Top ten best hit songs of 2010

So like I said in the worst hits of 2010, it was not a good year for the ARIA chart mostly because of the club boom and the songs within that but then those outside of the club boom ignoring it and pretending it wasn’t happening however I have managed to find ten songs that I think are worthy of this list so let’s get stuck into the top ten best songs of 2010.

We begin with an Aussie band that had a little song that did surprisingly well on the charts in 2010…

10. “Plans” by Birds of Tokyo

Originally when I made this list as a draft, I placed it at number two mainly because I was in the middle of an infatuation with this particular song but as time went on, it kind of faded on me a little but this song still does an incredible amount right, the slow build through the verses and into that chorus with that guitar and drums that are missing a fair bit in the modern pop scene and front man Ian Kenny’s vocals are just superb on this song. Birds of Tokyo continue to rack up minor to moderate hits on the ARIA chart to this day with “Good Lord” being their most recent hit.

So still on the pop rock vein of things…Scouting for Girls!

9. “This ain’t a Love Song” by Scouting for Girls

This only barely scraped onto the 2010 year end list and I for one am glad it did as Scouting for Girls sing about a relationship that soured to point of them throwing the whole thing away and how he’ll recover from the end of the relationship and that she won’t be keeping him down and the instrumentation hints at there being more drama to come between the pair with the guitars and orchestral swell. Good job!.

This song was one of the biggest hits of 2010 and for good reason…

8. “Fireflies” by Owl City

Look, this song might have made it higher on the list if it didn’t start coming across as completely twee and its unfortunate that Owl City has in recent times released less than impressive music but “Fireflies” has also been that one Owl City song to come back to where he describes being kept awake by bugs and dealing with insomnia over an oddball synthline, yeah, I don’t think time has been kind to this song but it still deserves to be here regardless.

She might have made my worst list but that doesn’t prevent her from landing a song on my best list…

7. “Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry

This is the Katy Perry I love, the one way she’s just going the silly pop songs, having fun and we all should be too because “Teenage Dream” is that song about being in head over heels in love and going all the way with no regrets and being the girl that this guy fantasised about as a teenager, its just the perfect beach pop song. Nice job, Katy.

As I mentioned earlier 2010 was the year of the club boom and right at the centre of the boom was Ke$ha with her brand loud, brash and kind of bratty music but if you want a song from her where the party curdled for a turn to the dark.

6. “Take It Off” by Ke$ha

Okay so this sound might sound very similar to the GWS Giants song and given one of those behind the writing of “Take It Off” would be the cause of so much heartache for Kesha but regardless of all that, “Take It off” is awesome as Kesha proceeds to describe a visit to a bar where everyone filthy, drunk, or wasted (possibly all three) with its electro infused beat plus the auto tune but Kesha just owns the relentless hedonism this track and indeed the club boom as a whole seemed to gravitate towards. Great song!

I won’t have many chances to talk about Florence and the Machine on year end lists so I am taking the opportunity here and now.

5. “You’ve Got the Love” by Florence and the Machine

When I did this list originally I had this song at number one, a decision I wrestled with because it didn’t quite feel like the right one and one that I couldn’t possibly justify because while it’s a cover of Candi Station’s 1986 hit, Florence and the Machine turned this song into a epic despite it being shorter than Station’s original. This cover brings forth a sense of euphoria with its instrumentation and Florence Welch’s belting. While I couldn’t justify it being number one, it deserves a place on this list.

Never dreamed of seeing this guy on an ARIA chart end of year hit list either but hey it was 2010…

4. “Just Haven’t Met You Yet” by Michael Buble

Michael Buble is just about the last person I’d expect to see in amongst the sea of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, B.O.B (We’ll get to him). Kesha and a whole slew of club boom songs but none the less this jaunty and somewhat fun song from Canadian crooner ended up being a hit for him possibly because radio was looking in weird places to find songs that didn’t tilt straight into the club boom so much so it peaked at number nine on the ARIA singles chart, I can see why though with Buble oozing easy charisma as he sings about just not having met the right woman for him. Lovely song.

So I mentioned B.O.B before, a rapper who showed in the early 2010s that he had plenty of talent and it was never more evident when he teamed up with a future popular music superstar for this…

3. “Nothin’ On You” by B.O.B feat. Bruno Mars

Man, if you wanted to talk about wasted potential…B.O.B was that…he has three songs on the ARIA year end list with “Airplanes” feat. Hayley Williams and “Magic” feat. Rivers Cuomo but its “Nothin’ On You” that makes the list because its just a charming song where B.O.B doesn’t want any other girl In his life other than his girlfriend and yes there are a few cheesy lines like “You’re my wonder woman call me Mr Fantastic” that triggered some raised eyebrows but its that hook sold by Bruno Mars that really threw the song this high on the list, it’s just perfect with that piano and Mars crooning his way over the hook.

So I’ve never really cared for this band all that much, sure they have songs I like…like this one…

2. “The Only Exception” by Paramore.

In a year where it felt like music wasn’t going to let the party slow down and take a breath, this guitar lead ballad from US pop punk band Paramore was the perfect breather where Paramore’s lead vocalist Hayley Williams is the star of the show with her delivery just perfect for a song about the protagonist believing that love doesn’t exist and is trying to live without it but then realizing that love does exist with this one person in her life, it’s just such a sweet song and am glad this reached the year end list.

As I said earlier, Florence and the Machine’s “You Got the Love” would have been my number one pick when I drafted this list and while that song is great, I couldn’t ignore this song from an artist who really was grabbing the headlines in 2010…

1.   Alejandro” by Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga was going to make this list in one way or the other with one of either “Bad Romance” or this song making the list and while “Bad Romance” is decent, “Alejandro” is just even better, it’s a song that sees Lady Gaga saying goodbye to her former lovers realizing that the relationship just isn’t working out. In fact by the end of the song, she’s bidded farewell to three former lovers, it shows Lady Gaga at her least weird and most vulnerable but I think the reason why I like this song comes more in the production where “Alejandro” sounds like an Abba combined with Ace of Base song especially in terms of the vocals and melody, it’s a fantastic song and more than deserves to top this list.

ARIA Top ten singles/ Chart review: 29th July. New number one sees Lil Nas X fall two weeks short of record

This week is a big one and more because of the story that played out at the very top of the charts this week...that's right we have a brand new number one and one that has been long in coming, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X has fallen two weeks short of the record of most number of weeks at number one held by Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" which spent 15 weeks at number one in 2017, for the moment as it was knocked off the top spot by "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, it s Mendes first number one in Australia and Cabello's second after "Havana" featuring Young Thug went to number one for three weeks in 2017,

Now I said for the moment regarding "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X because there's a distinct possiibility that given the remixes that have been dropped in recent weeks that the song could return to the top spot similar to what happened in May when it lost the top spot for a week to "I don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber but it's streams are starting to fall away and with stronger songs behind it, its facing an uphill challenge. "Old Town Road" did however break the record for most weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 having spent 17 weeks on top, the record was originally 16 weeks head by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's 1990s hit "One Sweet Day" and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's 2017 monster hit "Despacito" (feat. Justin Bieber).

One of those stronger songs is "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which jumped five places to number three after Tones and I's performance at Splendour in the Grass, this song is currently big business on digital sales and streaming, its only being kept off the top spot on streaming by "Senorita". This song also doing well in Norway where it's number two and number five in Sweden.

All of this places "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish in an awkward place as it dropped from three to four, it doesn't quite have the presence to challenge those above it anymore with streaming and sales starting to fall away, same could be said for "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid which dropped one place to number 5.

Steady as she goes for "Goodbyes" by Post Malone and Young Thug at number six while that wasn't the case for "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber which dropped two places to number 7.

Returning to the top ten this week is "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys which went up four places to number 8.

Also making a one place jump is "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi to number nin (sigh, wish this song would just go the hell away now).

Finally rounding out the top ten is "Choir" by Guy Sebastian which dropped one place to number 10.

Gains

It's not a good sign when the biggest gain of the week "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown which went from 47 to 28. Come on, Australia, we're better than to let this crap go much higher.

Also speakig of complete crap rising, "Lalala" by Y2K and Bbnos leapt from 33 to 25 because that's the sort of song that deserves it...not.

Anyway, "Higher Love" by Kygo and Whitney Houston jumped eight places to 20. and "It's You" by Ali Gatie" broke into the top 20 at number 19 up from 24.

Losses

Most of the losses came for Ed Sheeran songs with the biggest fall going to "Best Part of Me" feat. Yebba which went from 17 to 46, "Remember the Name" feat. Eminem and 50 Cent down from 15 to 30 and "Cross Me" feat. Chance the Rapper and PNB Rock down five places to number 12.

5 Seconds of Summer also took a hit this week with "Easier" dropping from 20 to 26 which is good news because that song really blows.

Drop Outs

The drop outs are all Ed Sheeran this week with "Take Me Back to London" feat. Stormzy, "Blow" feat. Bruno Mars and Chris Stapleton, "Lay it all on Me" by Rudimental and Sheeran and "Way to Break My Heart" with Skrillex all gone this week.

New Entries

So we have a pretty interesting set of new arrivals with the highest new debut going to Sam Smith's "How Do You Sleep" at number 14.

Tones and I's latest single from their forthcoming 'Kids are Coming" EP called "Never Seen the Rain" debuts at 38.

Quite surprisingly we only got one song from Lion King, 'The Gift Soundtrack in the top 50 this week with "Mood 4 Eva" by Beyonce feat. Jay-Z and Childish Gambino in at number 48.

Finally Andy Grammer is back on the ARIA chart at number 50 with "Don't Give Up On Me" to complete this week's chart.

So with Taylor Swift and a few others set to debut new songs on the chart, the fight for number one is looking very interesting, can Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello keep the number one spot for a second week? Find out on Saturday at 5pm AEST when ARIA updates the charts.

Charting 1996: July 28th: Return of the Mack hits the top 5

So this week feels...busier somehow and kind more reflective on how 1996 has been as a whole, sure we've had some long term number ones but the chart otherwise has moved quite viciouslyfrom week to week especially in the top ten where there's no greater example...oh sure not right at the top where Fugees keep the number one spot with "Killing Me Softly" and at this point I am beginning to wonder what is going to challenge it.

The challenge probably won't come from Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen's "Theme from Mission Impossible" stuck at number two unable to bring the gap to "Killing Me Softly". It was the same for Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" at number three and No Doubt's "Just A Girl" at number five.

The big mover comes from Mark Morrison whose song "Return of the Mack" climbed eight places to reach number five this week, this song has momentum, it will be imteresting to see if it can make further inroads next week.

"Glycerine" by Bush remains at number six as does "Children" by Robert Miles at number seven and "Ooh Aah...Just A little bit" by Gina G at number eight.

La Bouche have a second top ten hit in Australia with "I Love to Love" going from 17 to number nine this week. Wow.

Finally Triple X's "X-Files' Theme (Version Dance)" drops one place to number 10.

Gains

Huge gain off the debut for Tracy Bonham's "Mother Mother" up from 26 to 18 this week. It's a decent song and probably deserves to go top ten.

Also getting a 9 place leap off it's debut is The Corrs new single "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" to 21 this week.

Eclipse's cover of "The Look of Love" jumped from 39 to 32 while "Dune Buggy" by The Presidents of the United States jumped from 42 to 33.

Surprisingly this week, there was a massive gain for Marilyn Manson's cover of "Sweet Dreams" as it climbed from 48 to 35.

Re-Entries

Three returns this week with the best of them at 38 from K's Choice and their single "Not An Addict"
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S-Express are also back at 48 with "Theme from S-Express (The Return Trip)" and "Reach" by Gloria Estefan is back at number 50.

Losses

So there were some big losses this week most notably for "Stepping Stone" by PJ & Duncan which tumbled from 25 to 43 this week and Human Nature's "Tellin' Everybody" which hit the skids to 46 from 32 (unfortunately) also "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project fell hard out of the top 5 to number 12.

Also taking a hit was Powderfinger's "Pick You Up" down from 35 to 41.

New Entries

So the biggest new arrival this week comes from Brisbane duo Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones otherwise known as Savage Garden with their debut single "I Want You" in at number 27. This song is a pretty darn great pop gem, check it out.

You Am I are back with their newest single "Soldiers" in at number 34

Then we have two R'n' B acts to round out this weeks new arrivals with Toni Braxton in at number 44 with "You're Makin' Me High"...again, this is pretty decent and finally Tevin Campbell is back with a new single called "Back to the World" debuting at number 45.

That wraps up the week, Fugees look to have a serious strange hold on number one right now so we'll see what happens.

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.

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.

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.