Well this week presented a surprise I didn't see coming at all, we have a new and somewhat unexpected number one in the form of heavy metal/thrash metal band Metallica with "Until It sleeps" landing landing number one on the chart, now how long it stays there is an open question because right behind it at number two is last's week's number one "Fastlove" by George Michael and it is still a very strong contender to return to the top spot.
Triple X remains steady at number 3 with "X-Files Theme (Version Dance) while moving up three places from last week is The Tony Rich Project's "Nobody Knows" which is awesome to see because yeah, that song is excellent.
Now there's a fair bit of movement down lower in the top ten and we'll get to the reason why soon.
Former chart topper "How Bizarre" by OMC takes a three place dip to number 5 as it slowly falls away, it took "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette down two places to number six and "Sexual Healing" by Max-A-Million down two places to number seven,
Up two places is "Children" by Robert Miles to number eight - I really don't understand the appeal of that song but if you like it...all the power to you, it did push La Bouche's "Sweet Dreams (Ola Ola e)" down one place to number nine.
Finally there's a new arrival to the top ten and one that's been quietly making its up the chart..."Runaway" by The Corrs up one place to number ten.
Gains
Continued momentum looks to be the case for "Ooh Aah (Just A little Bit)" by Gina G up eight places to number 11.
Celine Dion has leaped from 21 to 13 with her US chart topper "Because You Loved Me". I expect to see this one in the top ten soon.
The Presidents of the United States of America have another top 20 hit with "Kitty" rising from 27 to 19.
In good news for Aussie band Powderfinger "Pick You Up" jumped eight places to 26.
Finally Mark Snow's "The X-Files" jumped from 41 to 34 and looks like it might follow our current X-Files related top ten hit.
Losers
So all the commotion in the top ten was triggered by the sudden falls of "Missing" by Everything But the Girl from 6 to 12 and "California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr Dre from 9 to 15.
Apart from that though "Wtrap Me Up" by Alex Party is slowly starting to unravel as it spirals down to 21 from 15.
The Pet Shop Boys single "Before" might be starting to look at after as it tumbled nine places to 36/
Ace of Base's "Beautiful Life" slips from 32 to 40 while "Got It Goin' On" by Human Nature took a hit to 41.
Finally a song safely on the year end list is Tracey Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" wich is a good thing considering the song tripped down 9 places to 49.
New Entries
So the biggest new entry of the week belongs to The Smashing Pumpkins as they enter the chart at number 28 with "Tonight, Tonight".
A couple of new bands have arrived on the chart this week and we begin with a band from Texas that formed in 1981 called the Butthole Surfers, they've debuted on the ARIA Chart with a song called "Pepper" at number 42.
Seems to be the week for American rock bands because hailing from California is a female fronted band No Doubt and their debut single "Just A Girl" has landed at number 46.
Finally a British duo called PJ and Duncan have entered the chart at number 47 with a cover of a Monkees 1967 song called "Stepping Stone".
Tuesday 4 June 2019
Thursday 30 May 2019
ARIA singles chart top ten/chart review: May 27th: Lil Nas X retakes number one as Tyler the Creator has a mini album bomb
Just like that..,it changes again and with what is coming down the pipeline I expect the instability to continue because "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X has returned to number one for a fifth week at the top and honestly I didn't expect it to, whether it gets a sixth week at number one is an unknown with "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber back to number two, it is still a very strong player across streaming and radio.
Also strong is "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish which remained strong at number three, its also a contender for a return to number one.
Shawn Mendes is stuck at number four with "If I Can't Have You", I don't see it as being a player for number one though,
Breaking into the top 5 is Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved' up two places to number five this week, it's still pretty strong on the digital sales front.
"3 Nights" by Dominic Fike went back to number six as it slowly starts to fade away.
:"SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc went up one place to number seven because its got some pretty good streaming traction.
"Sucker" by Jonas Blue continues to hang around havung gained one place back to number eight, as does "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee up one place to number nine.
Finally "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure returns to the top ten at number ten up one place from last week.
Gains
The big surprise was the huge gain for Tones and I's "Johnny Run Away" which went up to 26 from 40 last week but I am fine with it, it's a good song even if it does remind me of Amy Shark.
Losses
Biggest loss of the week put a smile on my face because it was "Earth" by Lil Dicky which fell from 28 to 42 like the piece of awful cringe bloody well should.
"Sweet But Psycho" fell 7 places to number 40, "Paradise" by Bazzi slipped ten places to 47 while "Who Do You Love" by The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds of Summer went from 35 to 46.
Billie Eilish's "Wish You Were Gay" slid from 27 to 36 and "Walk Me Home" by Pink stumbled from 19 to 28.
Drop OutsS
Not much in the way of drop outs with the biggest being Dean Lewis's "7 Minutes".
Also gone are songs that stuck around a lot longer than expected like 'Boy with Luv" by BTS feat. Halsey, "Outta My head" by Khalid and John Mayer and "Swervin'" by A Boogie wit Da Hoodie and 6ix9ine,
"Power is Power" by SZA featuring The Weekend and Travis Scott is also gone. Reallt give the starpower on board, it should have done better.
Finally the last two drop outs are songs that debuted last week with "You Little Beauty" by Fisher and "Carry On" by Kygo and Rita Ora.
New Entries
So the other big story is in our new arivals where Tyler, The Creator somehow landed an album bomb thanks to 'IGOR'. Tyler has the biggest new arrival of the week thanks to "EARFQUAKE" at number 11. Going through the other Tyler, the Creator songs to chart in the top 50, "I Think" at number 30, "Igor's Theme" at number 45 and 'Running out of time" at number 48.
Halsey debuts at number 13 with "Nightmare" (a song that is an absolute nightmare for the ears unfortunately), DJ Khaled has brought SZA on board for a song that actively samples Outkast's 2000s classic "Ms Jackson" entitled "Just Us" which has debuted at numbe 32.
Finally. song that has been huge in the UK for awhile has finally turned up on the Australian charts with 'Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys entering at number 37.
So that wraps up the week, I have no idea what will take the number one going forward but we'll ind that out on Saturday at 5pm AEST.
Also strong is "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish which remained strong at number three, its also a contender for a return to number one.
Shawn Mendes is stuck at number four with "If I Can't Have You", I don't see it as being a player for number one though,
Breaking into the top 5 is Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved' up two places to number five this week, it's still pretty strong on the digital sales front.
"3 Nights" by Dominic Fike went back to number six as it slowly starts to fade away.
:"SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc went up one place to number seven because its got some pretty good streaming traction.
"Sucker" by Jonas Blue continues to hang around havung gained one place back to number eight, as does "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee up one place to number nine.
Finally "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure returns to the top ten at number ten up one place from last week.
Gains
The big surprise was the huge gain for Tones and I's "Johnny Run Away" which went up to 26 from 40 last week but I am fine with it, it's a good song even if it does remind me of Amy Shark.
Losses
Biggest loss of the week put a smile on my face because it was "Earth" by Lil Dicky which fell from 28 to 42 like the piece of awful cringe bloody well should.
"Sweet But Psycho" fell 7 places to number 40, "Paradise" by Bazzi slipped ten places to 47 while "Who Do You Love" by The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds of Summer went from 35 to 46.
Billie Eilish's "Wish You Were Gay" slid from 27 to 36 and "Walk Me Home" by Pink stumbled from 19 to 28.
Drop OutsS
Not much in the way of drop outs with the biggest being Dean Lewis's "7 Minutes".
Also gone are songs that stuck around a lot longer than expected like 'Boy with Luv" by BTS feat. Halsey, "Outta My head" by Khalid and John Mayer and "Swervin'" by A Boogie wit Da Hoodie and 6ix9ine,
"Power is Power" by SZA featuring The Weekend and Travis Scott is also gone. Reallt give the starpower on board, it should have done better.
Finally the last two drop outs are songs that debuted last week with "You Little Beauty" by Fisher and "Carry On" by Kygo and Rita Ora.
New Entries
So the other big story is in our new arivals where Tyler, The Creator somehow landed an album bomb thanks to 'IGOR'. Tyler has the biggest new arrival of the week thanks to "EARFQUAKE" at number 11. Going through the other Tyler, the Creator songs to chart in the top 50, "I Think" at number 30, "Igor's Theme" at number 45 and 'Running out of time" at number 48.
Halsey debuts at number 13 with "Nightmare" (a song that is an absolute nightmare for the ears unfortunately), DJ Khaled has brought SZA on board for a song that actively samples Outkast's 2000s classic "Ms Jackson" entitled "Just Us" which has debuted at numbe 32.
Finally. song that has been huge in the UK for awhile has finally turned up on the Australian charts with 'Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys entering at number 37.
So that wraps up the week, I have no idea what will take the number one going forward but we'll ind that out on Saturday at 5pm AEST.
Charting 1996: 26th May: Tony Rich, La Bouche and Robert Miles into the top ten
So this week was a interesting one to say the least, we've some big changes down in the lower half of the top ten even if the top two remain completely stagnant with "Fastlove" by George Michael at number one for a second week and honestly I don't see what is topping it.
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OMC's "How Bizarre" looks closer to stepping down the chart than going back to the top even as it stayed at number two.
Triple X's "X-Files theme (Version Dance" moved up one place to number three because The X-Files are pretty huge right now, it swapped with "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette which went back to number four.
Max-A-Million somehow climbs three places with their cover of "Sexual Healing" to number five, it pushed "Missing" by Everything But the Girl back to number six
A new arrival to the top ten lies at number seven and I am glad it's here with "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project. It's a terrific song and deserves to be here having climbed five places to reach number seven.
Making a return to the top ten is La Bouche this time with "Sweet Dreams (Ola ola e)" at number eight having climbed three places.
Heck, these new arrivals pushed ?California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr Dre back three places to number 9.
Wrapping up the top ten is the third new arrival to the top ten that being "Children" b Robert Miles which went up 8 places to hit number 10. I don't really care one way or the other about this song so not all that bothered it's here.
Gains
Gina G's "Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit" continues to climb breaking into the top twenty at number 19 with a ten place gain.
Big surprise was the big gain for Chynna Phillips sg "Naked and Sacred" which climbed 12 places to number 23.
"Glycerine" by Bush jumped 11 places to 29 this week...that song may well become a cult hit.
Losers
So Human Nature's strange chart run with "Got it Goin' On" continues because it went from 19 to 36. Weird, huh?
"How deep is your love" by Take That went down nine places to 39 while "One of Us" by JOan Osborne slipped from 26 to 38.
New Entries
The highest new entry of the week belongs to Bryan Adams, he is at number 28 with "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You". I don't see it sticking around quite honestly.
Brisbane band Powderfinger have made their ARIA chart debut with "Pick You Up" debuting at number 34 closely followed by John Farnham's new single "A Simple Life" at number 35.
Stone Temple Pilots land their fourth ARIA singles chsrt entry with "Big Bang Baby" at number 42 while Def Leppard "Work It Out" at number 43.
Finally Gloria Estefan arrives at number 50 with "Reach"
So that wraps up the Australia chart, lets check out what's happening in the US and U.
UK Top 5 (Official charts)
The UK have been hit by World Cup fever with "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seed taking the number one spot from "Ooh Aah...Just Little Bit" by Gina G which takes the number two spot.
There's a new entry for Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Banx entitled "Mysterious Girl" at number three. Watch for it here.
Tony Rich Project are up two places to number four with "Nobody Knows" while at number five is Metallica with "Until It Sleeps" (also keep an eye on that one).
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
Its a second week at number one for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony with "Tha Crossroads" ahead of "Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey at number two and "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion at number three.
The only change comes with "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project back up to number four pushing "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette back to number 5.
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OMC's "How Bizarre" looks closer to stepping down the chart than going back to the top even as it stayed at number two.
Triple X's "X-Files theme (Version Dance" moved up one place to number three because The X-Files are pretty huge right now, it swapped with "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette which went back to number four.
Max-A-Million somehow climbs three places with their cover of "Sexual Healing" to number five, it pushed "Missing" by Everything But the Girl back to number six
A new arrival to the top ten lies at number seven and I am glad it's here with "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project. It's a terrific song and deserves to be here having climbed five places to reach number seven.
Making a return to the top ten is La Bouche this time with "Sweet Dreams (Ola ola e)" at number eight having climbed three places.
Heck, these new arrivals pushed ?California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr Dre back three places to number 9.
Wrapping up the top ten is the third new arrival to the top ten that being "Children" b Robert Miles which went up 8 places to hit number 10. I don't really care one way or the other about this song so not all that bothered it's here.
Gains
Gina G's "Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit" continues to climb breaking into the top twenty at number 19 with a ten place gain.
Big surprise was the big gain for Chynna Phillips sg "Naked and Sacred" which climbed 12 places to number 23.
"Glycerine" by Bush jumped 11 places to 29 this week...that song may well become a cult hit.
Losers
So Human Nature's strange chart run with "Got it Goin' On" continues because it went from 19 to 36. Weird, huh?
"How deep is your love" by Take That went down nine places to 39 while "One of Us" by JOan Osborne slipped from 26 to 38.
New Entries
The highest new entry of the week belongs to Bryan Adams, he is at number 28 with "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me is You". I don't see it sticking around quite honestly.
Brisbane band Powderfinger have made their ARIA chart debut with "Pick You Up" debuting at number 34 closely followed by John Farnham's new single "A Simple Life" at number 35.
Stone Temple Pilots land their fourth ARIA singles chsrt entry with "Big Bang Baby" at number 42 while Def Leppard "Work It Out" at number 43.
Finally Gloria Estefan arrives at number 50 with "Reach"
So that wraps up the Australia chart, lets check out what's happening in the US and U.
UK Top 5 (Official charts)
The UK have been hit by World Cup fever with "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seed taking the number one spot from "Ooh Aah...Just Little Bit" by Gina G which takes the number two spot.
There's a new entry for Peter Andre feat. Bubbler Banx entitled "Mysterious Girl" at number three. Watch for it here.
Tony Rich Project are up two places to number four with "Nobody Knows" while at number five is Metallica with "Until It Sleeps" (also keep an eye on that one).
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
Its a second week at number one for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony with "Tha Crossroads" ahead of "Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey at number two and "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion at number three.
The only change comes with "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project back up to number four pushing "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette back to number 5.
Thursday 23 May 2019
ARIA Singles top ten/chart review: 20th May. New number one as Lewis Capaldi breaks into top ten
Yeah, it was going to happen from the moment it was released that this song was always going to go to number one given who was recruited on the track, Australia has a new number one with Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's "I Don't Care" and really while digital sales have been good, the streaming for this song hasn't quite been as good, it's been a tad shaky actually.
It pushed the previous number one "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number two and "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish back to number three. Now, both these songs are still pretty strong on streaming and with there apparently being a meme behind the success of "Bad Guy", there's a chance that it could return to number one.
"I Can't have you" by Shawn Mendes remains stuck at nunmber four and whille "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike remains at number 5.
What was the surprise is the sudden 3 place drop for "Me!" by Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie, would have thought this song would have had more staying power.
Lewis Capaldi has his first top ten hit in Australia with "Someone You Loved" up 5 places to number 7 while "SOS" by Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc is up one place to number 8.
Jonas Brothers continue their slide toward the edge of the top ten with former number one "Sucker" down two places to number 9. Another former number one "Sunflower" by Post Malone feat. Swae Lee slipped two places to number 10.
Gains
We had some big gains this week especially for Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" which went up from 44 to 26 this week while Bazzi's "Paradise" showed Bazzi is going to stick around as it went from 49 to 37.
Amy Shark's late single "Mess Her Up" from her album "Love Monster" has gone from 36 to 29 while "Exit Sign" by Hilltop Hoods feat Ecca Vandal and Illy is up four to 16.
Losers
Biggest loser of the week is unsurprisingly "Boy with Luv" by BTS feat. Halsey which stumbled down 11 places to 41
A song that is struggling though is "Power is Power" by SZA feat. The Weeknd and Travis Scott is on the verge of losing power completely as it hit 49 down from 43. Bit surprising considering the star power on the track.
"Outta My head" by Khalid and John Mayer is down eight places to 48.
A drop that is making me smile is the awful "Earth" by Lil Dicky which collapsed in on itself to go to 28.
"Homicide" by Logic feat. Eminem fell six places to number 12.
Drop Outs.
So Billie Eilish was the most affected here with both "My Strange Addiction" and "You Should See Me in a Crown" gone.
Also gone is 2018 hit "Better Now" by Post Malone while "Break Up With You Girlfriend" by Ariana Grande exits (it should make the year end list unfortunately)
New Entries
So apart from the big number one debut by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, what else debuted this week? Well the other three of the new entries are lower down the chart beginning with the best of the new entries that being "Johnny Run Away" by Tones and I at number 40 (seriously would love to see this song become a hit).
"You Little Beauty" by Fischer enters at 41 and a song from the Detective Pokemon movide soundtrack by Kygo feat. Rita Ora called "Carry On" enters at 45.
So I have no idea what to expect next except maybe some Tyler, the Creator and Halsey. The chart updates at 5pm AEST on Saturday.
It pushed the previous number one "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X back to number two and "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish back to number three. Now, both these songs are still pretty strong on streaming and with there apparently being a meme behind the success of "Bad Guy", there's a chance that it could return to number one.
"I Can't have you" by Shawn Mendes remains stuck at nunmber four and whille "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike remains at number 5.
What was the surprise is the sudden 3 place drop for "Me!" by Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie, would have thought this song would have had more staying power.
Lewis Capaldi has his first top ten hit in Australia with "Someone You Loved" up 5 places to number 7 while "SOS" by Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc is up one place to number 8.
Jonas Brothers continue their slide toward the edge of the top ten with former number one "Sucker" down two places to number 9. Another former number one "Sunflower" by Post Malone feat. Swae Lee slipped two places to number 10.
Gains
We had some big gains this week especially for Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" which went up from 44 to 26 this week while Bazzi's "Paradise" showed Bazzi is going to stick around as it went from 49 to 37.
Amy Shark's late single "Mess Her Up" from her album "Love Monster" has gone from 36 to 29 while "Exit Sign" by Hilltop Hoods feat Ecca Vandal and Illy is up four to 16.
Losers
Biggest loser of the week is unsurprisingly "Boy with Luv" by BTS feat. Halsey which stumbled down 11 places to 41
A song that is struggling though is "Power is Power" by SZA feat. The Weeknd and Travis Scott is on the verge of losing power completely as it hit 49 down from 43. Bit surprising considering the star power on the track.
"Outta My head" by Khalid and John Mayer is down eight places to 48.
A drop that is making me smile is the awful "Earth" by Lil Dicky which collapsed in on itself to go to 28.
"Homicide" by Logic feat. Eminem fell six places to number 12.
Drop Outs.
So Billie Eilish was the most affected here with both "My Strange Addiction" and "You Should See Me in a Crown" gone.
Also gone is 2018 hit "Better Now" by Post Malone while "Break Up With You Girlfriend" by Ariana Grande exits (it should make the year end list unfortunately)
New Entries
So apart from the big number one debut by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, what else debuted this week? Well the other three of the new entries are lower down the chart beginning with the best of the new entries that being "Johnny Run Away" by Tones and I at number 40 (seriously would love to see this song become a hit).
"You Little Beauty" by Fischer enters at 41 and a song from the Detective Pokemon movide soundtrack by Kygo feat. Rita Ora called "Carry On" enters at 45.
So I have no idea what to expect next except maybe some Tyler, the Creator and Halsey. The chart updates at 5pm AEST on Saturday.
Charting 1996: May 19th. George Michael gets some number one "Fastlove"
Well, I predicted it last week when I suggested that "How Bizarre" by OMC was looking shaky and low and behold, we've got ourselves a new number one that being "Fastlove" by George Michael, his second number one this year following "Jesus to a Child" earlier this year and really considering the tight groove to "Fastlove", its not a surprise that the song is a number one hit.
"How Bizarre" by OMC got pushed back to number two and is now under pressure from "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette which rode the fact that "Jagged Little Pill" is at number one in Australia.
One of the biggest movers of the week comes from Triple X's single "The X-Files Theme (Dance version)" which jumped ten places to number four. Now I have no idea if this will hit numher one or not but given the success of the TV show starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who knows?
It pushed "Missing" by Everything But the Girl back to number five, "California Love" by 2pac and Dr Dre back to number 6 and "Father and Son" by Boyzone back to number 7. Expect to see these songs leave the top ten soon.
Max-A-Million's Marvin Gaye cover "Sexual Healing" went up two to number eight for some reason.
"Anything" by 3T went in the opposite direction down 2 places to number and to round out the top ten, it's "Spacemen" by Babylon Zoo at number 10.
Gains
So yeah am reasonably happy that "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project gained hard up from 27 to 12 whole Coolio also broke into the top 20 up 12 places to 16 with "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin New)".
The strange run of "Got It Goin' On" by Human Nature continues, as it jumped back inside the top 20 at 19 up from 32 lasr week. Really strange that one.
Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" jumped from 34 to 21 while Eternal's "I am Blessed"is up from 36 to 23.
Gina G's "Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit" climbed from 40 to 25!. Watch for this to hit the top ten soon.
Losers
A lot of the losers this week were cases of previous hits running out of steam with "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America's "Peaches" dropping hard from 29 to 47, "Power of a Woman" by Eternal down from 18 to 32 (new single has taken some attention away from this song), former number one "One Of Us" by Joan Osborne skids down 11 places to 26 while "Beautiful Life" by Ace of Base dropped ten places to 27.
Daniel Amalm's "Classical Gas" dropped ten places to 41 while Oasis's 'Don't Look back in Anger" continied it's downward momentum to 38.
New Entries
So the new entries are quieter this week with the biggest of the week going to The Pet Shop Boys with "Before" at number 25.
The Presidents of the United States of America are also back with a new single on the charts this time in the form of "Kitty" at number 31. The Cure are also back with a new single, its called "The 13th" which debuts at number 37.
We spoke of the X-Files earlier but Mark Snhe X-Files" debuts at number 45 and finally, Fugees are the last of the new entries at 49.
Lets head to the UK and US to check out the top 5 singles in both countries
UK Top 5 (Official Charts)
The UK have heralded in a new number one this week with"Ooh Aah...Just A Little bit" by Gina G finally hitting the number one spot pushing George Michael's "Fastlove" back to number 2.
"Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison stays steady at number 3 while "There's Nothing I Won't do" by JX breaks into the top 5 up 3 places to number four.
Also breaking into the top 5 is The Tony Rich Project with "Nobody Knows" up five places to number 5.
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
It's a trifecta of new number ones this week because Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have gone number one in the US with "Tha Crossroads", it pushed "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey back to number two.
"Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion remains stuck at number three while "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette climbs one place to number four pushing "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project back to number five.
So that wraps up the week, can George hang onto number one? Will OMC come back and snag back number one? All those questions and more to be answered next week
"How Bizarre" by OMC got pushed back to number two and is now under pressure from "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette which rode the fact that "Jagged Little Pill" is at number one in Australia.
One of the biggest movers of the week comes from Triple X's single "The X-Files Theme (Dance version)" which jumped ten places to number four. Now I have no idea if this will hit numher one or not but given the success of the TV show starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who knows?
It pushed "Missing" by Everything But the Girl back to number five, "California Love" by 2pac and Dr Dre back to number 6 and "Father and Son" by Boyzone back to number 7. Expect to see these songs leave the top ten soon.
Max-A-Million's Marvin Gaye cover "Sexual Healing" went up two to number eight for some reason.
"Anything" by 3T went in the opposite direction down 2 places to number and to round out the top ten, it's "Spacemen" by Babylon Zoo at number 10.
Gains
So yeah am reasonably happy that "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project gained hard up from 27 to 12 whole Coolio also broke into the top 20 up 12 places to 16 with "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin New)".
The strange run of "Got It Goin' On" by Human Nature continues, as it jumped back inside the top 20 at 19 up from 32 lasr week. Really strange that one.
Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" jumped from 34 to 21 while Eternal's "I am Blessed"is up from 36 to 23.
Gina G's "Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit" climbed from 40 to 25!. Watch for this to hit the top ten soon.
Losers
A lot of the losers this week were cases of previous hits running out of steam with "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America's "Peaches" dropping hard from 29 to 47, "Power of a Woman" by Eternal down from 18 to 32 (new single has taken some attention away from this song), former number one "One Of Us" by Joan Osborne skids down 11 places to 26 while "Beautiful Life" by Ace of Base dropped ten places to 27.
Daniel Amalm's "Classical Gas" dropped ten places to 41 while Oasis's 'Don't Look back in Anger" continied it's downward momentum to 38.
New Entries
So the new entries are quieter this week with the biggest of the week going to The Pet Shop Boys with "Before" at number 25.
The Presidents of the United States of America are also back with a new single on the charts this time in the form of "Kitty" at number 31. The Cure are also back with a new single, its called "The 13th" which debuts at number 37.
We spoke of the X-Files earlier but Mark Snhe X-Files" debuts at number 45 and finally, Fugees are the last of the new entries at 49.
Lets head to the UK and US to check out the top 5 singles in both countries
UK Top 5 (Official Charts)
The UK have heralded in a new number one this week with"Ooh Aah...Just A Little bit" by Gina G finally hitting the number one spot pushing George Michael's "Fastlove" back to number 2.
"Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison stays steady at number 3 while "There's Nothing I Won't do" by JX breaks into the top 5 up 3 places to number four.
Also breaking into the top 5 is The Tony Rich Project with "Nobody Knows" up five places to number 5.
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
It's a trifecta of new number ones this week because Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have gone number one in the US with "Tha Crossroads", it pushed "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey back to number two.
"Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion remains stuck at number three while "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette climbs one place to number four pushing "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project back to number five.
So that wraps up the week, can George hang onto number one? Will OMC come back and snag back number one? All those questions and more to be answered next week
Thursday 16 May 2019
ARIA singles top ten/chart review; 13th May: Shawn Mendes pondering not having you debuts at four
This week was turbulent to say the least and that't not even accounting for what may come next week when Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's collaboration likely takes the number one spot however the turbulence this week wasn't at number one where "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X remains at the top for a fourth week.
Billie Eilish returned to number two on the back of consistent streaming with "Bad Guy" so much so it pushed "ME!" by Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie back to number three and like I said last week, I don't see "ME!" going to number one given the release schedule,
Then we hit the first of two new entries to debut inside the top ten, the first at number four from Canadian singer/song writer Shawn Mendes with "If I Can't Have You", now I expect this song to stick around in the top ten given it's consistent streaming
It resulted in the pushing back of "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike back one place to number five as a result. This song may just start to fall away soon.
Then we hit our second new arrival to the chart and the top ten, "Homicide" by Logic feat. Eminem at number six, unlike the Shawn Mendes song, I don't expect thisS to stay around in the top ten, Logic doesn't have that kind of traction in Australia...not yet anyway.
Much to my surprise "Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers jumped back up one place to number seven most likely because "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee took a major hit to fall two places to number eight.
"SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc remains steady at number nine while "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure fell 5 places to number 10. Ow.
Gains
Not a lot of big gains this week, when the biggest is Billie Eilish's "My Strange Addiction" (Honestly songs from that album have stuck around pretty impressively well larely. She's got some staying power) up six places to 39 then it was a slow week overall.
Re-Entries
So for some unexplainable reason, "Better Now" by Post Malone is back at 46 because Post is currently on tour in Australia and apparently did a shoey but there's no discernible reason music quality wise that "Better Now" is back inside the top 50...it's not that good.
Losers
Unsurprisingly the week's biggest loser The Game of Thrones song "Power Is Power" by SZA featuring the Weeknd and Travis Scott down 13 to 43 but as for the rest of the chart, well there were a lot of small drops and things but nothing substantial apart from "Swervin'" by A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and 6ix9ine tumbled six places to 50, the sooner this crap is gone the better.
Drop Outs
The drop outs are a strange mishmash of album songs, 2018 hits and a song that may well make the year end list.
Lets start with the album tracks that are gone like "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" by Billie Eilisish and "Hurts 2B Human" by Pink.
Then there's 2018 number one hits that left like "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer and "Shotgun" by George Ezra so the Australian public did act upon my wish last week.
Finally the other song to leave was "Middle Child" by J Cole and let's be honest here, I don't think anyone really cared it was on the chart in the first place.
New Entries
So apart from "If I Can't have You" by Shawn Mendes at number four and "Homicide" by Logic feat. Eminem at number six, we got the UK number one "Vossi Bop" by Stormzy debuting at 42 and Lizzo having a break out year with 2017 song "Treuth Hurts" debuting at 42.
I don't expect three of the four new arrivals to stick around but it certainly would be interesting if they did.
Anyway that wraps up the week and the chart braces for the impact of "I don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, it's actually not really had a big runaway margins on streaming as some would believe this week but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEST if Bieber and Sheeran have taken number one from Lil Nas X (there's a part of me that hopes they haven't just quietly)
Billie Eilish returned to number two on the back of consistent streaming with "Bad Guy" so much so it pushed "ME!" by Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie back to number three and like I said last week, I don't see "ME!" going to number one given the release schedule,
Then we hit the first of two new entries to debut inside the top ten, the first at number four from Canadian singer/song writer Shawn Mendes with "If I Can't Have You", now I expect this song to stick around in the top ten given it's consistent streaming
It resulted in the pushing back of "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike back one place to number five as a result. This song may just start to fall away soon.
Then we hit our second new arrival to the chart and the top ten, "Homicide" by Logic feat. Eminem at number six, unlike the Shawn Mendes song, I don't expect thisS to stay around in the top ten, Logic doesn't have that kind of traction in Australia...not yet anyway.
Much to my surprise "Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers jumped back up one place to number seven most likely because "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee took a major hit to fall two places to number eight.
"SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc remains steady at number nine while "Talk" by Khalid and Disclosure fell 5 places to number 10. Ow.
Gains
Not a lot of big gains this week, when the biggest is Billie Eilish's "My Strange Addiction" (Honestly songs from that album have stuck around pretty impressively well larely. She's got some staying power) up six places to 39 then it was a slow week overall.
Re-Entries
So for some unexplainable reason, "Better Now" by Post Malone is back at 46 because Post is currently on tour in Australia and apparently did a shoey but there's no discernible reason music quality wise that "Better Now" is back inside the top 50...it's not that good.
Losers
Unsurprisingly the week's biggest loser The Game of Thrones song "Power Is Power" by SZA featuring the Weeknd and Travis Scott down 13 to 43 but as for the rest of the chart, well there were a lot of small drops and things but nothing substantial apart from "Swervin'" by A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and 6ix9ine tumbled six places to 50, the sooner this crap is gone the better.
Drop Outs
The drop outs are a strange mishmash of album songs, 2018 hits and a song that may well make the year end list.
Lets start with the album tracks that are gone like "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" by Billie Eilisish and "Hurts 2B Human" by Pink.
Then there's 2018 number one hits that left like "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer and "Shotgun" by George Ezra so the Australian public did act upon my wish last week.
Finally the other song to leave was "Middle Child" by J Cole and let's be honest here, I don't think anyone really cared it was on the chart in the first place.
New Entries
So apart from "If I Can't have You" by Shawn Mendes at number four and "Homicide" by Logic feat. Eminem at number six, we got the UK number one "Vossi Bop" by Stormzy debuting at 42 and Lizzo having a break out year with 2017 song "Treuth Hurts" debuting at 42.
I don't expect three of the four new arrivals to stick around but it certainly would be interesting if they did.
Anyway that wraps up the week and the chart braces for the impact of "I don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, it's actually not really had a big runaway margins on streaming as some would believe this week but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEST if Bieber and Sheeran have taken number one from Lil Nas X (there's a part of me that hopes they haven't just quietly)
Charting 1996: May 12th: Max-A-Million Breaks into the top ten
So this week feels pretty normal to a degree, sure some shifts in the top ten and a song that has come from nowhere and some new music lower down the charts including a hit overseas and a Home and Away star...
Okay, I am getting ahead of myself so let's rip into this top ten where for another week, it's "How Bizzare" by OMC at number one and really, I would think it's only a matter of time before it loses the number one spot as sales slowed which makes it vulnerable to our number two for a second week "Fastlove" by George Michael which is really starting to look as though it could well be a number one hit.
Climbing to number three this week is "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette as good sales continued even despite former album chart topper "Jagged Little Pill" lost the number one on the album chart to The Cranberries new album "To The Faithful departed"
"Missing" by Everything But the Girl and "California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr Dre got one place jumps to 4 and 5 respectively because "Father and Son" by Boyzone lost all of it's momentum to skid down three places to number 6. It's not the only cover in the top ten, we'll get to that in a moment
3T's "Anything" has found stability at number seven for a second week while The Cranberries got a boost of the back of the number one album with "Salvation" up one place to number 8.
"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo" continued it's descent down the chart down one place to number nine
Now we have a new arrival to the top ten with Max-A-Million's cover of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" jiumping eight places to number ten. Sheesh.
Gains
Triple X had a massive gain this week, up from 35 to 14 with "X-Files Theme (Version Dance), this song could well be in the top ten soon.
Making me happy is the big gain for "Nobody Knows" which leaped from 46 to 27. A song I really do like a lot, good to see Austtalia starting to catch on.
Bush's "Glycerine" got a nine place to boost to 41.
"Children" by Robert Miles looks like becoming a hit as it goes up from 34 to 21.
Losers
The erratic chart run of "I Want to come over" by Melissa Etheridge has continued as it tumbled down from 30 to 43. Just no consistency for this song whatsoever. Strange.
Former top ten hit "Diggin' On You" by TLC is on its way out down from 29 to 46. Oasis chart topper 'Wonderwall" is also on its way out after a ten place fall to 49 this week.
A song that I thought would be huge is Celine Dion's "Falling into You" which fell hard from 28 to 45 as did "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine which fell from 31 to 50...OUCH!
The Smashing Pumpkins suffered a ten place drop with "1979" down to 42.
After 7 take tumble down 9 places with "Til You Do me Right" at number 35.
A cover taking a hit and thank goodness for it because it's not a good cover is "How Deep Is Your Love" by Take That which tumbled from 14 to 22.
Finally "Power of A Woman" by Eternal dropped eight places to number 18.
New Entries
Our new entries are a weird mish mash of current hits overseas and a rather strange song from a soap star.
But the biggest new entry of the week belongs to Soundgarden with their single "Pretty Noose" in at 24.
Now let's get to Daniel Amalm who you might know as playing the Fletcher-Ross's foster wild child Jack on Channel Seven soap drama 'Home And Away', his song "Classical Gas" has debuted at 31
this week.
It's been a chart topper in the US for six weeks and finally "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion has arrived on the Australia charts at number 34. Now I expect this song to be huge over the next few weeks.
Eternal's follow up single to "Power of A Woman" has hit the chart with "I Am Blessed" making it's grand entrance to the chart number 36.
A member of Wilson Phillips has made her solo debut this week with Chynna Phillips debuting at number 39 with "Naked and Sacred"/
Finally Gina G makes her debut appearance on the chart with "Ooh Ahh...Just a Little Biy" at number 40;
Now let's check out what's happening in the UK and US....
UK Top 5 (The Official Chart Company)
It's a second week at number one for George Michael with "Fastlove" however its not so stable behind him with Gina G up one place to number two with "Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit" pushing "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison back to number three.
Then there's a new entry at number four from the Liverpool Football Club and Boot Room Boyz entittled "Pass & Move (It's The Liverpool Groove)". A pretty stereotypical British football song that I doubt we'll see chart in Australia. There's actually several football songs on the British chart this week.
Finally rounding out the top 5 is "Cecilia" by Suggs & Louchie Lou/Michie One which slipped a spot to land at number 5.
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
It's a second week at the top for Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" and much like the UK chart there was plenty of movement below it with "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony debuting at number two with "Tha Crossroads". I can see the "Tha Crossroads" hitting number one in the US.
It pushed Celine Dion to number three with "Because You Loved Me" and The Tony Rich Project back to number four with "Nobody Knows".
"Ironic" by Alanis Morissette also suffered a drop to number five.
Debuting at number 47 this week is Spanish Latin group Los Del Rios and this bizarre song called "Macarena" "Macarena" by Los Del Rios
Anyway that wraps up this week's edition of Charting 1996, can OMC keep number one? Find out the answers next week.
Okay, I am getting ahead of myself so let's rip into this top ten where for another week, it's "How Bizzare" by OMC at number one and really, I would think it's only a matter of time before it loses the number one spot as sales slowed which makes it vulnerable to our number two for a second week "Fastlove" by George Michael which is really starting to look as though it could well be a number one hit.
Climbing to number three this week is "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette as good sales continued even despite former album chart topper "Jagged Little Pill" lost the number one on the album chart to The Cranberries new album "To The Faithful departed"
"Missing" by Everything But the Girl and "California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr Dre got one place jumps to 4 and 5 respectively because "Father and Son" by Boyzone lost all of it's momentum to skid down three places to number 6. It's not the only cover in the top ten, we'll get to that in a moment
3T's "Anything" has found stability at number seven for a second week while The Cranberries got a boost of the back of the number one album with "Salvation" up one place to number 8.
"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo" continued it's descent down the chart down one place to number nine
Now we have a new arrival to the top ten with Max-A-Million's cover of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" jiumping eight places to number ten. Sheesh.
Gains
Triple X had a massive gain this week, up from 35 to 14 with "X-Files Theme (Version Dance), this song could well be in the top ten soon.
Making me happy is the big gain for "Nobody Knows" which leaped from 46 to 27. A song I really do like a lot, good to see Austtalia starting to catch on.
Bush's "Glycerine" got a nine place to boost to 41.
"Children" by Robert Miles looks like becoming a hit as it goes up from 34 to 21.
Losers
The erratic chart run of "I Want to come over" by Melissa Etheridge has continued as it tumbled down from 30 to 43. Just no consistency for this song whatsoever. Strange.
Former top ten hit "Diggin' On You" by TLC is on its way out down from 29 to 46. Oasis chart topper 'Wonderwall" is also on its way out after a ten place fall to 49 this week.
A song that I thought would be huge is Celine Dion's "Falling into You" which fell hard from 28 to 45 as did "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine which fell from 31 to 50...OUCH!
The Smashing Pumpkins suffered a ten place drop with "1979" down to 42.
After 7 take tumble down 9 places with "Til You Do me Right" at number 35.
A cover taking a hit and thank goodness for it because it's not a good cover is "How Deep Is Your Love" by Take That which tumbled from 14 to 22.
Finally "Power of A Woman" by Eternal dropped eight places to number 18.
New Entries
Our new entries are a weird mish mash of current hits overseas and a rather strange song from a soap star.
But the biggest new entry of the week belongs to Soundgarden with their single "Pretty Noose" in at 24.
Now let's get to Daniel Amalm who you might know as playing the Fletcher-Ross's foster wild child Jack on Channel Seven soap drama 'Home And Away', his song "Classical Gas" has debuted at 31
this week.
It's been a chart topper in the US for six weeks and finally "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion has arrived on the Australia charts at number 34. Now I expect this song to be huge over the next few weeks.
Eternal's follow up single to "Power of A Woman" has hit the chart with "I Am Blessed" making it's grand entrance to the chart number 36.
A member of Wilson Phillips has made her solo debut this week with Chynna Phillips debuting at number 39 with "Naked and Sacred"/
Finally Gina G makes her debut appearance on the chart with "Ooh Ahh...Just a Little Biy" at number 40;
Now let's check out what's happening in the UK and US....
UK Top 5 (The Official Chart Company)
It's a second week at number one for George Michael with "Fastlove" however its not so stable behind him with Gina G up one place to number two with "Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit" pushing "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison back to number three.
Then there's a new entry at number four from the Liverpool Football Club and Boot Room Boyz entittled "Pass & Move (It's The Liverpool Groove)". A pretty stereotypical British football song that I doubt we'll see chart in Australia. There's actually several football songs on the British chart this week.
Finally rounding out the top 5 is "Cecilia" by Suggs & Louchie Lou/Michie One which slipped a spot to land at number 5.
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
It's a second week at the top for Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" and much like the UK chart there was plenty of movement below it with "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony debuting at number two with "Tha Crossroads". I can see the "Tha Crossroads" hitting number one in the US.
It pushed Celine Dion to number three with "Because You Loved Me" and The Tony Rich Project back to number four with "Nobody Knows".
"Ironic" by Alanis Morissette also suffered a drop to number five.
Debuting at number 47 this week is Spanish Latin group Los Del Rios and this bizarre song called "Macarena" "Macarena" by Los Del Rios
Anyway that wraps up this week's edition of Charting 1996, can OMC keep number one? Find out the answers next week.
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