Australian becomes the 34th country around the world to make the Puerto Rican singers’ Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee along with Canadian pop-star Justin Bieber’s track “Despacito” (‘Slowly’ in English) a No.1 song, as we join other recent chart-topping countries this week like England, Canada and the USA.
“Despacito” becomes the 1063rd No.1 Single in Australia (1940 to 2017), the 1003rd weekly No.1 (since Jan 1949) and the 498th for ARIA (1983 to 2017), plus the second on the Republic (through Universal) label, the first was 54 weeks ago, “One Dance” by Drake (7 weeks from 9th May, 2016). Australia has only had one previous act from Puerto Rico hit the top of the charts, and now this week both Luis and D.Yankee join the first No.1 from there, Ricky Martin (“Cup of Life”, 6 weeks from 21st June, 1998) to now have three chart-topping acts from that country. And this becomes the ninth foreign language song to hit the top, the last being “Gangnam Style” by Psy (6 weeks from 1st October, 2012), whilst the last Spanish sung No.1 here was “Macarena” by Los Del Rio (9 weeks from 1st September, 1996), although it could also be true with “The Ketchup Song (Asereje)” by Las Ketchup (3 broken weeks from 14th October, 2002), but that was a Spanglish (Spanish/English) mix moreso.
Justin Bieber now scores his fith No.1 appearance in Australia, becoming now the Canadian artist with the most chart-topping songs here, beating the four achieved by Bryan Adams in the 1990’s. He now scored as many No.1 songs here as Louis Armstrong, Olivia Newton-John, U2, George Michael, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. JB also replaces himself at the top of the ARIA Singles chart too, becoming only the third act this century to do so, the previous was Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in early 2013, whilst The Black Eyed Peas did it in 2009, prior to which Madonna in 1985 was the last act to knock themselves from the top with another of their own songs.
Justin has also added an extra week to his tally for ‘Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Singles; 2010’s’ and now ranks at equal fifth alongside Macklemore & Ryan Lewis who have also garnered sixteen weeks at the top during this decade. And Justin moves from equal 49th to now equal 43rd on the list for accumualed weeks (overall, 1940 to 2017) alongside Louis Armstrong and Britney Spears (also with five #1’s), Tony Bennett (four #1’s), Whitney Houston and Shaggy (3 #1’s) and Paper Lace (2 #1’s). Lastly this is the first time that the word “Despacito” has featured in a No.1 song, and even its English translation (Slowly) has not been at the top here, the highest placing song with that word in it was the mid-2002 No.6 single for Taxiride and “Creepin’ Up Slowly”.
So last weeks Justin was at No.1 and No.2, and he is again, just swapped around for this week, as for the past two weeks the DJ Khaled track with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil’ Wayne had been sitting at the top here, and it now slips a place to No.2 and picks up a Gold (●) in sales, whilst the highest of only four Top 100 entries this week comes straight in at No.3, “Malibu” for Miley Cyrus (#1 digital debut, #11 streamed), and it is the first taste of her July due sixth studio album. And by entering so high it becomes her seventh Top 10 single here, and now her second highest charted, as she hit No.2 with “Wrecking Ball” back in late September of 2013 for three broken weeks, plus this is also her first ever song to debut within the Top 10 (Miley’s previous highest entry was with “Party in the USA” at No.14 in early September of 2009).
Thanks to his debut self-titled album coming in at No.1 this week, it helps pull up the 1001st weekly No.1 single in Australia for Harry Styles and “Sign of the Times”, which rises five places to land at No.4 and is now ▲Platinum, followed by two back-to-back Ed Sheeran tracks in “Galway Girl” (2x▲Platinum) and “Shape of You” (6x▲Platinum), both dropping two places apiece to No.5 and No.6 respectively. The remainder of the Top 10 also drop two places each, with Kendrick Lamar and his “Humble.” track down to No.7, Shawn Mendes’ “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” moving to No.8 (after two weeks at a peak of No.6), Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson and their “Symphony” drops to No.9 (and is now ▲Platinum) and the final pairing in the ten goes to The Chainsmokers and Coldplay with “Something Just Like This” to No.10.
UP:
* Also thanks to his debut album entering this week (#27), the Dean Lewis song “Waves” is up three places to a new peak of No.12, and crowned off with a ▲Platinum sales certification.
* Stable at No.13 and newly ▲Platinum are Kygo & Selena Gomez with “It Ain’t Me”.
* Six weeks ago Future peaked at No.20 with “Mask off”, which this week moves back up three places to land at a new peak of No.19.
* Holding their “Moments” at No.25 for a third straight week are Bliss N’ Eso.
* Cheat Codes and Demi Lovato climb again to a new peak, up three to No.27 with “No Promises”.
* Charlie Puth climbs two chart-rungs with “Attention” for a new peak of No.30.
* Katy Perry’s “Bon Appetit” (HP-35) fell in its second chart week, now for its third week it rises back up ten places to No.36, as her new track from ‘Witness’ (due June 9th) in “Swish Swish” is released on Monday (22nd).
* Rapper Post Malone entered the Top 50 last week with “Congratulations”, and now he climbs into the Top 40, up eight spots to a new peak of No.37 as his debut album also enters (#62).
* Harry Styles has two songs within the Top 50 this week, as three weeks ago “Sweet Creatures” entered the Top 100, it now climbs up twenty-one spots to land at No.42.
* Ed Sheeran recently announced his March 2018 national tour, and this has boosted his songs back up the chart this week, with “Castle on the Hill” up one to No.18 and now ▲ Platinum in sales, “Perfect” (51 to 44), “Happier” (65 to 59, now Gold (●), “Dive” (69 to 66, newly Gold (●), “Supermarket Flowers” (77 to 70, also Gold (●), Longest charted song in “Thinking Out Loud” (94 to 74, 127 weeks), “How Would You Feel (Paean)?” (100 to 86), along with three re-entries; “New Man” (#88), “Photograph” (#91) and “What Do I Know?” (#93), giving him a total of twelve songs within the Top 100 this week.
* Imagine Dragons’ two entries both fell last week, but both rebound this week with “Believer” blasting back up thirty-nine places to No.53 and “Thunder” is up ten to a new peak of No.58.
* Last weeks entry for Logic and “1-800-273-8255” leaps up thirty-one spots to land at No.64.
* After returning to the chart last week, the Anne-Marie single “Ciao Adios” rises eight to a new peak of No.80.
* The fourth and final returning track to the Top 100 this week is “Hard Times” by Paramore at No.96, which is helped back in by the bands landing a Top 3 debut with their seventh studio album.
DOWN:
* The only song leaving the Top 10 this week is “Stay” (HP-3, WI10-10) for Zedd and Alessia Cara, which is spending only its second weeks outside of the ten, and is down a spot to No.11.
* Bruno Mars might be falling three places to No.15 with “That’s What I Like”, but it is newly ▲Platinum in sales.
* After debuting at No.11 last week, the second Niall Horan entry “Slow Hands” is down six to No.17.
* Jason DeRulo peaked at No.17 last week with “Swalla”, which is down three to No.20, but is newly Gold (●) in sales.
* After two weeks at its debut position, the Kygo & Ellie Goulding teaming on “First Time” moves down two to No.31.
* Martin Jensen returned to his former peak of No.40 last week with “Solo Dance”, which drops again, down three to No.43.
* With a new Calvin Harris track entering this week, his older entry “Heatstroke” drops down ten places to No.46 (his last entry “Slide” is down three to No.18).
* With Liam Payne set to join the chart next week, and currently Niall and Harry within the Top 20, first 1D exiter Zayn is down eight this week to No.47 with “Still Got Time”, now Gold (●), but will he hold on so that all five members of the band are within the fifty next week?
* Pnau move down six places to No.49 with their “Chameleon” track.
* Only down two spots to No.51 are Clean Bandit with Sean Paul & Anne-Marie and “Rockabye”, which gives the CB’s their second certification this week, as the track is now 4x▲Platinum.
* Amy Shark drops down with her two entries this week; “Adore” is down eight to No.52 and “Weekends” slides nine places to No.65.
* HAIM returned to our charts last week at No.54 with “Want You Back”, which is down seventeen places this week to No.71.
* Falling ten spots to No.76 is “Run Up” by Major Lazer with PartyNextDoor and Nicki Minaj, but the track is newly Gold (●) in sales.
* After rising back up the past two weeks, Flume is down six to No.85 with “Never Be Like You”.
* Robin Schulz, David Guetta and Cheat Codes drop twelve spots to No.87 with “Shed a Light”.
* Alessia Cara drops with both of her entries in the lower fifty, “How Far I’ll Go” (76 to 79) and moreso “Scars to Your Beautiful” (83 to 90).
* After a Voice surge last week, the Calum Scott former No.2 “Dancing on My Own” is back down ten places to No.92.
* Migos scores a Gold (●) in sales for “Bad & Boujee”, down four to No.95 this week.
* Two final 10+ drops for this week are The Vamps and “All Night” (86 to 97) and “Love$ick for Mura Masa (84 to 98), which picks up a 2x▲Platinum certification.
* Starley and her former No.8 single “Call on Me (Ryan Riback Remix)” leaves the Top 100 from last weeks No.38.
NEW ENTRIES:
* #40 – Rollin’ by Calvin Harris featuring Future & Khalid; Calvin Harris stated earlier in the year that he was not planning on releasing an album this year, but now he has changed his mind, and his fifth set is now due at the end of June entitled “Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1′, and his current three Top 50 entries will all be appearing on the new set in “Slide” (TW-21), “Heatstroke” (TW-46) and his new entry at No.40 “Rollin'” featuring rappers Future and Khalid (now his second entry after last weeks guest on the Logic track [TW-64]), and this becomes Calvin’s 27th Top 100 and 24th Top 50 entry in Australia.
* #69 – Don’t Come Easy (Eurovision 2017) by Isaiah (Firebrace) was the 2017 entrant for Australia at the Eurovision singing/songwriting competition held in Kyiv, Ukraine this year. The winner was (for the first time) Portugal with their lilting love song “Amor pelis dios” by Salvador Sobral. This year we initially finished 4th in the judges voting, but once the viewers votes were included we ended up ninth overall. This song has so far charted in Sweden and Belgium (#50 in both places), whilst Isaiah’s also has his debut single “Don’t Come Easy” within the Swedish Top 100 at No.86 (peaked #15, Platinum certified). Here ‘Easy’ is also his second chart entry since he won X-Factor last year.
* #89 – Oh My by Illy feat Jenna McDougall is the fourth single lifted from his “Two Degrees” (TW-86) album and follows on from “Papercuts” (HP-2) and “Catch 22” (HP-11), whilst “You Say When” has so far not hit the Top 100. Overall this becomes his eleventh Top 100 entry in Australia.
Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
