I think the Australia rankings would be significantly different at least based on the charts.
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In the UK there is a rule that exists wherein a maximum of three songs by any artist can only chart in the top 50 at any one time.
If the ARIA Charts had this rule, we wouldnât have had her two latest albums (including TTPD Part II) flood the singles chart as it has this week.
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So on the UK charts she only has number 1, 3 and 4 this week.
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So the UK charts are only a partial reflection of what people are listening to?
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Itâs apples and oranges. In the past Singles charts were based purely on sales not on listens. I daresay there were singles sold that people spun a few times and chucked away while others lasted longer and were played for years. Those singles could have had the same number of sales but the amount of listens was never measured. There was a time that âpromotionalâ songs had massive airplay but were only an album track and never released as a single so were never seen on a chart.
This was sort of the case with Wish You Well by Bernard Fanning in 2006. It was all over radio but they chose not to release a physical single in 2006. However, they had started measuring digital sales then, so it peaked at 21 on the ARIA charts on digital sales alone.
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Now just imagine if Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé and Olivia Rodrigo all released albums on the same day.
Without that singles rule I mentioned that exists in the UK, all of their songs would flood the ARIA Charts, completely wiping out any songs not from these four artists.
Still on the ARIA Charts, âToo Sweetâ by Hozier dropped ten places from 1 to 11, âEnd of Beginningâ by DJO (real name Joe Keery) dropped 19 places from 5 to 24 and âStumblinâ Inâ by Cyril dropped 30 places from 15 to 45, while âWaterâ by Tyla and âStrangersâ by Kenya Grace both dropped out of the top 50.
Once all those Taylor Swift songs inevitably drop down the charts, the five songs I mentioned will slowly climb back up the charts.
Letâs not forget Dua Lipa is due to drop her third studio album, âRadical Optimismâ, this Friday.
I donât mind her music to be honest, in fact I find her to be much more listenable to these days compared to other artists.
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Agree, I like most of Dua Lipaâs hits too.
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I could listen to Dua Lipa all day. I think she is underrated. She keeps releasing songs which are bangers whereas Taylor Swift is just making bland wallpaper music now.
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Taylor needs to take a break for a year. Way too much content.
Itâs working for Marvel. They havenât released anything in a 6 months which is highly unusual for them and itâs working. Fans are getting itchy.
Thereâs barely a Dua Lipa song that I donât like, though I donât like the rap version of âLevitatingâ which features DaBaby. That being said, I prefer the original version.
She, Adele and Ed Sheeran must surely be three of the biggest British artists of the past decade or so.
I might be wrong, but I noticed Taylor Swift didnât release any new music for nearly two years after she dropped âEvermoreâ in December 2020; that came barely five months after she released âFolkloreâ. But while she did release âFearless (Taylorâs Version)â and âRed (Taylorâs Version)â in 2021, these were only re-recorded albums, and there was barely anything new in that period.
Once she announced and released âMidnightsâ in October 2022, thatâs when the radio stationsâ obsession with her restarted, if you like.
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But thatâs true about most songs. Sometimes a dance version is better or a collaboration brings something better to a track but itâs rare.
Case in point: âFour to the Floorâ by Starsailor (peaked at #5 on the ARIA Singles Chart in 2004). The Thin White Duke Remix of the song is the version thatâs played on radio; speaking of which I have heard it twice on radio this weekend, on i98 and C91.3 FM. One of my favourites from yesteryear.
rage would play the original music video, Video Hits the remix version.
(original)
(remix version)
I think thatâs the only version Iâve ever heard. It is better than the original. The recent one I can remember is Lost in Japan by Shawn Mendes. The original was alright, but quite average for him but the Zedd remix was a great song.
On the other hand, radio plays a remix version of Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey which I think is hideous. I know they prefer this because the original is slow. But the point of the song is sadness so the slower, drearier version is better.
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Much better than the original
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and so would Channel V
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I found a great 2nd hand music shop in Burnie TAS this morning (The Collectors Corner). Had a lot of the â100% Hitsâ compilation CDs from the early 90s (as well as various Triple J Hottest 100 compilations, So Fresh amongst others).
I bought 100 Hits Vol 5 & 6 for $15 ea âŠtrack listings below
https://www.discogs.com/release/3294369-Various-100-Hits-Volume-5
https://www.discogs.com/release/729035-Various-100-Hits-Volume-6
Comedian Josh Earl, who coincidentally grew up in Burnie, had a podcast series called â100% Hits Vol Podâ, where in each episode, he reviewed every track on every 100% Hits compilations from 1991 to 2002 with a guest.
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The Zooâs sister venue, the 250-capacity Stranded, will also close its doors at the end of this week.
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