ARIA SIngles Chart Top Ten: 28th December: Mariah takes number one in the final chart week of 2020.

So this week is the final chart week of 2020 and is going to just be the top ten with no full on chart review like normal...hopefully back to normal for the first chart week of 2021 next week so let's get through this shall we?

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey took the number thanks to the Christmas streaming avalanche and it had some sales to help it rise four places to the top, the Christmas streaming avalanche also helped "Last Christmas" by Wham rise thirteen places to number two. 

If the Christmas music wasn't a thing on the chart,"Mood' by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior would have returned to number one this week and spent a 10th week there but as it is it slipped one spot to number three and looks the most likely to go back to number one when the charts is restored to equilibrium. 

Also slipping a spot is"Without You" by The Kid Laroi down to number four, it's also a threat for number one but all it's really got is Spotify streaming and I am not sure how much longer that is going to hold up.

Back to Christmas music because rising from 26 to number 5 is "It's Beginning to look a Lot like Christmas" by Michael Buble while the biggest gainer of the week is Ariana Grande's honestly pretty funny Christmas sex song "Santa Tell Me" which jumped from 28 to number six.

Falling three places to number seven is "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK. This still has a surprising amount of streaming, might well be a dark horse for the top spot...

Holding into it's traction despite dropping to number eight is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby....good to see. 

The second Ariana Grande song in the top ten is "positions" which stumbled three places to number nine. I wonder if anyone will remember this song by this time next year...just saying.

Finally, Taylor Swift had the biggest fall of the week with "Willow" plunging nine places to number 10.

Here's what the top ten would look like minus the Christmas songs

1/ Mood by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior

2. Without You by The Kid Laroi

3. Head & Heart by Joel Corry feat. MNEK

4. Levitating by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby

5. Positions by Ariana Grande

6. Willow by Taylor Swift

7. So Done by The Kid Laroi

8. Fly Away by Tones and I

9. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

10. You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae

The only other bit of news from this week is that in terms of the new entries, there were three of those but the only one that might well stick around and become a hit is "Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran in at 47 (pretty impressive given it was released on Monday last week).

Next week: The chart eitther resets to equilibrium or we have more Christmas chaos. Stay tuned. The chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday. 

Don't forget we wrap up 2000 Sound with the year end worst and best lists for 2000. "Good 1992 Vibrations" starts on 11th January.. The best and worst lists for 2020 are written and will be released in from the 12th January.

2000 Sound: 24th December. Wheatus back on top of the chart Christmas Tree.

 This week was a surprisingly busy one as the chart winds down for Christmas/New Year holiday, plenty of movement in the top ten and a slew of new entries so let's get right into it where we have a song that I predicted would return to number one and that is what happened with "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus riding a sales boost to return to the top of the charts for another week.

It meant that "Who Let The Dogs Out" by the Baha Men got pushed back to number two as it's sales are finally starting to fade which means it's coming under pressure from..."Cruisin'" by Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis which rose three places to number three...geez...the song is lame as hell...there's nothing all that good about it, Australia!.

"Independent Women Part 1" by Destiny's Child continues to be a thing as it rose one place to number four.

All of that was enough to push past the first of two Vitamin C songs in the top ten this week with "Friends Forever (Graduation)" falling two places to number five and "He Don't Love You" by Humaan Nature likewise to number six (I am still on the fence about "He Don't Love You"...its cattier than I would like from a group like Human Nature).

Rising two places to number seven is "Don't Tell Me" by Madonna because we need that horror hanging around like a bad smell...

The biggest gain of the week belongs to the second of the Vitamin C songs in the top ten with "The Itch" rising all the way from 27 to number eight....as I said before, this song is better than "Friends Forever (Graduation)" so I am happy to see this here,

"7 Days" by Craig David surged from 15 to break into the top ten at number nine. This song is fine enough. Finally, The Offspring have another top ten hitwith"Original Prankster" rising four places to the top ten at number ten...that song's video is HILARIOUS,

Gains

I already talked about "The Itch" by Vitamin C jumping from 27 to into the top ten at number eight so let's see what else had big gains....Ronan Keating's "The Way You Make Me Feel" jumped from 43 to 27 this week..eh...that song is so bland, I am surprised people remember it exists.

"Dance With Me" by Debelah Morgan is a case of continued momentum as it rose ten places to 19. I just don't get the appeal of that song. Sorry. 

Limp Bizkit continues to be a pain in the neck as "My Generation" climbed from 42 to 31. Seriously? There's better rock music out there than Limp fucking Bizkit.

Re Entries

Two returns this week and neither make sense to me with "My Love" by Westlife back at number 45 and "We'll Be One" by Nikki Webster and Sing 2001 Choir back at number 50.

Losers

Couple of big losers this week, we'll start with Green Day's "Minority" which plunged nine places to 42 while "Black Coffee" by All Saints slide from 36 to 43 while Powderfinger lose some happiness with "My Happiness" slipped from 32 to 37.

Anastacia's "Not That Kind" collapsed eleven places to 36 while "Irresistible" by The Corrs didn't live up to its title by slipping from 28 to 35 and "I Turn to You" by Melanie C got turned away by the public as it fell from 26 to 33.

Pink's "Most Girls" continues to go on its way out gracefully as it slipped six places to 29 while "Shape of My Heart' by the Backstreet Boys and "Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba both fell nine places to 25 and 24 respectively. 

Madsun were the biggest victims of the frantic shuffling of the top ten as "Don't You Worry" took a nine place hit to 17.

New Entries

The new entries are all Australian this week with the highest debut going to Kylie Minogue's "Please Stay" in at number 15, it's the latest single from Kylie's "Light Years" album. 

Vanessa Amorosi is back with "The Power/Every Time I Close My Eyes" at number 18. I like "The Power" a lot.

Finally Billy Birmingham aka The 12th Man is impersonating Channel Seven's Bruce McAvaney for "Bruce 2000 - A "Special" Tribute" at number 32.

 

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 21st December. Taylor's Evermore wreaks havoc and gives Taylor another number one single

 So this week is really the last week of the year that the charts matter all that much especially with the onslaught of Christmas music next week and this week wasn't helped by a second Taylor Swift album bomb that just wreaked havoc and likely ended the run of some songs early but we'll get to all of that because the first sign of the album bomb lies at number one with "Willow" by Taylor Swift riding decent sales and good streaming to number one, it was just enough to push nine week number one "Mood" by 24KGoldn and Iann Dior back to number as it started to bleed on streaming.

A contender for number one is The Kid Laroi's "Without You" which jumped six places to number three, this thing has got streaming and could very well take the number one when the Christmas songs leave as its got streaming especially on Spotify and is climbing on Apple Music.

All of that pushed "Head & Heart" by MNEK & Joel Corry down one spot to number four as its starts to lose ground on streaming and surprisingly "All I Want for Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey also fell one place to number five.

The big loser out of all of the shuffling is 'positions" by Ariana Grande as the song plunged four places to number six, it's still got some streaming but that's not going to prop it up forever.

"Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby slipped one place to number seven as it doesn't quite have the wind in its sales on streaming anymore, the same goes for the rest of our top ten with "So Done" by The Kid Laroi down one to number eight, "Blinding Lights" by The Weekend slipped four places to number nine while "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish clings to the top ten down two places to number ten.

Gains.

As you might expect the gains were limited this week but there was the expected gain for "Last Christmas" by Wham up nine spots to 15, this will go top ten next week. 

Re Entries

The one re entry is from Jam Mountain Music with "Light a Candle" back at 23

Losses

This is where Taylor caused almost HALF the chart to either fall or drop out so let's deal with the big losers first: "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa losing all it's gains last week to drop from 37 to 50,  "One too Many" by Keith Urban feat. Pink collapsed from 34 to 48,  "Put Your Records On" by Ritt Momney suffered a cut to it's gramophone cord as it fell ten places to 46,  "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I fell ten to 41 as did "Breaking Me" by Topic feat. A7S to 40, "Savage Love" suffered a pretty mild fall comparatively to those below as it dropped six places to 39 for Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo, "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch dropped eleven places to 38.

"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac slipped eleven to 36,  "Roses" by Saint Jhn got clobbered down from 22 to 35 as did "Watermelon Sugar" as it plunged from 21 to 34, "Prisoner" by Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa slipped from 20 to 32, "Take You Dancing" by Jason DeRulo slipped from 23 to 30, "Monster" by Shawn Mendes feat. Justin Bieber fell from 11 to 27 (the biggest loser of any song this week and not a good week for Shawn Mendes), "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus plunged ten places to 25.

Drop Outs

A total of thirteen songs dropped out and boy, there's some big ones here: "Wonder" by Shawn Mendes, "Someone You Loved" and "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi (in the former's case, it's about fucking time...hope it doesn't return),  "Lonely" by Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco,  "Send it!" by Hooligan Hefs, "For the Night" by Pop Smoke, "Some Say" by Nea, "Paradise" by Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy, "Holiday" by Lil Nas X,  . "Circles" by Post Malone, "What's Poppin'" by Jack Harlow (even despite the album release), "My Ex's Best Friend" by MGK feat. Blackbear and "Dancing in the Moonlight" by Jubel feat. Neimy.

Hard to know what will return until the Christmas music disappears, there's a few here I hope don't return but we'll see.

New Entries

Every single one of the twelve new entries is from Taylor Swift so I am just going to list them here apart from "Willow" which debuted at number one.

12. Champagne Problems

16. No Body, No Crime (feat. Haim)

21. Gold Rush

24. 'Tis The Damn Season

33. Tolerate It

37. Happiness

42. Coney Island

43. Ivy

45. Evermore feat. Bon Iver

47. Dorothea

49. Long Story Short

So that wraps up the week. As usual I will post the ARIA singles top ten but not do a few chart rundown as normal because with the Christmas songs it is just pointless and we do have a new Ed Sheeran song reportedly coming tomorrow afternoon...a Monday release for a new Ed Sheeran song is a bit oddball. ARIA will update the chart at 5pm AEDT on Saturday. 

Coming up on the blog:

• The final weeks of "2000 Sound" on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve

• The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2000 on December 29th
• The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2000 on New Years Eve
• The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2020 on  January 12th
• The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2020 parts 1 and 2 coming soon
• Good 1992 Vibrations starts on 11th January (so it doesn't clash with Top ten worst of 2020)

2000 Sound. 17th December: Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis Cruisin' into the top ten

 I'd describe this week as deceptive especially if you just looked at the static top five where nothing changed at all but we got chaos lower down the charts with songs hoping to be hits in 2001 starting to arrive on the charts as others try desperately to land a place on the ARIA year end list for 2000..yeah we got a whole bunch of new entries along with two new arrivals from lower down the chart in the top ten.

So to the aforementioned top ten where as I said the top 5 didn't change with Baha Men spending another week at number one with "Who Let The Dogs Out" however right behind it is "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus which may still have a chance at snatching the Christmas number one as it remained stuck at number two this week, "Friends Forever (Graduation)" by Vitamin C continues to keep grip on number three while Human Nature cling to number four with "He Don't Love You" as the Charlie's Angel's hype keeps "Independent Women Part 1' by Destiny's Child stays at number five.

The big new entry to the top ten is "Crusin'" by Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis which rose eight places to number six this week...I am not overly impressed by this...the song isn't good.

Remaining steady at number seven is "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" by Spiller while the big move by "Cruisin'" caused "Don't You Worry" by Madasun to slide down two places to number eight.

Returning to the top ten is Madonna's "Don't Tell Me" which rose eight places to number nine despite being junk...Madonna really chose this year to be absolutely awful.

Finally in slight better news "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" by Modjo up one place to number ten.

Gains

Christina Aguilera may just have another hit on her hands with "Come On Over (All I Want is You)" jumping from 30 to 19. 

"Kids" by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue rose six places to 20, Debelah Morgan's "Dance With You" continues to climb, this week up ten places to 29....I don't really care for the song but don't hate it either.

Losers

The only major loser this week is "Black Coffee" by All Saints which finally had it's resistance broken as it fell sixteen places to 36.

New Entries

The biggest new entry is the follow up single from Vitamin C called "The Itch" in at 27. I actually like this song more than "Friends Forever (Graduation)", there's a pop groove that just works for me.

American rapper Nelly lodges at number 38 with "(Hot S***) Country Grammar". UK singer Sonique climbs in at number 44 with "Sky" while Aussie metal act Superheist are in at 45 with "Crank the System".

Now the big one for me here is American rock band 3 Doors Down debut "Kryptonite' at number 47 which I am pretty happy about...would love to see it become a sustainable hit in 2001.

Finally Invertigo return to the chart with "Chances Are..." at number 50.

So that wraps up this week, two more weeks before the end of the 2000 chart year, On the 29th December, my top ten worst hit songs list. My top ten best hit songs list is released on New Years Eve (yeah the last episode of 2000 Sound will be a little early that week).

Next year this blog will wind all the way back to 1992 and the year of saccharine love ballads and Billy Ray Cyrus...sounds like fun!

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 14th December. Holiday Heat Waves and Blinding Lights Without You

 So this week is a weird one but one that's ultimately not going to matter all that much given the Taylor Swift album bomb that's coming next week and the onslaught of Christmas music the following week (I am hoping that because Christmas falls on a Friday...the chart won't be that heavily deluged the following week but we'll see and all of this doesn't exactly help somebody trying to write her year end best hit songs of 2020 list either!

Anyway let's get stuck into the top ten where the top three did not change with "Mood" by 24K Goldn and Iann Dior spending a ninth week at number one and it's looking pretty solid for a tenth week right now, it stayed ahead of "positions" by Ariana Grande which held firm because streaming is doing okay for it and that's all it's got right now. "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK remains steady at number three, it and "positions" look the most vulnerable to the onslaught of Taylor Swift coming so we'll have to see.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" makes it's first appearance in the top ten rising twelve places to number four...I am not sure the path to number one is as clar cut for it this year but we'll see what happens. 

The big surprise of the week was that "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd is back in the top ten rising nine places to number five, now this could be due to at least two factors, one being the remix with Rosalia, the other being the song is likely on a lot of people's year end playlists on Spotify and Apple Music meaning people are revisiting the song, the latter also a factor in a few of our other gains further down the chart but we'll get to those.

All of that pushed "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby down one to number six as this song's streaming is starting to show signs of wavering, the same goes for "So Done' by The Kid Laroi which slipped one spot to number seven, it's streaming was enough to keep in the top ten, it's just going to be a question of how much of it's momentum will have stalled thanks to Taylor.

Billie Eilish's "Therefore I Am" fell four four places to number eight as streaming and sales continue to soften for this song almost to the point where I am surprised this is still in the top ten.

The highest debut of the three songs to enter the chart this week goes to The Kid Laroi with "Without You" at number nine, it got there mostly through absurdly strong streaming especially on Spotify.

Finally what looks to be on the way out is Tate McRae's "You Broke Me First" which tumbled two places to number ten...thank goodness.

Gains

So we can pretty much group the gains into categories this week so let's start with the Christmas music that gained big, I've already talked about "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey rising twelve places to number four but the biggest gain of the week belonged to Wham's "Last Christmas" which climbed from 40 to 24 this week! Michael Buble's "It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas" climbed from 41 to 28.

Then there's the big hit songs like the already mentioned "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd that got boosts thanks to people streaming their favourite hits from the past year on Spotify and Apple Music. "Roses" by Saint Jhn up eight places to 22 "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch up from 31 to 27, "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I up five to 31 (I like "Dance Monkey" but come on Australia, time to move on, it's been on the chart for 79 weeks now!), "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa' up ten places to 37.

In cases of continued momentum for "Fly Away" by Tones and I up from 19 to 12 and "Whoopty" by CJ up from 21 to 13. "Whoopty" somehow has streaming which is not a good sign at all.

Re Entries

Three re entries with Ariana Grande's pretty silly "Santa Tell Me" back at 32 because tis the season while "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi returns at 46 and "Circles' by Post Malone at 47...both will be gone next week when Taylor Swift's album bomb blows through next week.

Losers 

The biggest fall of the week belongs to Jubel and Neimy's cover of "Dancing in The Moonlight" which crashed 15 places to 50 this week. Ouch!

"Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus fell from number 7 to 15 while "Prisoner' feat. Dua Lipa dropped to 20 from 13 as hype from the album release dies. In more pleasing news "Put Your Records On" by Ritt Momney plunged 11 places to 36 and Justin Bieber's "Lonely" with Benny Blanco also dropped eleven spots to 39 (this song is kind of forgettable which is an upgrade from outright trash for Bieber)

Speaking of forgettable, the mediocre "One Too Many" by Keith Urban and Pink slipped eight places to 34. "For the Night" by Pop Smoke slid from 34 to 41, "My Ex'st Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly and Blackbear plunged from 42 to 49 and "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 feat. Jason DeRulo fell from 27 to 33.

Drop Outs.

No surprising drop outs this week with the big two being "Come & Go" by Juice WRLD and Marshmello and "Laugh Now, Cry Later" by Drake feat. Lil Durk (that will be back when Drake releases "Certified Lover Boy" sometime next year)

Also gone are Harry Style's late album single "Golden", "POV" by Ariana Grande because it's not going to be a single, "Always Do" by The Kid Laroi and most unsurprising of all "Light A Candle" by Jam Mountain Music because that is a charity single that isn't designed to have chart longevity.

New Entries

Just two other new entries alongside "Without You" by The Kid Laroi at number nine with "Holiday" by Lil Nas X finally on the chart at 44 (I hope this becomes a hit) and most surprisingly "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals at 45...I wouldn't be surprised if Tik Tok had something to do with that charting but it's one of the better songs from that last awful Glass Animals album.

Next week...yeah....Taylor Swift album bomb for the second time this year, I am not convinced the "Evermore" album bomb is going to be as big as "Folklore" was but hey it's Taylor so we'll see when the chart updates at 5pm AEDST on Saturday.

2000 Sound: December 10. 7 Days as Independent Women

So let's dive straight into this week without any of the usual mucking around as it looks like being a fairly straight forward week here...the top ten hasn't changed right at the very top in spite of how much I badly want it to change, "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men remains at number one for a third week

The song best placed to retake the top spot is "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus which has sales on its side...may well just be a matter of time before it returns to number one but it blew past "Graduation (Friends Forever)" by Vitamin C which slipped back to number three. 

Human Nature remain at number four with "He Don't Love You", the hype in the UK around this song is crazy thanks to Neighbours being shown over there however there's pressure being brought to bear by a new arrival to the top ten that being "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child which climbed seven places to number five thanks to Charlie's Angels movie hype.

Madasun's "Don't You Worry" remained stable at number six which is good because I still like the song while "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love" by Spiller slides gracefully down two places to number seven, it pushed the Spice Girls down one places to number eight with "Holler"

Refusing to go away is "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez which remains steady at number nine while rising nine places to number ten is "7 Days" by Craig David, it's his second consecutive top ten hit.

Gains

So apart from "7 Days" by Craig David reaching the top ten, what else gained big? Well, there's Matchbox Twenty's ballad "If You're Gone" which roared up from 39 to land at 22.

"My Love" by Westlife climbed from 43 to 37 and "Dance With Me" by Debelah Morgan rose eight places to 39. 

"Girls On Top" by Girl Thing jumped seven places to 43,

Re-Entries

The one return is from Blink 182 with "Man Overboard" back at number 50. 

Losses

The Sydney Olympics hype has well and truly faded so that meant "We'll Be One" by Nikki Webster and Sing 2001 Choir went down from 41 to 49. Mandy Moore's "I Wanna Be With You" skidded down from 25 to 32.

"Shackles (Praise You)" by Mary Mary tumbled from 18 to 25 while the terrible "Don't Tell Me" by Madonna fell out of the top ten to 17.

New Entries.

Just two new entries with the highest debut coming from Ronan Keating's ballad "The Way You Make Me Feel" in at 45 while shock rocker Marilyn Manson is right behind him at 46 with "Disposable Teens"

ARIA Singles Top Ten/ Chart Review: 7th December. The Running of the Christmas Music Begins

So this week is a pretty easy one to get through...mostly because this week signified the onslaught of Christmas music hitting the ARIA top 50 beginning and one really bad sign for the charts going forward.

Anyway let's get to the top ten where, for now, Christmas music doesn't impact at all. "Mood" by 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior spends an eighth week at number one. All it's got is streaming right now as sales have fallen off but there's no challenge coming for it within the top ten right now.

"Positions" by Ariana Grande held onto number two again thanks to streaming while "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK climbed one place to number three as it still has some sales and decent streamining.

"Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish looks to be in danger of free falling down the chart, sales have died and streaming is starting to show signs of bleeding early. Not good.

"Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby remains at number five but it looks to have peaked now as streaming is starting to shrink and while sales might prop this up a little longer....

"So Done" by The Kid Laroi rebounded two places to number six because for some reason this thing has traction on streaming right now...lovely...

Breaking into the top ten is "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus which thanks to the release of the album saw "Midnight Sky" climb six places to number seven. Good. Happy it's now safe on the year end list.

"You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae" climbed one place to number eight swapping with "Monster" by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber who slipped to number nine however I do expect "Monster" to rebound thanks to the rather messy album that was released on Friday by Mendes.

Finally in the most pleasing bit of news in the top ten, "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper fell four places to number ten.

Gains

"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd rebounded six places to 14 as people check out their Spotify Wrapped top 100 songs playlist and revisit the songs they loved in 2020.

However that isn't the gain that bothered me this week, the worrisome gain is for "Whoopty" by CJ which jumped from 32 to 21 and given it's got streaming momentum, this could become a top ten hit. Australia, we're better than this, stop!

Meanwhile "34+35" by Ariana Grande rose from 22 to 18,  "Fly Away" by Tones and I climbed from 24 to 19

Re Entries

The big story of the week is right here because all three returns this week are Christmas songs with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" back at 14 and likely in the top five next week...you watch.

"Last Christmas" by Wham at 40 and "It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas" by Michael Buble back at 41.

Losses

The biggest loser this week was "Lonely" by Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco which fell nine places to 28...this looks like it might have a year end spot shored up so we'll see. Meaniwhile "Laugh Now, Cry Later" by Drake feat. Lil Durk plunged six to 49, "Come & Go" by Juice WRLD and Marshmello down 5 to 46, "pov" by Ariana Grande dropped from 35 to 43 because Ariana isn't making the song a single.

Drop Outs 

The drop outs aren't surprising "Mood Swings" by Pop Smoke being the biggest and most likely safe on the year end list, also gone after longer than expect runs are "Ain't It Different" by Headie One feat AJ Tracey and Stormzy and "Forever After All" while unsurprisingly "Life Goes On" by BTS also left the charts (bit of a shame tbh...the song isn't bad)

New Entries

Just the one new entry with a charity song called "Light a Candle" by Mountain Jam Music at 32 being the lone new entry...the song aims to raise money to help support children in Australia who are victims of abuse/neglect.

Next week: What impact comes off the release of that Shawn Mendes album (the album is apparently a bit of a mess) and the likely continued rise of Christmas music...the year is finally beginning to slow down. 

Year end lists aren't far away, The worst and best lists for 2000 are due out after Christmas, the worst and best lists for 2020 will be likely out in January at least after ARIA release their year end list.