Tuesday 4 September 2018

ARIA Singles Chart top ten/Chart Review: 3rd September. Calmer week with Eminem on the horizon.

So this week felt like a much calmer week as the Ariana mini album bomb recedes and the chart braces for another this time because Eminem, of all people, dropped a surprise album called "Kamikaze" on Friday but we'll deal with all of that later.

Let's get to our top ten and very much stable at number one is "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis for a third consecutive week, it does look like losing number one at this stage.

Well at least not to "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid at number two which is also looking like it might well be willing play the waiting game because its pretty strong right now however it's a matter of seeing whether it will be as strong when "Be Alright" weakens because I am not convinced it's going to be the case.

Quite surprisingly "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer climbed back up one place to number 3 (don't get me wrong, it's probably going to make my year end best hits list but this is sticking around much longer than I expected) and also a surprise rise for "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B back up to number 4.

That said those rises could have come because "In My Feelings" by Drake began losing streams hard this week and as a result fell two places to number 5.

The song that appears likely to be a challenger for number one quite soon is George Ezra's "Shotgun" which jumped 3 places to number 6 and given it's number one on iTunes right now, if it's streaming picks up, this song could get HUGE.

What finally is starting to fall away is the 2nd worst song in the top 10 which is "No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo which fell one place to number 7.

Panic! At the Disco are enjoying their biggest hit in Australia with "High Hopes" regaining lost ground up two places to number 8. I actually really like the song so am glad it's doing well.

Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack's "Rise" returns to the top 10 this week up two to number 9 courtesy of the Ariana Grande album bomb falling away.

Speaking of Ariana Grande, "God is a Woman" slipped 3 places this week back to number 10.

Gains

Not sure if I am all that happy about our biggest gainer this week which is "Happier" by Marshmello feat. Bastille which jumped from 48 to 25. I mean really? We can do better than that song, Australia!

Speaking of better EDM songs, another big riser was "Promises" by Calvin Harris feat. Sam Smith up from 30 to 14. This song will be in the top ten next week if it isn't affected by the Eminem album bomb.

"Beautiful" by Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello breaks into the top 10 at 18.

Zedd feat. Elley Duhe's "Happy Now" jumps from 31 to 27,

"Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando jumped seven places to reach 33.

For some strange reason "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran also jumped from 44 to 38. I can't explain that one.


Re-Entries

"Leave Me Alone" by David Guetta feat. Anne-Marie returns after being bumped off the chart by Ariana Grande at 48.

While "Psycho" by Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign just won't disappear for good, it returns at 49 because we can't always have good things on the ARIA charts right now.

Losers

I did mention that the Ariana Grande's mini album bomb fell away this week and that meant "No Tears Left to Cry" fell ten places to 31.

There is good news with utter crap like "Fefe" by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj continues to fall, this week down to 24 and "Solo" by Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato down three places to 28.

"One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa continues to move it's way out of the top 50 down to 37 from 33 however that song will make the year end list so am happy about that because it's grown on me quite a bit.

Also on it's way out is "Back to You" by Selena Gomez down four places to 39.


Drop Outs

Nothing significant  dropped out of the top 50 as far as year end list  goes this week with two album tracks from Ariana Grande with "Sweetener" and "Everytime gone" taking with it "Stargazing" by Travis Scott and "Respect" by Aretha Franklin.


New Entries

The two new entries are two pretty awful songs however I am also expecting at least one of them to not stick around.

"Idol" by K-pop band BTS debuts at 35, it's the band's highest debuting song in Australia and sadly is one of the band's worst songs. It is a mess of a song from start to finish.

Jason DeRulo returns to the charts at number 50 with "Goodbye" feat. David Guetta, Nicki Minaj and Willy William.

So apart from that Eminem album bomb, am expecting a move into the top ten for "Promises" by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith, also think "Shotgun" by George Ezra will break into the top 5 but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEST.



Thursday 30 August 2018

ARIA Top Ten/Chart Review: 27th August 2018. Ariana arrives, Aretha returns

Very little in the way of surprises this week, we got the Ariana Grande album bomb that was expected and considering the album debuted at number one, we got two Ariana songs inside the top ten.

However it's still Dean Lewis at the top for week number 2 at number 1 with "Be Alright" and really I don't see this song being knocked off number one for awhile with streaming and sales still extremely strong for this song.

This week's new number 1 in New Zealand sits at number 2 on the Australian singles chart that being "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid jumped two places to number 4. This song has been going gangbusters on streaming for awhile but it needs stronger digital sales to challenge "Be Alright"

However it did push "In My Feelings" by Drake to number 3 and "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer to number 4.

A song that's a contender for being the biggest song of the year to be blocked from number one is remaining at number 5 this week, that song being "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B.

It's yet another week at number six for "No Brainer" by DJ Khalid feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo.

We then get to "God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande which returned to the top ten by jumping ten places to number 7 courtesy of the album dropping. Ariana's likely next single "Breathin'" is the highest new entry this week at number 8

The song that is likely to make a play for number one should streaming improve is "Shotgun" by George Ezra which jumped two places to number 9.

Finally Panic! At the Disco round out the top 10 at number 10 with "High Hopes" but I expect this song to rebound post the Ariana Grande "Sweetener" album bomb


Gainers

Unsurprisingly the biggest gainer this week was from Ariana Grande with former number one "No Tears Left to Cry" rising from 45 to 21. We've already mentioned the big gain for "God is a Woman"

"Beautiful" by Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello jumped from 34 to 22. Bazzi looks to be one of the breakout stars of 2018.

Also breaking back into the top 20 is "Ocean" by Martin Garrix and Khalid up from 21 to 17.

Finally the last of the big gainers is the Canadian and UK hit "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando (a song I don't get the appeal of to be honest but good on you if you like it) which jumped 8 places to 40.

Re-Entries 

The recent passed and much loved Aretha Franklin's "Respect returns to the top 50 at number 50, it originally peaked at number 14 in 1967. There's not much I can say that would properly pay true respect to somebody as amazing as Aretha was.

Losers

Anyway getting back into it, time to look at our losers this week and "Stargazing" by Travis Scott continued it's freefall down from 32 to 49 to be the biggest loser this week.

"Better Now" by Post Malone fell from 12 to 18 (The sooner this song is gone the better) while "FEFE" by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj fell four places to 19.


"I Wanna Know" by NOTD and Bea Miller (a  song I kind of wish was better than it actually is) dropped to 28 from 23.

On the subject of crap, "Sad!" by XXXTentacion fell to 32 from 27 while "God's Plan" by Drake fell to 46 from 39. "Nice for What?" by Drake slipped to 45 from 36.

Finally on the losers front, Amy Shark's "I Said Hi" continues its exit path fealling from 31 to 39. ("All Loved Up" is on the way, Amy Shark fans, don't worry!).

Drop Outs.


The drop outs this week are a mixed back with the pretty awful "Psycho" by Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign and the meh "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran both likely to make year end list despite Sheeran's song being from 2017!

Also likely to make the year end list is "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani. Sad to see it go but also happy that it will make year end list because it's a good song.

Following those out are "Bed" by Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande (weird, as I would have expected that to also get a rise given Ariana's involvement), "Don't Leave Me Alone" by David Guetta and Anne-Marie and finally "You Should See Me in A Crown" by Billie Eilish.


New Entries

So outside of Ariana's "Breathin'" which cracked the top ten, there were 4 other new entries with "Promises" by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith debuting at number 30 (I really like this song despite some annoying elements).

From there we get to "Everytime" by Ariana Grande at number 36 and Ariana's album title tracker "Sweetener" entering at 43.

Finally "Happier" by Marshmello and Bastille is the last of the new entries at number 48.


So what to expect on Saturday, probably Dean Lewis remaining at number one while there's likely to be new chart entries for BTS (sadly their new song is a pile of awful), Jason DeRulo collaborating with Nicki Minaj and Willy William...whatever else who knows.











Thursday 23 August 2018

ARIA Top Ten/ Chart Review: August 20th. New number one as chart prepares for Ariana

This week was reasonably crazy, heck, there was the sudden collapse for "In My Feelings" that unexpectedly triggered a new and quite fascinating race for number one plus any number of new entries lower down the chart along with a return that just refuses to go away.

So getting to that new number one which is "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis, it's his first number one single and it's the second song by an Australian artist to hit number one and he got there through digital sales more so than streaming which in the modern era is something amazing.

Drake sits at number two with "In My Feelings" which comes as a surprise because the collapse was quite sudden as it still held a decent lead on streams which it has now lost to "Be Alright".

Hanging on at number three is another former number one in  "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds Summer, I've been waiting for this song to fall away gracefully but it's doing rather well to hang on.

"Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid finally overtook "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B to go to number 4. "Girls Like You" drops to number 5.

"No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo remains at number 6 this week (I have no idea where this song is headed but I hope it's down because it's TERRIBLE.

Then we get to a real sleeper hit because I have no idea how this happened. Panic! At The Disco have their first ever top ten hit in Australia with "High Hopes" rising seven places to number 7. Don't get me wrong, I like the song but given how much of the rock aesthetic on the Australian charts has died, this is still something of a surprise.

"Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack also rose 1 place to number 8. "Healing Hands" by Conrad Sewell fell to number 9 while "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott fell from 7 to 10 to wrap up the top ten.

Gainers

The biggest gainer was George Ezra's UK number one "Shotgun" which jumped from 27 to 11, at the rate it's going it could very well be challenging for number one very soon.

"Born to Be Yours" by Kygo and Imagine Dragons broke in the top 20 by jumping from 22 to 18.

In good news for Aussie artists. "Never Ever" by The Rubens feat. Sarah rose from 32 to 25.

"Bed" by Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande rose from 43 to 40 but that was the only news as far as Nicki Minaj goes inside the top 50. Only two of the tracks from Minaj's album Queen debuted within the top 100 with "Barbie Dreams" at 57 and "Majesty" with Eminem and Labrinth at 60.


Returns

Not sure why this happened but "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran returned at number 50 for a 78th week inside the top 50.

Losers

Unsurprisingly the biggest fall was for "Stargazing" by Travis Scott wich fell from 10 to 32.

In some good news. there was also a four place drop for "FEFE" by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj which slipped to 15.

"God is a Woman" by Ariana Grande fell from 12 to 17 but I expect it and "No Tears Left to Cry" which stumbled down to 45 from to rebound courtesy of the release of Grande's album "Sweetener"

"Solo" by Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato continues to slip, this week down to 22 from 19.

"Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid dived to 29 from 25.


Drop Outs

The drop outs are ones that I aren't all that bothered about. Maybe the only one that does bother me a little is "Clark Griswold" by Hilltop Hoods and Adrian Eagle.because more Australian talent on the top 50 the better.

As for the rest of these? Well out of the top 50 are "OTW" by Khalid feat. Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack, "Jocelyn Flores" by XXXtentacion, "Butterfly Effect" by Travis Scott and most pleasingly "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson.

All in all good job this week, Australia.

New Entries

Best of the new entries this week is "Beautiful" by Bazzi who remixed the song to feat. Camila Cabello so as a result it's the remix that's charting.

Finally reaching the top 50 is "Don't Leave Me Alone" by David Guetta and Anne-Marie at number 43.

Billie Eilish debuts her latest single at number 47 with "You should see me in a crown".

Finally at number 48, a song that has been a top ten hit in the UK and Canada is "Body" by Loud Luxury feat. Brando.


So that wraps up the week, I am expecting A LOT of Ariana Grande next week and at least one new song of hers to impact the top ten. Sadly, "Sweetener" on the whole was a bit of a disappointment so kind of not looking forward to seeing how much of an impact the album had.




Thursday 16 August 2018

ARIA Top ten/ Chart Review: August 13th. Travis Scott disrupts the top ten thanks to ASTROWORLD

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.





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.



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.




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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