Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Top ten worst hit songs of 2010

In the lead up to making my end of the decade top ten best and worst hit songs of the 2010s and unfortunately we begin with what I consider to be one of the worst years for the ARIA charts this decade with the mainstream caught between music that blared loudly and obnoxiously from the club scene and those desperately trying to plug their ears and pretending that what was going on was not happening while making good to mediocre music so let’s begin with getting the trash out of the way first and begin with the worst hits of 2010…

Let’s begin this worst list with what was a predictable and unfortunate presence on the 2010-year end singles chart…The Black Eyed Peas.


10. “The Time (Dirty Bit)” by The Black Eyed Peas.


This may not be the only appearance the Peas make the worst list but this song is absolutely AWFUL beginning with the slaughtering of the chorus of Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes 1987 hit “I’ve Had the time of my life” before launching into this Skrillex inspired dubstep rap mess with vaguely party words from Will.i.am and Fergie  that it’s almost a relief when Will.i.am sings the chorus before it goes back into the dubstep style mess and oh interpolating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This isn’t the worst Black Eyed Peas song to make this list and we’ll get to it, but this can rot in hell.

Speaking of bad club music…thank god this stopped being a thing beyond 2010…

9. “Like A G6” by Far East Movement

There’s not much to be said for this. This is lazy filler made on a computer with a beat that sounds constipated and lyrics that make no sense whatsoever, seriously. “When sober girls around me they be actin like they drunk” doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. I won’t be putting my hands up for this song any time soon.

This next song would be kind of decent if I could ignore the one dumb line in the song…

8. “Firework” by Katy Perry

It’s mostly here for that one stupid line that kind of just blows my mind, the line that goes “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?” for a song about somebody being akin to a firework? The line is ridiculous no matter which way you try to put it although given what else Katy released in 2010, its hardly surprising and no, I don’t feel like plastic bag.

So this young lady was the focal point of the club boom in 2010 and she might well appear on the top ten best list but we need to address this nonsense first…

7. “Blah Blah Blah” by Ke$ha feat. 3OH!3

Now in 2010, I wasn’t a fan of Ke$ha and for me this song was one the reasons why, it’s a lazy obnoxious song that kind of sounds like everything else around it and Ke$ha sounds like a little girl, it really is very irritating and 3OH!3 phone it in. All set to an instrumental that doesn’t change or evolve from sounding like somebody dialling on their phone with messy instrumentation all over the top of it…NEXT…

When I said there’d be more Black Eyed Peas…I meant it…

6. “Imma Be” by The Black Eyed Peas

Ugh. This song fails on the production alone with the watery sounding snaps and Will.I.Am repeating ‘Imma Be’ to incoherence and Fergie jumping into her laziest flow in a while bragging about how she’s going to sipping drinks because she’s shaking her hips then we get to the weak rhymes and oh god…gang vocals in the background before stepping up into this weird techno sounding thing with somebody playing random piano keys…because they can.
If you ever wanted to know why and how the Peas fell apart…this may well have been the start.

Speaking of Will.i.am though, his production messes weren’t just for his own band…

5. “OMG” by Usher

This song is just incoherent noise complete with the headache inducing gang vocals only stopping for Usher to say, “Oh My God”. Its really just a flat flimsy song that really should have just stayed in Usher and Will.i.Am’s private club as it’s not even fun to dance to or allow anyone to have a good time with its migraine inducing beat and given Will.i.am managed to turn this into a Black Eyed Peas sounding mess…I am not surprised.

Justin Bieber turned up in 2010 for better or worse but what I think has been forgotten is he appeared on this juvenile train wreck.

4. “Eenie Meanie” by Sean Kingston feat. Justin Bieber.

“Baby” by Justin Bieber won’t be making this list largely because he has to live with the embarrassment that song is but also because “Eenie Meanie’ represents so much worse because it comes across as abusive, maybe the girl is indecisive because she isn’t sure how to escape both Kingston and Bieber, who can blame her when the opening lyrics of the song “Eenie meenie miney mo. Catch a bad chick by her toe. If she holla (if, if, if, she hollas) let her go”
The word “Shawty” needed to stay in the 2000s. Just saying.

So yeah from juvenile to a song that tries to be sexy but manages to be the furthrest thing from it.

3. “Rude Boy” by Rihanna.

This song has been a staple of Australian radio especially in terms of the throwback hit and unfortunately this is Rihanna trying so hard to be sexy when the production is this limp synth and Rihanna barking over the top of it, if you want an example of how unsexy this song is and then Rihanna says she likes it when he pulls her hair which takes me completely out of the song. Just no.

I think this song has been castigated from pillar to post from everyone raking it over the coals so I am not sure how on earth I can add to it but it deserves to be here.

2. “Hey Soul Sister” by Train

So Pat Monahan’s song writing just doesn’t make sense whatsoever, lipstick on the front lobe of my left side brains and then referencing this girl being a game show love connection and being a virgin like Madonna and oh…Monahan is so obsessed with this girl that his heart is beating right out of his untrimmed chest which makes the song faintly icky all set to this weird washed melody from a ukulele of all things. Train would go on to some more forgettable garbage but you’ll have to wait for another worst list for that one.

So we’ve reached the peak of this list and when I scoured the list for this year, I came across a song that represented the most obnoxious of 2010 and when I said I’d mention 3OH!3 again…well here we are…


1. "My First Kiss" by 3OH!3 feat. Ke$ha 

1.  The fact that Ke$ha of all people is on this load of garbage is actively infuriating because the attitude of the members of 3OH!3 toward women in this song is disgusting and even worse they aren’t even attempting to play it comedically over a beat that wouldn’t be out of place in a primary school playground except without the vulgar lyrical content. Speaking of the lyrical content, its gross with male entitlement eg: “If I had it my way, you know that I’d make you say oooh” which just reeks of egotism, dudes, you aren’t all that, get over yourselves.

Thursday, 25 July 2019

ARIA Single top ten/ Chart review: 22nd July. It's the Ed Sheeran show.

We got ourselves an album bomb because almost every single song from Ed Sheeran's "Collaborations no.6" project entered the top 50 so that meant it was a pretty wild week for the rest of the chart...well all that wild if you look at the top two in our top ten because for yet another week "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X remains at number one and at this point it's continuing to frail as it edges closer to Ed Sheeran's record  because it really has been only digital sales and the frequent remix releases keeping it at the top, it still manages keep streaming darling "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello at number two, it's got streaming but its digital sales have been its let down in terms of getting that number one.

A remix with Justin Bieber saw "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish recapture lost ground and move up three places to number three.

"Beautiful People' by Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid stayed at number four while most surprisingly "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber dropped two places to number 5. Would havr thought the release of the album would have helped keep this song at number three but nope.

Post Malone's "Goodbyes" feat. Young Thug drops one place to number six. I expect this song to stick around though as Post Malone songs have the habit of doing.

Ed Sheeran's fourth song in the top ten "Cross Me" feat. Chance the Rapper and PNB Rock regained ground as it jumped seven places to  number seven.

Tones and I's "Dance Monkey" looks like being a huge hit as it jumped two places to number eight. I expect this song to continue it's upward momentum this week.

"Choir" by Guy Sebastian drops two places to number 9 while "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi drops two places to number ten. In the latter's case, that's a good thing...want it gone.

Gains.

Not too many big gains this week given the Ed Sheeran album bomb which means that "Blow" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars jumped nine places to 31.

Unfortunately there was also a big gain for "Lalala" which jumped from 41 to 33....WHY?

Re Entry

Oddly enough the one re-entry is a 2015 Ed Sheeran collab with Rudimental called "Lay It All On Me" at number 48. It originally peaked at number 7 on the ARIA Singles chart in 2015.



Losers

So the album bomb also meant plenty took fails, these were significant for former top ten hits like "3 Nights" by Dominic Fike which dropped eleven places to 28, "Wow" by Post Malone down to 43 from 25 and "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper also dropping eleven places to 45.

"Mothers Daughter" by Miley Cyrus dropped from 29 to 36.

Drop Outs

I expect some of these to be back on the chart in one way or another as the album bomb recedes wih "Here With Me" by Marshmello and CHVRCHES gone as is (finally) "Happier" with Bastille...both will likely make year end list.

Unfortunately so are Aussie songs "Exit Sign" by Hilltop Hoods feat. Ecca Vandal and Illy and "Mess her Up" by Amy Shark.

Not all that cut up that "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer is also gone taking "Heaven" by Avicii with it.

New Entries

All the new entries are songs from Ed Sheeran's "No; 6 Collaborations" project with "Antisocial" with Travis Scott the highest debut at number 11, "South of the Border" feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B at number 15, " Remember The Name" feat. Eminem and 50 Cent at number 15, "Take Me Back to London" with Stormzy at number 29 and finally "Way to Break my Heart" with Skrillex at number 50.

So that wraps up the week, expecting mew music Sam Smith and Tones and I to chart highly, I am not going to make a prediction on whether or not we get a new number one or not because I got it horribly wrong last week. The ARIA chart will update at 5pm AEST on Saturday.







Charting 1996: 21st July.

Well this week feels a bit more normal, the top ten pretty quiet except for a couple of move here and there but I get the feeling that there's more big changes on the horizon with some songs moving up.

Fugees spend a fourth week at number one with "Killing Me Softly", its pretty settled at number one now and it looks to be there for another couple of weeks, it kept "Theme from Mission Impossible" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen at number two and "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion at number three.

There was a change within the top 5 though with "Just A Girl" by No Doubt moving to number four pushing "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project back to number five.

From there though, the rest of the top ten looks fairly stagnant with "Glycerine" by Bush at number six, "Children" by Robert Miles at number seven "Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit" by Gina G at number eight and "X-Files Theme (Version Dance" by Triple X at number 9.

LeAnn Rimes has her first top ten hit with "Blue" jumping four places to number ten.

Gains

Big gain for PJ & Duncan with "Stepping Stone" up to 25 from 40 and "I Love to Love" by La Bouche gaining big from 31 to 17. 

The Corrs also jumped 11 places to number 30 with "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" off the debut last week.

Losers

Some big losers this week most notably for former number one "How Bizarre" by OMC which crashed eleven places to 46.

Oasis also took a big fourteen place plunge with "Champagne Supernova" down to 40.

Eclipse's cover of "The Look of Love" stumbled down nine to 39.

Unfortunately Powderfinger dropped the ball with "Pick You Up" down from 24 to 35.


New Entries

Tracy Bonham snares highest debut of the week with her first single called "Mother Mother" from her upcoming debut album "The Burdens of Being Upright". "Mother Mother" in at number 26.

Also new this week, is the new single  for Human Nature with "Tellin' Everybody" arriving at number 32.

The Presidents of The United States of America's latest effort "Dune Buggy": turns up at number 42.

Latest single from The Cranberries, "Free to Decide" enters at number 47.

Marilyn Manson notches a top 50 arrival with his cover of the 1980s Eurythmics classic "Sweet Dreams" in at number 48.

Finally "Show You Love" by A.K. Soul feat. Jocelyn Brown gets some love by entering at number 49.


Thursday, 18 July 2019

ARIA singles top ten/chart review: July 14th 2019. Post Malone and Young Thug waves their Goodbyes in the top ten

So for the last couple of weeks I have been suspecting that we're on the verge of change at the very, certainly streaming has suggested that it's time to move on from "Old Town Road" even if digial sales have been proping up this song's esistence at number one and imching it closer to the record for most weeks at number one certainly that was the case this week with "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X spending yet another week at number one making it the fourth longest number one in ARIA chart history, it's got three weeks to go at number one to break the record of 15 weeks at number one set by Ed Sheeran in 2017 with "Shape Of You"

However the challengers for the top spot are rising thick and fast and the first of those lies at number two with "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, this song looks like being the one to take number one of any this week as it continues to rule streaming and is making big gains on digital sales and I am not convinced that the latest remix of "Old Town Road" with Mason Ramsey and Young Thug is having the desired impact for "Old Town Road".

It was a steady week for Ed Sheeran with "Beautiful People" feat. Khalid holding firm at number three...this song is a player for number one especially with the impending album bomb from Sheeran's Collaborations number 6 project as is Sheeran's lead single from the project "I Don't Care" with Justin Bieber at number four.

Post Malone's new single "Goodbyes" feat. Young Thug debuts at number 5. Honestly this song should rise given its doing well on streaming but not on sales which is odd.

"Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish is at number six but it appears to have gotten some kind of boost of the really kind of awful remix with Justin Bieber (probably the first misstep of her career) so I don't think we have seen the last of this song in the top ten.

Guy Sebastian's "Choir" is the first of two Australian songs in the top ten rising three places to number seven.

"Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi dropped two places to number eight while "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys dropped two places to number nine/

The seconf of the two Australian songs in the top ten is "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which rose seven places to reach the top ten but with the Ed Sheeran album bomb coming, I don't expect this to hang around in the top ten unfortunately.

Gains.

The biggest gain of the week belongs to Kygo and Whitney Houston's cover of "Higher Love" which jumped from 34 to 25 this week.

Miley Cyrus gained some traction for "Mother's Daughter" this week with that song going up to 29 from 37 last week.

Finally Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" rose six places to 13. I expect this song will be in the top ten post the Ed Sheeran album bomb.

Re-Entries

So can somebody explain why "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer is back at number 50, don't get me wrong, I like the song, it's just a surprise to see it back in the top 50.

Losers

Some justly deserved losses for utter crap with the biggest going to "The London" by Young Thug feat J Cole and Travis Scott which slipped from 30 to 43 and "Don't Check On Me" by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber down to 32 from 20 and Brown's other single "No Guidance" feat. Drake slid down ten places to 22...good. The sooner all three of the aforementioned songs are gone the better.


"Heaven" by Avicii dropped eight places to 40 while "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran feat. Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock dropped to 14 but I expect "Cross Me" will return to the top ten given the likely album bomb.


Drop Outs

Tyler, the Creator's first Australian hit "Earfquake" is gone with six other songs following it out of the chart this week with Aussie band Birds of Tokyo's "Good Lord" also gone.

Billie Eilish had two songs fall out and both will probably make the year end list with her song with Khalid "Lovely" and "When the Party's Over" (a contender for my best hits of the year).

"Me!" by Taylor Swift is gone after just 10 weeks. What the hell happened to Taylor's longevity on the charts?

The increasingly tiresome "Don't Call Me Up" by Mabel is gone although her new single is probably going to chart soon enough.

We also lost the utterly shit "Go Loko" by YG feat. Tyga and Jon Z.

New Entries

So apart from Post Malone's "Goodbyes" with Young Thug making a top ten debut at number five  what else debuted this week?.

Well, Ed Sheeran turned up with two new songs, the first of those being "Best Part of Me" with Yebba at number 24 and "Blow" feat. Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars at number 40.

A contender for the worst hits list if this thing does become a hit is "Lalala" by Y2K and Bbnos at number 41.

We round out the week with two Australian songs with Jessica Mauboy's ballad "Little Things" in at number 46 while "Then What" by Illy debuting at 47. These two songs have had some pretty solid radio traction. Been hearing "Then What"  a lot lately.


But that wraps up the week, I will be shocked and annoyed if  "Old Town Road" is still at number one when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEST because there's signs that Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are going to be taking top spot, anyway we will find out.








Charting 1996: 14th July. No Doubt about the jump into the top ten

So this week was interesting because for the second week in a row we havea sog tumping into the  top top ten quite high as well from outside of it plus a new entry inside the top 20 but we'll get to all that in a moment because Fugees have kep the number one spot for another week as it continues to just rule everything sales wise.

It's not surprising that with all the hype around the new Mission Impossible film that "Theme From Mission: Impossible" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen rose to number two, it pushed "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion back to number three.

The Tony Rich Project remains steady at number four with "Nobody Knows".

Now we get to the big seven place leap for American band No Doubt with their first single to hit the ARIA chart "Just A Girl" up to number five, this song is going gangbusters for them at the moment.

It pushed last week's big mover into the top ten, "Glycerine" by Bush back to number six however Robert Miles regained ground to move up one place to number seven/

All of this saw "Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit" by Gina G down two places to number eight anf Triple X's "X-Files Theme" down two to number nine" while former chart topper "Fastlove" by George Michael rounds out the top ten at number ten having dropped one place.

Gains

A lot of the gains are cases of continued momentum for overseas hits so "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison jumped eleven places to seventeen while "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rose from 47 to 25 n the biggest gain of the week!.

Amanda Marshall has broken into the top 40 with "Let it Rain" up ten places to 39.


Losers

Tough week for Michael Jackson with "They Don't Care About Us" dropping ten places to 44 while "Reach" by Gloria Estefan dropped 14 places to number 50. 

OMC's "How Bizarre" copped an eleven place fall with "How Bizarre" slumping to 35 and speaking of former number ones Metallica's "Until it Sleeps" dropped six places to 20.

New Entries

The highest new arrival this week comes from American rising country star LeAnn Rimes with "Blue" debuting at number 14. It's the first song from Rimes to hit the ARIA chart. It's a damn good song too.

We have go to 31 to find the latest single from La Bouche called "I Love to Love" while Mariah Carey's newest ballad "Open Arms" opens at number 37.

Irish band The Corrs will be looking to follow up the success of "Runaway" with "Forgiven, But Not Forgotten" in at number 41.

We finish this week with Belgian rock band K'Choice debuting at number 47 with "Not An Addict" . It's not a bad song, hope it does well. for them.

That wraps up Charting 1996, it doesn't look like anything is holding a candle to Fugees for number one at the moment but we'll see what happens next week





Tuesday, 9 July 2019

ARIA Singles Chart top ten/Chart Review 8th July: A beautiul new arrival for Ed and Khalid in top 5

Uggghhhh...I am getting a little tired of saying this but yet again it felt like the chart was on the verge of major upheaval and while to a degree that did happen with a new arrival in the top 5, it didn't happen where the chart desperately needs it which is at number one which for yet another week belongs to "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and seriously unless something topples it on digital sales, I can see this going very close to the record amount of weeks at number one set by Ed Sheeran with "Shape of You" back in 2017 of 15 weeks (non consecutive though)

"Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello holds on to number two with great streaming numbers. This looks a contender if somehow "Old Town Road" suddenly collapses.


Then we have two Ed Sheeran collabs back to back with "I Don't Care" (feat. Justin Bieber) at number three and a new entry at number four with "Beautiful People" (feat. Khalid)...I don't expect "Beautiful People" to stick around though but somehow it's getting radio airplay so we'll see what happens, I guess.

Whatever the case, it pushed "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish back to number five although there's talk that this song is getting a remix so we'll see what happens, I don't think we've seen the last of this song yet.

A song that has really started to grate on me a fair bit is "Someone You Loved' by Lewis Capaldi remaining at number six while "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys continues its rise up two places to number seven (I'm cool with this as the song is pretty good)

There's a third Ed Sheeran collab stuck at number eight with "Cross Me" (feat. Chance the Rapper and PNB Rock).

Taylor Swift songs aren't having much longevity in the top ten this era with "You Need to Calm Down" down four places to number nine. Ouch.

Finally in a pleasant surprise, "Choir" by Guy Sebastian continues to ride some really good momentum to jump ten places to number ten this week. Great stuff. Can see this song getting higher with the decent sales and streaming it has right now and he'll get more promo for the song as he is performing it at the third NRL State Of Origin match tomorrow night.

Gains

However "Choir" wasn't the biggest gainer of the week, that honour went "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which jumped all the way from 31 to 17 this week!

"The Git Up" by Blanco Brown broke into the top twenty with an eight place jump to number 19.

It's cracked the top ten in the US and now Lizzo is on the cusp of breaking into the Australian top 20 with "Truth Hurts" up to 21 from 28. (It's not even her best song!)

Why is "Call You Mine' by The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha up four places to 28? That song blows.


Losers

Some big falls across the board with the biggest being "Earfquake" by Tyler The Creator shaken down to number 39 from 23 last week which is a little disappointing as I don't mind that song.

What's not disappointing is the nine place fall for utter crap like "The London" by Young Thug feat. J Cole and Travis Scott down to number 30.

"SOS" by Avicii and Aloe Blacc needs help after it dropped from 19 to 27.

I mentioned that Taylor Swift's longevity issues when I talked about "You Need to Calm Down" well that continues because "Me!" feat. Brendon Urie dropped ten places to 47. Not a good sign for that album dropping in August.

Also dropping ten places was "Sucker" by Jonas Brothers to 24.

One drop out of the top ten I was disappointed about was the sudden four place drop for "Money in the Grave" to number 11.

Drop Outs

Two big ones this week with "Bury A Friend" by Billie Eilish and "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan both gone. The former likely to make my year end best list and the latter probably bound to make my year end worst list for being fucking insufferable.

The other two definitely won't be, they are "Vossi Bop" by Stormzy and "Let You Know" by lume feat. London Grammar.

New Entries

So beyond "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid at number four, there are three other new entries...just a pity none of them are very good.

Chris Brown has teamed up with Justin Bieber with "Don't Check on Me" at number 20 because we need more Chris Brown on the charts like a hole in the head.

Kygo gets on the bandwagon of those cashing in on dead artists by taking Whitney Houston's unreleased 90s cover of Steve Winwood's 1986 hit "Higher Love" entering at number 34.

Finally, Marshmello shows he can still chart junk by teaming up with American country singer Kane Brown for "One Thing Right" which debuts at number 50.

That wraps up this week. Chart updates at 5pm AEST on Saturday. Would really love a change of number one if I am to be honest.












Charting 1996: 7th July: Bush make a sticky "Glycerine" arrival to the top ten

So okay this week doesn't feel all that interesting if you were just to look at our relatively stable four where for a third week 'Killing Me Softly" by Fugees keeps the number one spot ahead of Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" and really I don't see that changing for awhile. "Killing Me Softly" has a lock on number one for awhile, it has margins that "Because You Loved Me" isn't making inroads into.

"Theme from Mission Impossible" by Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen wasn't able to bridge the gap to Celine so it stays at number three.and it was the same case for The Tony Rich Project's "Nobody Knows" at number four.

But from number 5 it does get interesting as Bush jump seven places to reach the top 5 at number with "Glycerine" and it's arrival pushed everything behind it down with "Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit" by Gina G back to number 6, "X-Files Theme (Version Dance)" by Triple X back to number 7, "Children" by Robert Miles back to number eight, "Fastlove" by George Michael slipped to number nine and Max-A-Million might finally be headed out of the top ten aftet they dropped to number ten with "Sexual Healing"

Gains

So the biggest gain of the week belongs to Mark Snow's "The X-Files" which jumped a massive thirteen places to number 27.

Mark Morrison is set for a massive hit in Australia with "Return of the Mack", it jumped eleven places to 26, I expect this song to be in the top ten pretty damn soon.

Good gain for "Just A Girl" by No Doubt it went to number 12 up from 18 last week.

Losers

Not too many big losers this week with the biggest being the nine place drop to number 39 for "California Love" by 2pac feat. Dr Dre but really most of the other losses were pretty small.


New Entries

All the new entries are in the 40s this week with the best of them being "Theme From S-Express (The Return Trip)" at number 44. A very much ramped up electronic dance version of theme from 1988.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have finally turned up at number 47 with their US smash hit "Tha Crossroads". It's spending it's 8th week at number one in the US. Could it do the same here?

oan Osborne is back number 48 with the follow up to her number one hit "One of Us" called "St Teresa".

Canadian pop rocker Amanda Marshall has her first ARIA singles chart entry with "Let It Rain" debuting at number 49 with "Let It Rain"

Finally to wrap up Charting 1996 for this week, the Manic Street Preachers are back with "A Design for Life" at number 50.