ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 9th November. Positions lands album bomb for Ariana Grande

 I was tempted to just ignore this week and not worry about covering it mostly because everyone is busy watching the US Presidential election play out as though it's an episode of "Days Of Our Lives" or one of those stupid American soaps, nobody really gives a shit about the pop charts right now especially when it's not particularly an interesting week, right?

Well okay...we may as well deal with the charts because we did get an album bomb from Ariana Grande who got seven new songs from her album "positions" onto the top fifty on the singles chart while the album debuted at number two on the ARIA top 50 albums behind Midnight Oil's "The Makarrata Project" however "oositions" album release was enough to keep the title track at number one for a second week however it's dying in slow motion on sales with streaming propping it up for now.

It held on ahead of "Mood" by 24k Goldn and Iann Dior which spent another week at number two as it also is leaking on sales but like "positions" is holding its place on streaming however it does also hve a remix feat. Justin Bieber and J Balvin that might just see it nab another week at number one.

A song that could make a play for number one is "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry feat. MNEK which is doing well on sales and finally picking up some traction on streaming again, it held up over "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper which again remained at number four.

"Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna feat. NAV and Don Toliver up one place to five, it's got consistent streaming that's keeping it afloat in the top ten as it flew past "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion as it is beginning to fade naturally down place to number six.

"What You Know Bout Love" by the late Pop Smoke rose one place to number seven as it continues to look like it might have a run in the top ten, following it up is unfortunately "You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae up one to number eight, we don't need bland derivative Billie Eilish rip offs on the chart, people!

Now we hit the first evidence of the Ariana Grande album bomb with "34+35" debuting at number nine, not surprising as it is being touted as the next single from the album.

Finally "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac is down three places to number ten as the virality wears off but I suspect it should still make the year end list.

Gains

Not too many big gains given it is an album bomb week but we did get "Diamonds" by Sam Smith having the biggest gain of the week up  ten places to 33 thanks to the release of Sam's album "Love Goes"

"So Done" by The Kid Laroi up four places to 16, this song looks like blowing up in the USA somehow which is unfortunate because it's not that good.

Re Entries

Just the one return this week with "Golden" by Harry Styles back at number 41.

Losers

We have a slew of losers this week and most of them are set to make the year regardless, well, maybe apart from the week's biggest loser "Forever After All" by Luke Combs which slipped 20 spots to 34 unfortunately (this should hopefully rebound as the Ariana album tracks leave the chart)

The rest of these are pretty much locked on the year end list like "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa down ten places to 50 or "What's Poppin'" by Jack Harlow also down ten to 49, "Go Crazy" by Chris Brown and Young Thug down 12 places to 48, "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande down nine places to 44 (bit of a surprise, would have thought this song would get a rebound considering Ariana is involved with it) and "Mood Swings" by Pop Smoke down from 34 to 46 this week.

"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I slipped from 37 to 43 while "This City" by Sam Fischer dropped nine places to 47, "My Ex's Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly feat. Blackbear dropped six places to 36.

Some of these will likely rebound next week so we'll have to see.

Drop Outs

Nine drop outs and there are some massive ones here like "Circles" by Post Malone which leaves after 60 weeks on the ARIA singles chart (it's also left the Billboard Hot 100)

Also gone are songs likely to make year end list like "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi,  "Popstar" by DJ Khaled and Drake and possibly "Heather" by Conan Gray.

The Ariana Grande album bomb also saw "Kings & Queens" by Ava Max, "Everybody Rise" by Amy Shark, "Secrets' by Regard, "Train Wreck" by James Arthur and "Together" by Sia

New Entries

So the only non Ariana Grande new entry came from Onefour who teamed up with The Kid Laroi for "My City" which is in at number 28.

As for the Ariana Grande songs, I already mentioned "34+35" in at number 9 but beyond that? Well, "Motive" feat. Doja Cat slots in at 19, "Off the Table" feat. The Weeknd is in at number 32, "Pov" checks in at 39 (the best song from the album), "Just Like Magic" waves its wand at 40, "Safety Net"
feat. Ty Dolla Sign makes it's landing at 42 and somewhat appropriately "Shut Up" zips in at 45.

That wraps up a busy week, shaping like we're going to be seeing some more new The Kid Laroi on the chart next week. Hopefully one or two songs from that new Kylie Minogue album cross over but we'll find out when ARIA updates their charts at 5pm on Saturday.

2000 Sound. 5th November. Spice Girls given something to Holler about by Spiller's flying Groovejet

 So this week we finally got some stability at the very top of the ARIA singles chart and I am kind of glad of that because I was starting to get frustrated at the revolving door cycle of number ones we were having but anyhow let's get to the top ten where for a second week, it's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Spiller at the top again riding some pretty solid sales. it kept hold of the top spot despite a surge from a new entry from the Spice Girls (now minus Geri) called "Holler" which debuted at number two which I guess got hype off the back of the curiosity of how the group would sound without Geri Halliwell.

However it looks like Wheatus are going to be the big challenger for number one as it rose two places to number three on the back of some pretty good sales, this song could well be the next number one, hell it flew past "Beautiful Day" by U2 which remained steady at number four and right behind them is this week's big top ten gainer "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba which flew into up six places to number five! Wowsers!

"She Bangs" by Ricky Martin has less bang this week as it clattered down three places to number six while Craig David  asking to be filled in at number seven for another week with "Fill Me In"

Pink's "Most Girls" got hit with a six place drop as it slipped down to number eight while unfortunately up a place is "B-Boys & Flygirls" to number nine.

Finally rounding out the top ten is "On A Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue.

Gains

Continuing it's rise is "Friends Forever (Graduation)" by Vitamin C which hit the top 20 up from 22 to 17 this week, this song will hit the top ten eventually.

"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo rose five places to 31. One of the biggest rises of the week belongs to American rock band Matchbox Twenty as they climbed ten places to 38 which is fine because I like the song while Bardot's "These Days" recovered nine places to 33.

Losers

Let's deal with a lot of losers this week so we'll start with the hits that are fading naturally like Britney Spears "Lucky" down eleven places to 48 and "Try Again" by Aaliyah which dropped from 31 to 44 this week (ouch).

Dropping out of the top ten is "Come On Over Baby (All I Want is You)" by Christina Aguilera which dropped from 9 to 16 this week.

Then there are songs that have just lost all momentum like "Rome Wasn't Built in a day" by Morcheeba which plunged eleven places to 49, "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" by Nine Days dropping nine places to 41, "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche" by 98 Degrees slipped eight places to number 37 while Girl Thing's "Last One Standing" got sat down at 35 down from 28.

New Entries

So what else turned up this week apart from the Spice Girls having the biggest new entry of the week with "Holler" at number two?

Well, Jimmy Barnes is at 18 with his cover of Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools". The Offspring have let "Original Prankster" off the chain at number 39 while Blink 182 are shouting "Man Overboard" lodging at 40.

Finally, Paul Kelly's "Roll on Summer (EP)" debuts at number 50

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 2nd November. Ariana Grande positions herself at number one.

So this week was probably a bit busier than I would have liked given there's likely an Ariana Grande album bomb coming next week (despite the album being fine but pretty underwhelming) because we've got four new entries and some big moves in the top twenty but let's start with the biggest story of the week, our new number one which is "positions" by Ariana Grande, it got there through solid sales and streaming and should hold onto number one for a couple of weeks post the album release and while the song is not bad, it's like the album...underwhelming that said I think my opinion on the song is somewhat soured by the behaviour of some of Ariana's fanbase during the week however I will save my bake of stan Twitter for the year end worst list though.

Anyway all that was enough to push "Mood" by 24k Goldn and Iann Dior down to number two...I would have liked to have seen this remain number one as I think it is the better song, the same can be said for "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK which slipped to number three.

"Holy" by Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper continues to linger like herpes on the genitals by remaining at number four.

"WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion is finally on it's way out as it bled on streaming and on sales to drop two places to number five.

Also remaining steady this week is "Lemonade" by Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver and NAV at number six.

The virality slipping away has seen "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac fall two spots to number seven...honestly this should be enough to seal a year end spot but we'll have to see in January. Pop Smoke's "What You Know Bout Love" dropped one place to number eight.

Staying at number nine is "You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae....hopefully Ariana's album bomb knocks this out of the top ten and stalls it's momentum.

Speaking of  momentum that's dying off, "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo slipped down two places to number ten.

Gains

Pretty quiet on the gains front with the biggest gain being for "Levitating (remix)" by Dua Lipa feat DaBaby which rose nine places to 13 while "Diamonds" by Sam Smith rose four to 43 this week ("Diamonds" should get a boost  off the back of the album release next week)

Losers

The biggest loser this week is "Kings & Queens" by Ava Max which got dethroned from 42 to 48 this week while "Everybody Rise" is doing the opposite of the songs title in collapsing down from 43 to 49.

Drop Outs

So there are four drop outs this week with "Wishing Well" by Juice WRLD, "Adore You" by Harry Styles, "Be Kind" by Marshmello and Halsey and "Look Into My Eyes" by Brando all gone

New Entries

So beyond Ariana Grande's "positions" debuting at number one, we did have three other new entries with American country star Luke Combs achieving his highest ever singles chart position in Australia thanks to the deluxe release of his album thanks to the song "Forever After All" debuting at number 14, I am all for this happening, it's the best country song to hit the ARIA top 50 in such a long time.

The Kid LAROI's "So Done" arrives at number 20 while James Arthur's "Train Wreck" turns up at number 45 thanks to virality on TikTok.

So next week, we should see what carnage Ariana Grande can create with the "positions" album bomb when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday. 

2000 Sound: 29th October: If This Ain't Love for Spiller Groovejetting to number 1

Another busy old week on the ARIA singles chart where for yet another week we have a new number one courtesy of Spiller's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" which climbed two places hit the top spot...and really when you think about it it was about time, it's an open question of whether it will stay at number one but it locked "Most Girls" by Pink out of top spot as it remained at number two for another week.

Ricky Martin has this week's highest debut at number three with "She Bangs" thanks to massive sales that couldn't quite match the top two. 

All this meant last week's number one "Beautiful Day" by U2 got pushed back to number four as sales fell off following it's debut at number one last week but it's going come under threat from "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus which had the biggest gain of anything inside the top ten as it rose five places to number five.

Hell, it blew right place "On A Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue which suffered a two place stumble to number six while Craig David's "Fill Me In" recovered one place to number seven. 

Mostly because "Shackles (Praise You)" by Mary Mary slipped three places to number eight, it's on its way out. 

Rising two places to number nine is "Come On Over Baby (All I Want is You)" by Christina Aguilera, this song could climb higher in the weeks ahead, it's got traction, it pushed back "B-Boys & Flygirls" by Bomfunk MCs which slipped one place to number ten which is good news but I just hope it leaves the chart altogether sooner rather than later.

Gains

In good news "Black Coffee" by All Saints rebounded from 45 up to 25. That song is still a really damn good one. 

Vitamin C's "Friends Forever (Graduation)" continues to pick up steam as it rose from 29 to 22. 

Green Day's "Minority" climbed six places to 30 while "Lady (Hear Me Tonight" by Modjo jumped from 41 to 36 because it's a hit in the making.

Losers

Most of the big losses came for songs that have been hits this year and are on their way out anyway like Madonna's "Music" which fell nine places to 16, "Rock DJ" by Robbie Williams tumbled seven spots to 13, "Try Again" by Aaliyah tumbled from 26 to 31, "We Will Rock You" by Five and Queen got rocked down nine spots to 33, "Lucky" by Britney Spears had its luck run out as it collapsed from 25 to 37, "Breathless" by The Corrs lived up to it's name by sliding ten to 40 and finally "I'm Outta Love" by Anastacia collapsed from 31 to 47.

There are two songs that just haven't quite got going with "These Days" by Bardot having its days on the chart drawing to a close down ten to 42 while "Out of Your Mind" bt True Steppers feat. Victoria Beckham dropped from 38 to 44 as it sputters to an end of its run.

New Entries

So I already mentioned "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin being the highest debut of the week at number three so let's see what else turned up on the chart...

The Living End are back at number 18 with their latest single called "Pictures in the Mirror", Sash! sees into the chart at number 39 with "With My Own Eyes" and finally Matchbox Twenty are back on the chart at number 48 with "If You're Gone"

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 26th October. Lonely Levitating Proves it CAN levitate

 So here we have another quiet week on the ARIA singles chart which I am grateful for considering the album bomb that is coming from Ariana Grande in two weeks time...not to mention the impact she might well make next week with her new single but that's all ahead of us next week, let's stick to this week and the current top ten where right at the very top is "Mood" by24k Goldn and Ian Diorr which spends a fourth week at number one and really while it's dependent on the numbers "positions" by Ariana Grande does this week, I'm confident "Mood" will get another week at the top given "positions" really has underwhelmed on both streaming and sales in it's first full days since it's release on Friday afternoon...got to wonder if people are feeling the burnout with Ariana Grande...

Anyway, we finally saw change at number two with "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK which gained on both sales and streaming to climb to number two, it pushed past "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion which has just lost sales in a big way and finally started to bleed on streaming to slip to number three.

Its coming under threat unfortunately from "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper which climbed one spot to number four, it took advantage of "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac starting to show signs of losing some of that virality as it slipped one place to number five.

All that saw "Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna feat. NAV and Don Toliver remain steady at uumber six as all this song has is streaming.

Speaking of just having streaming its pretty much the same for Pop Smoke's "What You Know Bout Love" which rose one place to number seven, it did push back "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo to number eight as it is fading naturally. 

Tate McRae remains at number nine with "You Broke Me First" while spending it's first week inside the top ten unfortunately is "Put Your Records On" by Ritt Momney and most likely ensuring it's a candidate for my worst list.

Gains

So there really only is one gain worth talking about here and fortunately it's on the good side with "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat DaBaby which went up from 35 to 22 this week. ARIA corrected the error from last week and credited the DaBaby remix thank goodness but this looks like being a hit as it has solid momentum on both streaming and sales which for me is a nightmare as there are already three other Dua Lipa songs in contention for best list.

Re-Entries

We got two really damn good songs back in the top 50, "Adore You" by Harry Stylrs at 48 and "Be Kind" by Marshmello feat. Halsey at 49

Losers

Like the gains, here's not much worth mentioning here with the biggest loser being "Together" by Sia down five to 41.

Drop Outs

Three songs gone are "Mr Right Now" by 21 Savage and Metro Boomin feat. Drake, "Franchise" by Travis Scott feat. Young Thug and Drake and "Ride It" by Regard.

New Entry

Just the one new entry courtesy of Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco who have teamed up for "Lonely" at number 14, it's legit the best song Justin Bieber has done in awhile in that's just decent rather than mediocre or terrible.

So that wraps up a pretty quiet week...next week, Ariana Grande arrives with "positions" and honestly I am not sure it's in the fight for the number one spot based on the numbers so we'll see what happens when the chart updates at 5pm on Saturday. 

2000 Sound: 22nd October. it's a Beautiful Day to be Friends Forever with a Teenage Dirtbag

Another week and yet another change right at the very top and plenty of moves up and down the chart yet again, the new number one comes from a new entry from U2 with their new single "Beautiful Day", it got to number one on the back of massive sales but I don't see it staying at number one.

If not for U2, it would have almost certainly meant Pink's "Most Girls", stuck at number two, would have gone back to number one but it is starting to show signs of weakening which makes it vulnerable to "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Spiller which also remained at three but is an incredibly strong chance of taking number one if not next week...very soon.

All of this saw "On A Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue drop three places to number four and "Shackles (Praise You)" by Mary Mary down one to number five.

What is remaining steady is "Rock DJ" by Robbie Williams at number six, this song is actually surprisingly consistent.

Madonna's "Music" fell two places to number seven. Good. The sooner its gone the better while "Fill Me In" by Craig David unfortunately slipped one to number eight, also taking a one place hit is Bomfunk MCs with "B-Boys & Flygirls" at number nine.

Hitting the top ten for the first time is "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus which rose three places to number ten.

Gains

Up eleven places to 29 is "Friends Forever (Graduation)" by Vitamin C because somehow this song is going to be a thing and looks like it might suffer from overplay down the track.

Rising eight places into the top 20 is "Something Deep Inside" by Billie Piper. The song is fine but it's not better than "Day & Night"

Losers

Former number one "I'm Outta Love" by Anastacia dropped hard from 18 to 31 this week (more on Anastacia in the new entries) while "Jumpin' Jumpin'" by Destiny's Child fell 16 places to 46 and "Say It Isn't So" by Bon Jovi dived down from 34 to 48...ouch. 

"Breathless" by The Corrs plunged 7 places to 30 as it literally runs out of puff on the chart, the same for Savage Garden's "Chained To You" as it lost it's gains from last week to go back to 28 while "Everything You Need" by Madison Avenue slipped 7 places to 17.

New Entries

So I already mentioned the biggest debut of the week belonging to U2's "Beautiful Day" at number one but we also have a slew of new songs beyond the top ten so let's start at number 19 with thirteen year old Nikki Webster and the Sing 2001 Choir's song from the Sydney Olympics called "We'll be One" which got enough traction to hit the chart. 

Anastacia's follow up to "I'm Outta Love" called "Not That Kind" lodges at number 21, it's not quite as good as "I'm Outta Love" but hey it's still decent.

Eminem's new single "The Way I Am" enters at number 34/ *NSync are promising the girls things at number 42 with "This I Promise You" while on the other side the Pacific, British boy group A1 have hit the ARIA chart with a cover of A-Ha's 1985 smash "Take On Me". 

Unfortunately "Black Coffee" by All Saints lost all momentum to go cold down from 29 to 45...a shame because it's one of All Saints best songs.

ARIA Top 20 Ranked for week of 29th September (Mood, WAP, Midnight Sky)

It’s finally time to yet again take a look a the health of the current ARIA Singles top 20 with Top 20 Ranked for the week of September 29^th 2020 and really, it has been such a long time between rankings mostly due to the fact that the singles chart has been to a point kind of slow where even hit songs from 2019 are still in the top 50 (Looking at you, “Dance Monkey”, “Someone You Loved” and “Circles”!) well into October 2020 however there’s been just enough turnover to allow for this ranking of the chart to go ahead as there are only three songs that I have talked about in a previous ranking (the last one was in May). You all know by now how this works so let us dive right into it…

There are no songs in the awful tier, so we start in the bad tier…

BAD.

20. “Lemonade” by Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver and NAV

Let’s be real here, NOBODY expected a song featuring two of the worst rappers in the current hip hop scene to be any good, right? Not to mention bringing along the usually mediocre Don Toliver.

I’ll give “Lemonade” this though, the melody of the song is good and I can understand why people like it from that point of view , it’s just such a shame that the rappers on this song offer nought in the way of charisma or personality when they are bragging about all the sex, drugs and jewellery they have. I’ll stick to the Beyonce album of the same name and the sweet drink.

 

19. “You Broke Me First” by Tate McRae.

Australia, I get Billie Eilish has had a relatively quiet year but there is no need to fill the chart with bland derivative rip offs that none of Billie’s charisma or can match her intensity. This song about a fractured relationship is ugly and not good. Pass.

 

18. “Holy” by Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper

Justin Bieber is likely going to be making my top ten worst hit songs twice and guess what? He might get a third entry on the worst list because “Holy” does nothing of what it claims to do. Gospel has passion in the vocals and soaring instrumentation, this has none of that with Bieber crooning that the way his wife or Jesus holding him makes him feel “Holy” and it’s seriously lame then Chance The Rapper comes along to make the song even worse in his verse referencing both Joe Pesci and Lionel Messi…this song is token garbage dressed as ‘gospel’

 

MEH

17. “One Too Many” by Keith Urban and Pink

 This almost wound up in the bad tier because of how much I dislike the fact that this song just strips away Pink’s personality and Keith Urban is a shell of that interesting country artist he was back at the end of the 2000s but if neither of them sound like they care…why should I?

 

16. ‘For the night” by Pop Smoke

15. “Mood Swings” by Pop Smoke

I just do not have an opinion on Pop Smoke’s music. Objectively I can see why people would like these two songs though

 

14. “Roses” by Saint Jhn

This weird discordant song that seems to go in one ear out the other is still here. WHY?

 

13. “Laugh Now, Cry Later” by Drake feat. Lil Durk

Well it is better than the dross he was releasing in 2018 but it’s not better than “Money in the Grave” from 2019 but I’d argue that it’s the sample that makes this song just meh rather than bad.

 

12. “Take You Dancing” by Jason Derulo

This song is saved from the bad tier by that incredible groove under the hook. Everything else about this song is annoying. It also feels like a re-tread of “Savage Love”…Speaking of which….

 

DECENT

11. “Savage Love” by Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo

I don’t hate this song; I actually think it’s stupid enough to actually work even if Jason Derulo’s vocals are a mess…that said the discourse around this song is getting progressively worse especially after a recent remix that sent this song number one on the Hot 100 so I may sour on this song before the year is out.

 

10. “Come & Go” by Marshmello and Juice WRLD

I have come around on this one as while Marshmello’s production is still a bit questionable here, this is actually a pretty solid rap rock song that Juice WRLD sells well. Let’s just hope those involved with Juice WRLD’s legacy aren’t going to milk him for all it’s worth like the music industry did to XXXtentacion.

 

9. “Rockstar” by DaBaby and Roddy Ricch

No change for this song, it is still just decent…it is the best thing DaBaby has done all year though.

 

8. “Dynamite” by BTS

This song is just a bit of fun. It would have been cool if the song had a little more explosive presence though and reflected the title of the song but otherwise it’s just a nice pop song to have around.

 

Good

7. “Breaking Me” by Topic feat. A7S

I can’t lie I am a little tired of this song now but its still pretty good…A7S sells the song well enough and the groove is there so yeah, I’ll take it.

 

6. “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

I can’t see how me placing this song here isn’t going to be controversial but here’s the thing…nakedly brazen sexuality in popular music from women has been a thing in popular music for years and “WAP” really isn’t doing anything that’s all that new but my god this song is so much fun to listen to, the “get a bucket and a mop for this wet ass pussy” line never fails to crack me up and Megan Thee Stallion just absolutely nails her verse here.

If you are that offended by the song, maybe you need to take a chill pill because all you effectively are doing is the work of Cardi B’s marketing team for them.

 

5. “Midnight Sky” by Miley Cyrus

This is not quite Miley’s best song but my god its close. Sampling “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks, Miley just sounds great here and while the 80s worship has at times felt a little overdone at times especially this year, Miley does it well here. I can see this growing on me even more.

 

Great

4. “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles

Once I got past the fact that this song isn’t better than “Adore You” (“Adore You” is the best song on that last Harry Styles album), I actually got to appreciating this song more. It is the second blatant vagina song in the top 20. Harry really wants that high from eating pussy…this is a great track that took its time to really grow on me and furthers the argument that One Direction are better off not reuniting as Harry and Niall are making better music now as solo acts.

3. “Head & Heart” by Joel Corry and MNEK

So much like “Watermelon Sugar”, this former UK number one grew on me A LOT mostly because I realized that this song sounds like something straight out of the dance music out of the early 90s and given a 2020 twist, it’s a catchy Eurodance/pop/house song where MNEK’s heart is telling him that this connection he had made with somebody is more than a crush but his head is telling him something other, it’s that moment we’ve all experienced. This is a darn good song that I am glad became a hit.

 

So here we go again….

2. “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd

Like the last ranking I was all set to put this song at number one but another song during this period came along and stole my heart much like “Adore You” by Harry Styles did but “Blinding Lights” is still an amazing song and one of the The Weeknd’s best songs of his career but it isn’t going to top this ranking so what could be better?

 

1.       “Mood” by 24k Goldn feat. Iann Dior.

Yeah…a trap rock song is topping this ranking. I cannot believe it however this song is something special even if it is quite basic, that hook is one of the most ridiculously catchy things I have heard in a very long time and those guitars are bright and colourful not exactly something I’ve ever associated with music associated with trap but its more than welcome and I more than welcome this song’s run at the top of the ARIA singles chart.

 

So that wraps up this ranking:

We had 0 AWFUL songs

3 BAD songs (1 point) = 3 points

6 MEH song (2 points) = 12 points

4 DECENT songs (3 points) = 12 points

3 GOOD songs (4 points) = 12 points

4 GREAT songs (5 points) = 20 points

 

This gives us a total of 59 out of 100 which is a big improvement on the last rankings but the charts can still be better.