Thursday 19 July 2018

ARIA Singles Chart top ten/ Chart Review: 16th July. Eighth week on top for 5SOS but a threat emerges

What did I tell you? Half the Drake songs dropped out and what replaced it was a mish mash of old and new, let's just say this week is a more interesting and diverse week for half the Drake songs dropping out.

Pity I can't say the same for the very top of the chart which leads to the current top ten where "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer is spending an eighth week at number one however I can see this song having stave off a challenger that I'll get to because this song showed signs of weakness on both streaming and sales.

That challenge isn't going to come from our current number 2 that being "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B. Look, this song is getting pushed back everywhere, only remained at number 2.

One of the biggest movers (there are three big movers into the top ten this week) and I predict could well be the new number one or if not Youngblood's closest challenger next week is Drake's "In My Feelings" which climbed from 15 to number 3. this song is currently doing good numbers on sales and streams.

"In My Feelings" leap into the top 10 mercifully pushed "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson down to number 4, this song should fall away quickly as the album recedes.

The second new arrival to our top five and indeed the top ten and one I am rather delighted about is "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis which jumped from 19 to 5 this week and I like it's chances of sticking around.

Hell, it helped push "Better Now" by Post Malone down two to number 6 (thank goodness).

The receding of Drake's album helped "Solo" by Clean Bandit up 3 places to 7 and "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD also up 3 places to number 8.

One of only three songs within the top ten to remain where it is is "2002" by Anne-Marie which remained at number 9.

The third and final leaper into the top is sleeper hit "Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd up 10 places to round out the top 10 at number 10.


Gains

In a week where a LOT gained due to the receding of the Drake album bomb I am only going to mention the really big movers with the biggest being "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack which climbed from 43 to 27.

There's more good news on the Australian front with "Reprisal" by Peking Duk going to 12 from 24 last week. 

"Ocean" by Martin Garrix featuring Khalid up to 18 from 26, expecting that song to at some stage hit the top ten to be honest.

"I Wanna Know" by NOTD and Bea Miller breaks into the top twenty at 19 up from 25.

"Jackie Chan" by Tiesto featuring Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone up to 24 from 32.

"I'll Be There" by Jess Glynne jumped 9 places to 26, same for "Bed" by Nicki Minaj featuring Ariana Grande which climbed nine to 29. 

"Just Friends" by Hayden James feat. Boy Matthews also jumped from 41 to 30.

"Born to Be Yours" by Kygo feat. Imagine Dragons jumped from 49 to 37.

"High Hopes" by Panic! At the Disco jumped 10 places to 38 which is a bit of a surprise. 


Re-Entries

The new entries are pretty much mostly 2017 songs that haven't gone away apart from the highest return which was "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line at 43.

There was also room for two 2017 number ones in "Rockstar" by Post Malone and 21 Savageback at 45 and because it seems there are still people who haven't brought it, "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran at 47, Sheeran also had "Happier" return at 50.

Losers

So lets blow through the Drake losers here: "Nice for What" to 13, "Nonstop" fell to 17, "God's Plan" slipped to 23, "Emotionless" was the biggest loser down from 12 to 33, "I'm Upset" to 35.

The other big loser this week was XXXtentacion with "Sad!" down to 11, "Jocelyn Flores" down to 39 and "Changes" down to 40.

New Entries

One new entry this week and it comes from a British singer songwriter Ella Mai who is signed to DJ Mustard's 10 Summers Records label, her song "Boo'd Up" has debuted at 46. Quite frankly I am surprised it's taken this long for "Boo'd Up" to arrive in the top 50. It's already in the Hot 100 top 5 right now. that said it could well be off the remix with Nicki Minaj and Quavo.












Thursday 12 July 2018

ARIA Singles Top Ten/ Chart Review: July 9th. Drakepocalypse...not as big as first thought

So weeks like this one are ones where I throw my hands in the air and go does it even matter when at three quarters of the album bomb is going to be gone next week anyway? Point is that yeah we got a Drake album bomb courtesy of the release of "Scorpion" and really given the reaction to the album, I am not sure a lot of it will stick around that said we had an empty vessel of a song by Drake at number one for 13 weeks so the Australian public can surprise me.

It's pretty much status quo at the very top of the chart with 5 Seconds of Summer's "Youngblood" spending a seventh week at the top of the chart and really giving it's still going okay on iTunes and streaming, it still has momentum behind it.

What is still something of a player is the song that knocked "Youngblood" off number 1 in New Zealand this week "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B at number 2, it's now number 1 on Youtube but its getting pushed back on streaming and on sales.

Then we have the first new Drake entry of the week and unfortunately its the song where he uses an unreleased Michael Jackson song as a sample. Seriously, can Drake actually stop using samples of unreleased music from dead artists and making them sound terrible. Way too shit on Michael's music legacy, you asshole!. Anyway "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake featuring Michael Jackson sits at number 3.

Drake's arrival pushed Post Malone's "Better Now" down to number 4.

Not content with having one song in the top 5, Drake has two with "Nonstop" at entering at number 5.

The arrival of  "Scorpion" saw "Sad!" by XXXtentacion pushed back two places to number 6 (Uhh, Australia? I'd like to see this song gone, please).

It also meant big boosts for Nice for What" by Drake to 7 from 16 and "God's Plan" also by Drake to 8 from 29 lat week

Finally, the final two songs aren't by Drake but both got knocked back "2002" by Anne-Marie fell 3 places to 9 and "Solo" by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato fell 3 to number 10. Good. (Both are terrible songs.

Gains

The biggest gain of the week was also a Drake song with the awful "I'm Upset" going to 17 up from 42 last week.

Beyond that? Well, there was some good news with "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell gaining traction off his performance at the Logies up to 21 from 37 and "OTW" by Khalid feat. Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack to 30 from 38 last week were the only big movers up.

Re Entries

Also off the back of the Logies performance "I'll Be There" by Jess Glynne returned at 35.

Losers

Ohh boy, it was a total bloodbath this week but most of these should go up next as the Drake album bomb recedes and Drake songs start dropping or hopefully falling off the chart. I'll do it in dot point form as there are soo many big losers


  • The biggest loser of this week was Kanye West's "All Mine" which fell from 17 to 44
  • Then we have the songs that fell out of the top 10 like "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid which fell to 13 from 5 last week, :"Back to You" by Selena Gomez fell to 16 from 9 and "Jocelyn Flores" by XXXtentacion fell to 29 from 8, Not a net positive there, hopefully "lovely" and "Back to You" regain their traction next week cause both are good songs.
  • "No Tears Left to cry" by Ariana Grande slipped hard to 22 down ten places while Nicki Minaj's "Bed" with Ariana fell to 38 (I struggle to see "Bed" being a hit quite honestly)
  • "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark fell ten place to 23 although it should get a boost with the album being released tomorrow.
  • "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khalid down 8 to 26
  • "Changes" byXXXtentacion fell to 31 from 15 and "Jackie Chan' by Tiesto feat. Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone down to 32 from 23
  • Speaking of Post Malone and Ty Dolla Sign, "Psycho" fell hard to 34 from 21
  • Ed Sheeran's sappy love ballad that's hung around too long "Perfect: fell to 40 from 27
  • "Love Somebody" by Noah Kahan fell to 39 from 25
  • "Just Friends" by Hayden James feat. Boy Matthews down to 41 from 34
  • "Flames" by David Guetta and Sia slipped from 28 to 42
  • Former number one "This is America" by Childish Gambino slipped from 31 to 45
  • "Praise The Lord (da Shine)" by A$AP Rocky feat. Skepta fell from 33 to 45
  • Sadly, the wonderful "Remnd Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel fell from 36 to 47 while Kygo's "Born to Be Yours" with Imagine Dragons also took a hit down to 49 from 32
  • Finally "The Middle" by Zedd feat Maren Morris and Grey utterly collapsed 20 places to 50
Time will tell whether these songs will regain their traction.

Drop outs

Given that it's likely some of these will be back I'm just going to go through what did drop out and boy there were some big ones like 2017 number one "Rockstar" by Post Malone and 21 Savage, "Call Out My Name" by The Weekend, "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes, "I Fall apart" by Post Malone and "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line.

I expect most of the above will most likely end up making ARIA's year end list anyway.

Also gone are "Dance to This" by Troye Sivan and Ariana Grande (sorry, that song had flop written all over it sadly), "Shape Of You" and "Happier" both by Ed Sheeran, "Make My Bed" by King Princess and unfortunately "Sober" by Demi Lovato.

New entries

Let's get all the Drake out of the way first as I've already mentioned "Don't matter to Me" at number 3 and "Nonstop" at number 5.

  • "Emotionless' entered at number 11
  • "In My Feelings" entered at number 15 (the song from the Drake album that looks like sticking around....just (sarcasm) wonderful)
  • "8 out of 10" at 27
  • "Mob Ties" at 28
  • "Talk Up" at 33
  • "Can't Take a Joke" at 36

However there was one non Drake song that managed to make it's entry in the top 50 and quite hugh too which was "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis at number 19 (easily the best of the new arrivals for me)

Okay so that wraps up Drakepocalypse blog entry. Let's hope the charts get back to normal quickly because I am thoroughly sick of Drake.





Friday 6 July 2018

ARIA Singles Chart top ten / Chart Review: 2nd July. Solo breaks into the top ten as XXXtentacion rises

We've got a relatively quiet week here...okay..we've got a busy top ten and scattered new entries plus some big moves up and down the chart, it was busy but relatively quiet in the sense the Drakepocalyse is coming and next week will be fucking ridiculous.

Anyway getting to the top ten, remaining at number one for a sixth week is "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer, it's really a question of whether it will hang onto number one when Drake's songs unload on the chart, at the moment it seems like it will given it's still going well on sales and streaming.

What is unlikely to have a shot at going to number one at the moment is "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B remaining at number 2 for another week, its going to get hit by the Drake wave next week, heck it's already being pushed back now on streaming.

Post Malone's "Better Now" (the only song that has stuck around from his "Beerbongs and Bentleys album bomb) remains at number 3.

Now for some inexplicable reason, "Sad!" by XXXtentacion climbed 4 places to number 4 to outpeak the song's previous run on the chart which no, given "Sad!" is pretty much XXXtentacion guilt tripping an ex girlfriend and is a half a song it's not a good thing.

However what is a good thing is the massive rise for "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid which jumped from 11 straight into the top 5 at number 5. Granted it's a song from the 13 Reasons Why soundtrack but I am really happy to see it in the top ten.

I'm also happy to see "2002" by Anne Marie take a 2 place hit to number 6.

Sadly one of the most grating pop songs of recent times, "Solo" by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato got a 5 place gain to break into the top ten at number 7 but given it's been number 1 in the UK, hardly a surprise.

XXXtentacion has the biggest debut of the week though with "Jocelyn Flores" debuting at number 8. (sigh)

It pushed back "Back to You" by Selena Gomez down three places to number 9. Bit unfortunate that the pending Drakepocalypse will likely push this song out of the top ten. I like it a lot, it's the best thing Selena has done as a solo artist.

Finally "One Kiss" looks to have had its run in the top ten ended, it slipped three to number 10 this week.

Gains.

The biggest game of the week was for "Jackie Chan" by Tiesto, Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone (I presume mostly because of Post Malone) which climbed from 44 to 23.

Unfortunately "XXXtentacion also impacts on the gains because "Changes" jumped from 34 to 15.

"I Wanna Know" by NOTD and Bea Miller jumped from 36 to 26.

In good news, Conrad Sewell's "Healing Hands" gained off it's debut last week thanks to a recent spate of promotional performances, it went up to 37.


Re-Entries

It's baaacck! We can't let go of Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" so its back for a 74th week on the chart at number 48.

Losers

Sadly the excellent "Remind Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel was the biggest loser this week as it slipped from 21 to 36.

There were some big falls across the board this week for great songs though with "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani falling from 10 to 22, "No Tears Left to Cry" by Ariana Grande slipping from 5 to 11 while "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark slipping from 9 to 13. Also Shawn Mendes "In My Blood" slipped to 39 from 32 last week.

Kanye West's "All Mine" dropped 4 places to 17.

Meanwhile the awful "Dance to This" fell off it's debut of 39 to 47. Yikes. Not a good sign for Troye's album and I presume it's because people have realized the song is bad.



Drop Outs

So I am sad to be losing '1950" by King Princess and "Youth" by Shawn Mendes and Khalid but they are taking some crap with them including "Somebody" by The Chainsmokers and Drew Love and the terrible Calum Scott cover of "Dancing on My Own" and also "You Are the Reason" by Calum Scott.

Also gone is "Friends" by Marshmello and Anne Marie which should make the year end list...lovely...not.

New Entries


So apart from XXXtentacion, the other new entries are actually lower down the chart and are alright for the most part.

"Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack enters at 41,

"High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco enters at 44 because of the release of the album "Pray for the Wicked" which went to number one on the ARIA album chart

King Princess has a new song on the chart with "Make My Bed" entering at 45.

Finally "Sober" by Demi Lovato entered at 50. (Demi's most vulnerable and haunting song to date).

So yeah that wraps up what was a pretty busy chart however time to go and get into lock down the impending arrival of the Drakepocalypse.








Thursday 28 June 2018

ARIA Singles Chart top ten/Chart Review: June 25th. Anne-Marie busts into the top 5.

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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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.





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.





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.