ARIA (Australia) top ten/ chart review: August 13th 2018
crowdiegal I should stress I wrote most of this before "In My Feelings" completely collapsed on iTunes Australian chart.So this week brought a small amount of Travis Scott with it courtesy of his album "Astroworld", I has been expecting Scott to land songs on the chart...just not two songs in the top ten and another song lower down the chart, this is the first of three possible album bombs with Nicki Minaj having released "Queen" last Friday and Ariana Grande to release 'Sweetener" this Friday. I am expecting a bigger impact from Ariana's release than Nicki's (I expect 3 to maybe 4 songs from Nicki's album to debut or return)
As for the top half of the top ten though? Nothing changed with "In My Feelings" by Drake holding number one for a fourth week but there could be change in the midst with a sudden fall in Drake's streaming numbers.
"Be Alright" by Dean Lewis held on to number 2 thanks to pretty good digital sales numbers but I am not convinced that he is a challenger for number one right now...unfortunately.
To be honest there's no change to the top six from last week with "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer at number 3, "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B at number four, "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid at number 5 and "No Brainer" by DJ Khaled feat Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo at number 6.
We get to the first of the Travis Scott new entries at number 7 with "SICKO MODE"...I'd be surprised if this song sticks around in the top ten though.
Conrad Sewell's "Healing Hands" rebounded to number 8 and hopefully will remain in the top ten in the weeks ahead because yeah, I adore this song.
Another good song which has broken into the top ten this week is "Rise" by Jonas Blue feat. Jack and Jack which jumped two places to number 9.
Rounding out the top ten is Travis Scott's 2nd new entry with "Stargazing" arriving at number 10.
Gains
Few gainers this week, the biggest being for Panic! At the Disco with "High Hopes" moving up ten places to 14 making it their second biggest single behind "I write Sins Not Tragedies" which peaked at number 12 over 12 years ago which is pretty stunning considering how much the rock aesthetic on the Australian charts has died out.
The other big mover was former British and Ireland number one "Shotgun" by George Ezra which also jumped ten places from 37 to 27. This song has been huge in the UK so would not be surprised if it breaks into the top ten here.
Outside of those two the pickings for gainers are slim. "Hurt Somebody" by Noah Kahan jumped two places to 38.
Re-Entries
Just the one return this week with Hilltop Hoods back at 49 with "Clark Griswold" feat. Adrian Eagle
Losers
We had a looong list of losers this week but as always we'll focus on the big ones with "Don't Matter to Me" by Drake feat. Michael Jackson plummeting from 32 to 47 (Good!)
"Bed" by Nicki Minaj feat. Ariana Grande fell from 39 to 43 but should rebound courtesy of Minaj releasing Queen.
Speaking of Ariana Grande "No tears Left to Cry" fell from 33 to 40 and "God Is a Woman" fell to 12 but with Sweetener being released tomorrow should see both these songs get boosts in the coming weeks.
Former number one "Nice for What" by Drake fell from 29 to 34.
"2002" by Anne-Marie fell from 15 to 21 as it falls gracefully after a better than expected run.
Finally "Better Now" by Post Malone finally fell out out of the top ten from 9 to 13.
Drop Outs.
We finally lost the last dregs of 2017 with "Rockstar" by Post Malone feat. 21 Savage finally dropping out after 45 weeks on the chart.
The only really significant song to drop out that might well make year end is "Remind Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel.
The others gone are "Changes" by XXXtentacion and "Summertime Magic" by Childish Gambino
New Entries
Travis Scott really is the biggest story of this week with the only other new entry being his song "Butterfly Effect" which entered at 46 and that was about all for the new entries with the other two songs being Travis Scott songs that I'd already mentioned in talking about the top ten.
So that wraps up the week and I have to say given the surprise fall away of "In My Feelings" by Drake on both sales and streams this week, we may well see a new number one but I have been wrong before about that. Instinct suggests it's between "Be Alriight" by Dean Lewis and "Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid, I don't really care either way as I like both songs so until then see you all later.