This provided plenty of intrigue as new entries from last week made considerable jumps and a potential number one has definitely made it's move so let's get stuck into that top ten where for another week "Boombastic" by Shaggy explodes at number one but with songs lower down gaining traction, its becoming a matter of how long it can hang onto number one.
The challenge won't come from Oasis "Wonderwall" stuck at number 2, Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" remaining at number three and La Bouche's "Be My Lover" (thankfully) stuck at number four.
The big challenge for Shaggy could come from American singer song-writer Joan Osborne's song "One of Us" which has climbed five places this week to land at number five. It has some serious traction right now.
Bjork's "Its Oh So Quiet" climbed one place to number six while "Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman unfortunately fell two places to number seven.
Remaining steady inside the top ten is TLC's "Diggin' On You" at number eight while we have two songs spending their first week inside the top ten with "Missing" by Everything But the Girl jumping from 14 to 9 and "Get Down On It" by Peter Andre feat. Past to Present jumping five places to number ten off it's debut last week!.
Gains
The big stories lie in what gained this week especially with "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo rocketing from 30 to 15 and looks a likely contender to shove weaker songs out of the top ten soon.
The Presidents of the United States of America also have a big hit on their hands with "Peaches" up ten to 18 wbile Eternal's "Power of A Woman" up 5 to 14.
"Falling into You" by Celine Dion jumped from its debut slot of 27 to 23. Looks set to be a hit for her!
3T's "Anything" was also a big gainer this week, jumping from 47 to 31 this week. It's an okay song. but not anything that I really remember. Just saying.
Ace of Base's "Beautiful Life" broke into the top 40 this week at number 37 as did "I Feel it" by DJ Darren Brian vs. PeeWee Ferris
Losers
So let's run through the big losers this week, former chart topper "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael got dumped from 17 all the way to 34. "Lump" by Presidents of the United Styates of America discovered the chart road lumped them down six places to 19.
Whitney Houston's pretty god awful "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" is down from 25 to 32 (the sooner this crap is gone the better.
New Entries
So like last week, we have a whole slew of new songs that arrived this week and let's begin with the highest debuter of the week as normal and that is New Zealand group OMC's "How Bizarre" whiich has turned up as the week's highest debut at number 24, now this song could well be a huge hit given the melodies and harmonies in this song. It's okay.
London based dance act Definition of Sound have a ARIA charting hit with "Pass the Vibes" in at number 39.
Everclear turn up at 43 with "Santa Monica (Watch the world Die)" wbile Sepultura find themselves planting their seed at number 44 with "Roots Bloody Roots".
The last two new entries are from British boyband Boyzone who arrive at 49 with their cover of Cat Stevens hit "Father and Son" while Sophie B. Hawkins new single "Right Beside You" jumps in right beside the number 50.
I have no legit idea what is going to happen next week and whether Shaggy can be challenged but hey, we'll find out!
Sunday 10 March 2019
Thursday 7 March 2019
ARIA top ten/chart Review: 4th March. Shallow back at number one and the Oscars dominate the chart
Well, it's a rather historic week for the ARIA singles chart as we have a new/old nnumber one and when I say old, this song was number one smash in November last year. Yep. "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper returned to the number one spot following a big win at the Oscars which resulted in "Shallow" hitting the top spot on digital sales plus an increase in streaming to ensure it hit top spot on the singles chart.
Of course, there's still a chance that "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande, which dropped to number two this week, will return to number one but have you seen the the slowing streaming for this song? Also with digital sales slowing, there's definite signs of weakness thank god.
Of course, there's an open question of whether Ariana's 2nd song inside the top five "Break up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" can challenge having dropped to number three but it's also bleeding streaming numbers but digital sales is holding up a little better than "7 Rings" so therefore may well have a chance of passing it.
Then we have Post Malone's "Sunflower" with Swae Lee which slipped back a spot to number four and honestly this may not be out of the equation for a return to number one with the streaming starting to side for both Ariana's songs.
Post Malone's second song "Wow" dropped one place to number 5.
In good news, the fantastic "Dancing With a Stranger" jumped two places to reach it's best slot of number six so far in it's chart run seven weeks in.
Billie Eilish's "Bury A Friend" drops two places to number seven. Frankly I am surprised the song lasted in the top ten this long!
Khalid and Disclosure are up one place to number eight with "Talk"
Ava Max has a new single dropping tomorrow but in the mean time "Sweet But Psycho" is down two places to number nine.
Finally "Without Me" by Halsey remains rooted to the number ten place. The sooner that's gone the better...quite frankly.
Gains
Some gains this week outside the top ten with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen also using the Oscars buzz to go from 46 to 37 and there's more of that Oscars talk to come later.
The Hilltop Hoods "Leave Me Lonely" benefitted from the release of their number one album 'The Great Expanse" to go up eight places to number 11 while "Who Do You Love?" by The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer go up 5 places to 13.
"11 Minutes" by Yungblud feat Halsey and Travis Barker drove up 7 places to 23.
Finally "Nights Like This" by Kehlani and Ty Dolla $ign recovered 7 places to number 43
Re-Entries
So in further Oscars related returns, "Always Remember Us This Way" by Lady Gaga from the "A Star is Born" sound track was the biggest and welcome returner at 39 but did it have to bring with it the drippy "In My Mind" by Dynoro at 48 and the awful "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B at 49 with it? Christ.
Losers
As expected the big loser was Ariana Grande's "Bloodline" which slipped to 45 from 31 as the album bomb continues to fade away.
Maybe the most surprising loss of the week was the sudden fall to 31 of "Please Me" by Cardi B and Bruno Mars, I thought given the star power on that song, it would have had some chance to be a hit?
"Waiting' by Kian fell from 16 to 21 and "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande from 11 to 16.
Finally people appear to be finally tiring of "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott feat. Drake which slipped from 12 to 17. Good.
Drop outs
I really don't have an issue with the drop outs as four of the five are Ariana Grande album tracks with "Imagine", "Needy", "Nasa" and "Bad Idea" all gone.
So is "1999" by Charli XCX and Troye Sivan which is a pity considering that song is actually pretty damn good.
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New Entries
The new entries are headlined by Pink's return with her lead single "Walk Me Home" from forthcoming album "Hurts 2 B Human" debuting at number 12. I have a feeling this song may well be a top ten hit for Pink if she can get those streaming numbers up.
The other new entry is the new single from "The Great Expanse" called "Exit Sign" by Hilltop Hoods feat. Illy and Ecca Vandal at number 44. Now this song has some traction on iTunes. and considering it's one of the best tracks from that album I'd love to see it become a hit.
So that wraps up the week. With Jonas Brothers probably going to debut top ten and Pink likely headed to the top ten, we're in for one of hell of an interesting week. Along with likely debuts for the new Benny Blanco collab with Selena Gomez, J Balvin and Tainy and hopefully the new Ellie Goulding song. We'll find out whether "Shallow" can hang on to number one when the chart is released on Saturday at 5pm.
Of course, there's still a chance that "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande, which dropped to number two this week, will return to number one but have you seen the the slowing streaming for this song? Also with digital sales slowing, there's definite signs of weakness thank god.
Of course, there's an open question of whether Ariana's 2nd song inside the top five "Break up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" can challenge having dropped to number three but it's also bleeding streaming numbers but digital sales is holding up a little better than "7 Rings" so therefore may well have a chance of passing it.
Then we have Post Malone's "Sunflower" with Swae Lee which slipped back a spot to number four and honestly this may not be out of the equation for a return to number one with the streaming starting to side for both Ariana's songs.
Post Malone's second song "Wow" dropped one place to number 5.
In good news, the fantastic "Dancing With a Stranger" jumped two places to reach it's best slot of number six so far in it's chart run seven weeks in.
Billie Eilish's "Bury A Friend" drops two places to number seven. Frankly I am surprised the song lasted in the top ten this long!
Khalid and Disclosure are up one place to number eight with "Talk"
Ava Max has a new single dropping tomorrow but in the mean time "Sweet But Psycho" is down two places to number nine.
Finally "Without Me" by Halsey remains rooted to the number ten place. The sooner that's gone the better...quite frankly.
Gains
Some gains this week outside the top ten with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen also using the Oscars buzz to go from 46 to 37 and there's more of that Oscars talk to come later.
The Hilltop Hoods "Leave Me Lonely" benefitted from the release of their number one album 'The Great Expanse" to go up eight places to number 11 while "Who Do You Love?" by The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer go up 5 places to 13.
"11 Minutes" by Yungblud feat Halsey and Travis Barker drove up 7 places to 23.
Finally "Nights Like This" by Kehlani and Ty Dolla $ign recovered 7 places to number 43
Re-Entries
So in further Oscars related returns, "Always Remember Us This Way" by Lady Gaga from the "A Star is Born" sound track was the biggest and welcome returner at 39 but did it have to bring with it the drippy "In My Mind" by Dynoro at 48 and the awful "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B at 49 with it? Christ.
Losers
As expected the big loser was Ariana Grande's "Bloodline" which slipped to 45 from 31 as the album bomb continues to fade away.
Maybe the most surprising loss of the week was the sudden fall to 31 of "Please Me" by Cardi B and Bruno Mars, I thought given the star power on that song, it would have had some chance to be a hit?
"Waiting' by Kian fell from 16 to 21 and "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande from 11 to 16.
Finally people appear to be finally tiring of "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott feat. Drake which slipped from 12 to 17. Good.
Drop outs
I really don't have an issue with the drop outs as four of the five are Ariana Grande album tracks with "Imagine", "Needy", "Nasa" and "Bad Idea" all gone.
So is "1999" by Charli XCX and Troye Sivan which is a pity considering that song is actually pretty damn good.
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New Entries
The new entries are headlined by Pink's return with her lead single "Walk Me Home" from forthcoming album "Hurts 2 B Human" debuting at number 12. I have a feeling this song may well be a top ten hit for Pink if she can get those streaming numbers up.
The other new entry is the new single from "The Great Expanse" called "Exit Sign" by Hilltop Hoods feat. Illy and Ecca Vandal at number 44. Now this song has some traction on iTunes. and considering it's one of the best tracks from that album I'd love to see it become a hit.
So that wraps up the week. With Jonas Brothers probably going to debut top ten and Pink likely headed to the top ten, we're in for one of hell of an interesting week. Along with likely debuts for the new Benny Blanco collab with Selena Gomez, J Balvin and Tainy and hopefully the new Ellie Goulding song. We'll find out whether "Shallow" can hang on to number one when the chart is released on Saturday at 5pm.
Saturday 2 March 2019
Charting 1996: February 25 1996. Slew of new entries as Shaggy continues to "Boombastic" at number one
I apologise for the lateness of Charting 1996 this past week.
So this week was a little crazy as plenty of songs entered the chart and a reversal at number one so to the top ten and Shaggy returns to number one for a second week with "Boombastic", its got some pretty damn great sales and looks like being number one for a while longer, it pushed last week's number one "Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two because while it's good... people seem to be loving the infectious energy of "Boombastic" just a bit more.
Meanwhile Deep Blue Something continues its way up the chart with "Breakfast at Tiffanys" up one place to number 3 riding some decent momentum, it pushed "Be My Lover" by La Bouche to number 4.
"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman and "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remain at 5 and 6 respectively.
Bjork creeps "It's Oh So Quiet" up again this time to number seven. Be interesting to see if this song has peaked.
TLC are also up one place with "Diggin' On You" to number 8
Both "It's Oh So Quiet" and "Diggin on You" surpassed Monica's debut hit "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" which fell two places to number 9.
Finally we get to one of the biggest gainers of the week...Joan Osborne's 'One of Us" wbich has gone from 23 to number 10...yeah...I don't know why, it's not that good a song.
Gains
Outside the top ten is chaos so outside of the big gains for Joan Osborne, Everything but the Girl's "Missing" is up to 14 from 35.
Eternal break into the top 20 at 19 (up from 25 last week) with "Power of woman" as do After 7 with "Til You Do Me Right" at 19 (up from 22)
Smashing Pumpkins new single "1979" rose hard off it's debut going to 21 from 32.
The New Power Generation is up big to 32 from 41 with "The Good Life"
Losers
I'll jut run through the big losers with former chart topper "Gangstas Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. down from 29 to 49. Janet Jackson's non starter "Twenty Foreplay" is down hard from 34 to 41. The Outhere Brothers have a little less boom with their hit "Boom Boom Boom" falling eleven to 31.
Berri's "Sunshine After the Rain" has started to slip in the rain as it tumbled eleven places to 38. Unfortunately "Let's Groove' by CDB has suffered a malfunction in its groove to go down ten to 29.
It was also bad news for Deni Hines as "It's Alright" tumbled from 28 to 36.
Alanis Morrisette tumbled from 13 to 24 with "Hand in My Pocket"
New Entries
A whole slew of new entries so let's buzz through these with the highest debut going to Peter Andre feat. Past to Present with "Get Down On It" at number 15.
Celine Dion is back on the Australian charts with "Falling Into You" her latest single debuting at 27.
English rock band Babylon Zoo land on the Australian charts with "Spaceman', a pretty weird song that I am not sure I like all that much if I am honest.
"I Feel It" enters the chart at 44 for DJ Darren Briais feat, Peewee Ferris. (Peewee?!!!)
Ace of Base return with starting what hopefully is a "Beautiful Life" for their new single. " Beautiful Life arrives at 45.
"Stick with Me" by Green Day sticks in at number 46 while 3T's "Anything" turns up at 47
Finally at 50, we've got "Ammonia" by Ken Carter.
Whoo. A weird week with some potential hits on the horizon lower down the chart. Things are about to get interesting, folks!
Speaking of interesting, returning 2019, the ARIA singles chart dropped today and I am pretty excited about it. More on that with the ARIA chart singles review.
So this week was a little crazy as plenty of songs entered the chart and a reversal at number one so to the top ten and Shaggy returns to number one for a second week with "Boombastic", its got some pretty damn great sales and looks like being number one for a while longer, it pushed last week's number one "Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two because while it's good... people seem to be loving the infectious energy of "Boombastic" just a bit more.
Meanwhile Deep Blue Something continues its way up the chart with "Breakfast at Tiffanys" up one place to number 3 riding some decent momentum, it pushed "Be My Lover" by La Bouche to number 4.
"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman and "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remain at 5 and 6 respectively.
Bjork creeps "It's Oh So Quiet" up again this time to number seven. Be interesting to see if this song has peaked.
TLC are also up one place with "Diggin' On You" to number 8
Both "It's Oh So Quiet" and "Diggin on You" surpassed Monica's debut hit "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" which fell two places to number 9.
Finally we get to one of the biggest gainers of the week...Joan Osborne's 'One of Us" wbich has gone from 23 to number 10...yeah...I don't know why, it's not that good a song.
Gains
Outside the top ten is chaos so outside of the big gains for Joan Osborne, Everything but the Girl's "Missing" is up to 14 from 35.
Eternal break into the top 20 at 19 (up from 25 last week) with "Power of woman" as do After 7 with "Til You Do Me Right" at 19 (up from 22)
Smashing Pumpkins new single "1979" rose hard off it's debut going to 21 from 32.
The New Power Generation is up big to 32 from 41 with "The Good Life"
Losers
I'll jut run through the big losers with former chart topper "Gangstas Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. down from 29 to 49. Janet Jackson's non starter "Twenty Foreplay" is down hard from 34 to 41. The Outhere Brothers have a little less boom with their hit "Boom Boom Boom" falling eleven to 31.
Berri's "Sunshine After the Rain" has started to slip in the rain as it tumbled eleven places to 38. Unfortunately "Let's Groove' by CDB has suffered a malfunction in its groove to go down ten to 29.
It was also bad news for Deni Hines as "It's Alright" tumbled from 28 to 36.
Alanis Morrisette tumbled from 13 to 24 with "Hand in My Pocket"
New Entries
A whole slew of new entries so let's buzz through these with the highest debut going to Peter Andre feat. Past to Present with "Get Down On It" at number 15.
Celine Dion is back on the Australian charts with "Falling Into You" her latest single debuting at 27.
English rock band Babylon Zoo land on the Australian charts with "Spaceman', a pretty weird song that I am not sure I like all that much if I am honest.
"I Feel It" enters the chart at 44 for DJ Darren Briais feat, Peewee Ferris. (Peewee?!!!)
Ace of Base return with starting what hopefully is a "Beautiful Life" for their new single. " Beautiful Life arrives at 45.
"Stick with Me" by Green Day sticks in at number 46 while 3T's "Anything" turns up at 47
Finally at 50, we've got "Ammonia" by Ken Carter.
Whoo. A weird week with some potential hits on the horizon lower down the chart. Things are about to get interesting, folks!
Speaking of interesting, returning 2019, the ARIA singles chart dropped today and I am pretty excited about it. More on that with the ARIA chart singles review.
Thursday 28 February 2019
ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart Review: February 25th: Mixed cooldown week as Ariana stays at number one
So this week saw a chunk of the Ariana Grande album bomb leave the charts and some interesting new arrivals including a regaining of traction for a couple of songs that I really didn't expect but returns and new entries are interesting to say the least.
For now, there's no change at the top with "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande remaining at number one however with the album bomb receding and streaming slowing, I am not sure how long this song will remain at number one especially with what is set to be arriving on the chart next week.
Mercifull it remains ahead of Ariana's new single "Break Up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" which remains at number two and right now I don't see that going much higher for much the same reasons as "7 Rings" with streaming starting to fade and this song's digital sales a bit iffy, it's in trouble if streaming completely borks.
Then it's an open question of what challenges it, it may well not be "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee.
The song that might have some chance is Post Malone's second song in the top 5 "Wow" which jumped one place to number four.which pushed "Bury a Friend" by Billie Eilish down to number 5 (the album release can't come soon enough for Eilish's song).
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remains at number six. There's a possibility that this song will rise back into the top 3, there's also a chance that it could knock "7 Rings' off number one when the Hot 100 for next week is released.
"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max got a one place boost up to number 7 which can be attributed to the Ariana Grande album bomb falling back.
"Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani rose two places to number 8 again probably due to the album bomb falling off.
Now we have new arrival to the top ten that being "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure which made a massive leap from number 24 to number 9 this week off the back of streaming and reasonable digital sales.
Rounding out the top ten is "Without Me" by Halsey which dropped one place to nunmber ten as it heads out of the top ten. Good. The song sucks.
Gains
A lot of songs gained off the back of the Ariana album bomb dropping away with the biggest of thosse gains belonging to "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan which jumped from 45 to 25.
Sadly there was a ten place gain for The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer collab "Who Do You Love?" to number 18. That song is terrible.
"Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag 'N' Bone Man breaks back into the top 30 up from 33 to 24. "Bad Liar" by Imagine Dragons inexplicably also returns to the top 30 at number 26 up from 32.
Two songs that defeated what I said last week by rising were "Confidence" by Ocean Alley up 3 to 34 and "Middle Child" by J Cole which climbed back up to 27.
Dominic Fike's "3 Nights' seems set to unfortunately become a hit because it's now up ten places to number 20...Australia, why? A good instrumental doesn't make up for bad lyrics..
Re-Entries
There's good news in the re-entries with two fantastic songs back with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen back at 46 and "Nights Like this" by Kehlani and Ty Dolla $ign at number 50.
Losses
Most of the big losses are for the Ariana Grande album tracks with "Needy" to 38, "Bloodline" to 31, "NASA" to 40, album promo track "Imagine" to 41 and "Bad Idea" to 42 while the lead single and former number one "Thank U, Next" dropped to number 11.
Other than that the only other one that fell was "When the Party's Over" by Billie Eilish which fell four places to 35
Drop Outs
The only significant one was Dynoro's "In My Mind" leaving and good riddance to it. The rest were Ariana album tracks like "Fake Smile", "Ghostin", "In My Head" and "Make Up"
New Entries
All three of the new entries are collaborations with Cardi B and Bruno Mar's new single "Please Me" in at number 22.
YUNGBLUD has teamed up with Halsey and Travis Barker for a song called "11 Minutes" which turns up at number 30 and finally, Zedd and Katy Perry's "365" enters at number 39.
So next week,,,"7 Rings" should hang onto number one depending on how the new Pink song does and what impact the Oscars performance of "Shallow" has so. Don't forget the new chart is announced by ARIA at 5pm AEDT on Saturdays.
For now, there's no change at the top with "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande remaining at number one however with the album bomb receding and streaming slowing, I am not sure how long this song will remain at number one especially with what is set to be arriving on the chart next week.
Mercifull it remains ahead of Ariana's new single "Break Up with your girlfriend, I'm Bored" which remains at number two and right now I don't see that going much higher for much the same reasons as "7 Rings" with streaming starting to fade and this song's digital sales a bit iffy, it's in trouble if streaming completely borks.
Then it's an open question of what challenges it, it may well not be "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee.
The song that might have some chance is Post Malone's second song in the top 5 "Wow" which jumped one place to number four.which pushed "Bury a Friend" by Billie Eilish down to number 5 (the album release can't come soon enough for Eilish's song).
"Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper remains at number six. There's a possibility that this song will rise back into the top 3, there's also a chance that it could knock "7 Rings' off number one when the Hot 100 for next week is released.
"Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max got a one place boost up to number 7 which can be attributed to the Ariana Grande album bomb falling back.
"Dancing With a Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani rose two places to number 8 again probably due to the album bomb falling off.
Now we have new arrival to the top ten that being "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure which made a massive leap from number 24 to number 9 this week off the back of streaming and reasonable digital sales.
Rounding out the top ten is "Without Me" by Halsey which dropped one place to nunmber ten as it heads out of the top ten. Good. The song sucks.
Gains
A lot of songs gained off the back of the Ariana album bomb dropping away with the biggest of thosse gains belonging to "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan which jumped from 45 to 25.
Sadly there was a ten place gain for The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer collab "Who Do You Love?" to number 18. That song is terrible.
"Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag 'N' Bone Man breaks back into the top 30 up from 33 to 24. "Bad Liar" by Imagine Dragons inexplicably also returns to the top 30 at number 26 up from 32.
Two songs that defeated what I said last week by rising were "Confidence" by Ocean Alley up 3 to 34 and "Middle Child" by J Cole which climbed back up to 27.
Dominic Fike's "3 Nights' seems set to unfortunately become a hit because it's now up ten places to number 20...Australia, why? A good instrumental doesn't make up for bad lyrics..
Re-Entries
There's good news in the re-entries with two fantastic songs back with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen back at 46 and "Nights Like this" by Kehlani and Ty Dolla $ign at number 50.
Losses
Most of the big losses are for the Ariana Grande album tracks with "Needy" to 38, "Bloodline" to 31, "NASA" to 40, album promo track "Imagine" to 41 and "Bad Idea" to 42 while the lead single and former number one "Thank U, Next" dropped to number 11.
Other than that the only other one that fell was "When the Party's Over" by Billie Eilish which fell four places to 35
Drop Outs
The only significant one was Dynoro's "In My Mind" leaving and good riddance to it. The rest were Ariana album tracks like "Fake Smile", "Ghostin", "In My Head" and "Make Up"
New Entries
All three of the new entries are collaborations with Cardi B and Bruno Mar's new single "Please Me" in at number 22.
YUNGBLUD has teamed up with Halsey and Travis Barker for a song called "11 Minutes" which turns up at number 30 and finally, Zedd and Katy Perry's "365" enters at number 39.
So next week,,,"7 Rings" should hang onto number one depending on how the new Pink song does and what impact the Oscars performance of "Shallow" has so. Don't forget the new chart is announced by ARIA at 5pm AEDT on Saturdays.
Friday 22 February 2019
Charting 1996; February 18: Shaggy returns to number one
So things on the ARIA singles chart this week have been in a state of flux lately, at least thats what I noticed when I glanced at the chart where no song has been able to stay at number one for mre than two weeks, I say that because there's been yet another change at the top and it's actually a song returning to the number one spot, it's "Boombastic" by Shaggy which had a good sales week to tip
"Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two after just a week at number one. Whether "Boombastic" has the momentum to be a three or four week number one remains to be seen.
"Be My Lover" by La Bouche regains traction to jump back up to number three even though the song still blows chunks.
Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is having their breakfast while remaining at number 4 for a second week.
"Give Me A Reason" by Tracy Chapman virtually swapped with La Bouche and slipped back two places to number 5 while "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remained at number 6. Fine by me, I don't mind either song.
Then we have the first of three big moves into the top ten this week with Monica's "Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days" which moved all the way from 16 to number 7. Can't say I care about this song all that much but whatever the case, it's her first top ten hit in Australia.
Another big mover was Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" which leaped six places to number 8 this week, it's also her first top ten hit after "Army of Me" peaked at 35 in May 1995.
TLC have their second top ten hit with "Diggin' On You" jumping from 15 to number 9 this week. Pretty good way to follow up their big hit "Waterfalls".
All this saw "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men slip back two places to number ten.
Gains
After 7 continue to make big gains with "Til You Do Me Right" up ten places to 22 this week.
Looking like it may well be a hit, Joan Osborne's "One Of Us" leapt 11 places to 23!
Alex Party also had a ten place gain with "Wrap Me Up" up to 33 while people are loving "Warm Summer Daze" by Vybe which went to 39.
"The Good Life" by The New Power Generation jumped nine places to 41.
As does "Peaches by The Presidents of the United States of America which broke into the top 30 this week at 26.
Losers
Pearl Jam's "Merkinball EP" slipped from 33 to 46 to be the biggest loswr of the week. Surprisingly Madonna was another loser with "You'll See" in freefall, down 12 to number 40.
There were big falls also for songs like "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers which slipped from 10 to number 20 and also for CDB's "Let's Groove" which dropped from 9 to 19 but really both those two songs are on their way out, as is "Fairground" by Simply Red which fell from 31 to 42
New Entries
The Smashing Pumpkins have already experienced chart success with "Bullet with Butterfly Wings which is at number 38 this week but they are also back on the chart with "1979" at number 32 and is the highest debuting new song to the chart.
British duo known as Everything but the Girl have their first Australian charting song with "Missing" entering at number 34.
British easy listening group The Mike Flowers Pops have landed on the ARIA top 50 with their early 60s style cover of "Wonderwall"...lets not keep this nonsense on the chart for too long, okay, Australia?
Wrapping up the week is British electronic dance producer Motiv 8 with "Break the Chain" entering at number 50.
"Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two after just a week at number one. Whether "Boombastic" has the momentum to be a three or four week number one remains to be seen.
"Be My Lover" by La Bouche regains traction to jump back up to number three even though the song still blows chunks.
Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is having their breakfast while remaining at number 4 for a second week.
"Give Me A Reason" by Tracy Chapman virtually swapped with La Bouche and slipped back two places to number 5 while "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remained at number 6. Fine by me, I don't mind either song.
Then we have the first of three big moves into the top ten this week with Monica's "Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days" which moved all the way from 16 to number 7. Can't say I care about this song all that much but whatever the case, it's her first top ten hit in Australia.
Another big mover was Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" which leaped six places to number 8 this week, it's also her first top ten hit after "Army of Me" peaked at 35 in May 1995.
TLC have their second top ten hit with "Diggin' On You" jumping from 15 to number 9 this week. Pretty good way to follow up their big hit "Waterfalls".
All this saw "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men slip back two places to number ten.
Gains
After 7 continue to make big gains with "Til You Do Me Right" up ten places to 22 this week.
Looking like it may well be a hit, Joan Osborne's "One Of Us" leapt 11 places to 23!
Alex Party also had a ten place gain with "Wrap Me Up" up to 33 while people are loving "Warm Summer Daze" by Vybe which went to 39.
"The Good Life" by The New Power Generation jumped nine places to 41.
As does "Peaches by The Presidents of the United States of America which broke into the top 30 this week at 26.
Losers
Pearl Jam's "Merkinball EP" slipped from 33 to 46 to be the biggest loswr of the week. Surprisingly Madonna was another loser with "You'll See" in freefall, down 12 to number 40.
There were big falls also for songs like "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers which slipped from 10 to number 20 and also for CDB's "Let's Groove" which dropped from 9 to 19 but really both those two songs are on their way out, as is "Fairground" by Simply Red which fell from 31 to 42
New Entries
The Smashing Pumpkins have already experienced chart success with "Bullet with Butterfly Wings which is at number 38 this week but they are also back on the chart with "1979" at number 32 and is the highest debuting new song to the chart.
British duo known as Everything but the Girl have their first Australian charting song with "Missing" entering at number 34.
British easy listening group The Mike Flowers Pops have landed on the ARIA top 50 with their early 60s style cover of "Wonderwall"...lets not keep this nonsense on the chart for too long, okay, Australia?
Wrapping up the week is British electronic dance producer Motiv 8 with "Break the Chain" entering at number 50.
Sunday 17 February 2019
ARIA singles top ten/chart/review: 18th February: Ariana's entire "Thank U, Next" album reaches top 50.
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"
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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"
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
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