So this week brought a small amount of Travis Scott with it courtesy of his album "Astroworld", I has been expecting Scott to land songs on the chart...just not two songs in the top ten and another song lower down the chart, this is the first of three possible album bombs with Nicki Minaj having released "Queen" last Friday and Ariana Grande to release 'Sweetener" this Friday. I am expecting a bigger impact from Ariana's release than Nicki's (I expect 3 to maybe 4 songs from Nicki's album to debut or return)
As for the top half of the top ten though? Nothing changed with "In My Feelings" by Drake holding number one for a fourth week but there could be change in the midst with a sudden fall in Drake's streaming numbers.
"Be Alright" by Dean Lewis held on to number 2 thanks to pretty good digital sales numbers but I am not convinced that he is a challenger for number one right now...unfortunately.
To be honest there's no change to the top six from last week with "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer at number 3, "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B at number four, "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid at number 5 and "No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo at number 6.
We get to the first of the Travis Scott new entries at number 7 with "SICKO MODE"...I'd be surprised if this song sticks around in the top ten though.
Conrad Sewell's "Healing Hands" rebounded to number 8 and hopefully will remain in the top ten in the weeks ahead because yeah, I adore this song.
Another good song which has broken into the top ten this week is "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack which jumped two places to number 9.
Rounding out the top ten is Travis Scott's 2nd new entry with "Stargazing" arriving at number 10.
Gains
Few gainers this week, the biggest being for Panic! At the Disco with "High Hopes" moving up ten places to 14 making it their second biggest single behind "I write Sins Not Tragedies" which peaked at number 12 over 12 years ago which is pretty stunning considering how much the rock aesthetic on the Australian charts has died out.
The other big mover was former British and Ireland number one "Shotgun" by George Ezra which also jumped ten places from 37 to 27. This song has been huge in the UK so would not be surprised if it breaks into the top ten here.
Outside of those two the pickings for gainers are slim. "Hurt Somebody" by Noah Kahan jumped two places to 38.
Re-Entries
Just the one return this week with Hilltop Hoods back at 49 with "Clark Griswold" feat. Adrian Eagle
Losers
We had a looong list of losers this week but as always we'll focus on the big ones with "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson plummeting from 32 to 47 (Good!)
"Bed" by Nicki Minaj feat. Ariana Grande fell from 39 to 43 but should rebound courtesy of Minaj releasing Queen.
Speaking of Ariana Grande "No tears Left to Cry" fell from 33 to 40 and "God Is a Woman" fell to 12 but with Sweetener being released tomorrow should see both these songs get boosts in the coming weeks.
Former number one "Nice for What" by Drake fell from 29 to 34.
"2002" by Anne-Marie fell from 15 to 21 as it falls gracefully after a better than expected run.
Finally "Better Now" by Post Malone finally fell out out of the top ten from 9 to 13.
Drop Outs.
We finally lost the last dregs of 2017 with "Rockstar" by Post Malone feat. 21 Savage finally dropping out after 45 weeks on the chart.
The only really significant song to drop out that might well make year end is "Remind Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel.
The others gone are "Changes" by XXXtentacion and "Summertime Magic" by Childish Gambino
New Entries
Travis Scott really is the biggest story of this week with the only other new entry being his song "Butterfly Effect" which entered at 46 and that was about all for the new entries with the other two songs being Travis Scott songs that I'd already mentioned in talking about the top ten.
So that wraps up the week and I have to say given the surprise fall away of "In My Feelings" by Drake on both sales and streams this week, we may well see a new number one but I have been wrong before about that. Instinct suggests it's between "Be Alriight" by Dean Lewis and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid, I don't really care either way as I like both songs so until then see you all later.
Thursday 16 August 2018
Friday 10 August 2018
ARIA Top Ten/Chart Review: 6th August: The chart gets a little ordinary...
Not sure how I put it nicely...this week sucked...some good songs went down while we got two debuts inside the top ten, one that I was expecting and the other...well...let's just say my opinion of the lead artist of that song is pretty low and my opinion of his female collaborator took a nose dive.
Anyway I am getting ahead of myself here, let's begin at number one where no surprise, its "In My Feelings" by Drake due to the music video dropping and it still leading on streaming.
We have a new number 2 this week with Dean Lewis's "Be Alright" moving up one place to take number 2 from former chart topper "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer which dropped to number 3. Interestingly both songs continue to do fairly well on sales despite streams not being all they could be for either song.
"Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B remains at number 4 however it is definitely going to come under threat from the biggest mover of the week which is "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid which jumped from 12 to 5 and looks likely to rise higher which actually is good news because I really don't mind the song.
Then we get to the first of the new entries which is "No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo at number 6. I really dislike this song and I hope it falls away fast because it is mediocre at best and terrible at worst.
"God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande is waiting for the boost it will get from the release of Grande's album "Sweetener" next week.
At number 8 is "Fefe" by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj (sigh).
Post Malone slipped three places to number nine with 'Better Now" as did "Healing Hands" byg Conrad Sewell which fell from 7 to 1o
Gains
Well the biggest gainer of the week was "Eastside" but outstide that is "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack which jumped 5 places to sit just outside the top ten at number 11, it could jump into the top 10 next week though.
"Born to be Yours" by Kygo feat. Imagine Dragons jumped 4 places to break into the top 20 at number 20.
Panic! At the Disco continue to have a surprising run with "High Hopes" continuing to climb, this week, its up 6 places to number 24.
Losers.
Biggest loser was "Summertime Magic" by Childish Gambino which fell to 49 from 34 the previous week.
Also falling hard was "OTW" by Khalid feat. Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack which slipped from 29 to 43, "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson slumped down from 18 to 32.
"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa dropped from 21 to 28 (it's safe on the year end list though).
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd (a song I keep forgetting exists) dropped from 10 to 17 and also in good news "Solo" by Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato dropped from 11 to 16 (Hey Australia, let's give Demi's better song "Sober" some chart traction here).
Drop Outs
The only song I am sorry to see gone is Shawn Mendes "In My Blood"...hopefully it makes the year end list...I can hope, right?
Also a maybe for the year end list is "Flames" by David Guetta and Sia while definitely making the ARIA year end list and probably my year end worst hits of the year list is "Meant to be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line.
The only other song to drop off was "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran for maybe the third and final time...
New Entries
The good news there was better that entered the chart below the awful of both "No Brainer" and "Fefe"
Zedd's latest collaboration with a up and coming female popstar Elley Duhe called "Happy Now" entered at 31 and finally George Ezra made his return to the Australian charts (about time) with "Shotgun" entering at 37 (that song has spent weeks at the top of the UK charts)
So that wraps up the week. Next three weeks at least are likely to see album bombs from Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande and its definitely going to make things interesting.
Anyway I am getting ahead of myself here, let's begin at number one where no surprise, its "In My Feelings" by Drake due to the music video dropping and it still leading on streaming.
We have a new number 2 this week with Dean Lewis's "Be Alright" moving up one place to take number 2 from former chart topper "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer which dropped to number 3. Interestingly both songs continue to do fairly well on sales despite streams not being all they could be for either song.
"Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B remains at number 4 however it is definitely going to come under threat from the biggest mover of the week which is "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid which jumped from 12 to 5 and looks likely to rise higher which actually is good news because I really don't mind the song.
Then we get to the first of the new entries which is "No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo at number 6. I really dislike this song and I hope it falls away fast because it is mediocre at best and terrible at worst.
"God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande is waiting for the boost it will get from the release of Grande's album "Sweetener" next week.
At number 8 is "Fefe" by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj (sigh).
Post Malone slipped three places to number nine with 'Better Now" as did "Healing Hands" byg Conrad Sewell which fell from 7 to 1o
Gains
Well the biggest gainer of the week was "Eastside" but outstide that is "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack which jumped 5 places to sit just outside the top ten at number 11, it could jump into the top 10 next week though.
"Born to be Yours" by Kygo feat. Imagine Dragons jumped 4 places to break into the top 20 at number 20.
Panic! At the Disco continue to have a surprising run with "High Hopes" continuing to climb, this week, its up 6 places to number 24.
Losers.
Biggest loser was "Summertime Magic" by Childish Gambino which fell to 49 from 34 the previous week.
Also falling hard was "OTW" by Khalid feat. Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack which slipped from 29 to 43, "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson slumped down from 18 to 32.
"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa dropped from 21 to 28 (it's safe on the year end list though).
"Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd (a song I keep forgetting exists) dropped from 10 to 17 and also in good news "Solo" by Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato dropped from 11 to 16 (Hey Australia, let's give Demi's better song "Sober" some chart traction here).
Drop Outs
The only song I am sorry to see gone is Shawn Mendes "In My Blood"...hopefully it makes the year end list...I can hope, right?
Also a maybe for the year end list is "Flames" by David Guetta and Sia while definitely making the ARIA year end list and probably my year end worst hits of the year list is "Meant to be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line.
The only other song to drop off was "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran for maybe the third and final time...
New Entries
The good news there was better that entered the chart below the awful of both "No Brainer" and "Fefe"
Zedd's latest collaboration with a up and coming female popstar Elley Duhe called "Happy Now" entered at 31 and finally George Ezra made his return to the Australian charts (about time) with "Shotgun" entering at 37 (that song has spent weeks at the top of the UK charts)
So that wraps up the week. Next three weeks at least are likely to see album bombs from Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande and its definitely going to make things interesting.
Saturday 4 August 2018
ARIA Top Ten/Chart Review: July 30: Conrad Sewell goes top ten as Drake hangs on for another week at number 1
So this week brings some mixed feelings, the bad being an awful song remaining at number one but the good being some moves in the right direction for an Aussie artist.
So let's get to the top ten with "In My Feelings" by Drake remaining at number one for another week and really with the release of the video, I don't see this changing at all. It's still dominating streaming.
What was the surprise is that "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer managed to hang on to number 2 for another week despite pretty much bleeding across everything.
The real challenger to Drake comes in up one place number 3 with "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis, its still gaining across radio, streaming and pretty much going toe to toe with "In My Feelings" on sales.
A song that is showing signs of falling away is "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (Cardi's biggest hit in Australia), I expect this song to fall from the top ten soon.
Also a song that may just not have the grip it thinks on the top 10 is "God is A Woman" by Ariana Grande with streaming keep it stable at number 5.
"Better Now" by Post Malone remains at number 6 for another week.
In superb news (to me) is the fact "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell jumped 7 places into the top 10 at number 7. It's actually become my favourite Australian hit of the year.
Anne-Marie's "2002' went up to number eight, "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD went up 2 gto number 9 and "Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd returned to the top 10 up 3 to number 10. All three of those songs benefiting from the big fall for "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark but we'll get to that in a moment
Gains
Benny Blanco might be getting his first top ten hit with "Eastside" feat. Khalid and Halsey up to 12 from 32 making it the biggest mover of the week.
"Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack rose from 25 to 16 (that song is huge in Europe right now).
"Born to Be Yours" by Kygo feat. Imagine Dragons went up to 24 from 29.
Apart from those and the big move for Conrad Sewell, that was it for large gains this week.
Re-Entries
There was one re-entry this week that kind of surprised me, it was "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes. I am happy it's back though!
Losers
Drake pretty much lost on all fronts this week outside of holding onto number one with "Don't Matter to Me" down to 18 from 7 in the biggest fall of the week, "Nice for What" slipped down ten places to 27 and "Nonstop" continued to nonstop fall slipping ten places to 33.
Outside of that, there was bad news for female pop starlets "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark fell out of the top ten to 15 and "Back To You" by Selena Gomez fell from 19 to 23
Drop Outs
The bad news for Drake continued with "I'm Upset" one of three songs to drop out. The other two being "Clark Griswold" by Hilltop Hoods and Adrian Eagle and "All Mine" by Kanye West
New Entries
Two new entries this week with the best of them being "Never Ever" by The Rubens feat. Sarah at 32 and the pretty ordinary "I'm A Mess" by Bebe Rexha at 48
So this week felt kind of quiet but it will be interesting to see what disruption DJ Khaled and co bring to the chart, suspect "No Brainer" will debut in the top ten. Chart for week beginning 6th July drops at 5pm on Saturday.
So let's get to the top ten with "In My Feelings" by Drake remaining at number one for another week and really with the release of the video, I don't see this changing at all. It's still dominating streaming.
What was the surprise is that "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer managed to hang on to number 2 for another week despite pretty much bleeding across everything.
The real challenger to Drake comes in up one place number 3 with "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis, its still gaining across radio, streaming and pretty much going toe to toe with "In My Feelings" on sales.
A song that is showing signs of falling away is "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (Cardi's biggest hit in Australia), I expect this song to fall from the top ten soon.
Also a song that may just not have the grip it thinks on the top 10 is "God is A Woman" by Ariana Grande with streaming keep it stable at number 5.
"Better Now" by Post Malone remains at number 6 for another week.
In superb news (to me) is the fact "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell jumped 7 places into the top 10 at number 7. It's actually become my favourite Australian hit of the year.
Anne-Marie's "2002' went up to number eight, "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD went up 2 gto number 9 and "Nevermind" by Dennis Lloyd returned to the top 10 up 3 to number 10. All three of those songs benefiting from the big fall for "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark but we'll get to that in a moment
Gains
Benny Blanco might be getting his first top ten hit with "Eastside" feat. Khalid and Halsey up to 12 from 32 making it the biggest mover of the week.
"Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack rose from 25 to 16 (that song is huge in Europe right now).
"Born to Be Yours" by Kygo feat. Imagine Dragons went up to 24 from 29.
Apart from those and the big move for Conrad Sewell, that was it for large gains this week.
Re-Entries
There was one re-entry this week that kind of surprised me, it was "In My Blood" by Shawn Mendes. I am happy it's back though!
Losers
Drake pretty much lost on all fronts this week outside of holding onto number one with "Don't Matter to Me" down to 18 from 7 in the biggest fall of the week, "Nice for What" slipped down ten places to 27 and "Nonstop" continued to nonstop fall slipping ten places to 33.
Outside of that, there was bad news for female pop starlets "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark fell out of the top ten to 15 and "Back To You" by Selena Gomez fell from 19 to 23
Drop Outs
The bad news for Drake continued with "I'm Upset" one of three songs to drop out. The other two being "Clark Griswold" by Hilltop Hoods and Adrian Eagle and "All Mine" by Kanye West
New Entries
Two new entries this week with the best of them being "Never Ever" by The Rubens feat. Sarah at 32 and the pretty ordinary "I'm A Mess" by Bebe Rexha at 48
So this week felt kind of quiet but it will be interesting to see what disruption DJ Khaled and co bring to the chart, suspect "No Brainer" will debut in the top ten. Chart for week beginning 6th July drops at 5pm on Saturday.
Thursday 26 July 2018
ARIA Singles Chart top ten/Chart Review: 23rd July, Drake takes number 1 for the third time this year
It was coming, we all knew it was headed toward this that a social media challenge would spiral to viral status and result in what is commonly known as normal transmission in 2018...
By normal transmission, I mean Drake at number one. "In My Feelings" rode enormous sales and streaming to rise from number 3 to take the number one spot to make Drake's THIRD Australian number one this year following likely year end number one "God's Plan" (11 weeks) and "Nice for What?" (2 weeks) meaning Drake has now spent almost double the amount of time at number one of this week's number two single.
That number two is the previous number one for eight weeks 'Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer which was never going to match the virality of the current "In My Feelings" challenge craze, it's showing signs that it could be vulnerable to a stronger challenger.
However that challenger isn't going to be "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Drake pushed this song back and it's also showing signs of weakness as well so I would expect to see this begin a slow descent out of the top ten.
Dean Lewis is the second Australian act within the top ten as "Be Alright" rose 1 place to number 4 on the back of some pretty strong sales and doing okay on streaming. If that continues, it could potentially go number 2 or 3 next week if that keeps up.
Our highest debut this week is at number 5 with Ariana Grande's second official single from "Sweetener" entitled "God is a Woman". Now while I am not convinced the song is all that god , it was a pretty strong player on streaming and if sales pick up as well than it could well also take advantage of the weaknesses of "Youngblood" and "Girls Like You"
What won't be taking advantage is "Better Now" by Post Malone which really only stayed where it is because nothing behind it was able to make the jump past it.
"Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson (it feels so wrong with Michael dead tbh) fell 3 spots to number 7 which quite frankly isn't fast enough...it needs to be gone and the sooner the better.
The biggest gainer this week sits at number 8 and it's a return to the top ten for "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark which rode the boost from the release of Shark's debut album "Love Monster" to make a welcome return to the top ten.
The next two songs aren't that good though with "2002" by Anne Marie remaining at number 9 and :"Solo" by Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato showing signs it may well be on the way out as it dropped 3 places to number 10.
Gainers.
So apart from Amy Shark's big rise with "I Said Hi", "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khaluid rose from 18 to 12, "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell jumped from 21 to 14 (expecting another good jump for this song next week as well) and "Jackie Chan" by Tiesto feat. Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone jumped from 24 to 15.
Another big mover was Kygo and Imagine Dragons collab "Born to Be Yours" jumping from 37 to 29.
Is there a surprise hit in the pipeline for Panic! At the Disco? "High Hopes" jumped 4 places to 34
As rhere were no re-entries...let's get to...
Losers
Happy to report the biggest loser this week was "Sad!" by XXXtentacion which slipped from 11 to 24, "Changes" slipped from 40 to 45 and :"Jocelyn Flores" from 39 to 44.
As for Drake, "Nice for What" went down to 17, "Nonstop" lives up to falling nonstop as it went to 23 from 17, "God's Plan" fell to 28 from 23 and "I'm Upset" went to 43 from 35. (Glad to see all the Drake songs falling, really am sick of hearing about him)
There were other assorted drops with mostly songs that would seem to have made the year end list anyway with "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani down to 39 from 34, "Psycho" by Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign down to 37 from 31, "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa went to 20 from 14 and "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran down to 35 from 32.
"Hurt Somebody" by Noah Kahan went down to 41 from 36.
Drop Outs
Really only four drop outs this week with the biggest of them being former number one "This is america" by Childish Gambino (we're not finished talking about him just yet though!)
The others were Drake's "Emotionless", "Boo'd Up" by Ella Mai which has struggled for traction here despite it's success in the USA and "Happier" by Ed Sheeran.
New Entries
Apart from the debut of "God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande, what else debuted this week? Peking Duk's EP "Fire/Reprisal" arrived at 16.
The new single for Childish Gambino "Summertime Magic" entered at 31 while Ed Sheeran's producer Benny Blanco has debuted at 32 with "Eastside" feat. Halsey and Khalid.
The last of the new arrivals belongs to the Hilltop Hoods featuring Adrian Eagle with "Clark Griswold" entering at 48.
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By normal transmission, I mean Drake at number one. "In My Feelings" rode enormous sales and streaming to rise from number 3 to take the number one spot to make Drake's THIRD Australian number one this year following likely year end number one "God's Plan" (11 weeks) and "Nice for What?" (2 weeks) meaning Drake has now spent almost double the amount of time at number one of this week's number two single.
That number two is the previous number one for eight weeks 'Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer which was never going to match the virality of the current "In My Feelings" challenge craze, it's showing signs that it could be vulnerable to a stronger challenger.
However that challenger isn't going to be "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Drake pushed this song back and it's also showing signs of weakness as well so I would expect to see this begin a slow descent out of the top ten.
Dean Lewis is the second Australian act within the top ten as "Be Alright" rose 1 place to number 4 on the back of some pretty strong sales and doing okay on streaming. If that continues, it could potentially go number 2 or 3 next week if that keeps up.
Our highest debut this week is at number 5 with Ariana Grande's second official single from "Sweetener" entitled "God is a Woman". Now while I am not convinced the song is all that god , it was a pretty strong player on streaming and if sales pick up as well than it could well also take advantage of the weaknesses of "Youngblood" and "Girls Like You"
What won't be taking advantage is "Better Now" by Post Malone which really only stayed where it is because nothing behind it was able to make the jump past it.
"Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson (it feels so wrong with Michael dead tbh) fell 3 spots to number 7 which quite frankly isn't fast enough...it needs to be gone and the sooner the better.
The biggest gainer this week sits at number 8 and it's a return to the top ten for "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark which rode the boost from the release of Shark's debut album "Love Monster" to make a welcome return to the top ten.
The next two songs aren't that good though with "2002" by Anne Marie remaining at number 9 and :"Solo" by Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato showing signs it may well be on the way out as it dropped 3 places to number 10.
Gainers.
So apart from Amy Shark's big rise with "I Said Hi", "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khaluid rose from 18 to 12, "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell jumped from 21 to 14 (expecting another good jump for this song next week as well) and "Jackie Chan" by Tiesto feat. Dzeko, Preme and Post Malone jumped from 24 to 15.
Another big mover was Kygo and Imagine Dragons collab "Born to Be Yours" jumping from 37 to 29.
Is there a surprise hit in the pipeline for Panic! At the Disco? "High Hopes" jumped 4 places to 34
As rhere were no re-entries...let's get to...
Losers
Happy to report the biggest loser this week was "Sad!" by XXXtentacion which slipped from 11 to 24, "Changes" slipped from 40 to 45 and :"Jocelyn Flores" from 39 to 44.
As for Drake, "Nice for What" went down to 17, "Nonstop" lives up to falling nonstop as it went to 23 from 17, "God's Plan" fell to 28 from 23 and "I'm Upset" went to 43 from 35. (Glad to see all the Drake songs falling, really am sick of hearing about him)
There were other assorted drops with mostly songs that would seem to have made the year end list anyway with "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani down to 39 from 34, "Psycho" by Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign down to 37 from 31, "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa went to 20 from 14 and "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran down to 35 from 32.
"Hurt Somebody" by Noah Kahan went down to 41 from 36.
Drop Outs
Really only four drop outs this week with the biggest of them being former number one "This is america" by Childish Gambino (we're not finished talking about him just yet though!)
The others were Drake's "Emotionless", "Boo'd Up" by Ella Mai which has struggled for traction here despite it's success in the USA and "Happier" by Ed Sheeran.
New Entries
Apart from the debut of "God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande, what else debuted this week? Peking Duk's EP "Fire/Reprisal" arrived at 16.
The new single for Childish Gambino "Summertime Magic" entered at 31 while Ed Sheeran's producer Benny Blanco has debuted at 32 with "Eastside" feat. Halsey and Khalid.
The last of the new arrivals belongs to the Hilltop Hoods featuring Adrian Eagle with "Clark Griswold" entering at 48.
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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
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.
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.
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