2000 Sound: 18th June. Madison Avenue ask "Who the Hell Are You" from atop the chart.

This week was busy...especially in our top ten and more broadly on the chart so let's not waste any time and get straight into it where we have a new number one..."Who the Hell Are You?" by Madison Avenue which rode extraordinary sales momentum to take the number one spot this week. 

It's nearest challenger is "There You Go" by Pink which rose two places to number two this week and you know...it MIGHT have the moment to get to to number one if the songs behind it weren't strong which is where "Thong Song" by Sisqo comes into the picture having jumped three places to number three because Australians still think he is singing about about a woman wearing the footwear rather than g-strings.

All of this pushed last week's number one "Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears back to number four and left it in a pretty awkward spot going forward because it doesn't really have the ability to challenge the front runners on the chart and it's also coming under threat from "Freestyler" by Bomfunk MCs which climbed 5 spots to number five and looks set to be a challenger for number one which is unfortunate because the song sucks.

The rest of the top ten ate songs that got belted by the moves above it basically with "Never Be The Same" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes down four to number six. "He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton hit a two place skid to number seven while Vanessa Amorosi had a little "Shine" scrubbed off down one to eight.

Destiny's Child lost out big down six places to number nine with "Say My Name" while Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" fell one place to number ten.

Gains

Not too many big gains this week with the biggest gain being for Faith Hill's "Breathe" which climbed from 42 to hit 28 this week, this is huge in the US so I wouldn't be surprised if it picked up more traction in the weeks ahead.

Fragma's "Toca's Miracle" had a good five place gain to 15 this week.

Re-Entries

Australia cannot decide what to do with "Back At One" by Brian McKnight so it's back at number 41.

Losers

Oof, it's been a busy week on this front, let's start with the former chart toppers that lost big this week with "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSync down from 22 to 39 while "Poison" by Bardot slipped from 24 to 36.

The big plunges also happened for former top ten hits as "Adelante" by Sash! plummeted from 13 to 24 this week while "Candy" by Mandy Moore dropped eleven places to 49 this week.Ouch,

New Entries

So apart from "Who the Hell Are You" by Madison Avenue debuting at number one, what else debuted this week?

The Vengaboys are in at 13 with their newest single "Shalalala Lala" while the rest of the debuts are in the 40s including for Australian band Invertigo with their first ARIA charting single called "Desensitized" at number 40 (this song is pretty good. Please check it out)

Also in with a new single at 48 is Midnight Oil's cover of Russell Morris song "The Real Thing"...this is a thing apparently...

Finally Eiffel 65 hit the charts again at 50 with "Too Much of Heaven"

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 15th June. Muted week is somehow also busy

A quiet week overall in terms of new releases meant that we got a strangely Tmuted but still busy week with just one new entry but moves up and down the charts.

Let's start with where it wasn't busy in the slightest at the very top of the chart where "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat.Roddy Ricch has extended its stay at number one by another week and let me tell you now, this song has a pretty solid hold on number one as it rules on streaming and while sales aren't quite there, it streaming is enough to give this song top spot for awhile.

The next three songs aren't likely to challenge for the top with "Roses" by Saint Jhn back up to number two and "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd back up to number three, both because "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande began falling apart on streaming and sales softened to make fall back to number four and all that makes it vulnerable to what's behind it.

"Breaking Me" by Topic feat. A7S looks to be a likely player for the top spot soon as it climbed to number seven as it took the sales lead and is gaining rapidly on streaming.

Gaining a surprise boost this week was "Supalonely" by Benee feat. Gus Dapperton which rose back into the top ten up five places to six mostly thanks to streaming.

All this was enough to push "Say So" by Doja Cat down two places to number seven this week as sales for this song have finally lost some steam as have sales...thank goodness.

"Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion recovered two places to number eight thanks mostly to streaming.

The big loser of all the frantic reshuffling in the top ten is "Stuck With U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber as it fell three places to number nine this week mostly because nobody remembers this song exists.

Finally "Death Bed" by POwfu feat. Beabadoobee fell one place to number ten and seems to be on the way out.

Gains

The biggest gain of the week belonged to S1mba's "Rover" feat. DTG which went up eleven places to 25 this week.

"Ride It" by Regard recovered five places to 30 while Lil Mosey's "Blueberry Faygo" regained some ground by jumping six places to 34. 

"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles seems headed for the top ten as it rose four to twelve this week...this song has some serious momentum behind it right now. Unfortunately the same could be said for "Go Crazy" by Chris Brown and Young Thug which rose four places to 16 somehow.

Re-Entries

There were two re--entries this week with "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish back at 49 and "Life is by Future feat. Drake at 50. 

Losers 

Can't really complain about the big losers this week with the biggest being the generally mediocre "Sour Candy" by Lady Gaga and Blackpink falling forty places to 48. 

The Scotts dropped eleven places to 36 with "The Scotts".

Drop outs.

Gone are "Stupid Love" by Lady Gaga following it's re-entry on the back of the album last week, it took "Bruises" by Lewis Capaldi (thank god, two songs souring up the chart is more than enough without a need for a third) and "Daisies" by Katy Perry.

New Entries

Just the one new entry this week with Brando's "Look into my Eyes" debuting at 41 this week, it features an interpolation of the chorus of  Eddie and Charles 1992 hit "Would I Lie to You" (I guarantee most of you haven't thought about that song in ages)

Anyway that wraps up this week's chart review, another pretty quiet week for new releases so this week's chart will be interesting when it's released on Saturday at 5pm.

2000 Sound: 11th June. Britney Does it Again at number one as Bardot wishes they never let us go

So this week was busy with plenty of new entries and moves in the top ten...just not at number one where "Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears remains at number one due to strong sales yet again, it held off a sudden resurgence from "Never Be the Same Again" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes which rebounded one place to number two probably due to the fact that "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child had a sudden slow down in sales however it did hold off "There You Go" by Pink which remains at number four.

Completing the top five is "He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton which climbed one place to number five. Sisqo continues to climb the chart with "Thong Song" up four to number six (Is this what a meme song would look like in 2000?), they both helped to push "Shine" by Vanessa Amorosi down two places to number seven.

Then we have "Holiday" by Naughty by Nature and "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi steady at numbers eight and nine respectively.

Rounding out the top ten is "Freestyler" by Bomfunk MCs which climbed three places to number ten because we need more awful music in the top ten.

Gains

Most of the big gains come within the top twenty with "Rip It Up" by 28 Days up eight spots to 12 this week, can see this being a top ten hit down the track.

Kaylan's "Rock Me All Night" got a surprise seven place boost to 14 while "Day & Night" is up five to to 11 for Billie Piper.

Aqua's "Around the World" is up from 41 to 35 this week.

Re-Entries

Two re-entries and they both keep bouncing on and off the chart wth "SexBomb" by Tom Jones and Moussse T back at 47 and "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit back at 50 (we can have better rock on the charts than Limp Bizkit, people...come on)

Losers

A lot of the big losers were songs that were already on their way out like "Candy" by Mandy Moore dropping ten places to 28, "Pure Shores" by All Saints also dropping ten places to 45. "Bloke" by Chris Franklin plunged six to 48 and "Poison" by Bardot losing ten places to 24 (More on Bardot in the new entries)

"Adelante" by Sash! fell out of the top ten down six to 13 this week after a pretty impressive top ten run while "Don't Give Up" by Chicane dropped from 11 to 19.

New Entries

Three new entries this week with Bardot earning the highest new entry of the week with their second single "I Should've Never Let You Go" at 15, this song is so much better than "Poison", it's not even close.

German trance group Fragma have hit the charts with "Toca's Miracle" new in at 20, this song has been big in Europe so not surprising it's hit the Australian chart.

Finally in at 21 is Aussie band The Whitlams with "Blow Up The Pokies"...objectively the best of the new arrivals this week. Be interested to see if this becomes a hit.

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 8th June. A sweet top ten debut for "Sour Candy"

This week was a busy one, a couple of new entries and some shifts up the chart that are worth a mention (a bit complain about too but we'll get to that when we go through the gains this week) but let's deal with our rather stagnant top ten first where for yet another week, it's "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch at number one and again it's because of streaming and it's utter dominance there.

The release of "Chromatica" really didn't help "Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, which remained at number two, to challenge for the top spot because again streaming is letting this song down. Gaga and Ariana fans, you cannot complain about it not going number one if you aren't going to stream "Rain On Me" yourselves!. Sales are good so I don't see this falling from number two for awhile.

The same could be said for "Roses" by Saint JHN which remains at number 3 as its sales and streaming are still reasonably solid right now, also for "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd glued to number four with sales and streaming still remarkably good (likely to be the biggest hit in Australia this year right now)

"Say So" by Doja Cat remains steady at number five and "Stuck witb U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber at number six...although let's hope these two songs are on the way out because they both suck.

A seven place gain has seen Topic's "Breaking Me" feat. A7S break into the top ten at number 7, don't be surprised if this song is a future number one hit.

The highest new entry of the week belongs to Lady Gaga with the help of k-pop girl group Blackpink as "Sour Candy" debuts at number eight. I am not certain this song will stick around though, it's already fading on streaming.

:"Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee slipped two places to number nine thanks to a slip on streaming while "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion also dropped two places to number ten.

Gains

So there is a little bit to complain about in the gains because the biggest gain of the week is "Go Crazy" by Chris Brown and Young Thug up fourteen spots to break into the top 20 at number twenty for some bizarre reason...probably to do with Tiktok.

"Party Girl" by StaySolid Rocky unfortunately continued to climb, it's up to 29 from 37. We don't need this garbage to become a hit, people.

Also breaking into the top ten is "This City" by Sam Fischer whichr rose from 21 up to 17 this week. Great news for Sam. 

The release of Kygo's album "Golden Hour" helped "Lose Somebody" feat. OneRepublic to rise from 43 to 31 this week. 

Re-Entries

The lone re-entry is "Stupid Love" by Lady Gaga at number 45 off the back of the release of "Chromatica"

Losers

So the biggest loser this week was "Gooba" by Soundcloud Waifu which dived from 23 to 37 proving once again that Soundcloud Waifu has one week shock value but that's about it.

"Daisies" by Katy Perry wilted six places to 50 while "After Party" by Don Toliver is finally packing up and going home to sleep off the hang over down to 44.

"Blueberry Faygo" by Lil Mosey has passed it's best before date dropping eight places to 40.while "If the World Was Ending" by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels may start feeling like their chart run could be over soon as it fell from 33 to 39.

"Boss Bitch" by Doja Cat got fired from 25 down to 34 while :"In Your Eyes" by The Weeknd suffered a poke in the eye down from 15 to 28.

Drop Outs

So we lost "Life Is Good" by Future and Drake (good!), "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (I like the song but it had it's time) and "Lose Control" by Meduza feat. Becky Hill and Goodboys (Likely makes the year end list but yeah it had spent 30 weeks on the chart).

The only song I am sad to see gone is "Righteous" by Juice WRLD. That song deserved so much better...

New Entries

So we have two other new entries other than "Sour Candy" by Lady Gaga and Blackpink at number eight.

Lewis Capaldi is at number 46 with "Bruises" while "Ur So F****** Cool" by Tones and I debuts at 49.

That wraps the week. I think a change of number one is out of the question unless "Rockstar" suffers a shocking collapse. bit of a quiet week on the new release front with sales giving Daryl Braithwaite some hope of notching a song on the chart, we'll find out when ARIA updates the chart on Saturday at 5pm

2000 Sound: 4th June 2000. Australia, Sisqo isn't singing about god damn footwear!

This week is kind of chaotic, it was a busy one too as we got some big moves, your standard mix of new entries and...a new number one so let's not waste any more time and get to our top ten where taking number one is "Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears, her second number one in Australia and it got there because Alof some seriously good sales being enough to edge out "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child which fell to number two this week on slowing sales.

This places "Never Be the Same Again" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in an awkward place because it doesn't really have the sales to challenge the top two and is more under threat from Pink's "There You Go" which climbed two places to number four (this song's success has been surprising, Pink is having a break out year), it pushed past "Shine" by Vanessa Amorosi which fell one to number five.

Toni Braxton's "He Wasn't Man Enough" is upending everything I said about top ten debuts not sticking around as it climbed one place to number six.

"Adelante" by Sash! is heading out as it fell two places to number seven while "Holiday" by Naughty by Nature climbed one place to number 8.

Rounding out the top ten are two arrivals to the top ten, that being "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi climbing from 15 to 9 this week, it had a good sales week but Sisqo's "Thong Song" climbed THIRTY places to hit number ten...seriously? We really want a song about asking to see a woman's thong in the top ten? He isn't singing about fucking footwear, Australia!.

Gains

Already talked about "Thong Song"...it's the biggest gainer this week but also gaining big is the pretty awful "Freestyler" by Bomfunk MCs which climbed nine places to 13.

Another big gainer is Groove Terminator's "One More Time (The Sunshine Song" which climbed from 41 to 25 this week. 

"Put Your Lights On" by Santana frat. Everlast jumped nine places to 34 this week as did Moloko's "The Time is Now" to 36.

Faith Hill's "Breathe" is up eight places to 40

Re-Entries

Just the one re-entry this week with Westlife's "Flying Without Wings" back at 45. 

Losers

It was an ugly week on this front but the biggest loser was M2M's "Mirror Mirror" which just hasn't been able to get any moment going as it tumbled from 30 to 43.

Former number one "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC slipped seven places to 17 this week. while Bardot's "Poison" took a hit from number 8 to 14. Ouch!

"All The Small Things" by Blink 182 dropped seven to number 27.

New Entries

Billie Piper is back on the charts with her new single "Day & Night" and it's the highest new entry this week at number 16.

The other two new entries are from Aussies with Sydney band Lo-Tel landing their first ARIA charting song with "Teenager of the Year" at 48 while "Somebody Like You" by Jimmy Christo from The Wog Boy soundtrack is in at 50. 

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 1st June. Rockstar reigns on Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

I think this week was slower somewhat predictable if you looked at the numbers. Only two new entries with one of those in the top ten plus some moves up and down the chart that make a lot of sense but anyway let's get to the top ten where much to the consternation of the stans on Twitter, "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch scored a second week at number one due to fantastic streaming (this song is a monster on streaming right now and reasonable sales saw it pretty much look comfortable in hanging onto the number one spot.

This takes us to the new number two which is the new entry from Lady Gaga who brought Ariana Grande along for the ride on "Rain On Me" and it was never really a player for number one because yes while sales were fantastic, streaming while good was nowhere near at "Rockstar" levels but despite this some on Twitter got upset that "Rain On Me" didn't debut at number one like they'd hoped, here's the thing, you can get upset about it but when "Rockstar" outstreamed "Rain On Me" for the majority of last week then there's no reason for the upset and anyway there's probably some chance that "Rain On Me" will go number one with the release of Lady Gaga's album "Chromatica" if streaming picks up a bit.

All of this leaves "Roses" by Saint Jhn in a strange place down one to number three, its still got good streaming and sales but it's not going to go back to number one, nor is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd which dropped back to number four (it's still the year's biggest hit  so far)

Holding steady at number five is "Say So" by Doja Cat but sales are starting to slow down as is streaming so really it's not going to go higher on the chart now.

What did fall was "Stuck With U" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber which took a hit down two places to number six, I don't expect this song to stick around given it's apparently for charity that they really haven't pushed too hard in the last two weeks which I find odd to say the least.

"Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee rose one place to number seven on the back of solid sales and streaming for some reason, this song has only gotten worse in the last few weeks.

Although the rise was helped by the two place fall taken by "Savage" by Meghan Thee Stallion down two places to number eight.

:"Supalonely" by BENEE feat Gus Dapperton remains at number nine this week, I expect this to be one song gone from the top ten next week along with "Toosie Slide" by Drake which thankfully took a three place plunge to number ten, looks like Australia are recovering some sense of their musical tastebuds, I was getting worried for awhile.

Gains

Some big gains right across the board this week with the biggest being for "In Your Eyes" by The Weeknd which rose a massive 27 spots to 15 this week courtesy of it getting a remix from Doja Cat.

A song I expect to see in the top ten soon is "Breaking Me" by Topic feat. A7S which climbed 11 spots to number 14. 

Re-Entries

So just the one re-entry this week with "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles which re-entered at 19 this week because Styles label decided to make it the next official single from the album rather than "Falling" thus making the top 20 much better (Overall the top 20 is a step up from what it has been in the past few weeks)

Losers

It's my pleasing duty to report that Soundcloud Waifu's "Gooba" has no longevity whatsoever as it fell 9 places this week to 23...good...

Also falling nine was "You Should Be Sad" by Halsey to 29 unfortunately. I still like that song but hey...it's had a better run on the chart than I expected.

Down eight places to to 39 is "The Box" by Roddy Ricch.

Sadly "Righteous" by Juice WRLD seems likely to fall off the chart next week as it tumbled six places to 49.

Drop Outs

Three songs left the chart this week with the biggest probably being "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas, it's secured it's place on the year end list.

The other two are unfortunately "Physical" by Dua Lipa and "Rushing Back" by Flume and Vera Blue. It will be touch and go as to whether they make the year end list.

New Entries

So apart from "Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande entering the chart at number two, there was one other new entry this week and it comes at number 34 from a collaboration mixtape from Chris Brown and Young Thug, the song is called "Go Crazy"...(it's not good at all)

Anyway that wraps up a pretty easy week on the chart, we'll have to wait and see on Saturday at 5pm to see if Lady Gaga's "Chromatica" has any impact on the singles chart while there may possibly be a new entry from Tones and I. 

2000 Sound: 28th May: Vanessa Amorosi shines her way to a top five debut while Sisqo asks the ladies if he can see their thong

Alright so there's plenty helping this week including a slew of new entries. Pity that doesn't include the very top of our top ten where Destiny's Child rules for a fourth week with "Say My Name" however that grip on number one is being challenged by "Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears which is closing the sales margin and may well overtake "Say My name" next week.

All this leaves "Never be the Same Again" by Mel C and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes out in the cold a bit remaining at at number three as it's not really a challenger for number one right now, it just doesn't have the numbers the songs above it does.

For yet another week, there's a new entry to the chart in the top ten and it comes from Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi with "Shine", this ballad had an excellent first week of sales and yeah, it's nice to see an Aussie artist debut a new song so highly, it pushed "Adelante" by Sash! back to number five (I am just surprised this is hanging on as well as it is).

Pink's "There You Go" rose three places to number six and remains a contender to go top five, it's got some very real traction right now so wouldn't be surprised.

Toni Braxton continues to confound everything I said about top ten debuts a few weeks ago as "He Wasn't Man Enough" remains at number seven this week.

Bardot's "Poison" continues to fall, this time three places to number eight and really Pink's big move up to six might have triggered a domino effect because "Holiday" by Naughty by Nature took a one place fall to number nine and "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC dropped four places to number ten...okay, that last one might have happened anyway.

Gains.

The slew of new entries meant that big gains were limited this week however Shaft's "Mambo Italiano" broke into the top ten up from 24 to 17 as did "Rock Me All Night" by Kaylan up from 22 to 18, those two brought along Matchbox Twenty's "Bent" which rose eight places to 19 this week.

M2M's "Mirror Mirror" rose six places to 30 this week. Again, I am not certain this song will be a hit.

Christine Anu's "Sunshine on a Rainy Day' rose ten places to 33 in one of the biggest gains of the week.

Re-Entries

Just the one return this week with Ilanda's "Breakin' There's No Stoppin' Us" back at number 38. 

Losers

There were plenty of big losers this week, Five's "Don't Wanna Let You Go" suddenly let go of number 19 to hit number 28 this week. 

:"Still" by Macy Gray got moving except it was in the wrong direction down from 21 last week to 35! Ouch!. "Bloke" by Chris Franklin lost it's ockers down nine to 39 this week.

Vanessa Amorosi's big top ten hit "Absolutely Everybody" suddenly hit the skids to fall ten places to 44 while Oblivia fell twelve places to 47 with "My Friend" and Christina Aguilera's ballad "I Turn to You" dropped nine places to 49 (not surprising, its a strange turn for Christina).

In the most pleasing news of this week is that "American Pie" by Madonna is on the brink of the exit dropping nine to fifty. Thank fucking christ for that. 

New Entries

We have a busy...and varied week in the new entries, folks. I already mentioned "Shine" by Vanessa Amorosi debuting in the top ten at number four but outside of that we also got rockers 28 Days with "Rip It Up" in at 16.

Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MCs. have their first Australian charting song with "Freestyler" in at 22 (it's not a good song at all)

An American rock supergroup that includes Tool front man Maynard Keenan called A Perfect Circle are in at 25 with "Judith". Bit of a surprise there!.

Aqua's "Around the World" arrive at 36 while American hip hop act Sisqo has his first Australian charting song asking ladies if he can see their thong in "Thong Song" at number 40.

Dance act Groove Terminator arrive at 41 with "One More Time (The Sunshine Song)".