Honestly, there's so much of me glad that the ARIA singles chart isn't like the US charts where there's an album bomb nearly every single week over there but the last two weeks in Australia where there's been a very real threat of an album bomb but it never materialised which was the case for BTS "Map of the Soul: 7" as it only lodged one new song on the chart but anyway we'll get to the new entries, let's firstly deal with the top ten where The Weeknd spends a sixth week at number one with "Blinding Lights", its still dominant on both sales and streaming and will lodge a seventh week on top when ARIA reveals the updated chart on Saturday.
Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" remains "Blinding Lights" closest challenger at number two for another weeks, it just cannot match the sales of and streaming momentum of "Blinding Lights"
Unfortunately "Intentions" by Justin Bieber and Quavo remains at number three...seriously this song sucks and does not belong anywhere near the top ten let alone at number three...ugh...regardless it somehow had good sales and streaming numbers to remain where it is.
"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I recovered one place to number four, this song is on it's way out slowly but surely, really only recovered for a reason we'll get to in a moment. Could say the same about "The Box" by Roddy Ricch which returned to number five this week, this song is doing well on streaming but sales have never caught on.
Halsey's "You Should Be Sad" also went up one to number six which is actually good news because I like that song, in not so good news "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi rose two places to number 7.
"Circles" by Post Malone continues its run in the top ten as it went up two places to number eight and in excellent news "Adore You" by Harry Styles rose three places to return to the top ten at number nine, this song has been growing on me A LOT.
The reason mostly everything either went up or remained where it was in the top ten this week was the expected collapse of "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish which fell six places to number ten.
Gains
In not so good news in the gains department, Doja Cat's "Say So" went up 7 places to 21 because people for some reason are impressed by an underweight beat and groove. Ew/
"Sunday Best" rose six places to 30 for Surfaces but that was about it for the gains this week.
Re-Entries
Just one re-entry with "Turn Me On" by Riton feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula back at number 47.
Losers
The biggest loser this week was the only Justin Bieber album cut to lodge on the chart "Forever" feat. Post Malone and Clever which dropped from 29 to 40.
Speaking of Post Malone, his 2018/19 smash "Sunflower" feat. Swae Lee dropped from 43 to 49 while "Rare" by Selena Gomez plunged from 38 to 46.
"Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish hits 22 from 16 last week and "Yummy" by Justin Bieber fell from 8 to 14.
Drop Outs
Some massive drop outs this week with "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Cabella Cabello, "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown, "10,000 Hours" by Dan and Shay feat. Justin Bieber (not a good week overall for Bieber) and "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi B all gone, they took OneFour's "Welcome to Prison" with them.
New Entries
Four new entries this week with the album title track from The Weeknd called "After Hours" landing the highest debut of the week at number 11. I don't expect this to stick around.
Likewise "On" by BTS in at number 29.
What might stick around is "Blueberry Faygo" by Lil Mosey at number 42 and "Pump It Up" by Endor at number 43.
So that wraps up the chart this week. Next week, Lady Gaga's new single, that new SZA and Justin Timberlake/SZA song from the new Trolls movie and maybe that new Keith Urban song, we'll have to see when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday.
Thursday, 5 March 2020
2000 Sound: 5th March. Mandy Moore's sugar sweet "Candy" reaches top 5
Welcome to another wild week on the chart because geezus christ, the top ten is a mess. Well except for the top where "Bloke" by Chris Franklin spends a second week at number one, it held off a challenge from "S Club Party" by S Club 7 which rose two places to number two but it's doubtful either song will be at the top next week as both are starting to wobble on sales.
However they are not vulnerable to former chart toppers "Mascara" by Killing Heidi", which felling one place to number three, and "I Try" by Macy Gray as it fall one place to four.
However a song that is emerging as a surprise player for the top spot is Mandy Moore's song "Candy" which rose nine places to number five. Keep an eye on this one, folks.
Eiffel 65 moved sales with "Move Your Body" up one to number six as it pushed "Steal My Sunshine" by Len down one place to seven
Now all the movement hit "Pure Shores" by All Saints hard as it fell three places to number eight while Jessica Simpson returns to the top ten with "I Wanna Love You Forever" up three places to number nine.
Finally Vanessa Amorosi drops two places this week with "Absolutely Everybody" at number ten.
Gains
Moby's strange run on the chart continues as "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" leapt from 50 last week to 34 and was the biggest mover up this week
Shaft's "(Muho Mambo) Sway" which rose sixteen spots to 30 while there's a rebound for Santana's massive US smash with Rob Thomas which rose twelve places to 24
Live's "Run to the Water" is up nine places to 40.
Two songs broke into the top twenty this week with "All the Small things" by Blink 182 up from 21 to 15 this week and "I Need to Know" by Marc Anthony up eight places to 20.
Re Entries
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers have the first of our two re-entries with "Otherside" back at 42 while Celine Dion's "That's the Way It is" is back at 49.
Losers
Some huge losers this week with Five's "Keep on Movin'": not moving in the right direction as it took a tumble from 34 to 47.
Shania Twain's "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" hit the skids as it dropped eleven places to 43.
Blessed Union of Souls pretty good "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me)" took a hard hit as it plunged from 25 to 38 while Savage Garden's "Affirmation" ,lost some of it's belief as it nose dived from 22 to 35
New Entries
The new entries aren't as wild this week with Smashing Pumpkins landing the biggest debut of the week with "Stand Inside Your Love" at number 31.
Area-7's new single is in at 37 and it's called "Start Making Sense" while finally there's a new Australian female singer hitting the chart at number 41, it's Leah Haywood with "We Think It's Love"
Sunday, 1 March 2020
The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2019
I always like making best hit songs lists of any given year,
it’s fun to remember the songs you loved during a year and know that so many
other people were also loving the same songs hence making them massive hits and
honestly while 2019 did have some pretty dire stuff that I’ve already discussed
in the Worst Hit Songs of 2019, it also had Taylor Swift making a solid to good
album, the breakout success stories of Billie Eilish, Tones and I, Lil Nas X
and rather belatedly Lizzo and you know what? All four artists produced some
quality, hell three of the four artists I mentioned made this list.
A reminder that the
songs on this list must have made the ARIA year end list for 2019 and 2018 and other past hit songs don’t count unless they ended up higher on the 2019 list than they did in
2018 or previously which rules out a song like "Bohemian Rhapsody"
First though a couple of shoutouts to songs that missed out
so consider these my honourable mentions
- “Choir” by Guy Sebastian
- “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish
- “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I
- “Never Seen the Rain” by Tones and I
- “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
- “Wow” by Post Malone
- “Sunflower” by Post Malone feat. Swae Lee
- “Woke Up Late” by Drax Project feat. Hailee Steinfeld
- “If I Can’t Have You” by Shawn Mendes
- “Mess Her Up” by Amy Shark
- "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X
All good to great songs but just missed out because I simply
couldn’t find room in my top ten for them so let’s get on with the list proper.
There’s a deep part of me frustrated that this song wasn’t
the breakout global smash like it deserved to be for Tones and I but hey it
made the year end of 2019 still so it is making this list.
10. “Johnny Run Away” by Tones and I
For as much as I liked “Dance Monkey”, it won’t be making
the list proper as ridiculously catchy as it is, “Johnny Run Away” just connects for
me so much better. The story of a young man opening up about his sexuality to
his father at a young age and his father not being at all accepting of it and
how the young man deals with being judged and the pain of being rejected by his
father, his wider family and a world that while is growing to be more accepting
of homosexuality, there’s still many that reject it for whatever reason, it’s
actually heart breaking to listen to
This song is just a well crafted pop gem that tells a story
very effectively and while it wasn’t the smash Tones and I’s next single was,
this song deserves your attention all the same, check it out.
This next artist is making two appearances on this list and
while this song has appeared at number one on several other best hits of 2019
lists, it’s only appearing at number nine here but it’s place on this list is
so richly deserved.
9. “When the Party’s over” by Billie Eilish
You know, there hasn’t been an artist with this much
intrigue over her music career as Billie Eilish in a while and this haunting
sparse piano ballad about a toxic relationship that’s at the breaking point
turned a lot of heads when it was released in 2018 as it should because “When
the Party’s Over” is the sort of song with a self-aware framing where Billie
knows she’s not good for this other person and often that loneliness that she’s
feeling is better than being around that other person even if it blows to get
to that point and she just wants the other person to let the relationship end
and both move on with their lives.
It’s a bitter track but framed in a way that shows both
Billie and this other person have done wrong and it’s time for both to part and
move on with their lives. Great song.
I never imagined I’d be putting this next act on my best
hits list of ANY YEAR but in 2019, he really improved to a point where four of
his songs ended up on my most played of 2019 playlist on Spotify and while this
wasn’t his big number one hit of 2019, this was the song that saw him get even bigger if that was possible...
8. “Circles” by Post Malone
2019 was the year I made an about face on Post Malone, I
like “Sunflower” with Swae Lee, Young Thug’s verse on “Goodbyes” is the worst
part of that song and “Wow” is so incredibly stupid it comes together well but
“Circles” is the song of his hits this year that blew me away, mainly because
it was a step away from the trap sound into a more chill brand of pop rock
music that instrumentally was so chill yet Post Malone is frustrated that he
and this girl are still doing the same thing over and over again and he wants
her to make up her mind and make a decision instead of sending them both around
in circles, it’s a good song and the fact it’s still in the top ten at the end
of February is testament to that.
Speaking of artists who in the recent past probably would
have been more likely to make my worst list…come on down, Taylor Swift.
7. “Lover” by Taylor Swift
The title track from Taylor Swift’s surprisingly good album
“Lover” is not the best song from it, hell, “The Archer” and “Paper Rings” are
better but given Taylor chose “Me!” with Brendon Urie and “You Need to Calm
Down” (the latter would have been a
dishonourable mention on my worst list if I’d done dishonourable mentions) as
singles and make “The Archer” a promotional single, “Lover” was the song that
stood out mostly because it’s a very intimate song where Taylor is deeply in
love wanting to go wherever her new beau goes, its actually a sweet love song
and I am glad it made the ARIA Year end list,
Empowerment songs are generally mediocre, they tend to only
work if the person singing as a powerful and passionate voice and genuinely
believes what they are attempting to sell to the public, when they don’t work,
they sound tinny, whiny and kind of conceited. Not the case for this though…
6. “Good as Hell” by Lizzo
So 2019 saw me come to grips with the fact that try as I
might, Lizzo is not my cup of tea, “Truth Hurts” frequently reminds me of
Khalid’s “Young, Dumb and Broke” and really its not a great song and Lizzo is an artist really does give a LOT of
personality in her songs and she can be very in your face however I think that
kind of confident persona is something that works so well on “Good As Hell”,
she’s this breezy, confident person who can sell this sort of self-empowerment
song.
The song’s message pretty boils down to not letting the
world’s or your own problems get you down and trying, it’s quite the fitting
song for Lizzo given she has been recording and releasing albums for years but
older songs like “Truth Hurts” and now “Good as Hell” and the remix with Ariana
Grande is probably better than the original given it gives us a brief break
from the very in your face personality of Lizzo. Great song!
So the top five on this list are unchanged from the mid year
list although I may have changed the ranking, this song nearly fell out of my
top five owing to how shallow it is but…
5. “Sweet But Psycho” by Ava Max
Honestly, this song is your definition of shallow pop music
but there’s a place in pop for this kind of song and Ava Max does it well, The framing
is about both people involved are completely into it, they both want it
especially as he is just as crazy as she is. Granted I am not sure how much of
a good thing sampling “Down” by Jay Sean will do for Ava Max’s career, she’s
not really had a second hit despite releasing multiple singles.
Also to those trying to take “Sweet But Psycho” seriously,
stop, take a cold shower and move on, it’s not designed to be even vaguely serious,
it’s just an absurd, ridiculously fun pop song, remember when pop music was
FUN? ‘Sweet But Psycho” gets sillier the more you think about it and you know
what? That’s okay.
This was Miley’s best performance in 2019…
4. “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” by Mark Ronson and Miley
Cyrus
2019 was a weird one for Miley, she released an EP which
everybody forgot about a good two months after, a stand alone single called
“Slide Away” which while not being bad, it wasn’t great and she also
collaborated with Mark Ronson for “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” a wonderful tasteful
slice of EDM crossed with pop and country that, unlike Marshmello’s horrendous
“One Thing Right” with Kane Brown, nailed this song damn near perfectly.
For one thing, Miley sounds so damn good on this song, the
day she wakes up and realizes her voice is perfect for country or country
adjacent music is going to be a wonderful day and Mark Ronson knows how to put
together production that suits the vocalist involved, its genuinely impressive,
in terms of EDM, Ronson is definitely out in front. Great job!
This is the second and last time she will appear on this
list, if anything was clear from music in 2019, Billie Eilish is here to stay.
3. “Bury A friend” by Billie Eilish
It’s amazing this song was even a hit to begin with it’s
industrial sound, it’s not anything close to being your conventional pop song
yet in 2019, “Bury A friend” was a hit signifying that the Australian public
has a whole are ready for songs that sink into a darker and more twisted
subject matter, Billie is able to warp and twist the subject matter of this
monster talking to her from underneath her bed as she seems more scared of real
life terrors rather than whatever is lurking beneath her bed. It’s an
incredibly catchy but low key song that emphasises how well Billie can capture
an audience. If anything, “Bury A Friend” is the song that made it clear that
Billie Eilish is a star and she is sticking around and for mainstream music,
that’s a good thing.
So in an era where hip hop has mostly seemed bland and
lifeless, this song particularly in early 2019 provided a reminder of how much
fun hip hop can be,
2. “Leave Mr Lonely” by Hilltop Hoods.
Yes, this is my favourite Australian hit of the year, a song
with a sublime guitar sample to start the song. MC Suffa told Triple J the song
is about the struggle of being cornered into a conversation with a close talker
who is talking a lot of rubbish and being just tired enough of it to snap hence
the line lines “Loser, I won’t dress it up. Me and my friends, we are not here
for your BS” which is a line that should be engraved into Australian culture
already.
It’s just a fun song that should have been huge around the
world given it completely steers away from the dreary trap slog that the US hip
hop scene finds itself in and I find incredibly monotonous so yeah “Leave Me
Lonely” is a slice of Aussie hip hop that the rest of the world should have
cottoned onto in 2019 but hey given its success in Australia, I’m happy and
deserves to be this high on this list.
I think my number one pick was almost set in stone by March
2019, I was deeply in love with this smooth coolness of this song and it struck
a chord for me that no other song in 2019 matched because for as much as I love
“Leave Me Lonely” and “Bury A Friend”, neither quite hit for me like this did…
1. 1. "Dancing with A Stranger” by Sam Smith and
Normani
So yeah I know, this song is light weight Emotional Oranges
and its easy to see the parallels between this song and Normani’s hit with
Khalid “Love Lies’ from 2018 but unlike “Love Lies”, “Dancing with a Stranger”
is a melancholy song where Sam Smith and Normani are seeking to move on from a
past relationship and find some relief from their melancholy with a dance.
Musically, “Dancing With a Stranger” owes a lot of it’s
sound to 80s R’n’B but my god it does it well especially at achieving the cool
not wanting to be lonely sound that the song’s subject matter deals with and
hell the watery textures work better here than they did on “Without Me” by
Halsey plus Sam Smith sounds great over a song like this, I can only hope his
upcoming album has more tracks like this one and Normani is the perfect choice
for the collab as they work so damn well together.
“Dancing With A Stranger” the best hit song of 2019.
Thursday, 27 February 2020
2000 Sound: 27th February: Bloke hits the Pure Shores of number 1
So this week is quieter but we still have some big stories mostly centred around our top ten where there's yet another new number one and a new entry that debuted in the top 5 so let's get to that new number one which is somehow..."Bloke" by Chris Franklin...yeah the comedy song snags number one on the back of an extraordinary sales week.
Killing Heidi remain at number two with their former chart topper "Mascara" while last week's number one "I Try" by Macy Gray dropped two places to number three.
Stability kings and queens S Club 7 maintained their hold on number four with "S Club Party".
There's new entry for UK girl group All Saints with "Pure Shores" in at number five. This song is likely to be big, folks, it pushed Len's "Steal My Sunshine" back to number six
Eiffel 65 hit the top ten with their follow up single "Move Your Body" rising four places to number seven forcing both Vanessa Amorosi's "Absolutely Everybody" and Boundhound Gang's "The Bad Touch" back two places to eight and nine respectively
Finally Christina Aguilera's "What A Girl Wants" dropped one place to number ten.
Gains
Some big gains across the board this week with American punk band Blink 182 up from 35 to 21 with "All the Small Things" while Backstreet Boys are up 12 places to 20 with "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
Shania Twain's "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" bounced up nine places to 32.
Taxiride's "Can You Feel?" is being felt by people as it rose ten places to 35.
Re-Entries
We have three re-entries with the best of them being Britney Spears "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" at 37.
Robbie Williams "Angels" is back at 40 while Filter's "Take A Picture makes its return at 41.
Losers
"Will 2K" by Will Smith took a hard plunge from 28 to 43 this week as did another former top ten hit "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez which fell from 33 to 35.
Sister2Sister's "Sister" fell 11 places to 48 as did Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" as it hit 50
28 Days "Here We Go" dropped ten places to 31 while "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas dropped nine places to 36.
New Entries
All Saints snagged highest debut of the week with "Pure Shores" in at number five.
The only other new entry comes from Vengaboys with "Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)" in at number 17.
Killing Heidi remain at number two with their former chart topper "Mascara" while last week's number one "I Try" by Macy Gray dropped two places to number three.
Stability kings and queens S Club 7 maintained their hold on number four with "S Club Party".
There's new entry for UK girl group All Saints with "Pure Shores" in at number five. This song is likely to be big, folks, it pushed Len's "Steal My Sunshine" back to number six
Eiffel 65 hit the top ten with their follow up single "Move Your Body" rising four places to number seven forcing both Vanessa Amorosi's "Absolutely Everybody" and Boundhound Gang's "The Bad Touch" back two places to eight and nine respectively
Finally Christina Aguilera's "What A Girl Wants" dropped one place to number ten.
Gains
Some big gains across the board this week with American punk band Blink 182 up from 35 to 21 with "All the Small Things" while Backstreet Boys are up 12 places to 20 with "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
Shania Twain's "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" bounced up nine places to 32.
Taxiride's "Can You Feel?" is being felt by people as it rose ten places to 35.
Re-Entries
We have three re-entries with the best of them being Britney Spears "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" at 37.
Robbie Williams "Angels" is back at 40 while Filter's "Take A Picture makes its return at 41.
Losers
"Will 2K" by Will Smith took a hard plunge from 28 to 43 this week as did another former top ten hit "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez which fell from 33 to 35.
Sister2Sister's "Sister" fell 11 places to 48 as did Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" as it hit 50
28 Days "Here We Go" dropped ten places to 31 while "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas dropped nine places to 36.
New Entries
All Saints snagged highest debut of the week with "Pure Shores" in at number five.
The only other new entry comes from Vengaboys with "Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)" in at number 17.
Monday, 24 February 2020
ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 24th February. Not so Blinded by Bieber
So this week felt weird especially as this week actually felt like a pretty normal week especially as Justin Bieber's album impact felt muted, it did impact the chart especially in the top ten but he only got one new song among the six new entries this week, kind of telling about what the general public thinks about "Changes" as a whole really however it wasn't just Bieber who made an impact on the top ten so let's get to that, shall we?
The Weeknd spends a fifth week at number one with "Blinding Lights" and right now I'm not seeing what challenges it. "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa remains at number two but its falling back on streaming and sales, it could get overtaken by "Intentions" by Justin Bieber feat. Quavo which unfortunately netted a ten place gain to hit number three but its sales and streaming are pretty good...let's hope that changes because its less of a love song to a woman but an ode to loving doing property taxes.
Billie Eilish snagged the highest debut of the week with her James Bond theme "No Time to Die" in at number four and I really don't expect this to stick around in the top ten even though it is excellent.
All of this was enough to push "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I back to number five as it gracefully begins its exit from the top ten, its bleeding sales and streams right now.
Also really suffering is "The Box":by Roddy Rich where sales just aren't matching the massive streaming.
give
Halsey's "You Should be Sad" dropped two places to number seven as it lost sales and streaming this week which is a little disappointing as this is one of her best singles to date (that might change if "3am" becomes a single, just saying)
Justin Bieber comes up again at number eight with "Yummy" making the biggest gain of the week to return to the top ten. This won't last thankfully, will be gone next week.
Lewis Capaldi falls one spot to number nine with "Before You Go", this should rise next week when the Bieber songs collapse.
Finally "Circles" by Post Malone drops three places to number ten.
Gains
The biggest gainer of the week was Justin Bieber's "Yummy" as I have already talked about getting an eleven place boost to number eight.
Doja Cat's "Say So" rose from 34 to 28...I do not understand the appeal of that song at all.
Losers
Weirdly enough the biggest loser was "10,000 Hours" by Dan and Shay feat. Justin Bieber as it fell 12 places to 49. Would have thought the Justin Bieber association might give it a rise or keep it stable this week,
"South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi slumped 7 places to 47 while most pleasingly "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown plunged 7 spots to 50. Good riddance.
Onefour's "Welcome to Prison" couldn't take advantage of their big debut last week dropping nine places to 42.
Selena Gomez's "Rare" plummeted six to 38 while "Godzilla" by Eminem feat. Juice WRLD fell out of the top ten to 13.
Drop Outs
Two big 2019 drop outs in this category with "Highest in the Room" and "Lose You to Love Me"by Selena Gomez both gone taking with them "German" by No Money Enterprise and "Turn Me On" by Riton feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula.
I am not going to complain that "The Reaper" by The Chainsmokers feat. Amy Shark is gone because that song is just...yikes however I am disappointed but not surprised that "Run" by Joji is gone, it's a good song and deserves to be a hit especially as the ARIA top 50 singles chart has been looking reasonably good so far this with good songs hitting the top ten.
New Entries
So what else hit the chart this week besides "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish at number four?
Well the only new Justin Bieber song to hit the chart within the top 50 was "Forever" feat. Post Malone and Clever at 29 which might say something about how lazy and cheap "Changes":is as an album.
Sam Smith arrives at 32 with the title track of his upcoming album called "To Die For".,A pretty mid tempo ballad that I kind of like tbh.
American group Surfaces have their first ARIA charting song with "Sunday Best" in at 36. Not at all a fan of this song so I hope it's not a hit.
Saint Jhn is in at 41 with "Roses", a song that's already top ten in the UK. Will it do the same in the Australia.
Finally after enormous radio push "Maniac" by Conan Gray is into the top 50 at 45 securing Gray his first song in the ARIA top 50.
So I am not expecting many BTS songs to hit the chart, we might get "On" but that's about it, we'll see what happens when the chart is updated on Saturday at 5pm AEDT
The Weeknd spends a fifth week at number one with "Blinding Lights" and right now I'm not seeing what challenges it. "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa remains at number two but its falling back on streaming and sales, it could get overtaken by "Intentions" by Justin Bieber feat. Quavo which unfortunately netted a ten place gain to hit number three but its sales and streaming are pretty good...let's hope that changes because its less of a love song to a woman but an ode to loving doing property taxes.
Billie Eilish snagged the highest debut of the week with her James Bond theme "No Time to Die" in at number four and I really don't expect this to stick around in the top ten even though it is excellent.
All of this was enough to push "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I back to number five as it gracefully begins its exit from the top ten, its bleeding sales and streams right now.
Also really suffering is "The Box":by Roddy Rich where sales just aren't matching the massive streaming.
give
Halsey's "You Should be Sad" dropped two places to number seven as it lost sales and streaming this week which is a little disappointing as this is one of her best singles to date (that might change if "3am" becomes a single, just saying)
Justin Bieber comes up again at number eight with "Yummy" making the biggest gain of the week to return to the top ten. This won't last thankfully, will be gone next week.
Lewis Capaldi falls one spot to number nine with "Before You Go", this should rise next week when the Bieber songs collapse.
Finally "Circles" by Post Malone drops three places to number ten.
Gains
The biggest gainer of the week was Justin Bieber's "Yummy" as I have already talked about getting an eleven place boost to number eight.
Doja Cat's "Say So" rose from 34 to 28...I do not understand the appeal of that song at all.
Losers
Weirdly enough the biggest loser was "10,000 Hours" by Dan and Shay feat. Justin Bieber as it fell 12 places to 49. Would have thought the Justin Bieber association might give it a rise or keep it stable this week,
"South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello and Cardi slumped 7 places to 47 while most pleasingly "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown plunged 7 spots to 50. Good riddance.
Onefour's "Welcome to Prison" couldn't take advantage of their big debut last week dropping nine places to 42.
Selena Gomez's "Rare" plummeted six to 38 while "Godzilla" by Eminem feat. Juice WRLD fell out of the top ten to 13.
Drop Outs
Two big 2019 drop outs in this category with "Highest in the Room" and "Lose You to Love Me"by Selena Gomez both gone taking with them "German" by No Money Enterprise and "Turn Me On" by Riton feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula.
I am not going to complain that "The Reaper" by The Chainsmokers feat. Amy Shark is gone because that song is just...yikes however I am disappointed but not surprised that "Run" by Joji is gone, it's a good song and deserves to be a hit especially as the ARIA top 50 singles chart has been looking reasonably good so far this with good songs hitting the top ten.
New Entries
So what else hit the chart this week besides "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish at number four?
Well the only new Justin Bieber song to hit the chart within the top 50 was "Forever" feat. Post Malone and Clever at 29 which might say something about how lazy and cheap "Changes":is as an album.
Sam Smith arrives at 32 with the title track of his upcoming album called "To Die For".,A pretty mid tempo ballad that I kind of like tbh.
American group Surfaces have their first ARIA charting song with "Sunday Best" in at 36. Not at all a fan of this song so I hope it's not a hit.
Saint Jhn is in at 41 with "Roses", a song that's already top ten in the UK. Will it do the same in the Australia.
Finally after enormous radio push "Maniac" by Conan Gray is into the top 50 at 45 securing Gray his first song in the ARIA top 50.
So I am not expecting many BTS songs to hit the chart, we might get "On" but that's about it, we'll see what happens when the chart is updated on Saturday at 5pm AEDT
Thursday, 20 February 2020
ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 17th February
This week may not mean much given the shake up that may come next week either courtesy of FireFight Australia concert (look at the current Australian iTunes chart...it's a mess) or (what might well be pretty unlikely given data) Justin Bieber album bomb thanks to "Changes" plus Billie Eilish released her James Bond theme called "No Time to Die" so next week could get pretty messy.
Anyway that's next week, we need to look at this week where it's a fourth week at number one for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and honestly this song is dominant across the board on both streaming and digital sales.
It held on comfortably from Dua Lipa's "Don't Start now which remained at number two as it wasn't able to bridge the gap to "Blinding Lights" on either streaming or digital sales but it remained ahead of "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which is stuck at number 3 In"The Box" by Roddy Ricch which is glued to number four (those sales numbers need to improve if it's to make a play at number one)
The biggest surprise of the week was Halsey's "You Should be Sad" jumping three places to number 5. I don't expect this song to stay in the top 5 not with Billie Eilish likely to debut top 5 however it pushed past "Godzilla" by Eminem and Juice WRLD down to number 6..
"Circles" by Post Malone continues to go nowhere and remains at number 7,
Sadly, the worst song in the top ten also went up one this week that being "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi at number eight, he managed to make "Someone You Loved" even worse at the Brit awards by claiming it was about his GRANDMOTHER...yikes.
Billie Eilish jumped one place to number nine while Tones and I's "Never Seen the Rain" jumped one place to number 10.
Gains
Quite surprisingly "Live in Life" by The Rubens jumped from 46 to 35 this week, this song has some traction so I guess we'll see what happens.
"Say So" by Doja Cat rose nine places to 34.
Losers
We had quite a few losers this week with the biggest being "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown finally on it's way out falling eleven places to 43.
Another 2019 hit finally on the way out is "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which fell from 39 to 46 while "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran, feat. Cabello and Cardi B dropped seven places to 40.
"Turn Me On" by Riton feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula dropped ten places to 50 while "Highest in the Room" by Travis Scott dropped to 41 from 34.
Drop Outs
Two big drop outs with the pretty good "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys gone after 36 weeks on the chart however it's good riddance to the worst hit song of 2019 "Hot Girl Bummer" by Blackbear.
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles is also gone taking "Eleven" by Khalid and "Only the Young" by Taylor Swift with it.
New Entries
Justin Bieber has the highest new entry of the week with "Intentions" feat. Quavo at 13 and giving it's doing well on sales and streaming expect this to go top ten next week. Joy (sarcasm).
Khalid and Disclosure are back with a new song called "Know Your Worth" in at 31 while OneFour are in at 33 with "Welcome to Prison"
In perhaps the best news of the week and by a mile the best new song of the five here, "Run" by Joji is in at 39, I don't expect this song to stick around but it'd be fantastic if it did and became a hit.
Finally Ali Gatie's follow up single "What If I Told You That I Love You" debuts at 49 despite being not much better than background noise.
Anyway I am not sure what we are going to get next week other than the chart being a mess but The Weeknd should keep number one for a fifth week, we'll have to wait til Saturday at 5pm AEDT to find out.
Anyway that's next week, we need to look at this week where it's a fourth week at number one for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and honestly this song is dominant across the board on both streaming and digital sales.
It held on comfortably from Dua Lipa's "Don't Start now which remained at number two as it wasn't able to bridge the gap to "Blinding Lights" on either streaming or digital sales but it remained ahead of "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I which is stuck at number 3 In"The Box" by Roddy Ricch which is glued to number four (those sales numbers need to improve if it's to make a play at number one)
The biggest surprise of the week was Halsey's "You Should be Sad" jumping three places to number 5. I don't expect this song to stay in the top 5 not with Billie Eilish likely to debut top 5 however it pushed past "Godzilla" by Eminem and Juice WRLD down to number 6..
"Circles" by Post Malone continues to go nowhere and remains at number 7,
Sadly, the worst song in the top ten also went up one this week that being "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi at number eight, he managed to make "Someone You Loved" even worse at the Brit awards by claiming it was about his GRANDMOTHER...yikes.
Billie Eilish jumped one place to number nine while Tones and I's "Never Seen the Rain" jumped one place to number 10.
Gains
Quite surprisingly "Live in Life" by The Rubens jumped from 46 to 35 this week, this song has some traction so I guess we'll see what happens.
"Say So" by Doja Cat rose nine places to 34.
Losers
We had quite a few losers this week with the biggest being "One Thing Right" by Marshmello and Kane Brown finally on it's way out falling eleven places to 43.
Another 2019 hit finally on the way out is "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello which fell from 39 to 46 while "South of the Border" by Ed Sheeran, feat. Cabello and Cardi B dropped seven places to 40.
"Turn Me On" by Riton feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula dropped ten places to 50 while "Highest in the Room" by Travis Scott dropped to 41 from 34.
Drop Outs
Two big drop outs with the pretty good "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys gone after 36 weeks on the chart however it's good riddance to the worst hit song of 2019 "Hot Girl Bummer" by Blackbear.
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles is also gone taking "Eleven" by Khalid and "Only the Young" by Taylor Swift with it.
New Entries
Justin Bieber has the highest new entry of the week with "Intentions" feat. Quavo at 13 and giving it's doing well on sales and streaming expect this to go top ten next week. Joy (sarcasm).
Khalid and Disclosure are back with a new song called "Know Your Worth" in at 31 while OneFour are in at 33 with "Welcome to Prison"
In perhaps the best news of the week and by a mile the best new song of the five here, "Run" by Joji is in at 39, I don't expect this song to stick around but it'd be fantastic if it did and became a hit.
Finally Ali Gatie's follow up single "What If I Told You That I Love You" debuts at 49 despite being not much better than background noise.
Anyway I am not sure what we are going to get next week other than the chart being a mess but The Weeknd should keep number one for a fifth week, we'll have to wait til Saturday at 5pm AEDT to find out.
2000s Sound: 20th February: "I Try" retakes number one as the chart is hit by an influx of new entries
We have a wild week in the top ten this week. A new entry debuting in the top ten, one of last week's debuts rising into the top ten but more importantly a change at number one so let's get right down to it.
Gains
Some fairly limited gains this week with the biggest being for "Bloke" by Chris Franklin up twelve to number 3 as I have already mentioned.
Marc Anthony's "I Need to Know" is up from 32 to 25 this week but that's about it.
Losers
There were some big losers right across the board this week, let's begin at number 28 where we find Will Smith's "Will 2K" after a ten place drop this week.
"Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez collapsed 13 places to 33. William Orbit's "Adagio for Strings" slumped 11 places to 34.
Deadstar's "Deeper Water" literally takes a deep plunge on the chart by dropping ten places to 38 while Aleesha Rome is still searching for heaven having dropped nine to 37 with "Search My Heaven". Cwline Dion's "That's the Way it is' dropped nine places to 43.
Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" had the biggest fall of the week dropping 16 places to 46 and finally TLC's "Dear Lie" dropped nine places to 47.
New Entries
We have an incredibly large number of new entries this week, I already mentioned Jessica Simpson at number ten with "I Wanna Love You forever" however another American blonde pop music youngster Mandy Moore has entered the chart at 16 with the rather catchy "Candy"
Hong Kong born American singer songwriter Coco Lee has her first ARIA chart entry with "Do You Want My Love" at number 20 while punk band 28 Days have the highest debuting Australian entry with "Here We Go at 21"
Oasis declare "Go Let It Out" in at 23.
Country superstar Shania T%wain is back with "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" and it's bowed at 41 while Deni Hines arrives at 42 with "Pull Up to the Bumper"
Taxiride are wondering "Can You Feel" at number 45.
Rising American R 'n' B group Destiny's Child enter at 48 with "Say My Name"/
Finally Shaft are in at 50 with "(Mucho Mambo) Sway'
The change at number one is that former number one "I Try" by Macy Gray has re-taken the top sport after a surprisingly strong sales week which pushed "Mascara" by Killing Heidi down to number two as sales began to fall off.
What might be the big threat is the big mover and the first of three songs either into the top ten or debuting in the top ten this week with "Bloke" by Chris Franklin rising twelve places to number three. This novelty song has a serious shot at number one sadly.
S Club 7 remained not bothered as "S Club Party" kept going for another week at number four.
Len had a bit of their sunshine taken by Chris Franklin as "Steal My Sunshine" dropped two places to number five.
Vanessa Amorosi's "Absolutely Everybody" remains at number six while Bloodhound Gang got a very bad touch that "The Bad Touch" move down two places to number seven.
Tina Cousins has been praying for this moment as "Pray" rose four places to be the second of the songs into the top ten at number eight.
Christina Aguilera's 'What a Girl Wants" drops two places to number nine while there's a new entry by an eighteen year old American, Jessica Simpson with her single "I Wanna Love You Forever" arriving at number ten and landing highest debut of the week.
Gains
Some fairly limited gains this week with the biggest being for "Bloke" by Chris Franklin up twelve to number 3 as I have already mentioned.
Marc Anthony's "I Need to Know" is up from 32 to 25 this week but that's about it.
Losers
There were some big losers right across the board this week, let's begin at number 28 where we find Will Smith's "Will 2K" after a ten place drop this week.
"Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez collapsed 13 places to 33. William Orbit's "Adagio for Strings" slumped 11 places to 34.
Deadstar's "Deeper Water" literally takes a deep plunge on the chart by dropping ten places to 38 while Aleesha Rome is still searching for heaven having dropped nine to 37 with "Search My Heaven". Cwline Dion's "That's the Way it is' dropped nine places to 43.
Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" had the biggest fall of the week dropping 16 places to 46 and finally TLC's "Dear Lie" dropped nine places to 47.
New Entries
We have an incredibly large number of new entries this week, I already mentioned Jessica Simpson at number ten with "I Wanna Love You forever" however another American blonde pop music youngster Mandy Moore has entered the chart at 16 with the rather catchy "Candy"
Hong Kong born American singer songwriter Coco Lee has her first ARIA chart entry with "Do You Want My Love" at number 20 while punk band 28 Days have the highest debuting Australian entry with "Here We Go at 21"
Oasis declare "Go Let It Out" in at 23.
Country superstar Shania T%wain is back with "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" and it's bowed at 41 while Deni Hines arrives at 42 with "Pull Up to the Bumper"
Taxiride are wondering "Can You Feel" at number 45.
Rising American R 'n' B group Destiny's Child enter at 48 with "Say My Name"/
Finally Shaft are in at 50 with "(Mucho Mambo) Sway'
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