the other two of this week's returns with "You are the Reason" at 37 and "Dancing On My Own" at 49,
Losers
With the large amount of new entries, there had to be some big losers and none were bigger than "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid collapsing to 45 from 29, it was not a good week for Shawn because "In My Blood" also collapsed ten places to 32.
Childish Gambino is on his way to Australia soon but "This is America" headed down ten places to 22,
Noah Kahan's "Hurt Somebody" with Julia Michaels slipped to 25 from 14.
"Friends" by Marshmello and Anne-Marie fell from 28 to 42 and the awful "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line is also on the way out having slipped from 39 to 47 (GOOD!) but both these two songs will make the year end list anyway...unfortunately.
Drop Outs.
Let's deal with what will likely end up making the year end list so that's "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown, "These Days" by Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen and "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa, all will probably make the year end list which is good for me as I do like both "These Days" and "IDGAF"
Also gone but unlikely to make year end list is "Yikes" by Kanye West, "Nothing to Regret" by Robinson and "Playinwitme" by Kyle and Kehlani.
Debuts last week gone are "Saturday Sun" by Vance Joy, "Fourth Dimension" by Kids See Ghosts and Louis Prima and "I'll Be There' by Jess Glynne.
New Entries
We got a lot of new entries the highest debut went to "Bed" by Nicki Minaj feat. Ariana Grande at 17. Martin Garrix new single with Khalid "Ocean" debuts at 23.
The lesser of the two Kygo songs on the chart, "Born to Be Yours" with Imagine Dragons arrived at 33. (It's okay but its a reason to remember why "Remind Me to Forget" with Miguel is a zillion times better)
"Dance to This" by Troye Sivan and Ariana Grande debuts at 39. I'll explain more soon but I really hope we see the back of this song sooner than later.
Entering at number 41 is the best song of the new arrivals, "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell.
Finally..."Jackie Chan" by Tiesto feat, Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone arrives at 44.
So that was the week and well, we might get a relatively quiet chart this Saturday when the charrs are revealed, I hope so given Drake is likely coming to cause a complete chart meltdown soon.
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Thursday 28 June 2018
Tuesday 19 June 2018
ARIA Top Ten / Chart Review: June 18. Kanye arrives in the top 10 as Selena Gomez breaks into top 5
So this week was weird mainly due to the Kanye album bomb falling back, we got a couple of new songs and a couple of songs that I really hope DO NOT gain more traction than they have already got but we'll get to all that.
Let's begin with our top ten where for a fourth week, "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer remains at number one and as I said last week, I don't see what is knocking it off given its incredibly dominant on streaming (it's got a massive streaming lead on Spotify).
At least it's keeping "Better Now" by Post Malone at number 2 for yet another week and it's going to overtake "Youngblood" any time soon.
The ever sterile and pandering "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B climbed 2 places to number 3 yet again largely because they crammed the video with so many big names like Camila Cabello and others, Cardi B remains the best thing about this song and even she isn't on her A-game.
In welcome news, Selena Gomez broke into the top 5 at number 4 with "Back To You" jumping 3 places which is good news because I really still like it a lot.
The song that continues to grow on me drops two places to number 5 is "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa (Yes, I am over my angst at Calvin Harris dumping his funk era too early).
Amy Shark remains stuck at number 6 with "I Said Hi" while Ariana Grande lost her gains from last week to drop 3 places to number 7 with "No Tears Left to Cry". Grande has a new single called "The Light is Coming" feat. Nicki Minaj due out tomorrow.
Anne Marie's dated "2002" re-enters the top 10 at number 8 having jumped 3 spots.
Khalid and Normani's "Love Lies" drops one place to number 9, it's leaving the top 10 gracefully and yeah, it should make the year end list which I am intensely grateful for!
Now we get to the big story of the week with Kanye West breaking into the top 10 with "All Mine" at number 10.
Gains
It was mostly pretty ordinary to awful news on this front as most of the songs that gained ground aren't good.
The biggest gainer of the week was A.$.A.P Rocky's "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)" feat. Skepta which climbed from 47 to 34.
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd broke into the top 20 jumping 5 places to 19 as did Post Malone impersonator Juice WRLD with "Lucid Dreams" jumping 7 places to 20.
However the worst news of the week is the inanely annoying and juvenile "Solo' by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato jumped 11 places to 17, this song is almost a certainty to make my top ten worst songs of the year if it makes the ARIA year end list.
Noah Kahan is having his first big hit with "Hurt Somebody" jumping 5 places to 14.
Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" continues hang around and is fact the song that has stuck around longest on the top 50 jumping from 32 to 27
Drake jumped 10 places to 38 with "I'm Upset"...a song I didn't notice had gained a large amount of slots because it's a garbage song and Drake is capable of much better.
Re Entries
One song re-entered the chart this week that being "Somebody" by The Chainsmokers and Drew Love at number 50
Losers
Let's go through all the Kanye West Losers first with "Ghost Town" down to 30 from 22 and "Yikes" being the biggest faller of the week down to 33 from 18
The Weeknd slipped from 15 to 21 with "Call Out My Name" while Ed Sheeran's "Happier" slipped from 26 to 40.
The only other major loser being "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa slipping from 44 to 49 but it is on the way out and seems destined for the year end list anyway.
Drop Outs
Only two significant drop outs of the six that did drop out with 2017's biggest song "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran dropping out after a mammoth 73 weeks on the ARIA chart and Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "All the Stars' falling out after 22 weeks.
The rest are Kanye songs from the album bomb with "Wouldn't Leave", Violent Crimes", "Thought about Killing You" and "No Mistakes" all gone.
New Entries
Peking Duk's "Reprisal" is the highest new entry of the week at number 35 (always nice to see an Australian act have the highest new entry of the week)
NOTD and Bea Miller finally enter the top 50 with "I Wanna Know" at number 44.
While Kanye's collaboration with Kid Cudi only netted one entry on the chart with Kids See Ghosts collab with Louis Prima "4th Dimension" entering at 46
Vance Joy enters the chart with the latest single from his album "Saturday Sun" at number 48.
Finally a song that I have been waiting to see arrive on the ARIA singles top 50 is Jess Glynne's "I'll Be There" which has gone number one in the UK but looks set to lose it to "Solo" (unfortunately). "I'll Be There" arrived at number 48 - would really love to see this become a hit as it's a great song.
Seems "Youngblood" has a hold on number one especially now that the 5 Seconds of Summer album has dropped and there maybe some potential for an album bomb from 5SOS but we could see some movement inside the top 5 with "Back to You" gaining plenty of traction but we'll see what happens when ARIA releases the chart for the week starting 25th June on Saturday at 5pm.
Let's begin with our top ten where for a fourth week, "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer remains at number one and as I said last week, I don't see what is knocking it off given its incredibly dominant on streaming (it's got a massive streaming lead on Spotify).
At least it's keeping "Better Now" by Post Malone at number 2 for yet another week and it's going to overtake "Youngblood" any time soon.
The ever sterile and pandering "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B climbed 2 places to number 3 yet again largely because they crammed the video with so many big names like Camila Cabello and others, Cardi B remains the best thing about this song and even she isn't on her A-game.
In welcome news, Selena Gomez broke into the top 5 at number 4 with "Back To You" jumping 3 places which is good news because I really still like it a lot.
The song that continues to grow on me drops two places to number 5 is "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa (Yes, I am over my angst at Calvin Harris dumping his funk era too early).
Amy Shark remains stuck at number 6 with "I Said Hi" while Ariana Grande lost her gains from last week to drop 3 places to number 7 with "No Tears Left to Cry". Grande has a new single called "The Light is Coming" feat. Nicki Minaj due out tomorrow.
Anne Marie's dated "2002" re-enters the top 10 at number 8 having jumped 3 spots.
Khalid and Normani's "Love Lies" drops one place to number 9, it's leaving the top 10 gracefully and yeah, it should make the year end list which I am intensely grateful for!
Now we get to the big story of the week with Kanye West breaking into the top 10 with "All Mine" at number 10.
Gains
It was mostly pretty ordinary to awful news on this front as most of the songs that gained ground aren't good.
The biggest gainer of the week was A.$.A.P Rocky's "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)" feat. Skepta which climbed from 47 to 34.
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd broke into the top 20 jumping 5 places to 19 as did Post Malone impersonator Juice WRLD with "Lucid Dreams" jumping 7 places to 20.
However the worst news of the week is the inanely annoying and juvenile "Solo' by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato jumped 11 places to 17, this song is almost a certainty to make my top ten worst songs of the year if it makes the ARIA year end list.
Noah Kahan is having his first big hit with "Hurt Somebody" jumping 5 places to 14.
Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" continues hang around and is fact the song that has stuck around longest on the top 50 jumping from 32 to 27
Drake jumped 10 places to 38 with "I'm Upset"...a song I didn't notice had gained a large amount of slots because it's a garbage song and Drake is capable of much better.
Re Entries
One song re-entered the chart this week that being "Somebody" by The Chainsmokers and Drew Love at number 50
Losers
Let's go through all the Kanye West Losers first with "Ghost Town" down to 30 from 22 and "Yikes" being the biggest faller of the week down to 33 from 18
The Weeknd slipped from 15 to 21 with "Call Out My Name" while Ed Sheeran's "Happier" slipped from 26 to 40.
The only other major loser being "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa slipping from 44 to 49 but it is on the way out and seems destined for the year end list anyway.
Drop Outs
Only two significant drop outs of the six that did drop out with 2017's biggest song "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran dropping out after a mammoth 73 weeks on the ARIA chart and Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "All the Stars' falling out after 22 weeks.
The rest are Kanye songs from the album bomb with "Wouldn't Leave", Violent Crimes", "Thought about Killing You" and "No Mistakes" all gone.
New Entries
Peking Duk's "Reprisal" is the highest new entry of the week at number 35 (always nice to see an Australian act have the highest new entry of the week)
NOTD and Bea Miller finally enter the top 50 with "I Wanna Know" at number 44.
While Kanye's collaboration with Kid Cudi only netted one entry on the chart with Kids See Ghosts collab with Louis Prima "4th Dimension" entering at 46
Vance Joy enters the chart with the latest single from his album "Saturday Sun" at number 48.
Finally a song that I have been waiting to see arrive on the ARIA singles top 50 is Jess Glynne's "I'll Be There" which has gone number one in the UK but looks set to lose it to "Solo" (unfortunately). "I'll Be There" arrived at number 48 - would really love to see this become a hit as it's a great song.
Seems "Youngblood" has a hold on number one especially now that the 5 Seconds of Summer album has dropped and there maybe some potential for an album bomb from 5SOS but we could see some movement inside the top 5 with "Back to You" gaining plenty of traction but we'll see what happens when ARIA releases the chart for the week starting 25th June on Saturday at 5pm.
Friday 15 June 2018
ARIA Top Ten/Chart Review 11th June: Kanye album bomb strikes but doesn't affect the top 10
The biggest story this week is: Kanye West and that shouldn't surprise anyone after all I am getting the feeling that Kanye likes the attention being on him however the only place Kanye didn't touch was the top ten which is looking a little like this...
5 Seconds of Summer spend a third week at number one with "Youngblood" and right now it's pretty much dominant across the board, on sales and streaming, it definitely has a lot more time at number one in it.
"Better Now" by Post Malone remains at number 2 despite a slip on sales, it's streaming still pretty good but it wouldn't want to start slipping.
"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa and "No Tears Left to Cry" by Ariana Grande remain at 3 and 4 respectively. Neither song could bridge the margins of "Better now" so bother stay where they are.
Biggest debut of the week lands at number 5, I wish I could say the song is good because it's "Girls :Like You" by Ad...oops...Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B. Maroon 5 today released a cover of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" and it's as bad you would imagine it to be.
Amy Shark's "I Said Hi" jumped two places to number 6 as did Selena Gomez's "Back to You" which goes to number 7.
This meant "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani slipped to number 8 as it looks to be heading out of the top ten rather gracefully.
However I suspect what also contributed to the rises of "I Said Hi" and "Back to You" were the mini collapses of Drake's "Nice For What?' which fell 4 to number 9 and Childish Gambino's 'This is America" down 4 to number 10!
Gains.
There wasn't a lot of good news in the gains this week, the biggest gainer this week was Ed Sheeran's "Happier which rose from 39 to 26 for some unknown reason.
Australia continues to show they love mumble rap with the ten place rise of "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD to 27.
The juvenile and increasingly annoying "Solo" by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato continues to rise, it jumped from 36 to 28
Losers
The Kanye bomb saw plenty of chaos this week with a lot of songs losing ground, the biggest of those being "Praise the Lord (da Shine)" by A$AP Rocky feat. Skepta down to 47.
"Playinwitme" by Kyle feat. Kehlani hasn't really got going at all and slipped down to 49.
Then there are the hits the for the songs that are fading out naturally like the 10 place hit for Dua Lipa's "IDGAF" which went from 33 to 44 and "These Days" by Rudimental featuring Jess Glunne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen down 11 places to 43.
In the good news department: "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown slipped 12 places to 38.
However the biggest bad news was that "Youth" by Shawn Mendes" dropped from 19 to 31.
Drop outs
The Kanye bomb saw "No Place" by Rufus Du Sol and "Somebody" by the Chainsmokers and Drew Love exit (The Chainsmokers aren't having a great 2018 it has to be said.
Post Malone also saw "Paranoid" and "Ball for Me", the latter featuring Nicki Minaj, both fall out.
While long running songs such as "Sad!" by XXXtentacion, "Look Alive" by Blocboy JB and Drake, "This is Me" by Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble and "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton also fall out. Not all that disappointed to be losing any of those)
The one song I am disappointed to see gone...yet again, is "Bloom" by Troye Sivan especially considering his song with Ariana Grande isn't all that good yet it'll probably be a hit yet a great song like "Bloom" won't get anywhere near the chart time, you disappoint me sometimes, Australia.
New Entries
As I mentioned in the top ten, the highest new entry was "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B at number 5 but from there? Well most of the new entries are by Kanye so I am going to just list the new Kanye songs.
- "All Mine" arrives at number 12
- "Yikes" at number 18
- "Ghost Town enters at 22
- "Wouldn't Leave" at 33
- "Violent Crimes" at 40
-"I Thought about Killing You" at 41
- Finally..."No Mistakes" at 46.
The only other non Kanye song to enter the chart was Drake's "I'm Upset" at number 48.
So it remains to be seen how much of the Kanye bomb sticks around (I am tipping not much of it will), we''ll find out soon enough when ARIA release the chart for the week starting Monday 18th June on Saturday at 5pm AEST.
5 Seconds of Summer spend a third week at number one with "Youngblood" and right now it's pretty much dominant across the board, on sales and streaming, it definitely has a lot more time at number one in it.
"Better Now" by Post Malone remains at number 2 despite a slip on sales, it's streaming still pretty good but it wouldn't want to start slipping.
"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa and "No Tears Left to Cry" by Ariana Grande remain at 3 and 4 respectively. Neither song could bridge the margins of "Better now" so bother stay where they are.
Biggest debut of the week lands at number 5, I wish I could say the song is good because it's "Girls :Like You" by Ad...oops...Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B. Maroon 5 today released a cover of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" and it's as bad you would imagine it to be.
Amy Shark's "I Said Hi" jumped two places to number 6 as did Selena Gomez's "Back to You" which goes to number 7.
This meant "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani slipped to number 8 as it looks to be heading out of the top ten rather gracefully.
However I suspect what also contributed to the rises of "I Said Hi" and "Back to You" were the mini collapses of Drake's "Nice For What?' which fell 4 to number 9 and Childish Gambino's 'This is America" down 4 to number 10!
Gains.
There wasn't a lot of good news in the gains this week, the biggest gainer this week was Ed Sheeran's "Happier which rose from 39 to 26 for some unknown reason.
Australia continues to show they love mumble rap with the ten place rise of "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD to 27.
The juvenile and increasingly annoying "Solo" by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato continues to rise, it jumped from 36 to 28
Losers
The Kanye bomb saw plenty of chaos this week with a lot of songs losing ground, the biggest of those being "Praise the Lord (da Shine)" by A$AP Rocky feat. Skepta down to 47.
"Playinwitme" by Kyle feat. Kehlani hasn't really got going at all and slipped down to 49.
Then there are the hits the for the songs that are fading out naturally like the 10 place hit for Dua Lipa's "IDGAF" which went from 33 to 44 and "These Days" by Rudimental featuring Jess Glunne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen down 11 places to 43.
In the good news department: "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown slipped 12 places to 38.
However the biggest bad news was that "Youth" by Shawn Mendes" dropped from 19 to 31.
Drop outs
The Kanye bomb saw "No Place" by Rufus Du Sol and "Somebody" by the Chainsmokers and Drew Love exit (The Chainsmokers aren't having a great 2018 it has to be said.
Post Malone also saw "Paranoid" and "Ball for Me", the latter featuring Nicki Minaj, both fall out.
While long running songs such as "Sad!" by XXXtentacion, "Look Alive" by Blocboy JB and Drake, "This is Me" by Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble and "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton also fall out. Not all that disappointed to be losing any of those)
The one song I am disappointed to see gone...yet again, is "Bloom" by Troye Sivan especially considering his song with Ariana Grande isn't all that good yet it'll probably be a hit yet a great song like "Bloom" won't get anywhere near the chart time, you disappoint me sometimes, Australia.
New Entries
As I mentioned in the top ten, the highest new entry was "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B at number 5 but from there? Well most of the new entries are by Kanye so I am going to just list the new Kanye songs.
- "All Mine" arrives at number 12
- "Yikes" at number 18
- "Ghost Town enters at 22
- "Wouldn't Leave" at 33
- "Violent Crimes" at 40
-"I Thought about Killing You" at 41
- Finally..."No Mistakes" at 46.
The only other non Kanye song to enter the chart was Drake's "I'm Upset" at number 48.
So it remains to be seen how much of the Kanye bomb sticks around (I am tipping not much of it will), we''ll find out soon enough when ARIA release the chart for the week starting Monday 18th June on Saturday at 5pm AEST.
Thursday 7 June 2018
ARIA Top Ten / Chart Review: 4th June. Selena Gomez and Shawn Mendes arrive in top ten
I am pretty happy with things on the ARIA Singles chart right now, the number one is a song I really like, even the top ten is taking a turn for the better even though not every song is great but I'd be naive to expect that the chart is going to be full of all great music.
Speaking of our number one, 5 Seconds of Summer spend a second week at number one with "Youngblood" equally the run of their previous number 1 "She Looks So Perfect" however it looks as though "Youngblood" may well become 5SOS biggest hit as I don't see what will top it right now.
The new New Zealand number one remains at number 2 in Australia which is "Better Now" by Post Malone, needs to pick up sales and is currently being beaten on streaming by "Youngblood"
"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa has been number one for seven weeks in the United Kingdom and is dominating in Europe however it sits at number 3 in Australia, it does look a contender for number one should "Youngblood" get weaker.
Ariana Grande's new single with Nicki Minaj "The Light is Coming" will arrive on June 20 but in the mean time her lead single "No Tears Left to Cry" returns to the top 5 with a two place jump to number 4
Drake is in at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 with I'm Upset" but his current US number 1 "Nice for What?" remains at number 5 in Australia for another week.
Childish Gambino's "This is America" has spawned remakes (Check out "This is Nigeria" by Falz) but it's down 3 to number 6 this week.
"Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark remain at 7 and 8 respectively. "Love Lies" should be assured of a place on the year end list now.
Selena Gomez's song "Back To You" is the first of two new arrivals in the top 10 having climbed three places to number 9.
"In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes wraps up the top ten with a 7 place climb to number ten courtesy of the release of Mendes third album. Two pretty damn good songs so I am happy about that.
Gains
Biggest gain of the week unsurprisingly went to "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid which climbed from 34 to 19 on the back of Shawn's album.
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd is also on the move up to 23 from 29.
"Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews to 29 from 33 (Good news for Australian music there!)
Re- Entries
One re-entry this week and it's good news because its a good song returning to the top 50 at number 50 in the form of "Bloom" by Troye Sivan.
Losers
The biggest faller this week was "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown which fell 10 to number 26 presumably because the novelty of the song has worn out (duh1)
"The Middle" by Zedd feat. Maren Morris and Grey is down from 13 to 17.
Then there's three songs whose chart runs are coming close to an end with "These Days" by Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen down to 32 from 25 last week, "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa down to 33 from 28 and "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton down to 49 from 43.
Post Malone' song with Nicki Minaj "Ball for Me" slipped from 41 to 47.
Drop Outs
The drop outs really aren't massive surprises with "Fake Love" by BTS and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys both out after debuts last week.
Zayn's "Let Me" is also gone after six weeks after debuting and peaking at 29,
The only song of the four exits that really made double figures is "Candy Paint" by Post Malone which spent 23 weeks on the chart peaking at number 19
New Entries.
Three new entries this week with A$AP Rocky teaming up with Skepta for the highest debut of the week at 34 with "Praise the Lord (da Shine).
Juice WRLD has his first Australian top 50 hit with "Lucid Dreams" debuting at 37.
Australian electronica act Rufus Du Sol are also a new arrival on the ARIA singles top 50 chart with "No Place"
That wraps up the week on the charts so next week? A Kanye West album bomb seems a possibiity, plus we could see a top ten debut for Maroon 5 and Cardi B's remix of "Girls Like You". (The video features enough recognisable celebs to make it huge on Youtube) and possibly Drake's new song which debuted outside the top 50.
Speaking of our number one, 5 Seconds of Summer spend a second week at number one with "Youngblood" equally the run of their previous number 1 "She Looks So Perfect" however it looks as though "Youngblood" may well become 5SOS biggest hit as I don't see what will top it right now.
The new New Zealand number one remains at number 2 in Australia which is "Better Now" by Post Malone, needs to pick up sales and is currently being beaten on streaming by "Youngblood"
"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa has been number one for seven weeks in the United Kingdom and is dominating in Europe however it sits at number 3 in Australia, it does look a contender for number one should "Youngblood" get weaker.
Ariana Grande's new single with Nicki Minaj "The Light is Coming" will arrive on June 20 but in the mean time her lead single "No Tears Left to Cry" returns to the top 5 with a two place jump to number 4
Drake is in at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 with I'm Upset" but his current US number 1 "Nice for What?" remains at number 5 in Australia for another week.
Childish Gambino's "This is America" has spawned remakes (Check out "This is Nigeria" by Falz) but it's down 3 to number 6 this week.
"Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark remain at 7 and 8 respectively. "Love Lies" should be assured of a place on the year end list now.
Selena Gomez's song "Back To You" is the first of two new arrivals in the top 10 having climbed three places to number 9.
"In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes wraps up the top ten with a 7 place climb to number ten courtesy of the release of Mendes third album. Two pretty damn good songs so I am happy about that.
Gains
Biggest gain of the week unsurprisingly went to "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid which climbed from 34 to 19 on the back of Shawn's album.
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd is also on the move up to 23 from 29.
"Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews to 29 from 33 (Good news for Australian music there!)
Re- Entries
One re-entry this week and it's good news because its a good song returning to the top 50 at number 50 in the form of "Bloom" by Troye Sivan.
Losers
The biggest faller this week was "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown which fell 10 to number 26 presumably because the novelty of the song has worn out (duh1)
"The Middle" by Zedd feat. Maren Morris and Grey is down from 13 to 17.
Then there's three songs whose chart runs are coming close to an end with "These Days" by Rudimental feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen down to 32 from 25 last week, "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa down to 33 from 28 and "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton down to 49 from 43.
Post Malone' song with Nicki Minaj "Ball for Me" slipped from 41 to 47.
Drop Outs
The drop outs really aren't massive surprises with "Fake Love" by BTS and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys both out after debuts last week.
Zayn's "Let Me" is also gone after six weeks after debuting and peaking at 29,
The only song of the four exits that really made double figures is "Candy Paint" by Post Malone which spent 23 weeks on the chart peaking at number 19
New Entries.
Three new entries this week with A$AP Rocky teaming up with Skepta for the highest debut of the week at 34 with "Praise the Lord (da Shine).
Juice WRLD has his first Australian top 50 hit with "Lucid Dreams" debuting at 37.
Australian electronica act Rufus Du Sol are also a new arrival on the ARIA singles top 50 chart with "No Place"
That wraps up the week on the charts so next week? A Kanye West album bomb seems a possibiity, plus we could see a top ten debut for Maroon 5 and Cardi B's remix of "Girls Like You". (The video features enough recognisable celebs to make it huge on Youtube) and possibly Drake's new song which debuted outside the top 50.
Tuesday 29 May 2018
ARIA Singles top ten/chart review: May 28th Yet another new number one
It's quite a good week to be an Australian especially if you are looking at the very top of the Australian singles chart this week because we've seen something that has been quite a rare thing since The Veronicas spent two weeks at number one with "In My Blood" in 2016...that's right an Australian act is sitting at number one on the ARIA Singles chart this week.
That act is 5 Seconds of Summer who snagged their second number one hit with the title track of their forthcoming album "Youngblood" after "She Looks So Perfect" spent two weeks at number one in April 2014. I honestly hope "Youngblood" does become 5SOS biggest hit as it is a mile better than "She Looks So Perfect" and the good news (at least for me) is that it looks like it may well see a second week at number one.
Post Malone remains stranded at number two with "Better Now", I don't see this song getting to number one though given it's been overtaken on streaming by "Youngblood" this week.
A song that could still return to number one is Childish Gambino's "This is America" at number three but needs sales to start picking up before that can happen.
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa's UK smash hit "One Kiss" regained lost ground by climbing one place to number 4 pushing Drake's "Nice for What?" down to number 5.
Ariana Grande remains at number 6 with "No Tears Left to Cry", she's already pushing a new song that's reportedly a collaboration with Nicki Minaj.
Delighted to see "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani bounce back one place to number 7, also gaining a place is "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark at number 8.
Post Malone's "Pyscho" with Ty Dolla $ign fell another two places to number 9 (it's on its way out gracefully)
Finally Anne-Marie arrives in the top 10 with "2002" which went up two places. (Australians must love instantly dated songs),
Gains
The biggest gain of the week was for Billie Eilish and Khalid's song "Lovely" which jumped from 34 to 21 (great news as that song is pretty great) and Khalid's "OTW" feat. Ty Dolla $ign and 6Lack jumped ten places to 27. King Princess has gone from 34 to 26 with "1950".
Dennis Lloyd's "Nevermind" jumped to 29, "Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews from 42 to 33, "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran continues to hang around by jumping 5 places to 40 while Sheeran's newest single"Happier" jumped from 50 to 42.
Re-Entries
No re-entries this week1
Losers
Most of the biggest losers were the last of the tracks still in the top 50 from Post Malone's album bomb with "Paranoid" down to 37 from 26, "Ball for Me" with Nicki Minaj down to 41 from 36, "Candy Paint" down to 49 from 40.
Utter crap also went down with "Look Alive" by BlocBoy JB and Drake to 44 and "Sad!" by XXXtentacion to 45
Drop Outs.
Gone are "Mine" by Bazzi and "We Got Love" by Jessica Mauboy. I expect "Mine" to be in with a shot of making the year end list.
However I am disappointed to see "Bloom" by Troye Sivan out..come on Australia, this song deserves better!,
New Entries
The highest new entry of the week belongs to a Korean K-Pop group with BTS entering at 36 with "Fake Love"
Clean Bandit's song with Demi Lovato "Solo" enters at 39 (I hope this song isn't a hit).
The third and last of the new entries is The Backstreet Boys at number 50 with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (I don't have any belief that this song will be a hit by the way)
That wraps up the week on the charts
Sunday 27 May 2018
New Music Friday Review: Clean Bandit has a shocker while Pharrell and Camila underwhelm
So New Music Friday can deliver some great new music but on other weeks it can suck donkeys and unfortunately the big names didn't deliver the goods for New Music Friday this time around while an Australian act's comeback does deliver.
Song: Solo
Artist(s): Clean Bandit, Demi Lovato
I got to be honest here, I loved a lot of what Clean Bandit released in 2016 into 2017 be it "Rockabye" with Anne-Marie and Sean Paul or "Symphony" with Zara Larsson so I was looking forward to "Solo" with Demi Lovato and wow, what we got couldn't be any further removed from either "Rockabye" and "Symphony" because this is actually pretty damn awful and the reason for the awfulness is the production wbich has a pretty nice orchestral sound which is surrounded by chipmunk fragments and then "WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP!" right before Demi starts singing. What a ridiculous way to start a song
The lyrics are as basic as all hell as well with Demi singing about stuffing up a relationship and complaining she's too broken hearted over the breakdown of her relationship to have sex which is very immaturely handled with "I wanna fu-oo-oo!"
This mess is anything bar a jam, I'll stick with Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry".
Rating: 3/10
And because we're not done with Demi Lovato...
Song: Fall in Line
Artist: Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato
Given how badly "Accelerate" has tanked on the charts, it really isn't surprising that Christna Aguilera is releasing this feminist power ballad with Demi Lovato and while it's not bad at all, the percussion feels a little heavy and I am not sure why the song needs the male voice in the background (especially as I have heard some women speak that same way to men) however I do get the themes the song is angling for which is allowing women to decide what they want to do with bodies and not to kertow to others expectations,
It's okay without being good or great but I do wish "Twice" was the single even though she released THAT the week after "Accelerate"
Rating 6/10
Song: Sangria Wine
Artists: Pharrell Williams, Camila Cabello
So I was hearing A LOT about this song before it was even released as a single with talk that it was set to be a US summer smash and well...quite honestly for all the hype, I expected better, Pharrell and Camila trying to sing against way too much percussion with little too no melody at least until toward the end of the song where Camila takes control and the only saving grace being that Camila actually sounds a lot better on this song than she did on "Never Be The Same".
"Sangria Wine" is pretty much just a disappointment quite honestly. Would expect better from Pharrell.
Rating: Only marginally better than "Solo" 4/10
Song: Healing Hands
Artist: Conrad Sewell
Conrad Sewell finally has a new recording deal and is back with some brand new music, I am choosing to cover "Healing Hands" because largely it is an excellent song. "Healing Hands" builds through the verse and bridge into the chorus which instead of dropping does what a chorus should do and lift the song, it sounds absolutely amazing courtesy of the production, Sewell singing about how he made an awful mistake pushing a loved one away while in a relationship but this person has stuck by him despite this and Sewell is vowing to never push this person away. Great song!
Rating: 8/10
Song: Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Artist: Backstreet Boys
As I've already given my opinion on this song, the review is here: http://australianchartattack.blogspot.com.au/2018/05/new-music-friday-review-oh-my-god-they.html
Rating: 8/10
Best of the week: I was all set to give it to the Backstreet Boys but honestly I think Conrad Sewell's "Healing Hands" is just a touch better.
Worst of the Week: Toss up between "Sangria Wine" for being disappointing and "Solo" for just being a terrible song, ehh, it goes to "Solo"
Next week: New Music Friday Review is taking a break but check out Christine and the Queens new single "Girlfriend" and Maggie Rogers "Fallingwater"
Song: Solo
Artist(s): Clean Bandit, Demi Lovato
I got to be honest here, I loved a lot of what Clean Bandit released in 2016 into 2017 be it "Rockabye" with Anne-Marie and Sean Paul or "Symphony" with Zara Larsson so I was looking forward to "Solo" with Demi Lovato and wow, what we got couldn't be any further removed from either "Rockabye" and "Symphony" because this is actually pretty damn awful and the reason for the awfulness is the production wbich has a pretty nice orchestral sound which is surrounded by chipmunk fragments and then "WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP!" right before Demi starts singing. What a ridiculous way to start a song
The lyrics are as basic as all hell as well with Demi singing about stuffing up a relationship and complaining she's too broken hearted over the breakdown of her relationship to have sex which is very immaturely handled with "I wanna fu-oo-oo!"
This mess is anything bar a jam, I'll stick with Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry".
Rating: 3/10
And because we're not done with Demi Lovato...
Song: Fall in Line
Artist: Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato
Given how badly "Accelerate" has tanked on the charts, it really isn't surprising that Christna Aguilera is releasing this feminist power ballad with Demi Lovato and while it's not bad at all, the percussion feels a little heavy and I am not sure why the song needs the male voice in the background (especially as I have heard some women speak that same way to men) however I do get the themes the song is angling for which is allowing women to decide what they want to do with bodies and not to kertow to others expectations,
It's okay without being good or great but I do wish "Twice" was the single even though she released THAT the week after "Accelerate"
Rating 6/10
Song: Sangria Wine
Artists: Pharrell Williams, Camila Cabello
So I was hearing A LOT about this song before it was even released as a single with talk that it was set to be a US summer smash and well...quite honestly for all the hype, I expected better, Pharrell and Camila trying to sing against way too much percussion with little too no melody at least until toward the end of the song where Camila takes control and the only saving grace being that Camila actually sounds a lot better on this song than she did on "Never Be The Same".
"Sangria Wine" is pretty much just a disappointment quite honestly. Would expect better from Pharrell.
Rating: Only marginally better than "Solo" 4/10
Song: Healing Hands
Artist: Conrad Sewell
Conrad Sewell finally has a new recording deal and is back with some brand new music, I am choosing to cover "Healing Hands" because largely it is an excellent song. "Healing Hands" builds through the verse and bridge into the chorus which instead of dropping does what a chorus should do and lift the song, it sounds absolutely amazing courtesy of the production, Sewell singing about how he made an awful mistake pushing a loved one away while in a relationship but this person has stuck by him despite this and Sewell is vowing to never push this person away. Great song!
Rating: 8/10
Song: Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Artist: Backstreet Boys
As I've already given my opinion on this song, the review is here: http://australianchartattack.blogspot.com.au/2018/05/new-music-friday-review-oh-my-god-they.html
Rating: 8/10
Best of the week: I was all set to give it to the Backstreet Boys but honestly I think Conrad Sewell's "Healing Hands" is just a touch better.
Worst of the Week: Toss up between "Sangria Wine" for being disappointing and "Solo" for just being a terrible song, ehh, it goes to "Solo"
Next week: New Music Friday Review is taking a break but check out Christine and the Queens new single "Girlfriend" and Maggie Rogers "Fallingwater"
Sunday 20 May 2018
ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart Review: 21st May. Another new number 1.
So the chart instability rages for another week, we have a new number one which I called on Twitter and some pretty significant shifts all round...some good, some bad, some really quite dreadful.
The new number one is 'This is America" by Childish Gambino and it looks like it may well be on top of the charts for awhile now given its cultural impact especially with that video and the song itself triggering much discussion. It's also number one in the US right now.
Post Malone defied expectations of a drop with "Better Now" remaining at number 2, this more than likely will now be the next single from Beerbongs and Bentleys given it's traction on the chart.
At number 3 is "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer and yeah, I am really happy about the fact this song jumped 6 places from 9 last week to reach the top 5, it's the lone 5 Seconds of Summer song that I like!.
Drake's "Nice for What" fell 3 spots to number 4 with the album "Scorpion" due out at the end of next month, I expect this to stick around awhile.Th
The current British number one "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa fell one spot to number 5. Not overly surprising given it was starting to fall away on sales.
Also starting to fall away (unfortunately) is Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" which dropped 3 places to number 6, hopefully this sticks around in the top 10 because it is a good song.
Post Malone makes his second appearance in the top 10 at number 7 with "Psycho" featuring Ty Dolla $ign, it fell two places to number 5...thank goodness, I am still struggling to understand the appeal of that song.
Another that fell two places was "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani to number 8, it's on it's way out of the top 10 but still a tad disappointing, would have liked to have seen it go number one instead of Drake.
We have a second Australian artist in the top ten this week with Amy Shark getting her second top ten hit with "I Said Hi" jumping from 13 to 9. Yet again more great news given that song is awesome.
The Weeknd wraps up the top ten at number 10 for another week with "Call Out My Name"
Gains
The biggest gainer this week was unfortunately the dated "2002" by Anne-Marie which jumped from 24 to 12
In good news, "Remind Me To Forget" by Kygo and Miguel jumped from 21 to 17 (why this song hasn't broken into the hot 100 in the US yet is beyond me)
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd jumped from 46 to 35, it looks like being a sleeper hit.
Re-Entries
A couple of re-entries this week with the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend seeing Jessica Mauboy's "We Got Love" being the highest of the two re-entering songs at 31.
The other is Ed Sheeran's latest single from 'Divide' with "Happier" returning at number 50.
Losers
Unfortunately Troye Sivan's "Bloom fell from 34 to 46 because we can't have nice things stay on the charts for long.
In better news "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown fell out of the top 10 to 14, "Ball for Me" by Post Malone and Nicki Minaj to 36, and "Rockstar" also by Post Malone feat. 21 Savage to 22 and "Candy Paint" to 40.
The other big drops though were mostly bad news with "These Days" by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen falling to 24, "All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA falling to 27, "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid to 33, "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton to 44, "Mine" by Bazzi to 48,
Drop Outs
The only drop out that's likely to make the year end list is Camila Cabello's "Never Be The Same", she also took Taylor Swift's "Delicate" with it (should return when Taylor tours Australia later this year)
The rest are Post Malone songs from the album bomb with "Spoil My Night" with Swae Lee, "Stay". "Rich & Sad" and "Over Now" all gone.
New Entries
Selena Gomez new single "Back to You" debuted at number 15 this week. I expect this song to be a top ten hit for her and boy, she needs a big hit.
"Playwitme" by Kyle and Kehlani enters the chart at 41 while "Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews at 42.
Finally, the unfortunate return of The Chainsmokers to the top 50 with "Somebody" featuring Drew Love at 49.
So that wraps things up. New Music Friday Review to look at the collabs by Clean Bandit with Demi Lovato and also Pharrell Williams and Camila Cabello.
The new number one is 'This is America" by Childish Gambino and it looks like it may well be on top of the charts for awhile now given its cultural impact especially with that video and the song itself triggering much discussion. It's also number one in the US right now.
Post Malone defied expectations of a drop with "Better Now" remaining at number 2, this more than likely will now be the next single from Beerbongs and Bentleys given it's traction on the chart.
At number 3 is "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer and yeah, I am really happy about the fact this song jumped 6 places from 9 last week to reach the top 5, it's the lone 5 Seconds of Summer song that I like!.
Drake's "Nice for What" fell 3 spots to number 4 with the album "Scorpion" due out at the end of next month, I expect this to stick around awhile.Th
The current British number one "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa fell one spot to number 5. Not overly surprising given it was starting to fall away on sales.
Also starting to fall away (unfortunately) is Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" which dropped 3 places to number 6, hopefully this sticks around in the top 10 because it is a good song.
Post Malone makes his second appearance in the top 10 at number 7 with "Psycho" featuring Ty Dolla $ign, it fell two places to number 5...thank goodness, I am still struggling to understand the appeal of that song.
Another that fell two places was "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani to number 8, it's on it's way out of the top 10 but still a tad disappointing, would have liked to have seen it go number one instead of Drake.
We have a second Australian artist in the top ten this week with Amy Shark getting her second top ten hit with "I Said Hi" jumping from 13 to 9. Yet again more great news given that song is awesome.
The Weeknd wraps up the top ten at number 10 for another week with "Call Out My Name"
Gains
The biggest gainer this week was unfortunately the dated "2002" by Anne-Marie which jumped from 24 to 12
In good news, "Remind Me To Forget" by Kygo and Miguel jumped from 21 to 17 (why this song hasn't broken into the hot 100 in the US yet is beyond me)
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd jumped from 46 to 35, it looks like being a sleeper hit.
Re-Entries
A couple of re-entries this week with the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend seeing Jessica Mauboy's "We Got Love" being the highest of the two re-entering songs at 31.
The other is Ed Sheeran's latest single from 'Divide' with "Happier" returning at number 50.
Losers
Unfortunately Troye Sivan's "Bloom fell from 34 to 46 because we can't have nice things stay on the charts for long.
In better news "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown fell out of the top 10 to 14, "Ball for Me" by Post Malone and Nicki Minaj to 36, and "Rockstar" also by Post Malone feat. 21 Savage to 22 and "Candy Paint" to 40.
The other big drops though were mostly bad news with "These Days" by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen falling to 24, "All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA falling to 27, "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid to 33, "Say Something" by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton to 44, "Mine" by Bazzi to 48,
Drop Outs
The only drop out that's likely to make the year end list is Camila Cabello's "Never Be The Same", she also took Taylor Swift's "Delicate" with it (should return when Taylor tours Australia later this year)
The rest are Post Malone songs from the album bomb with "Spoil My Night" with Swae Lee, "Stay". "Rich & Sad" and "Over Now" all gone.
New Entries
Selena Gomez new single "Back to You" debuted at number 15 this week. I expect this song to be a top ten hit for her and boy, she needs a big hit.
"Playwitme" by Kyle and Kehlani enters the chart at 41 while "Just Friends" by Hayden James and Boy Matthews at 42.
Finally, the unfortunate return of The Chainsmokers to the top 50 with "Somebody" featuring Drew Love at 49.
So that wraps things up. New Music Friday Review to look at the collabs by Clean Bandit with Demi Lovato and also Pharrell Williams and Camila Cabello.
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