A third week at #1 cements Olivia Dean's Man I Need as the top seller in Australia once again.
Man I Need becomes the longest running #1 single for Capitol Records since Sam Smith and Kim Petras teamed up with Unholy, which had returned to the #1 spot this week three years ago (Dec. 12th, 2022) for a fifth week at the top, before being knocked off the top by Mariah's annual Xmas #1 for three weeks, returning for a sixth and final stay on January 9th, 2023. Mariah is #1 this week in Australia atop the On Replay chart with All I Want for Christmas is You (it returns to #1 in Germany this week for a 21st overall stay), along with Wham! and Brenda Lee at #2 and #3, while ten more seasonal-songs make their debut within that chart too.
Olivia Dean also sees her current chart-topper here spend a tenth week at #1 in New Zealand, while it also sits high overseas in The Netherlands (#2), The U.S.A., Canada (#4) England (4 to #8), Belgium (5 to #4), Luxembourg (#8 hold), Portugal (13 to #15), Singapore (11 to #8), down in Ireland, Sweden (both 5 to #6), Germany (19 to #28), Denmark (2 to #8), Iceland (5 to #12), Norway (7 to #13), South Africa (13 to #14) and Switzerland (6 to #14). Plus Olivia also has two further peak-stable Top 50 entries, the second of which is her now half-a-year (26 weeks) charted entry Nice to Each Other at #8 for a second week (NZ 8 to #10), while her other Top 10 entry So Easy (to Fall in Love) dips two spots this week to land at #6 (NZ #2, UK and Ireland both 3 to #5, Dutch 8 to #10).
The Chainsmokers issued their remix of Taylor Swift's The Fate of Ophelia on Friday, plus with her new five-part series dropping next week (Dec. 12th), it could all add up to her track regaining the #1 slot soon, as her album The Life of a Showgirl has retaken the #1 Albums spot locally for a seventh overall stay. Taylor's only Top 10 entry this week for Ophelia remains at #2 for a third straight week, while overseas it charts at #1 in Ireland, Norway (both 9th week), The U.S.A., Canada, Switzerland (all for an eighth week), England, The Netherlands (7th week) and Sweden (6th week). Holds in Singapore (#2), New Zealand, Malaysia, Portugal (each #3), Iceland (#4), France (#7), rises in Czech Republic (13 to #6), Luxembourg (3 to #2), Poland (7 to #5), Slovakia (9 to #6), Spain (25 to #21), and drops in Germany (1 to #3 after 8 weeks), Austria (1 to #3 after 7 weeks), Belgium (1 to #2 after 7 weeks), Denmark (3 to #12), Finland (6 to #8), Hong Kong (12 to #16), Hungary (13 to #14), Italy (6 to #8) amd South Africa (15 to #19). Many of those declines are due to overseas charts being inundated by seasonal songs.
Spotify issued their 'Wrapped 2025' listings for their listeners this past week, and the #1 downloaded album for the year went to the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, which it and it's lead single both hold the #3 positions on both charts this week, as Golden remains at #3 for an eighth straight week. It also holds in Singapore (#1 for an 18th week), The U.S.A., Canada, Malaysia, Taiwan (all #2), Hong Kong (#3), France, New Zealand (both #4), Italy (#5), with slight rises in Luxembourg (4 to #3), Slovakia (14 to #12) and Spain (14 to #10). It also drops down in England (6 to #13), Ireland (9 to #18), Germany (4 to #9) The Netherlands (4 to #6), Austria (5 to #19), Belgium (4 to #5), Czech Republic (20 to #23), Finland (17 to #18), Hungary (12 to #20), Iceland, Norway (both 2 to #7), Poland (8 to #11), Portugal (6 to #7), South Africa (18 to #23), Sweden (3 to #5) and Switzerland (2 to #4).
This is followed by the most downloaded song of 2025, Alex Warren's 17-week running former #1 Ordinary is up one spot to #4, while also rising a spot and scoring a NEW PEAK too is the RAYE track WHERE IS MY HUSBAND up to #5 (#1 Hip Hop/R&B Single), while a month after scoring Gold in sales, it's newly certified as ▲Platinum locally, plus the track places high overseas in England, Ireland (#2), The Netherlands (#3), Belgium (#7) and Singapore (#15 hold), climbing in The U.S.A. (47 to #37), Canada (16 to #15), Czech Republic (25 to #19), Portugal (20 to #16) and Slovakia (#22 return), while down in New Zealand, Luxembourg (both 6 to #7), Germany (5 to #19), Austria (4 to #12), Iceland (10 to #15), Norway (6 to #10), Poland (13 to #15), Sweden (6 to #8) and Switzerland (5 to #7).
There are five non-movers within the Top 10 this week (out of 12 within the Top 50), with the final being the #1 Dance Single for Disco Lines with Tinashe and No Broken Boys at #7, while two songs regain Top 10 berths this week, new tourist sombr with 12 to 12 (up one to #10, WI10-9) and returning to the entire chart at #9 (and shown as a New Entry, along with catalogue No.) is the four week old former-entry I Run for HAVEN., now featuring Kaitlin Aragon, returning at #9, one place lower than it's former #8 entry position on November 17th. With no AI vocals and an actual real vocal track, the song is now allowed to chart, as it also has overseas entries in England (37 to #21), Ireland (47 to #31), Germany (66 to #61), The Netherlands (47 to #27), NZ (20 to #13), Canada (#59 debut), Austria (#23 entry) and Belgium (#16 debut).
TOP 20: Taylor Swift's Opalite (HP-2x2, WI10-8) is the first of two Top 10 departures this week, with the track down two places to #11, with the only other declining song here being a five-place drop to #18 for Tate McRae's TIT FOR TAT after it's resurgence last week. sombr rises two places to #16 with Undressed, while he has one of four non-movers here too as back to friends stays at #12, with the three further stable tracks being Soda Pop for Saja Boys (#14), DAISIES for Justin Bieber (#15) and A Couple Minutes by Olivia Dean (#17).
Benson Boone has about six more weeks within the Top 100 with his breakout track Beautiful Things, as at 98 weeks charted it rises back up three places to #13, with further rises seen by Love Me Not by Ravyn Lenae (up two to #19) and Fred Again.. with Victory Lap (up three to #20, new track issued on Friday called solo), while his USB002 set is due for release next week (Friday 12th of December), physically and digitally.
TOP 30: One NEW PEAK here and a PEAK HOLD, with last week's climb into the Top 50 for Phantom by EsDeeKid and Rico Ace is this week up ten places to a new chart height of #30, while Olivia Dean sees her Let Alone the One You Love remaining on hold at #25, plus she sees a two place trek down to #22 for her Baby Steps track.
Kendrick Lamar started his Australian shows on December 3rd, sombr began on the 5th, while Lady Gaga saw her first shows in ten years in Melbourne on the 4th, with her Bruno Mars duet Die With a Smile moving back up two spots to #26 (bigger rise next week after a full run of shows have their effect).
Three single-place rises occur for A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey (#21), BIRDS OF A FEATHER for Billie Eilish (#23) and half-year-charted (26 weeks) Manchild for Sabrina Carpenter (to #29). Two KPop Demon Hunters tracks here both dip one spot each for Your Idol by Saja Boys and What it Sounds Like for HUNTR/X to #27 and #28 respectively, while a physical K-Pop act in last week's #10 entry for Stray Kids and Do it (WI10-1) falls fourteen places to #24 this week, while their full EP debuted at #1 on the U.S. Albums chart this past week.
TOP 40: Tyla scores her third Top 50 entry this week as her latest release CHANEL jumps up twenty-six places to land at a NEW PEAK of #40 (95-66-40 so far), with her two previous entries being Push 2 Start (HP-44, Jan. 13th, 2025) and her breakout hit Water (HP-6x3, Oct. 30th, Nov. 27th and Dec. 4th, 2023), with the song also hitting new peaks overseas in The Netherlands (100 to #43), England (#66) and Canada (86 to #70).
The #1 Australian Artists single is again the Tame Impala track Dracula, which holds at #33, prior to which is the other non-mover here for the Tate McRae F1 The Movie track Just Keep Watching at #32, while she also has the biggest falling track within the Top 50 this week with her entry from last week NOBODY'S GIRL halving it's position and dropping nineteen places to #38. Two other tracks fall here, both two places each; Gabriela for KATSEYE to #31 and That's So True by Gracie Abrams to #36.
Two duets rise here for the Post Malone and Morgan Wallen collab I Had Some Help (up four to #35) along with the Rosé and Bruno Mars song APT. (up three to #39), with single-place rises for How it's Done for HUNTR/X (to #34) and THE DAYS - NOTION Remix for Chrystal (to #37).
TOP 50: After cracking one-year on the charts last week, the Lola Young song Messy is this week up seven places to #43, while four songs break-back into the Top 50 from the lower fifty, Espresso for Sabrina Carpenter (51 to #46), Good Luck, Babe! for Chappell Roan (55 to #48) and Too Sweet by Hozier (57 to #50).
Taylor Swift is down to only three Top 50 entries this week, with her last appearance being for her Elziabeth Taylor track (down five to #42), while also shifting down five-gears to #41 is Tate McRae's Sports Car. Down one-spot each are Tears for Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Dreams by Teddy Swims to #44 and #45 respectively, with Kehlani dipping two spots to #47 with Folded and the biggest drop here goes to the eight place fall to #49 for the Sam Fender and Olivia Dean duet Rein Me in to #49, while Olivia also leaves the Top 50 with Lady Lady (LW #47).
Taylor Swift rises back into the #1 Albums position this week with The Life of a Showgirl.
Regaining a seventh overall week at the top in Australia makes The Life of a Showgirl the equal longest running #1 Album for 2025, now equalling the seven broken weeks achieved by the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack between mid-July and early September. Taylor's Showgirl rebound also repeats its re-reign over on the Vinyl Sales Chart (LW #3) for a fourth overall stay as the #1 set there. Taylor lifts her decade tally to 59 weeks and her overall total is now 75 weeks at the top in Australia.
The Showgirl's move up one spot from last week also matches the overseas top in Canada (8th week), while it's also highly placed in New Zealand (#2 hold), England (3 to #2), The Netherlands (#3 hold), Ireland (5 to #4), Germany (#4 hold) and leaves the U.S. top spot after seventh week (TW #3) after Stray Kids' new EP debuted at the top there this past week. With the year winding down for major releases, Taylor should or could hold the top spot for a few more weeks, with her new five-part doco series dropping its first two episodes this coming week (Dec. 12th) for Taylor Swift: The End of an Era, which will more likely affect the 22nd of December chart, and with NO XMAS titles expected to chart this season (they're all within the On Replay chart now) there should be little competition for the top spot, unless you factor in...
...Olivia Dean and her fantastic run of charting singles and her breakout second album The Art of Loving, which in it's tenth week of charting is the only non-mover within the Top 10 this week, holding at #2, while the set regains it's #1 berth in England (2nd week) and she remains the top seller on both charts in New Zealand along with Ireland (both for a 6th week), plus it also charts well in The Netherlands (#2), Canada (#5) and The U.S.A. (#7), dropping slightly in Germany (31 to #37).
Eight of the Top 10 Albums rise this week, with the soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters moving up two places to #3 (matching the #3 spot of their Golden single), while Sabrina Carpenter sees both of her Top 10 placements rise, with her latest set Man's Best Friend up three spots to #4 (No.2 Vinyl) and Short N' Sweet (up one to #7, No.6 Vinyl). Further single-place moves occur for Tate McRae and SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? (to #5), Alex Warren with You'll Be Alright, Kid (to #8) and now-tourist (started Dec. 5th) sombr with I Barely Know Her (to #9).
The recent physical release for Tyler, the Creator's CHROMAKOPIA sees it return to the Top 10 by climbing three places to land at #10, with it also scoring the No.4 Vinyl spot and the #1 Hip Hop/R&B Albums position too. Last week's #1 entry for the soundtrack to Wicked: For Good drops down five places this week to #6 (No.3 Vinyl), while the set arrived this past week at #2 in The U.S.A. and #9 in Canada.
TOP 20: Just outside of the Top 10 are the two stable entries here, Billie Eilish with HIT ME HARD & SOFT (No.14 Vinyl) and I'm the Problem for Morgan Wallen (#1 Country Album) at #11 and #12 respectively, which are followed by a six place rebound to #13 for Ed Sheeran's Play set, thanks to it being expanded from 18 to now a Deluxe Edition containing 27 tracks.
Also rising are Gracie Abrams' The Secret of Us (up two to #15), Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department (up five to #21, No.12 Vinyl) and just-started tourist Lady Gaga (Dec. 4th) with her latest release MAYHEM, which jumps up seven places to #17 (The Fame is at #8 within the On Replay LP chart too). The only falling album within this chart region is the Wicked soundtrack, down four to #19.
TOP 30: Kendrick Lamar began his tour this past week, starting December 3rd, which means his shows fell into this past week's sales period and that has helped his almost-one-year old entry (51 weeks) GNX to leap up nineteen places to #21, after which are Tame Impala and their Deadbeat set, up five to #22 (No.17 Vinyl), with further climbs seen by BRAT for Charli XCX (up six to #24), eternal sunshine for Ariana Grande (rises four to #25), Think Later for Tate McRae (up two to #26) and returning to the Top 30 are ROLE MODEL with Kansas Anymore, up eight to land at #29 (HP-27).
Of the four Australian acts within the Top 30 this week, the only one dropping down are 5 Seconds of Summer with their latest release EVERYONE'S A STAR, while the second and final decline here goes to Stray Kids and their KARMA release, down four to #30.
TOP 40: Thanks to a 2CD and 3xVinyl edition issued last week, the Teddy Swims set I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Complete Collection) returns to the chart this week at #35, with the set previously peaking at #11 when issued (July 7th) and leaving the chart on Sept. 1st, with focus shifting instead to the two individual parts, with Part 1 joining the On Replay chart (peaked at #6 there on Oct. 27th during his national tour), while his Part 2 re-entered the chart on Sept. 1st and spent three weeks at #26 throughout his tour.
Three albums here rise seven places each, with Even in Arcadia for Sleep Token, Vie by Doja Cat and Addison by Addison Rae moving up to #31, #32 and #36 respectively, while a six-place climb occurs for Florence + The Machine with Everybody Scream to #40, with the final rise here going to a two-place move to #33 for Royel Otis and their hickey set.
The three declining entries here see a three spot dip to #39 for Justin Bieber's SWAG I + II, with double-digit-declines seen by West End Girl for Lily Allen (down eleven to #34) and Sex Hysteria by Jessie Murph (drops twelve to #37).
TOP 50: Five albums rise back into the Top 50 this week from last week's lower-fifty, the biggest of which is a thirty-two place jump to #49 for the Cold Chisel 50 Years - The Best of to #49 (possibly thanks to Jimmy's recent tour and his/their doco screening), along with Charm for Clairo (up nine to #44, half-year chart feat at 26 weeks), A Matter of Time for Laufey (up four to #47, #1 Jazz/Blues Album), Virgin for Lorde (up seven to #55) and $ome $exy $ongs 4 U for Drake and PartyNextDoor (up two to #50).
Ocean Alley's Love Balloon inflates five places to #43, while the seventh and final rise here goes to the Post Malone F-1 Trillion (up two to #45). The three falling sets landing here are Seventy for Paul Kelly (down eight to #41), People Watching for Sam Fender (down twelve to #46) and last week's entry for The Beatles and their Anthology 4, which drops twenty-two places to land at #42 (I finally finished watching all nine episodes this past week too). The only album leaving the Top 10 this week also departs the fifty for lower positions, with SoSo seeing their So Much for Second Chances leave from #4 (WI10-1), along with high entries from last week for The Smith Street Band (#14), Midnight Til Morning (#16), SWIM (#22) and Dave (#31).
NEW ENTRIES: * #14 (LP#4) - Moonrise - Pierce Brothers (Pierce Brothers) taking out the #1 Australian Artists Album spot this week is the fourth album for Jack and Patrick Pierce, becoming the pairs' seventh overall entry and Top 50 placement (3 LPs, 4 EP's), as they previously charted with Atlas Shoulders (LP#1, HP-13, Nov. 2018) and then their Everything is Bigger Than Me set (LP#3, HP-14, April 8th, 2024), prior to which they secured four EP entries between 2014 and 2017.
* #18 (EP#1) - Scripts of Fate (EP) - Jemma Siles (Jemma Siles) is the debut release for the local singer and songwriter who has previously won three Songwriter Awards (2018, 2019 and 2020), with this six-track EP containing her recent releases Never Loved, Nothing to Fear and Tell Me All Your Lies.
* #20 (LP#6.2) - Bedtime Stories - The Untold Chapter - Madonna (Warner Records) contains eight extra tracks from the original recording sessions for 1994's Bedtime Stories (#1 in late October of 1994 for one week), with remixes of singles from the album for Secret and Human Nature, along with the original of Love Won't Wait (later done by Gary Barlow). This set follows on from her Veronica Electronica set which accompanied another 90's set Ray of Light, that set debuted at #36 on August 4th and later went on to peak at #33 on October 20th thanks to a physical release. The new set also charts overseas in Germany (#30), Belgium (#34), Scotland (#37), Italy (#42), The Netherlands (#63) and England (#95).
* #23 (LP#4) - GODSPEED - These New South Whales (ADA/Warner Aust.) is the fourth album, second Top 100 entry and first Top 50 placement for the four-piece band from Melbourne, with the set also scoring the No.9 Vinyl position too. The group issued their first EP in January of 2015, followed by their debut album You Work for Us (Aug. 2017), then I Just Do What God Tells Me to Do (LP#2, Nov. 2018), while their last release was TNSW, which made it to #88 (No.4 Vinyl) on Nov. 28th, 2022.
* #28 (LP#3) - Searching for You in the Darkness - Dellacoma (Xmusic) is the fourth release (1 EP and 3 LP's) and now second Top 100 and first Top 50 entry for the Melbourne heavy-metal act, with a tenth anniversary edition of their debut set their only other chart entry, as The Sound of Everything (Expanded Edition) saw chart action on July 21st of this year, making it to #92 (#5 on the Physical Sales chart too), while their second release was Blood (July 2021, didn't chart).
* #38 (LP#1) - You're Missing the Best Part - Chris Lanzon (LAB Records) was the lead-singer with for In Stereo (X-Factor act in Season 7, 2015) who saw two of their EP's hit #11 (EP#1) and #3 (EP#2) in 2016. Chris issued his own material on four EP's between May 2020 and September of 2024 prior to this debut studio album, which is now his first solo chart entry.
New Albums coming from: * Kylie Minogue (xtra Xmas LP) * Alison Wonderland * Sam Fender (dlxe) * Olivia Rodrigo (live) * JADE (dlxe) * Melody's Echo Chamber * Disinblud (remixes) * Lil' Baby * Tom Smith * Roddy Ricch * Anna of the North * Redveil * TEED * Zac Brown Band * SAILORR (dlxe) * Daniel Knox * Upon a Burning Body * Deliver Me from Nowhere (s'track/Springsteen biopic) * Caught Stealing s'track by IDLES
^ That's very true lol. I'm so used to this turn of phrase that I didn't think it would be inaccurate with the new rules. I will just use "other accreditations"
The On Replay singles chart has gone from having 1, to 3, to 13 Christmas songs. At this rate, by January there'll be thousands! The 3 already-charting ones - Mariah, Wham! and Brenda - fill out the top 3, and the 10 debuting Christmas songs are as follows:
6. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 8. Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 14. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 20. Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 28. Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 31. Sia - Snowman 32. Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas 34. Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 35. Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 42. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
Those 13 songs are exactly the 13 highest-charting Christmas songs on the peak Christmas week last year, though the order is slightly different. There are no other debuts this week, but End Of Beginning by Djo (a 2024 hit but released in 2022), which had poked in at #50 once in September, re-enters at #13. A big week for "beginning". The only other non-Christmas song to move upwards is the one other re-entry, Where The Wild Things Are.
Don't Dream It's Over is back to #1 on the Australian version, after a 2-week intermission of Thunderstruck. Snowman climbs from #29 to #4, but no other Christmas songs have appeared here yet. Last week, We Are The People disappeared from this chart from #9, and sadly, it has not re-appeared ARIA must be devoted fans of Better Be Home Soon, which has been #50 both weeks. (This is more possible than you think, because ARIA just so happened to start producing the chart themselves the week Better Be Home Soon was released!)
Michael Bublé climbs from #34 to #1 on the On Replay albums chart. Fred again..'s "USB" climbs 18 spots, whatever that means. 3 Christmas albums debut on the Australian version (Hi-5, John & Olivia, Sia). Points to you if you've ever heard of the band Knievel, who appear at #42 there with a reissue of a 1998 album (Steep Hill Climb).
Empire Of The Sun's 2013 hit "Alive" re-enters the regular Australian singles chart at #15. This is presumably because a remix of it by Alok was released this week, like how "Working Class Man" is charting there presumably because of its recently-released 40th-anniversary "ballad version". The "Alive" remix has 543,554 global Spotify plays after a week, which sounds solid to me, but that's only ~30% as much as the original "Alive" is currently doing.
I assumed "I Run" would lose its 1-week-charter status, but it appears not since ARIA have labelled it a new entry. 8-out-out-9 would've been a very unique chart run. (Granted, it presumably should've re-entered last week, as it was #35 on the weekly Spotify chart.)
"So Fresh: Best Of 2025" debuts at #2 on the compilations chart (#1 is "triple j's Best Australian Like A Version", a vinyl release, which debuted at #1 on the compilations chart last week.) If you don't know, So Fresh ended their 23-year-running seasonal series at the end of 2023, and switched to releasing 1 annual volume. All 94 of the seasonal releases reached #1 on the compilations chart, as did the "Best Of 2024" one (and 2 other spin-offs over the years). If this one doesn't end up reaching #1, it would be a huge streak-breaker! (The Like A Version compilation calls itself a limited-edition release, so I assume it'll probably expire soon and the So Fresh will get there. Unlucky for So Fresh to have run into competition on a chart that usually has none. Also, a digital compilation called "no pare, sigue sigue 4" debuts at #13 this week - I don't think I've ever seen something like that chart there before.)
The last So Fresh not to debut at #1 was... not as long ago as I expected; Winter 2021 was released the same week as "Classic 100: The Music You Can't Live Without" and they landed at #2 and #1 respectively the first week, then swapped places the following week. Last edited:
Thanks for the So Fresh information. Great read. I own all 95 main releases. Can't part with them. Plus I have most others in the series. Christmas editions weren't worth getting all as songs were commonly repeated. Sep 2000 to Dec 2025. I was really hoping Universal/Sony wouldve done a 25yrs Best or So Fresh edition....3 CD set or something
"Austin (Boots Stop Workin')" by Dasha has left the singles top 100 (it was #82 last week). I think it's been transferred to On Replay (but didn't make the cut for the On Replay top 50), 1 week late, which doesn't match with what I posted last week - that based on the New Music chart, ARIA's date for it appears to be 2 weeks late - but could be explained if ARIA's date for it is not a Friday, as I believe song(s) released mid-week have been granted a 17th week on the New Music chart. Perhaps ARIA define the New Music chart in a way that (intentionally or not) allows songs 16 full weeks, while the On Replay transfer point is once songs have had 2 full years, which is 104.3 or 104.4 weeks, so 105 weeks is sufficient even if the first week is a half-week.
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ARIA must be devoted fans of Better Be Home Soon, which has been #50 both weeks. (This is more possible than you think, because ARIA just so happened to start producing the chart themselves the week Better Be Home Soon was released!)
(#1 is "triple j's Best Australian Like A Version", a vinyl release, which debuted at #1 on the compilations chart last week.) If you don't know, So Fresh ended their 23-year-running seasonal series at the end of 2023, and switched to releasing 1 annual volume. All 94 of the seasonal releases reached #1 on the compilations chart, as did the "Best Of 2024" one (and 2 other spin-offs over the years). If this one doesn't end up reaching #1, it would be a huge streak-breaker! (The Like A Version compilation calls itself a limited-edition release, so I assume it'll probably expire soon and the So Fresh will get there. Unlucky for So Fresh to have run into competition on a chart that usually has none. Also, a digital compilation called "no pare, sigue sigue 4" debuts at #13 this week - I don't think I've ever seen something like that chart there before.)