ARIA (Australia) Top Ten/ Chart Review: 4th February 2019

crowdiegal So to give some context before I go further, the Hottest 100 is a countdown run by Australian Government funded youth radio station Triple J where they ask listeners to vote for their favourite songs of 2018 and then on the Australia Day week, Triple J set aside a whole afternoon to count down listeners favourite 100 songs of the previous year. A lot of Australian acts win the countdown as happened this year with Ocean Alley but others to win it include Oasis and The Cranberries.

Well I'll give Ttiple J's Hottest 100 credit for shaking up the chart this week because that's where most of our new entries and a new arrival in our top ten this week come from and thank goodness for that because it was an otherwise pretty stagnant week within the top ten.

Unfortunately, '7 Rings" by Ariana Grande remains at number one and at the moment, I don't see what can possibly knock her off the top spot especially with the numbers she's likely to do with the album "Thank U, Next" out on Friday but there's no doubt that "7 Rings" sucks all amounts of ass.

It's probably not going to be "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee which remains at number two but its getting pushed back on streaming and while digital sales are pretty good it's facing a challenger from a new arrival next week.

Nor is it going to be "Sweet But Psycho" by Ava Max which remains at number three and like "Sunflower" its getting pushed back on streaming hard even with digital sales still being excellent.

A song that looks like it might stick around is "Wow" by Post Malone, it's not a threat for number one but wow, it's streaming numbers are okay but "Sunflower" is really doing better on the digital sales.

Now we reach the first of the songs on the chart that look to have been boosted by the fact they appeared on Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown and quite highly too. Travis Scott and Drake's "Sicko Mode" was voted in at number 3 on that countdown and with people streaming the song through out the week meant it got a six place boost back up to number six, now I don't expect this boost to last beyond this week.

"Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" by Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus also appeared on the Hottest 100 but it remains at number 7 on the ARIA singles chart.

Returning to the top ten this week is "Shallow" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (a song I do love and want to see the US make a hit0 which on the back of strong digital sales saw it climb from 11 to 8 and should climb even higher post the Oscars in a few weeks,

The highest new entry of the week belongs to Sydney band Ocean Alley with "Confidence" entering at number nine and yes, they topped the Hottest 100 which is the only reason this song is in the top ten. It's a decent song, if you are into rather cruisey psychedelic rock/reggae fusion then check out Ocean Alley.

Finally, we have a song that I haven't been able to stop listening to, "Dancing With A Stranger" by Sam Smith and Normani remaining at number 10.

Gains

Billie Eilish released a new single on Friday and she also has the biggest gainer this week with "When the Party's Over" up from 31 to 23. I cannot wait for the album from Billie to be honest.

Apart from that, there was a decent gain for Dominic Fike's "3 Nights" which jumped 6 places to 32.

Re-entries

The Hottest 100 is also responsible for the two re-entries this week. Mercifully both are songs I like to outright love with "Lovely" by Billie Eilish and Khalid back at 43 and "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark back at 48

Losers

Plenty of songs lost ground this week with "Lost in the Fire" by Gesaffelstein and The Weekend dropping 12 places to 36.

"Lost in Japan (Remix" by Shawn Mendes dropped 11 places to number 50

Others to fall include Khalid's pretty good "Better" fell 5 places to 20 while "Happier" by Marshmello feat. Bastille dropped 7 places to 21.

"Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande stumbled 5 places to number 11 (it should return to the top ten next week)

Drop Outs

Six songs dropped out including "Perfect' by Ed Sheeran after a whopping 80 weeks inside the top 50!

Also gone is the pretty damn awful "Day Drunk" by Morgan Evans, "So Close" by NOTD feat. Felix Jaehn, Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku, "Imagine" by Ariana Grande and "2002" by Anne-Marie.

Hell, the only song I am kind of disappointed to see gone is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".

New Entries

So apart from Ocean Alley, J Cole debuts at number 15 with "Middle Child, he has cracked the Us top 5 with this song, I don't care for the song all that much if I am being honest.

An new entry due to the Hottest 100, "Losing it" by Fisher at number 35 - a song that I respect more than I actually like.

Finally a song that enters pretty much due to digital sales. "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan at 47.

So that completes the week and yeah while I am not thrilled about the current number one, I am liking a lot of songs with the top 20 but next week sees the debut of Billie Eilish's new single "Bury A Friend" and I have a feeling that it will likely debut in the top 10.

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