My Favourite Songs, Albums and Artists of All Time: https://crownnote.com/charts/gameskiller01/my-favourite-songs-of-all-time
Top albums of the week:
1) Ariana Grande - 'thank u, next' (Debut)
2) AJ Tracey - 'AJ Tracey' (Debut)
3) Nina Nesbitt - 'The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change' (-2)
4) 21 Savage - 'i am > i was' (-1)
5) Post Malone - 'beerbongs & bentleys' (-1)
Around 6 months ago, Ariana Grande held the entire Top 3 upon the release of 'Sweetener' with 'God is a woman', 'breathin' and 'everytime'. That was a huge achievement in and of itself, yet she completely shatters it this week with the release of 'thank u, next'. She doesn't just hold the Top 3, nor the Top 5, nor even the Top 10. This week, Ariana manages a complete clean sweep of the entire Top 14, with all 12 tracks from 'thank u, next' only being interrupted by Ariana's own tracks 'God is a woman' at #7 (currently on its 30th consecutive week in the Top 10) and 'Quit' at #12. This is by far the biggest clean sweep in my chart's history, beating The Weeknd's 'My Dear Melancholy,' Top 6 sweep and 'Camila's Top 10 sweep. However, 'thank u, next' can only claim a Top 6 sweep due to Ariana's other tracks, meaning that, while this is by far the biggest artist clean sweep, it can only tie 2nd in terms of album clean sweeps. Additionally, the Top 5 are all brand new debuts for the first time in chart history!
In the pole position this week is 'bad idea', though 'bloodline' at #2 and 'break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored' at #3 are so close that it may as well be a 3-way tie for #1 this week. 'bad idea' becomes Ariana's 3rd #1, and with 7 new debuts in the Top 10 this week she brings her total up to 15 Top 10s, leapfrogging Shawn Mendes' 10 & Post Malone's 12 and putting her behind only Ed Sheeran (16), Camila Cabello (19) and Eminem (21). Ariana's total chart entries increases to 18 this week, putting her behind Post Malone, Camila Cabello & Logic (21), Shawn Mendes (30), Eminem (42) and Ed Sheeran (54). With 12 entries this week, 'thank u, next' becomes the 8th album to have 10 or more simultaneous entries. The previous albums to do so are, in chronological order: 'Camila' (10), 'beerbongs & bentleys' (17), 'Kamikaze' (11), 'YSIV' (12), 'Phoenix' (10), 'Different World' (10) & 'The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change' (12). Ariana also sees the 3rd most simultaneous entries for an artist this week with 14, behind Camila Cabello (17) and Post Malone (18).
Moving away from Ariana, and we immediately see another album bomb, as 'AJ Tracey' makes a huge impact. Its highest track is 'Psych Out!', which climbs 7 places to #18, while its highest debut is 'Country Star' at #20. In total 'AJ Tracey' sees a total of 10 entries, making it the 9th album to have 10 or more simultaneous entries - for the previous 8 just see the above paragraph. AJ Tracey now has a total of 12 chart entries, as 'LO(V/S)ER' and 'Doing It' have both charted before as well. Outside of the 2 album bombs, The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer debut at #31 with 'Who Do You Love' and Khalid & Disclosure debut at #36 with 'Talk', meaning the total number of debuts this week is 20 - the highest amount of simultaneous debuts in my chart's history!
Thanks for reading everyone! :D
Notable events:
- Ariana Grande's 'thank u, next' debuts at #1 on the albums chart; 'AJ Tracey' debuts at #2
- Ariana Grande manages a complete clean sweep of the Top 14, the biggest clean sweep in chart history
- 'thank u, next' holds 12 of the Top 14, with 2 of Ariana's other tracks at #7 and #12
- 'thank u, next' can only tie 2nd for the biggest album sweep with the Top 6 since 'God is a woman' is at #7; 'Camila' held the Top 10
- 'God is a woman' spends a 30th consecutive week in the Top 10 at #7
- The entire Top 5 are all brand new debuts for the first time in chart history
- 'bad idea' debuts at #1 as Ariana's 3rd #1, though 'bloodline' and 'break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored' are so close it may as well be a 3-way tie
- Ariana brings her Top 10 total to 15, passing Shawn Mendes' 10 & Post Malone's 12 and putting her behind only Ed Sheeran (16), Camila Cabello (19) and Eminem (21)
- Her total chart entries increases to 18, putting her behind Post Malone, Camila Cabello & Logic (21), Shawn Mendes (30), Eminem (42) and Ed Sheeran (54)
- She sees the 3rd most simultaneous entries for an artist with 14, behind Camila Cabello (17) & Post Malone (18)
- 'thank u, next' and 'AJ Tracey' become the 8th & 9th albums to have 10 or more simultaneous entries
- The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer debut at #31 with 'Who Do You Love' and Khalid & Disclosure debut at #36 with 'Talk'
- The chart sees a total of 20 brand new simultaneous debuts this week, the highest in chart history
- Massive dropouts include: 'Sweet but Psycho', 'Expectations' (6-week #1!) and 'Without Me'
What the Top 10 would've looked like if not for 'thank u, next' (new entries to the Top 10 in bold):
Early predictions for next week's Top 10 (new entries to the Top 10 in bold):
Dropouts (notable dropouts in bold):
- Number 1 Debut
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks1 - Number 2 Debut Peak2Weeks1
- Number 3 Debut
Peak3Weeks1 - Number 4 Debut Peak4Weeks1
- Number 5 Debut Peak5Weeks1
- Number 6 Up by 2
Peak4Weeks4 - Number 7 Down by 1
Peak1 (for 10 weeks)Weeks31 - Number 8 Debut Peak8Weeks1
- Number 9 Up by 13
Peak9Weeks9 - Number 10 Debut Peak10Weeks1
- Number 11 Debut Peak11Weeks1
- Number 12 Up by 1
Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks27 - Number 13 Up by 16
Peak2Weeks14 - Number 14 Debut Peak14Weeks1
- Number 15 Down by 14
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks8 - Number 16 Down by 12
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks8 - Number 17 Down by 15
Peak2Weeks2 - Number 18 Up by 7
Peak17Weeks4 - Number 19 Down by 16
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks6 - Number 20 Debut
Peak20Weeks1 - Number 21 Down by 16 Peak5Weeks2
- Number 22 Down by 15
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks11 - Number 23 Down by 12
Peak7Weeks4 - Number 24 Debut
Peak24Weeks1 - Number 25 Debut
Peak25Weeks1 - Number 26 Down by 17
Peak9Weeks3 - Number 27 Down by 15
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks5 - Number 28 Down by 18
Peak10Weeks2 - Number 29 Debut Peak29Weeks1
- Number 30 Debut Peak30Weeks1
- Number 31 Debut
Peak31Weeks1 - Number 32
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks42 - Number 33 DebutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 34 DebutPeak34Weeks1
- Number 35 Down by 1
Peak1 (for 4 weeks)Weeks57 - Number 36 Debut
Peak36Weeks1 - Number 37 Down by 2
Peak2Weeks71 - Number 38
Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks92 - Number 39 Debut Peak39Weeks1
- Number 40 DebutPeak40Weeks1
- Number 14 Dropout
Peak10Weeks3 - Number 15 Dropout Peak15Weeks1
- Number 16 Dropout
Peak11Weeks4 - Number 17 Dropout
Peak10Weeks10 - Number 18 DropoutPeak18Weeks1
- Number 19 Dropout Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks7
- Number 20 DropoutPeak20Weeks1
- Number 21 Dropout
Peak21Weeks3 - Number 23 Dropout
Peak5Weeks13 - Number 24 DropoutPeak1 (for 6 weeks)Weeks15
- Number 26 Dropout
Peak26Weeks1 - Number 27 Dropout
Peak27Weeks1 - Number 28 Dropout
Scared of Love
Rudimental ft. featuring Ray BLK & Stefflon Don
From the album: Toast to our Differences
Peak22Weeks4 - Number 30 Dropout Peak30Weeks1
- Number 31 Dropout
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks18 - Number 33 DropoutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 36 DropoutPeak36Weeks1
- Number 37 Dropout
Peak37Weeks1 - Number 39 Dropout Peak25Weeks7
- Number 40 DropoutPeak40Weeks1
4 Comments
Hey Piran! Yeah, Ariana absolutely dominated the music I listened to last week, making up 79.2% of everything I listened to, and she's currently dominating even more so far this week with a ridiculous 98.9% of everything I've listened to so far, so it's highly likely that she'll hold the entire Top 10 again! 'bad idea', 'bloodline' and 'break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored' are all so close this week that it may as well be a 3-way tie for #1, and I can very easily see them all going to #1 at some point in the coming weeks. 'a lot' is still doing very well for me, but it just couldn't compete with Ariana. 'Who Do You Love' did do good to debut despite the album takeovers, but sadly I can't see it going very high on my charts. I doubt this will be its peak, but honestly I can't see it even making the Top 20. I'll check out your chart now, and thanks for the comment! :D
Good to see you again Gameskiller! 29 out of 40 songs are either from: Ariana Grande, AJ Tracey or Nina Nesbitt. That's actually crazy!! Besides this, I'm happy to see 'Who Do You Love' debuting since I really love The Chainsmokers! It's great to see 'Lost In The Fire' on the chart as well. Ariana's domination is not a surprise, especially since you've predicted it, but I definitely didn't expect so much AJ Tracey tracks! It's cool to see 'rockstar' and 'Bloodstream' still on the chart!!
Hey RandomGuy! As you can see, Ariana completely dominated this chart, and AJ Tracey did really well as well. Honestly I expected to like AJ Tracey's new album, since I generally like his music, but I didn't really expect to like it as much as I did, with it having 10 tracks on a chart with 12 tracks from another new album as well! Then Nina Nesbitt still has her 5 Top 10s from last week, but her 7 other tracks all fell out. 'What Do You Love' sadly probably won't go very high; I can't see this being its peak, but I doubt it'll even get to the Top 20. 'Lost in the Fire' will probably climb after Ariana & AJ album tracks start to fall, but it probably won't make it back to the Top 10 given that Ariana's set for a significant residence there for the foreseeable future. 'rockstar' and 'Bloodstream' will probably never fall out of the chart at this rate given how long they've been in it so far haha! Thanks for the comment! :D
Hey Gameskiller! :)
Woah... that Ariana takeover is crazy! I mean, I kind of expected her to get the entire Top 14 based on what you said from when we last chatted, but the fact that she's holding all the spots in the Top 10 again next week certainly wasn't expected, haha.
It's good to see 'Bad Idea' at #1 this week & that 'Bloodline' is set to replace it next time!
Outside of all the Ariana tracks, I'm happy that 'A Lot' is your favourite track that isn't from her, while it's awesome to see 'Who Do You Love?' debut despite two albums takeover this week.
I'll respond to your replies to me on Disqus either later or tomorrow, but I just put up my new chart if you fancy checking that out!
See you soon.