Well, we got a fully fledged album bomb from Ariana Grande with every single track from her fifth album "Thank U, Next" reaching the top 50 of the ARIA singles chart and given the chart a pretty thorough clean out and it was about time too.
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But firstly to the top ten and Ariana has now spent a month at the top of the charts with "7 Rings" and really, it's position is starting to look a bit shaky if and when streaming from the album dies off because this song is already starting to suffer on sales due to our new number two also by Ariana and sadly the worst song from the album "Break Up with your Girlfeiend, I'm Bored" which is also the new single with a video, geezus Ariana, "Bloodline" the Rihanna rip off would have been a better choice of single for crying out loud.
That meant "Sunflower' by Post Malone and Swae Lee dropped to number three, a song I have come to really like lately but I suspect if anything I like because I have gotten to used it.
Slipping a place to number four is Billie Eilish's "Bury a Friend" which I sincerely hope sticks around in the top ten because it is an excellent song.
Post Malone's second song in the top five "Wow" also joins the songs that lost ground down to number 5. Now I expect this song and "Bury a Friend" to regain traction as the Ariana album dies.
Coming off a big night at the Grammys is "Shallow which jumped four places to number 6 and with the Oscars still to come. Don't be surprised if this song finds it way back into the top 5 but its going to need streaming on its side.
Returning to the top ten is "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande which jumped from 11 to number 7 this week. I don't see this staying in the top ten when the album bomb fades. Just saying.
Dropping three places is "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max to number 8 and yeah, those strreaming numbers aren't great, I'll not be surprised if Ariana has triggered the exit for this song.
Also suffering a three place fall are both "Without Me" by Halsey to number 9 and "Dancing with a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani to number 10. I do expect "Dancing with a Stranger" to rebound but we'll see.
Gainers
So uhh apart from :"Shallow" and "Thank U, Next". There's nothing to talk about here.
Losers
The big losers that probably won't regain lost traction next week are "Confidence" by Ocean Alley which fell to 37 from 18 which isn't surprising because radio ain't that keen on it. The rest are 2018 songs that are on the way out anyway like "In my Mind" by Dynoro down to 50 from 39, "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis down to 34 and "Let You Love Me" by Rita Ora down from 29 to 38.
I'd also suggest "Middle Child" by J Cole which dropped to 35 from 19 is the only 2019 that might struggle to regain lost ground.
Re-Entries
So with the album bomb, "Imagine" by Ariana Grande come back at number 25.
Drop outs
Most of the drop outts this week should be back in the top 50 next week like "Saturday Nights" Khalid, "Hope" by The Chainsmokers and Winona Oak, "Lie to Me" by 5 Seconds of Summer. and "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson.
Maybe back in the top 50 next week: "Nights LIke this" by Kehlani feat. Ty Dolla $ign,
Unfortunately probably won't be back "Before I Go" by Guy Sebastian and"High Hopes" by Panic at the Disco. Also put "So Close" by NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku.
Gone and hopefully won't return: "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B (How much longer are we going to tolerate this simpering, pandering trainwreck of song on the charts, Australia?), "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes, "Lost in the Fire" by Gesaffelstein and The Weeknd and "Zeze" by Kodak Black feat Travis Scott and Offset (a terrible song that has thoroughly been on the fucking chart for way too good damn long. Good riddance)
New Entries
So let's blow through the Ariana Grande album tracks that entered below the top ten.
"Bloodline" jumped in at number 11 (it should have been the single), "Needy" arrives at 13, "NASA" rocketed in at 16, "Bad Idea" and "Fake Smile" at 21 and 22 respectively, "Ghostin" at 26, "In My Head" arrives 36 and "Make Up" at 41.
Finally there were two songs that entered that aren't Ariana Grande songs, the first of those is "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure at 24 and "Who Do You Love" by The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer (a song that really should have just been a 5 Seconds of Summer song as The Chainsmokers add nothing to it).
Next week sees the fall out from all of this and the probable arrivals of the new Cardi B and Bruno Mars collab, Katy Perry working wth Zedd and who knows what else. The chart gets announced on Saturday 23rd February at 5pm.
See you guys later for "Charting 1996"
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Thursday, 14 February 2019
ARIA Singles top ten \ chart review: 11th February. Billie buries herself in the top 5
So I am going to take this week because let's face it, next week is going to be ridiculous with the Ariana Grande album likely to see the entire album debut on the chart plus the new single for Khalid and the Eurovision national final.
But...getting back to this week and yet again Ariana Grande is number one with "7 Rings" and really the only way this will lose number one is if the new single "Break up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" knocks it off the top spot.
Former chart topper "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee remains at number two. Now I have really come to like this song a lot if I am being honest but unfortunately I don't see it retaking the number one spot.
Then we have the biggest new arrival of the week and I cannot believe I am writing this. "bury a friend" by Billie Eilish at number three, now this song is holding up impressively well and is even dragging some other Billie Eilish songs back up the chart...we'll get to those in a minute but I can see this song sticking around.
"Wow" by Post Malone remains at number four because streaming still loves it.
The arrival of Billie Eilish's "bury a friend" pushed "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max back two places to number five and "Without Me" by Halsey one place to number 6. In the latter's case, good, because it's not a good song.
In good news (at least to me), we finally saw "Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani jump three places to number 7. It's a terrific song, I really want to see this go top 5.
Can't say the same for "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott and Drake as that only dropped two places to number eight. Bleurgh.
Sadly, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus dropped two places to number nine. There's talk of new music from Miley later this year so we'll have to wait and see on that one!
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rounds out the top 10 at number ten having dropped two places. I can see the song actually rebounding
Gains
Honestly, not a whole lot to talk about here with "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan the biggest gainer of the week up ten places from its debut last week to number 37.
Then there's 'Hope" by The Chainsmokers and Winona Oak which climbed four places to number 36. and "Lie to Me" by 5 Seconds of Summer which broke into the top 40 up from 42 to 38 this week.
I mentioned earlier that Billie Eilish song's were clawing their way back up the chart, this was the case particularly for "Lovely" with Khalid jumping from 43 to 34.
Sadly "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike seems determined to be a hit because it's up from 32 to 26 to annoy the hell out of me.
Finally, "Waiting" by Kian jumped 4 places to 15 because we need Aussies doing well on the charts right now.
Re -Entries
There's one re entry this week and it comes from NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku's song "So Close" which returned at 47
Losers
The biggest loser this week was Gesaffelstein and The Weekend's "Lost in the Fire" which slipped from 36 to 48. Ouch.
Unsurprisingly Ocean Alley's "Confidence" fell out of the top 10 to number 18 (Not surprising really).
Total non starter "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson dropped from 38 to 44.
Unfortunately "1999" by Charli XCX and Troy Sivan slipped six places to 30 and really a lot of 2018 songs lost traction this week with "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis to 23 from 16, "In My Mind" by Dynoro to 39 from 33.
"Middle Child" by J Cole dropped from 15 to 19. This song is becoming a huge hit in the US and for the life of me I don't see it's appeal.
Drop Outs
The drop outs make a lot of sense here, with "Losing it" by Fisher and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark dropping out given both appeared on the chart due to air play from the Hottest 100 countdown.
We finally lost "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack, a song I don't mind but it had it's time on the chart.
Also "Lost in Japan" by Shawn Mendes dropped out which also makes sense because they tacked a shitty Zedd remix to it.
New Entries
So apart from Billie Eilish, there's only two other new entries to mention with Kehlani's new song with Ty olla $ign "Nights Like This" arriving at 41 (it's a pretty good song, check it out)
Wrapping up this week is A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's new single "Look Back At it" entering at number 45.
Next week will be the damage from the ensuing Ariana Grande album bomb that is sure to hit the chart hard but if she only managed four songs off Sweetener....we'll see. Also expecting Khalid and Kate Miller-Heidke new entries. The chart will be revealed at 5pm on Saturday
But...getting back to this week and yet again Ariana Grande is number one with "7 Rings" and really the only way this will lose number one is if the new single "Break up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" knocks it off the top spot.
Former chart topper "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee remains at number two. Now I have really come to like this song a lot if I am being honest but unfortunately I don't see it retaking the number one spot.
Then we have the biggest new arrival of the week and I cannot believe I am writing this. "bury a friend" by Billie Eilish at number three, now this song is holding up impressively well and is even dragging some other Billie Eilish songs back up the chart...we'll get to those in a minute but I can see this song sticking around.
"Wow" by Post Malone remains at number four because streaming still loves it.
The arrival of Billie Eilish's "bury a friend" pushed "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max back two places to number five and "Without Me" by Halsey one place to number 6. In the latter's case, good, because it's not a good song.
In good news (at least to me), we finally saw "Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani jump three places to number 7. It's a terrific song, I really want to see this go top 5.
Can't say the same for "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott and Drake as that only dropped two places to number eight. Bleurgh.
Sadly, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus dropped two places to number nine. There's talk of new music from Miley later this year so we'll have to wait and see on that one!
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rounds out the top 10 at number ten having dropped two places. I can see the song actually rebounding
Gains
Honestly, not a whole lot to talk about here with "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan the biggest gainer of the week up ten places from its debut last week to number 37.
Then there's 'Hope" by The Chainsmokers and Winona Oak which climbed four places to number 36. and "Lie to Me" by 5 Seconds of Summer which broke into the top 40 up from 42 to 38 this week.
I mentioned earlier that Billie Eilish song's were clawing their way back up the chart, this was the case particularly for "Lovely" with Khalid jumping from 43 to 34.
Sadly "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike seems determined to be a hit because it's up from 32 to 26 to annoy the hell out of me.
Finally, "Waiting" by Kian jumped 4 places to 15 because we need Aussies doing well on the charts right now.
Re -Entries
There's one re entry this week and it comes from NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku's song "So Close" which returned at 47
Losers
The biggest loser this week was Gesaffelstein and The Weekend's "Lost in the Fire" which slipped from 36 to 48. Ouch.
Unsurprisingly Ocean Alley's "Confidence" fell out of the top 10 to number 18 (Not surprising really).
Total non starter "Ruin My Life" by Zara Larsson dropped from 38 to 44.
Unfortunately "1999" by Charli XCX and Troy Sivan slipped six places to 30 and really a lot of 2018 songs lost traction this week with "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis to 23 from 16, "In My Mind" by Dynoro to 39 from 33.
"Middle Child" by J Cole dropped from 15 to 19. This song is becoming a huge hit in the US and for the life of me I don't see it's appeal.
Drop Outs
The drop outs make a lot of sense here, with "Losing it" by Fisher and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark dropping out given both appeared on the chart due to air play from the Hottest 100 countdown.
We finally lost "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack, a song I don't mind but it had it's time on the chart.
Also "Lost in Japan" by Shawn Mendes dropped out which also makes sense because they tacked a shitty Zedd remix to it.
New Entries
So apart from Billie Eilish, there's only two other new entries to mention with Kehlani's new song with Ty olla $ign "Nights Like This" arriving at 41 (it's a pretty good song, check it out)
Wrapping up this week is A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's new single "Look Back At it" entering at number 45.
Next week will be the damage from the ensuing Ariana Grande album bomb that is sure to hit the chart hard but if she only managed four songs off Sweetener....we'll see. Also expecting Khalid and Kate Miller-Heidke new entries. The chart will be revealed at 5pm on Saturday
Charting 1996: February 11th 1996: Hitting a Wonderwall.
We have a rather interesting week here. Another new number one and some big shifts up and down the chart, even a couple of new arrivals
So let's get to that top ten and like I said we have a new number one with Oasis claiming top spot with "Wonderwall", its their first number one single in Australia and yeah I still like it, its a great rock song.
Last week's number one, "Boombastic" by Shaggy drops to number two but remains a solid chance of returning to the nnumber one spot if sales take an upswing for him.
One of the big movers in the top ten is Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" which jumped two places to number three and could very well make a play for number two if either song above it shows any weakness,
Deep Blue Something continue to have "Breakfast at Tiffany's" inside the top ten however its now inside the top 5 with "Breakfast at Tiffany's" up three places to number 4.
That all meant that La Bouche's "Be My Lover" got pushed back three places to number five (thank goodness).
Groove Theory are in the top ten with "Tell Me" as it jumped five places to number six. I don't mind the song so happy to see it here.
George Michael's "Jesus to a Child" dropped one place to number seven while Mariah Carey Boyz II Men collab remains at number one in the US but it dropped four places to number eight in Australia.
Also back in the top ten is "Let's Groove" by CDB which jumped from 13 to number nine.
Wrapping up the top ten is "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers at number ten.
Gains
Big gain for LL Cool J's "Hey Lover" which jumped from 33 to 19 this week while Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" jumped from 23 to 14.
Another big gainer is Joan Osborne's "One of Us" which jumped from 48 to 34. I actually suspect this song could well become a hit. same goes for Eternal's "Power of a Woman" which jumped from 44 to 36 this week.
M.C. Sar and The Real McCoy jumped five places to 23 with "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)"
In good news, there was also a move up for Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket" which is up four to 13.
In not so good news, M People's cover of "Itchycoo Park" is up to 27 from 36 because we need more shittty covers on the charts.
Losers.
So the biggest losers this week was Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" which fell 11 places from 34 last week to 45 and Bon Jovi's "Lie to Me" which fell 12 places to 47.
Pearl Jam's "Merkinball" EP dropped from 25 to 33, Disappointingly "Fairground" by Simply Red fell from 26 to 31 and in great news, "Stayin' Alive" by N-Trance feat. Ricardo Da Force fell six places to 30
New Entries
We got a chunk of new entries mostly at the lower end of the chaet with the highest debuting song being "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America at 35
Alex Party's "Wrap Me Up" arrives at 44, Vybe arrive at 48 with "Warm Summer Date". Def FX snag 49 with "Psychoactive Summer" and finally the New Power Generation turn up at 50 with "The Good Life".
So let's get to that top ten and like I said we have a new number one with Oasis claiming top spot with "Wonderwall", its their first number one single in Australia and yeah I still like it, its a great rock song.
Last week's number one, "Boombastic" by Shaggy drops to number two but remains a solid chance of returning to the nnumber one spot if sales take an upswing for him.
One of the big movers in the top ten is Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" which jumped two places to number three and could very well make a play for number two if either song above it shows any weakness,
Deep Blue Something continue to have "Breakfast at Tiffany's" inside the top ten however its now inside the top 5 with "Breakfast at Tiffany's" up three places to number 4.
That all meant that La Bouche's "Be My Lover" got pushed back three places to number five (thank goodness).
Groove Theory are in the top ten with "Tell Me" as it jumped five places to number six. I don't mind the song so happy to see it here.
George Michael's "Jesus to a Child" dropped one place to number seven while Mariah Carey Boyz II Men collab remains at number one in the US but it dropped four places to number eight in Australia.
Also back in the top ten is "Let's Groove" by CDB which jumped from 13 to number nine.
Wrapping up the top ten is "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers at number ten.
Gains
Big gain for LL Cool J's "Hey Lover" which jumped from 33 to 19 this week while Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" jumped from 23 to 14.
Another big gainer is Joan Osborne's "One of Us" which jumped from 48 to 34. I actually suspect this song could well become a hit. same goes for Eternal's "Power of a Woman" which jumped from 44 to 36 this week.
M.C. Sar and The Real McCoy jumped five places to 23 with "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)"
In good news, there was also a move up for Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket" which is up four to 13.
In not so good news, M People's cover of "Itchycoo Park" is up to 27 from 36 because we need more shittty covers on the charts.
Losers.
So the biggest losers this week was Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" which fell 11 places from 34 last week to 45 and Bon Jovi's "Lie to Me" which fell 12 places to 47.
Pearl Jam's "Merkinball" EP dropped from 25 to 33, Disappointingly "Fairground" by Simply Red fell from 26 to 31 and in great news, "Stayin' Alive" by N-Trance feat. Ricardo Da Force fell six places to 30
New Entries
We got a chunk of new entries mostly at the lower end of the chaet with the highest debuting song being "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America at 35
Alex Party's "Wrap Me Up" arrives at 44, Vybe arrive at 48 with "Warm Summer Date". Def FX snag 49 with "Psychoactive Summer" and finally the New Power Generation turn up at 50 with "The Good Life".
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
ARIA Singles Top Ten/ Chart Review: 4th February: Hottest 100 shakes up the chart
Well I'll give Ttiple J's Hottest 100 credit for shaking up the chart this week because that's where most of our new entries and a new arrival in our top ten this week come from and thank goodness for that because it was an otherwise pretty stagnant week within the top ten.
Unfortunately, '7 Rings" by Ariana Grande remains at number one and at the moment, I don't see what can possibly knock her off the top spot especially with the numbers she's likely to do with the album "Thank U, Next" out on Friday but there's no doubt that "7 Rings" sucks all amounts of ass.
It's probably not going to be "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which remains at number two but its getting pushed back on streaming and while digital sales are pretty good it's facing a challenger from a new arrival next week.
Nor is it going to be "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max which remains at number three and like "Sunflower" its getting pushed back on streaming hard even with digital sales still being excellent.
A song that looks like it might stick around is "Wow" by Post Malone, it's not a threat for number one but wow, it's streaming numbers are okay but "Sunflower" is really doing better on the digital sales.
Now we reach the first of the songs on the chart that look to have been boosted by the fact they appeared on Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown and quite highly too. Travis Scott and Drake's "Sicko Mode" was voted in at number 3 on that countdown and with people streaming the song through out the week meant it got a six place boost back up to number six, now I don't expect this boost to last beyond this week.
"Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus also appeared on the Hottest 100 but it remains at number 7 on the ARIA singles chart.
Returning to the top ten this week is "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (a song I do love and want to see the US make a hit0 which on the back of strong digital sales saw it climb from 11 to 8 and should climb even higher post the Oscars in a few weeks,
The highest new entry of the week belongs to Sydney band Ocean Alley with "Confidence" entering at number nine and yes, they topped the Hottest 100 which is the only reason this song is in the top ten. It's a decent song, if you are into rather cruisey psychedelic rock/reggae fusion then check out Ocean Alley.
Finally, we have a song that I haven't been able to stop listening to, "Dancing With A Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani remaining at number 10.
Gains
Billie Eilish released a new single on Friday and she also has the biggest gainer this week with "When the Party's Over" up from 31 to 23. I cannot wait for the album from Billie to be honest.
Apart from that, there was a decent gain for Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" which jumped 6 places to 32.
Re-entries
The Hottest 100 is also responsible for the two re-entries this week. Mercifully both are songs I like to outright love with "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid back at 43 and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark back at 48
Losers
Plenty of songs lost ground this week with "Lost in the Fire" by Gesaffelstein and The Weekend dropping 12 places to 36.
"Lost in Japan (Remix" by Shawn Mendes dropped 11 places to number 50
Others to fall include Khalid's pretty good "Better" fell 5 places to 20 while "Happier" by Marshmello feat. Bastille dropped 7 places to 21.
"Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande stumbled 5 places to number 11 (it should return to the top ten next week)
Drop Outs
Six songs dropped out including "Perfect' by Ed Sheeran after a whopping 80 weeks inside the top 50!
Also gone is the pretty damn awful "Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans, "So Close" by NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku, "Imagine" by Ariana Grande and "2002" by Anne-Marie.
Hell, the only song I am kind of disappointed to see gone is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
New Entries
So apart from Ocean Alley, J Cole debuts at number 15 with "Middle Child, he has cracked the Us top 5 with this song, I don't care for the song all that much if I am being honest.
An new entry due to the Hottest 100, "Losing it" by Fisher at number 35 - a song that I respect more than I actually like.
Finally a song that enters pretty much due to digital sales. "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan at 47.
So that completes the week and yeah while I am not thrilled about the current number one, I am liking a lot of songs with the top 20 but next week sees the debut of Billie Eilish's new single "Bury A Friend" and I have a feeling that it will chart highly, find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT.
Unfortunately, '7 Rings" by Ariana Grande remains at number one and at the moment, I don't see what can possibly knock her off the top spot especially with the numbers she's likely to do with the album "Thank U, Next" out on Friday but there's no doubt that "7 Rings" sucks all amounts of ass.
It's probably not going to be "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which remains at number two but its getting pushed back on streaming and while digital sales are pretty good it's facing a challenger from a new arrival next week.
Nor is it going to be "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max which remains at number three and like "Sunflower" its getting pushed back on streaming hard even with digital sales still being excellent.
A song that looks like it might stick around is "Wow" by Post Malone, it's not a threat for number one but wow, it's streaming numbers are okay but "Sunflower" is really doing better on the digital sales.
Now we reach the first of the songs on the chart that look to have been boosted by the fact they appeared on Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown and quite highly too. Travis Scott and Drake's "Sicko Mode" was voted in at number 3 on that countdown and with people streaming the song through out the week meant it got a six place boost back up to number six, now I don't expect this boost to last beyond this week.
"Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus also appeared on the Hottest 100 but it remains at number 7 on the ARIA singles chart.
Returning to the top ten this week is "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (a song I do love and want to see the US make a hit0 which on the back of strong digital sales saw it climb from 11 to 8 and should climb even higher post the Oscars in a few weeks,
The highest new entry of the week belongs to Sydney band Ocean Alley with "Confidence" entering at number nine and yes, they topped the Hottest 100 which is the only reason this song is in the top ten. It's a decent song, if you are into rather cruisey psychedelic rock/reggae fusion then check out Ocean Alley.
Finally, we have a song that I haven't been able to stop listening to, "Dancing With A Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani remaining at number 10.
Gains
Billie Eilish released a new single on Friday and she also has the biggest gainer this week with "When the Party's Over" up from 31 to 23. I cannot wait for the album from Billie to be honest.
Apart from that, there was a decent gain for Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" which jumped 6 places to 32.
Re-entries
The Hottest 100 is also responsible for the two re-entries this week. Mercifully both are songs I like to outright love with "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid back at 43 and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark back at 48
Losers
Plenty of songs lost ground this week with "Lost in the Fire" by Gesaffelstein and The Weekend dropping 12 places to 36.
"Lost in Japan (Remix" by Shawn Mendes dropped 11 places to number 50
Others to fall include Khalid's pretty good "Better" fell 5 places to 20 while "Happier" by Marshmello feat. Bastille dropped 7 places to 21.
"Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande stumbled 5 places to number 11 (it should return to the top ten next week)
Drop Outs
Six songs dropped out including "Perfect' by Ed Sheeran after a whopping 80 weeks inside the top 50!
Also gone is the pretty damn awful "Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans, "So Close" by NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku, "Imagine" by Ariana Grande and "2002" by Anne-Marie.
Hell, the only song I am kind of disappointed to see gone is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
New Entries
So apart from Ocean Alley, J Cole debuts at number 15 with "Middle Child, he has cracked the Us top 5 with this song, I don't care for the song all that much if I am being honest.
An new entry due to the Hottest 100, "Losing it" by Fisher at number 35 - a song that I respect more than I actually like.
Finally a song that enters pretty much due to digital sales. "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan at 47.
So that completes the week and yeah while I am not thrilled about the current number one, I am liking a lot of songs with the top 20 but next week sees the debut of Billie Eilish's new single "Bury A Friend" and I have a feeling that it will chart highly, find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT.
Sunday, 3 February 2019
Charting 1996: February 4 1996, The chart goes Boombastic!
Man, if anything has characterised the opening months of 1996, it's been the inconsistent and sometimes wild swings and while last week was calm, this week was a little crazy and little more reminiscent of the week, "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael went number one because folks, we have yet a nother new number one and it's one I kind of predicted last week would challenge rather than hit number one outright, the new number one is Shaggy's "Boombastic" which climbed eleven places to reach the top spot.
I don't mind "Boombastic", Shaggy sells the song with plenty of charisma and heck, it's a lot of fun, I'll take it over some songs that went number one in 1995 for a start like Jann Arden's "Insensitive" (a song that really does annoy the hell out of me)
I'll even take "Boombastic" over our new number two which is "Be My Lover" by La Bouche...christ, that song is grating.
In better news, Oasis's "Wonderwall" climbed over to number three. in fact both "Be My Lover" and "Wonderwall" pushed "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. "One Sweet Day" spending it's NINTH week at number one in the US.
Tracy Chapman joins the top 5 with "Givfe Me One Reason" climbing one spot. Not that it needs a reason to climb up the chart because its an excellent song
Last week's number one, "Jesus to a Child" fell 5 places to number 6.
One of the biggest gainers of the week is Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which jumped from 20 to 7. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure song for me to be honest.
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. continues to gracefukly work its way out of the top ten down 1 place to number eight.
"Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers feel four places to number nine as it continues to lose steam.
Finally remaining at number ten is "Apple Eyes" by Swoop.
Gains
So apart from the big gains from Shaggy and Deep Blue Something gained big. Well...Monica's "Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" is up ten places to 14. "Diggin' On You" by TLC seems to have plenty of momentum behind it so it's up 9 places to 18.
"It's Oh So Quiet" by Bjork tiptoed quietly up 7 places to 23 while LL Cool J is also up 7 with "Hey Lover" at 33make
Re-Entries
Only one new entry this week "New" from Regurgitator returned at 50.
Losers
Not too many big losers this week, of those that lost maybe Pearl Jam's "Merkinball (EP)" which fell from 19 to 25.
New Entries
Three new entries this week led by Eternal's female power anthem "Power of A Woman" at number 44. The Outhere Brothers new single " La La La Hey Hey" arrives at number 45 and Joan Osborne's "One Of Us" makes it's debut at number 48.
So pretty bussy old week, can "Boombastic" keep hold of number one? Or will La Bouche or Oasis snatch it away, find out next week.
I don't mind "Boombastic", Shaggy sells the song with plenty of charisma and heck, it's a lot of fun, I'll take it over some songs that went number one in 1995 for a start like Jann Arden's "Insensitive" (a song that really does annoy the hell out of me)
I'll even take "Boombastic" over our new number two which is "Be My Lover" by La Bouche...christ, that song is grating.
In better news, Oasis's "Wonderwall" climbed over to number three. in fact both "Be My Lover" and "Wonderwall" pushed "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. "One Sweet Day" spending it's NINTH week at number one in the US.
Tracy Chapman joins the top 5 with "Givfe Me One Reason" climbing one spot. Not that it needs a reason to climb up the chart because its an excellent song
Last week's number one, "Jesus to a Child" fell 5 places to number 6.
One of the biggest gainers of the week is Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which jumped from 20 to 7. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure song for me to be honest.
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. continues to gracefukly work its way out of the top ten down 1 place to number eight.
"Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers feel four places to number nine as it continues to lose steam.
Finally remaining at number ten is "Apple Eyes" by Swoop.
Gains
So apart from the big gains from Shaggy and Deep Blue Something gained big. Well...Monica's "Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" is up ten places to 14. "Diggin' On You" by TLC seems to have plenty of momentum behind it so it's up 9 places to 18.
"It's Oh So Quiet" by Bjork tiptoed quietly up 7 places to 23 while LL Cool J is also up 7 with "Hey Lover" at 33make
Re-Entries
Only one new entry this week "New" from Regurgitator returned at 50.
Losers
Not too many big losers this week, of those that lost maybe Pearl Jam's "Merkinball (EP)" which fell from 19 to 25.
New Entries
Three new entries this week led by Eternal's female power anthem "Power of A Woman" at number 44. The Outhere Brothers new single " La La La Hey Hey" arrives at number 45 and Joan Osborne's "One Of Us" makes it's debut at number 48.
So pretty bussy old week, can "Boombastic" keep hold of number one? Or will La Bouche or Oasis snatch it away, find out next week.
Thursday, 31 January 2019
ARIA Top Ten Chart review: January 28th 2019: Ariana goes number one
Well it was coming, this is the week, the latest single from the new Ariana Grande album 'Thank U. Next" hit the charts and surprise, surprise, it's in straight at number 1 and when you add another song arriving in the top ten along with other songs debuting further down the chart, it was a busy week.
So let's get to that top ten and yes, like I mentioned Ariana Geande has her third Australian number one with "7 Rings" largely all due to the fact that she and her management have managed to come up with a release strategy that make every release seem like a massive event and with streaming numbers and the upcoming album drop, I expect this song to be number one for awhile despite the fact it is pretty damn awful (Ariana sounds terrible over trap music) and considered to be the worst song of her career.
The arrival of "7 Rings" pushed the better of the trap leaning songs, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee back to number two. It's still pretty strong but its getting blown away on streaming by "7 Rings"
It also pushed "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max to number 3, (her new single is due out in February by the way), Halsey's "Without Me" back to number 4, "Wow" by Post Malone back to number 5 and Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next' back to number 6.
Mercifully the rest of the top ten looks better than most of the first half with "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus riding strong digital sales to rebound to number 7. "Shotgun" by George Ezra continues on it's way out gracefully down two places to number eight while "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid is also down two places to number 9.
Finally a much welcome arrival to the top ten is "Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani which climbed nine places to number ten...so happy about this one as it's an excellent song.
Gains
However despite the strong gain for "Dancing With a Stranger", it wasn't the biggest new arrival last week gaining traction with "Giant" by Calvin Harris feat. Rag 'n' Bone Man up 19 places to 28.
The only other major gain was for "3 Nights" by Dominic fike which jumped from 42 to 38....lovely, as that song is unadulterated garbage.
Re-Entry
What isn't garbage though is the one re-entry to the ARIA top 50 with "Before I Go" by Guy Sebastian back at 48. Now Australia, let's make it a HIT.
Losers
No surprise the biggest loser this week was "Imagine" by Ariana Grande which fell ten places to 49, it is only a promotional single and will probably rebound whenthe album is released.
"Perfect" by Ed Sheeran finally appears to be on the way out after 80 weeks on the chart after it fell from 41 to 47 (thank goodness). Anne Marie's '2002" dropped six places to 50.
It was also good to see utter crap like "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes dropped four places to 44. and awful bro country like "Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans dropped from 34 to 41, "In My mind" by Dynoro fell six places to 30 and "Love Someone" by Lukas Graham fell to 29 from 23.
Sadly, the hype from the film fading means Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is down from 37 to 45.
Also on the sad side of things, Billie Eilish's "When the Party is over" slid from 26 to 31
Drop Outs
Not a lot to complain about here because of the 5 drop outs, four are utter crap.with 2017 crap like "Rockstar" by Post Malone and 21 Savage gone along with "I Fall Apart" also by Post Malone gone taking with it "Arms Around You" by XXXTentacion feat. Lil Pump, Maluma and Swae Lee and "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini,
The only song that was any good that left was "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid
New Entries
Apart from "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande entering at number one. "7 Minutes" by Dean Lewis ws the second biggest debut of the week at number 16.
5 Secomds of Summer's "Lie to Me" enters at 42 and "Hope by The Chainsmokers feat. Winona Oak arrives at 43.
I have no idea what to expect next week given there's usually some big gains following the Hoptttest 100. Pretty confident the number one from that countdown should enter the chart along with the new song for Dua Lipa but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT.
So let's get to that top ten and yes, like I mentioned Ariana Geande has her third Australian number one with "7 Rings" largely all due to the fact that she and her management have managed to come up with a release strategy that make every release seem like a massive event and with streaming numbers and the upcoming album drop, I expect this song to be number one for awhile despite the fact it is pretty damn awful (Ariana sounds terrible over trap music) and considered to be the worst song of her career.
The arrival of "7 Rings" pushed the better of the trap leaning songs, "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee back to number two. It's still pretty strong but its getting blown away on streaming by "7 Rings"
It also pushed "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max to number 3, (her new single is due out in February by the way), Halsey's "Without Me" back to number 4, "Wow" by Post Malone back to number 5 and Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next' back to number 6.
Mercifully the rest of the top ten looks better than most of the first half with "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus riding strong digital sales to rebound to number 7. "Shotgun" by George Ezra continues on it's way out gracefully down two places to number eight while "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid is also down two places to number 9.
Finally a much welcome arrival to the top ten is "Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani which climbed nine places to number ten...so happy about this one as it's an excellent song.
Gains
However despite the strong gain for "Dancing With a Stranger", it wasn't the biggest new arrival last week gaining traction with "Giant" by Calvin Harris feat. Rag 'n' Bone Man up 19 places to 28.
The only other major gain was for "3 Nights" by Dominic fike which jumped from 42 to 38....lovely, as that song is unadulterated garbage.
Re-Entry
What isn't garbage though is the one re-entry to the ARIA top 50 with "Before I Go" by Guy Sebastian back at 48. Now Australia, let's make it a HIT.
Losers
No surprise the biggest loser this week was "Imagine" by Ariana Grande which fell ten places to 49, it is only a promotional single and will probably rebound whenthe album is released.
"Perfect" by Ed Sheeran finally appears to be on the way out after 80 weeks on the chart after it fell from 41 to 47 (thank goodness). Anne Marie's '2002" dropped six places to 50.
It was also good to see utter crap like "Mo Bamba" by Sheck Wes dropped four places to 44. and awful bro country like "Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans dropped from 34 to 41, "In My mind" by Dynoro fell six places to 30 and "Love Someone" by Lukas Graham fell to 29 from 23.
Sadly, the hype from the film fading means Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is down from 37 to 45.
Also on the sad side of things, Billie Eilish's "When the Party is over" slid from 26 to 31
Drop Outs
Not a lot to complain about here because of the 5 drop outs, four are utter crap.with 2017 crap like "Rockstar" by Post Malone and 21 Savage gone along with "I Fall Apart" also by Post Malone gone taking with it "Arms Around You" by XXXTentacion feat. Lil Pump, Maluma and Swae Lee and "This Feeling" by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini,
The only song that was any good that left was "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid
New Entries
Apart from "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande entering at number one. "7 Minutes" by Dean Lewis ws the second biggest debut of the week at number 16.
5 Secomds of Summer's "Lie to Me" enters at 42 and "Hope by The Chainsmokers feat. Winona Oak arrives at 43.
I have no idea what to expect next week given there's usually some big gains following the Hoptttest 100. Pretty confident the number one from that countdown should enter the chart along with the new song for Dua Lipa but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT.
Charting 1996: January 28th 1996. A much calmer week thankfully.
We got a much calmer week this week with a couple of new entries and a couple of songs looking like they may well bust their way into the top ten in the weeks ahead.
But yes for a second week, "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael is the number one song and while it doesn't have any challengers at the moment, it will be looking over its shoulder at a song that's just out of the top ten at the moment....
That challenge isn't going to come from Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's collab "One Sweet Day" which held on at number two
On their way toward maybe challenging for number one are the excruiating "Be My Lover" by La Bouche which wentt up two places to number three.and the pretty good "Wonderwall" by Oasis jumping three places to number 4.
"Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers dropped two places to number 5.
Tracy Chapman's excellent "Give Me One Reason" rose two places to number six, it could well be a top 5 hit.
The receding former number one "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. continues its way down as it slipped to umber 7.
CDB are the lone Aussie act inside the top ten with "Let's Groove" down four places to number 8.
There's a new arrival to the top ten with "Tell Me" by Groove Theory rising five places to number 9.
Finally Swoop's "Apple Eyes" lowered down to number ten.
Gains
If there is a song that is looking like a challenger for number one than it has got to be "Boombastic" by Shaggy which exploded from 37 to number 11 this week. It was a good week for Shaggy with "In the Summertime' feat. Rayvon breaking into the top 20 at 144 up 7 places.
Deep Blue Something has found something at Tiffany's because "Breakfast at Tiffany's" gobbled up ten places up to 20.
TLC isn't just digging on their man but they are digging their way up the charts with a nine place climb to 27 for "Diggin' On You"
Also making a big climb was "Fee Fi Fo Fum" by Candy Girls feat. Sweet Pussy Pauline. which broke into the top 30 at 29 thanks to a ten place climb
"Til You Do Me Right" by After 7 leapt from 49 to 37.
We also had the M People's awful cover of "Itchycoo Park" break into the top 40 as it climbed from 41 to 36...
Re Entries
We got a cluster of re-entries this week as Enya's "Anywhere" returned at 45, "I Luv U Baby" by The Original is back at 48 and Oasis also returned with "Morning Glory" at 49
Losers
Sadly we're losing "Runaway' by Janet Jackson as it fell 12 places to 50...don't worry there's still some Janet to talk about.
Sophie B Hawkins "As I Lay Me down" slipped hard from 31 to 43. Ouch.
Peter Andre's collab with Bubbler Ranx "Mysterious Girl" slipped from 42 to 35.
"My Friends" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers fell from 29 to 38. It also wasn't a great week for Michael Jackson with the underwhelming "Earth Song" slipping hard to 32 from 23.
Finally "Lie to Me" by Bon Jovi stumbled nine places to 35.
New Entries
The lone new entry this week was "Twenty Foreplay" by Janet Jackson debuting at 34
So I get the feeling we could be seeing a new number one soon. Find out next week.
But yes for a second week, "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael is the number one song and while it doesn't have any challengers at the moment, it will be looking over its shoulder at a song that's just out of the top ten at the moment....
That challenge isn't going to come from Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's collab "One Sweet Day" which held on at number two
On their way toward maybe challenging for number one are the excruiating "Be My Lover" by La Bouche which wentt up two places to number three.and the pretty good "Wonderwall" by Oasis jumping three places to number 4.
"Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers dropped two places to number 5.
Tracy Chapman's excellent "Give Me One Reason" rose two places to number six, it could well be a top 5 hit.
The receding former number one "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. continues its way down as it slipped to umber 7.
CDB are the lone Aussie act inside the top ten with "Let's Groove" down four places to number 8.
There's a new arrival to the top ten with "Tell Me" by Groove Theory rising five places to number 9.
Finally Swoop's "Apple Eyes" lowered down to number ten.
Gains
If there is a song that is looking like a challenger for number one than it has got to be "Boombastic" by Shaggy which exploded from 37 to number 11 this week. It was a good week for Shaggy with "In the Summertime' feat. Rayvon breaking into the top 20 at 144 up 7 places.
Deep Blue Something has found something at Tiffany's because "Breakfast at Tiffany's" gobbled up ten places up to 20.
TLC isn't just digging on their man but they are digging their way up the charts with a nine place climb to 27 for "Diggin' On You"
Also making a big climb was "Fee Fi Fo Fum" by Candy Girls feat. Sweet Pussy Pauline. which broke into the top 30 at 29 thanks to a ten place climb
"Til You Do Me Right" by After 7 leapt from 49 to 37.
We also had the M People's awful cover of "Itchycoo Park" break into the top 40 as it climbed from 41 to 36...
Re Entries
We got a cluster of re-entries this week as Enya's "Anywhere" returned at 45, "I Luv U Baby" by The Original is back at 48 and Oasis also returned with "Morning Glory" at 49
Losers
Sadly we're losing "Runaway' by Janet Jackson as it fell 12 places to 50...don't worry there's still some Janet to talk about.
Sophie B Hawkins "As I Lay Me down" slipped hard from 31 to 43. Ouch.
Peter Andre's collab with Bubbler Ranx "Mysterious Girl" slipped from 42 to 35.
"My Friends" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers fell from 29 to 38. It also wasn't a great week for Michael Jackson with the underwhelming "Earth Song" slipping hard to 32 from 23.
Finally "Lie to Me" by Bon Jovi stumbled nine places to 35.
New Entries
The lone new entry this week was "Twenty Foreplay" by Janet Jackson debuting at 34
So I get the feeling we could be seeing a new number one soon. Find out next week.
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