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[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 45/2020 – 6 november 2020 - Ariana’s Sweet week
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Singles Top40

Spoiler!

While the Album Top20 is going crazy, the Singles Top40 stays rather calm and has a manageable five new entries & one re-entry. None of those were strong enough to prevent Ariana Grande from climbing back up to the top with her song Positions (2-1), giving her an impressive 36th week at number one ever since topping the singles charts for the first time in early 2013. While Positions proves to be stronger than expected, Ariana’s latest single 34+35 also holds well, only dipping 6-7 following its debut a week ago.

The Top3 gets completed by the two highest new arrivals of the week, both coming from Northern Europe. First up is British girl group Little Mix, who just put out their sixth studio album Confetti. The set already spawned the singles Break Up Song (#20) and Holiday (#16), but the album’s current single Sweet Melody makes a way stronger impact through the album release boost and debuts at #2 this week. This is not only just their second Top10 entry ever, but also immediately ties the peak of their highest peaking single Touch from early 2017.

Norwegian Eurovision stars Keiino are next, as they released their new single A Winter’s Night, that arrives at #3. It’s their first ballad as a single and therefor a big change from their usual uptempo, happy stuff, but it surely fits very well in the upcoming Christmas time and becomes their eighth consecutive Top10 hit, solidifying their status as already one of the most successful artist who started their career at the Eurovision Song Contest. The band also holds well with their previous release Transarctic Lover (16-16).

Other new and re-entries this week: This time, we start with the re-entry, coming from Marina Kaye. The French singer has released her third album called Twisted and even though the release didn’t bring a new single, the album already spawned four entries in the past with The Whole 9 making a comeback at #12 this week. Next up is Paris Jackson, the daughter of the late King Of Pop - Michael Jackson. Paris released her debut single called Let Down that makes a solid first impression at #17. Belgian Eurovision stars Loïc Nottet and Laura Tesoro teamed up on a single called Strangers, that also features Alex Germys and debuts at #25. Laura previously made her only notation with the ESC track What’s The Pressure (#34 in 2016), while Strangers is already the eighth chart entry for Loïc. The fifth and final new entry belongs to Swiss-Albanian rapper Loredana, who already released a third taste of her upcoming album Medusa. The song is called Tut mir nicht Leid and debuts at #36, still lower than the two previous singles Checka (3-9) and Rockstar (34-32).

Other talking points this week: Dua Lipa and Angèle rise 7-4 with Fever, becoming the seventh Top5 hit for the former. Sam Smith also reaches a new peak for their single Diamonds, that rises 13-5 and becomes their highest peaking single since topping the charts for the first time with How Do You Sleep? in mid 2019. Sam is also charting with Kids Again, declining 15-20. Next up is K-Pop star CL, who also reaches a new peak with +HWA+ jumping 12-6, becoming her second Top10 hit following the #2 peaking Hello Bitches in 2015. From good news to not so good news and last weeks chart topper - Tarja. The singer has been struggling with longevity on the Singles Top40 for some time now, and her new single Together doesn’t change that, as it already drops 1-10. Leaves’ Eyes’ started their new album circle very promising, as Chain Of The Golden Horn became their second chart topper. Suddenly, things look worrying, as the song drops 4-11 this week, while Dark Love Empress even tumbles down 21-40 and Serkland is leaving the Top40 (ex #40). On the other hand, Amaranthe continue with what’s already their biggest year ever, as just a few weeks ago, Viral earned them their very first Gold certification. Today, Viral is still charting and already got certified with Platinum in the meantime (35-38), follow-up Strong with Noora Louhimo earned them a second Gold certification (29-37) and now, Archangel already becomes their third song to go Gold (8-14). The band also keeps charting with four songs in total, as Fearless drops 14-26.

With just a normal number of new and re-entries, there’s been more to mention elsewhere on the chart and there are also more climbers than usual. Besides the already mentioned ones, Harry Styles also belongs to them, as he rises 28-21 with Golden. The song is about to become Harry’s sixth Top20 hit out of six chart entries in total. Melanie C also climbs back up the charts, as Overload rises 27-23. The song is already her longest charting single since Think About It spent eighth weeks on the charts in 2011, and overall Melanie C’s most successful song since Burn in 2012. Last but not least, there are another two newly Gold certified songs. First one is Lady Gaga’s 911 (20-22), being already the singer’s 21st single with a certification. The other Gold certification goes to U Wear It Well by RuPaul, Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo and Priyanka. The song that was produced during the Grand Final of the first season of Canada’s Drag Race is one of many Drag Race songs that not only entered the charts, but proved to be nice successes over the last three years. Though with U Wear It Well going Gold, it becomes the first song produced by the hit series doing so. Overall, U Wear It Well is the fourth song performed by (a) Drag Queen(s) to be certified with Gold and all did it this year, with the previous ones being 9 Lives & Space Between, both by Blair St. Clair, and Tonight Or Forever by Jujubee featuring Blair St. Clair.

Sam Smith’s Diamonds is the biggest climber for a second week in a row while Leaves’ Eyes’ Dark Love Empress is the biggest loser this week.

1 (2) Ariana Grande – Positions
Chart Run: *1*-2-1- / 3w

2 (NEW) Little Mix – Sweet Melody
Chart Run: *2*- / 1w

3 (NEW) Keiino – A Winter’s Night
Chart Run: *3*- / 1w

4 (7) Dua Lipa feat. Angèle – Fever
Chart Run: 7-*4*- / 2w

5 (13) Sam Smith – Diamonds
Chart Run: 9-9-16-19-25-30-13-*5*- / 8w

6 (12) CL – +HWA+
Chart Run: 12-*6*- / 2w

7 (6) Ariana Grande – 34+35
Chart Run: *6*-7- / 2w

8 (5) Vanessa Mai & FOURTY – Mitternacht
Chart Run: 8-*5*-8- / 3w 

9 (3) Loredana & Delara – Checka
Chart Run: 11-20-6-4-*3*-3-9- / 7w

10 (1) Tarja – Together
Chart Run: *1*-10- / 2w

11 (4) Leaves’ Eyes – Chain Of The Golden Horn
Chart Run: 4-*1*-1-2-4-11- / 6w

12 (RE) Marina Kaye – The Whole 9
Chart Run: *2*-4-17-22-26-Out-RE 12- / 6w

13 (9) Cascada – I’m Feeling It (In The Air)
Chart Run: 32-24-12-10-*9*-13- / 6w

14 (8) Amaranthe – Archangel *G*
Chart Run: *2*-3-3-2-5-8-14- / 7w 

15 (10) Shaed – No Other Way
Chart Run: 28-13-*10*-15- / 4w

16 (16) Keiino & Sordal – Transarctic Lover
Chart Run: *7*-8-12-16-16- / 5w

17 (NEW) Paris Jackson – Let Down
Chart Run: *17*- / 1w

18 (17) Bebe Rexha feat. Doja Cat – Baby, I’m Jealous
Chart Run: *9*-9-14-17-18- / 5w

19 (11) Eleni Foureira – Light It Up
Chart Run: *11*-19- / 2w

20 (15) Sam Smith – Kids Again
Chart Run: *15*-20- / 2w

21 (28) Harry Styles – Golden
Chart Run: 28-*21*- / 2w

22 (20) Lady Gaga – 911 *G*
Chart Run: *1*-3-1-4-7-11-20-22- / 8w

23 (27) Melanie C – Overload
Chart Run: 19-*16*-17-25-27-23- / 6w

24 (22) Lindsey Stirling – Til The Light Goes Out
Chart Run: *1*-5-8-10-16-22-24- / 7w

25 (NEW) Loïc Nottet & Laura Tesoro feat. Alex Germys – Strangers
Chart Run: *25*- / 1w

26 (14) Amaranthe – Fearless
Chart Run: 6-5-*3*-7-14-26- / 6w

27 (32) Rhye – Black Rain
Chart Run: 32-*27*- / 2w

28 (19) Icona Pop & Sofi Tukker – Spa
Chart Run: 11-*6*-19-28- / 4w 

29 (31) Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco – Lonely
Chart Run: *22*-24-31-29- / 4w

30 (18) Scarlett BoBo – C.E.O.
Chart Run: *18*-30- / 2w

31 (25) RuPaul feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo & Priyanka – U Wear It Well *G*
Chart Run: *1*-2-5-8-10-13-20-25-31- / 9w

32 (34) Loredana – Rockstar
Chart Run: *23*-34-32- / 3w

33 (24) Blackpink – Lovesick Girls
Chart Run: *2*-2-6-15-24-33- / 6w

34 (26) Demi Lovato – Commander In Chief
Chart Run: *16*-19-26-34- / 4w

35 (30) Clean Bandit & Mabel feat. 24kGoldn – Tick Tock *G*
Chart Run: 6-*1*-2-3-6-6-9-11-14-21-30-35- / 12w

36 (NEW) Loredana – Tut mir nicht Leid
Chart Run: *36*- / 1w

37 (29) Amaranthe feat. Noora Louhimo – Strong *G*
Chart Run: *5*-9-11-14-22-25-18-15-18-15-22-29-37- / 13w

38 (35) Amaranthe – Viral *P*
Chart Run: 3-*1*-1-4-9-9-11-16-21-25-22-17-26-21-10-13-19-28-35-38- / 20w

39 (23) Taeyeon feat. Chanmina – #GirlsSpkOut
Chart Run: *23*-39- / 2w 

40 (21) Leaves’ Eyes – Dark Love Empress
Chart Run: *4*-21-40- / 3w

Out of Top40
Out (33) Carly Rae Jepsen – It’s Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries (1w)
Out (36) Amy Shark feat. Travis Barker – C’mon (2w)
Out (37) Ava Max – OMG What’s Happening (8w)
Out (38) Katja Krasavice & Fler – Million Dollar A$$ (2w)
Out (39) Lana Del Rey – Let Me Love You Like A Woman (3w)
Out (40) Leaves’ Eyes – Serkland (8w)

New certifications
Archangel by Amaranthe, 911 by Lady Gaga and U Wear It Well by RuPaul feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo & Priyanka go GOLD (250+ points)

Click here for the Certification Database

[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 45/2020 – 6 november 2020 - Ariana’s Sweet week
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Album Top20

Spoiler!

Following an extremely busy week with seven new arrivals, the Album Top20 faces another seven new entries this week, making this an outstandingly busy time for the charts right now. This obviously comes as a disadvantage for all the albums that chart right now, but not for Ariana Grande, who defends the top spot with Positions. The songstress released her sixth album just a week ago and even though the reception wasn’t as good as initially expected, she still debuted right atop the chart. During the first full week, Positions turned out as a grower and therefor still got its second week at number one rather easily, making it Ariana’s third album with multiple weeks on top following My Everything (three weeks) and Sweetener (seven weeks).

Ariana’s biggest competition came from one of the new entries, as Twisted by Marina Kaye debuts at #2. The French singer only turned 22 years young earlier this year, but Twisted is already her third studio album following Fearless (peak at #3, certified with Platinum in 2015) and Explicit (peak at #2, certified with Gold in 2017). Completing the Top3 is Sam Smith and their latest album Love Goes (2-3).

Other new entries this week: The second highest new entry goes to British girl group Little Mix and their sixth album Confetti. The set arrives at #4, tying the peak of their previous album LM5 from two years ago. Overall, Confetti becomes Little Mix’ third chart entry, as they made their first notation with the #3 peaking Glory Days back in 2016. Next in line are K/DA, a virtual girl group consisting of four characters based on the successful game League Of Legends. Those characters are voiced by American singers Madison Beer and Jaira Burns, and (G)I-dle members Miyeon and Soyeon. While the K-Pop band and Jaira Burns never entered My Charts previously, Madison Beer already made several notations on both main charts. The project K/DA is the first virtual group in the mainstream scene and also on My Charts, arriving at #5 with their All Out EP, that also features fellow singers Bea Miller and Kim Petras. Australian legend Kylie Minogue also owns one of the seven new entries this week, as she released her 15th studio album called Disco. The album is new at #6 as Kylie’s fourth chart entry to date, following Kiss Me Once (#11 in 2014), Golden (#4 in 2018) and Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection (#3 in 2019). The fifth new album that enters the Top10 of the album charts this week comes from Bilal Hassani. The French singer represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and already had a solid showing with his debut album Kingdom (#6 in mid 2019). His second album is called Contre soirée and starts at #8.

Just missing out the upper half is British singer-songwriter Birdy. It’s been four and a half years since the release of her last album Beautiful Lies, but the Skinny Love singer finally returns with a new EP called Piano Sketches. The EP is a first taste for her comeback and she plans to release her fourth studio album soon. Piano Sketches EP debuts at #11 as her fourth chart entry. Birdy’s first three albums Birdy (peak at #2, certified with Platinum in 2013), Fire Within (peak at #3, certified with Gold in 2013) and Beautiful Lies (peak at #2, certified with Gold in 2016) were all big successes. Last but not least, K-Pop group Mamamoo can’t stand out with their new Travel EP and only debut at #18 this week. It’s their second entry overall, as they peaked at #8 with Reality In Black a year ago.

Other talking points this week: There are obviously tons of big drops, though HUMAN. :||: NATURE. by Nightwish (6-9), Miss Anthropocene by Grimes (12-14) and Chromatica by Lady Gaga (13-16) have relatively small declines all things considered. Leaves’ Eyes’ The Last Viking (4-7), Astrid S’ Leave It Beautiful (9-15) and Taeyeon’s GirlsSpkOut EP (8-17) may suffer the most from the busy times, as all three would have done significantly better in more quiet weeks.

1 (1) Ariana Grande – Positions
Chart Run: *1*-1- / 2w

2 (NEW) Marina Kaye – Twisted
Chart Run: *2*- / 1w

3 (2) Sam Smith – Love Goes
Chart Run: *2*-3- / 2w

4 (NEW) Little Mix – Confetti
Chart Run: *4*- / 1w

5 (NEW) K/DA feat. League Of Legends – All Out EP
Chart Run: *5*- / 1w

6 (NEW) Kylie Minogue – Disco
Chart Run: *6*- / 1w

7 (4) Leaves’ Eyes – The Last Viking
Chart Run: *1*-4-7- / 3w

8 (NEW) Bilal Hassani – Contre soirée
Chart Run: *8*- / 1w

9 (6) Nightwish – HUMAN. :||: NATURE. *2xP*
Chart Run: *1*-1-1-1-1-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-2-2-5-8-8-5-7-7-6-1-1-2-4-5-6-2-2-6-9- / 31w

10 (5) Kate Miller-Heidke – Child In Reverse
Chart Run: *5*-10- / 2w 

11 (NEW) Birdy – Piano Sketches EP
Chart Run: *11*- / 1w

12 (3) Amy MacDonald – The Human Demands
Chart Run: *3*-12- / 2w

13 (7) Amaranthe – Manifest
Chart Run: *1*-2-1-3-7-13- / 6w 

14 (12) Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
Chart Run: *1*-1-2-3-2-1-3-5-6-8-8-12-17-20-Out-RE 20-17-10-3-3-3-4-9-11-9-13-15-18-Out-RE 18-11-14-12-14- / 32w

15 (9) Astrid S – Leave It Beautiful
Chart Run: *3*-4-9-15- / 4w

16 (13) Lady Gaga – Chromatica *P*
Chart Run: *1*-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-7-7-8-11-14-19-3-2-4-3-6-8-9-12-13-16- / 24w

17 (8) Taeyeon – #GirlSpkOut EP
Chart Run: *8*-17- / 2w

18 (NEW) Mamamoo – Travel EP
Chart Run: *18*- / 1w

19 (10) LaFee – Best Of
Chart Run: *5*-10-19- / 3w

20 (15) Blackpink – The Album
Chart Run: *2*-3-6-8-15-20- / 6w

Out of Top20
Out (11) Meghan Trainor – A Very Trainor Christmas (1w)
Out (14) Tori Kelly – A Tori Kelly Christmas (1w)
Out (16) Ava Max – Heaven & Hell *G* (7w)
Out (17) Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue *P* (16w)
Out (18) Amir – Ressources (3w)
Out (19) Louane – Joie de vivre (2w)
Out (20) Maria Mena – They Never Leave Their Wives (2w)

New certifications
none

Click here for the Certification Database

[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 45/2020 – 6 november 2020 - Ariana’s Sweet week
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Bubbling Under

Spoiler!

Another seven new entries find their way to the Bubbling Under chart this week, which means just three songs survived from a week ago. Sam Smith owns the most successful one, as their Dance (Til You Love Someone Else) rises 2-1 following its arrival the last time. It’s still the only album track from their current album Love Goes on the Bubbling Under chart. They are closely followed by Ariana Grande, who currently owns the top spot on the Singles Top40 and on the Album Top20 with Positions and its title track. The singer also had a top debut on the Bubbling Under chart a week ago, and Motive with Doja Cat also has a strong second week by only declining 1-2. Meanwhile, Ariana also gets another entry from her current album, as POV arrives at #6.

K-Pop virtual girl group K/DA not only make a first notation on the Album Top20 with their All Out EP this week, they also score two entries on the Bubbling Under chart. First up is Villain, a collaboration with Kim Petras, who started 2020 as one of the first big hit makers. The song debuts at #3, not far above The Baddest, that is new at #5. The latter was released as a proper single several weeks ago and may find its way to the main chart next week.

Marina Kaye has the highest new entry on the Album Top20 with her third album Twisted, and Scream has proved its status as a first highlight and enters the Bubbling Under chart at #4. Fellow French singer Bilal Hassani also owns one of the new entries on the album charts, as the Eurovision star released his second album Contre soirée this week. None of the singles made an impact so far, though Dead Bae debuts at #8 on the Bubbling Under chart this week.

The final two new entries go to Raye’s Love Of Your Life at #9 and Lukas Graham feat. Wiz Khalifa’s Where I’m From at #10 as two singles that were newly released but didn’t make a proper impact to enter the main charts.

Amir & Indila’s Carrousel falls 3-7 to complete the Bubbling Under list this week.

1 (2) Sam Smith – Dance (Til You Love Someone Else)
Chart Run: 2-*1*- / 2w

2 (1) Ariana Grande & Doja Cat – Motive
Chart Run: *1*-2- / 2w

3 (NEW) K/DA & Madison Beer feat. Kim Petras & League Of Legends - Villain
Chart Run: *3*- / 1w

4 (NEW) Marina Kaye – Scream
Chart Run: *4*- / 1w

5 (NEW) K/DA, (G)I-dle & Wolftyla feat. Bea Miller & League Of Legends – The Baddest
Chart Run: *5*- / 1w

6 (NEW) Ariana Grande – POV
Chart Run: *6*- / 1w

7 (3) Amir feat. Indila – Carrousel
Chart Run: *1*-1-3-7- / 4w

8 (NEW) Bilal Hassani – Dead Bae
Chart Run: *8*- / 1w

9 (NEW) Raye – Love Of Your Life
Chart Run: *9*- / 1w

10 (NEW) Lukas Graham feat. Wiz Khalifa – Where I’m From
Chart Run: *10*- / 1w

[setg1]

A nice surprise to see K/DA charting! "Pop/Stars" was a huge hit in my top five – it reached number one last year and was at #8 in the year-end. "The Baddest" is also a great song (a three-week #2 a couple of months ago). I'll have to give the other tracks on the EP another listen soon – I did enjoy them on first listen, though they didn't quite reach the heights of the first two songs yet...

[heppolo]

25 (NEW) Loïc Nottet & Laura Tesoro feat. Alex Germys – Strangers
Chart Run: *25*- / 1w

2-for-1 in terms of Belgian ESC representatives. This isn't a hit for me personally, but a nice song overall

[Tansike]

A nice surprise to see K/DA charting! "Pop/Stars" was a huge hit in my top five – it reached number one last year and was at #8 in the year-end. "The Baddest" is also a great song (a three-week #2 a couple of months ago). I'll have to give the other tracks on the EP another listen soon – I did enjoy them on first listen, though they didn't quite reach the heights of the first two songs yet...

Oh, thanks for pointing K/DA's entries out!
I knew about them already for a while, but never checked them out until last Friday, when I saw their EP appearing on the iTunes chart and thought "why not finally checking them out?". They made a good first impression rather fast (which explains the good debuts) BUT... ever since posting my charts, I've been absolutely obsessed with the EP. Surely has a shot for the #1 spot next week and they surely get an entry on the Singles Top40 next week as well. They're awesome!! So I'm glad to hear you're enjoying them this much as well!

[Tansike]

25 (NEW) Loïc Nottet & Laura Tesoro feat. Alex Germys – Strangers
Chart Run: *25*- / 1w

2-for-1 in terms of Belgian ESC representatives. This isn't a hit for me personally, but a nice song overall

It's a nice song, yes, not yet sure how it will stick with me though. I think most of Loïc's previous releases were better than this.

[crystalphoenix]

My opinion is still mixed. I get the restrictions and some really make sense, my problem lies somewhere different... many people don't follow them, like wearing a mask in public transport, saw two just this morning out of around 10 people in the bus. But nothing happens. Or keeping social distancing, around half of all people already forgot about that but nothing happens to them. On the other hand, people have to be in quarantine way too easily over here and sometimes even without any proof, then they're stuck at home for 10 days and there were already cases of people in quarantine who were too stressed out and had to take a walk on the 9th or 10th day, they were alone, government found it out and now they have to pay several thousands of swiss francs, which is simply no proportionality.

But to be fair, this Covid crisis showed how difficult it is what to believe and what not. You can read so many different stories about so many different situations with so many different opinions.

How are you feeling? Hope you and you're loved ones are all still healthy and save!

Ah, so your frustration is mostly with how the restrictions have been enforced/how unfairly people are punished (or not) sometimes? Hopefully you haven't been hit with any of those massive fines!

Still doing well enough here. No one I know personally has tested positive (the closest instances have been co-workers of friends). Bf and I have moved into our new place and (mostly) unpacked, but there's still a fair amount of decorating to do/furniture to buy.

That's a great comparison! Just dropping the video, doing a performance (iirc she did "John Wayne" on SNL?) and then that's it. I still think "911" deserves more, but I also get why it's not taking off yet. Glad I'm not the only one who was shocked by that elimination! I knew people weren't that much into "Stupid Love", but also seeing "Rain On Me" go in the same update when there are still 2-3 songs left that should have left the survivor during the first two rounds is really shocking. But as you say, it already happened in the past and sometimes, official singles have it harder on survivors because 1) what you said (they're singles, so there will be enough others saving them) and 2) people are already too familiar with them & want to save their favorite album tracks instead.

Thankfully there hasn't been anything that shocking/upsetting in the folklore Survivor I wish "The Lakes" had lasted longer, but deluxe/special edition bonus tracks often seem to have a harder time, probably because people are less familiar with them (or they just assume bonus tracks are lower quality in general, and that's why they aren't on the main album).

Yes! Very happy that it's really climbing up the Hot100 now. It also rose a lot on the airplay charts, where it's currently at #21

Now it's Top 20 on the Hot 100 (and Top 10 on airplay) Usually I don't love when hits rely mostly on radio to chart well, but I'll make an exception for Ava K&Q is also Top 20 in sales, though, so it's just streaming that's really letting it down.

To be fair, "Love Me Land" has ben out for a while now, so it really was time going for another single. And I already liked the original version of "Wow", Sabrina surely is a nice addition. So I don't mind them moving on. Unfortunately, it looks like even this new remix does nothing at all when it comes to charts
How do you feel about this new version?

Eh, "Wow" was never one of my favorite Zara singles, and Sabrina didn't do much to change that.

• Always satisfying to see Ari in the pole position I think the album has more single-worthy songs than the title track, though - especially "Motive," so I'm thrilled that one's charting the highest among her non-singles here! "34+35" is pretty catchy too, but I wish she didn't feel the need to explain the title at the end of the song It's like at the last second she decided "y'all are probably too dumb to get this..."
• Woah, might Little Mix score their first Marcelboard No. 1?! I'm not feeling "Sweet Melody" as much as the other Confetti singles (especially "Holiday," which became their biggest Paulboard hit in years), but SM has already out-peaked the other two in the UK, so clearly it was a smart call. I still need to check out the rest of the album, but I'm way too distracted with Ari's and Kylie's albums right now (plus Taylor too, thanks to the Survivor effect).
• Poor Sam A big delay, title change, cover art change...and then ends up releasing the same week as chart queen Ari. Not sure if I'll ever check out the whole album (I've generally just stuck to Sam's singles), but I wish "Diamonds" was doing better in the US.
• "911" fell kinda fast for a multi-week-No. 1, but like we've discussed, Gaga hasn't done anything with it after dropping the video.
• I didn't realize Carly Rae released a new Christmas song! Gotta add that ASAP...

Yet another chart that's perfectly positioned, Tancel!

[Tansike]

Ah, so your frustration is mostly with how the restrictions have been enforced/how unfairly people are punished (or not) sometimes? Hopefully you haven't been hit with any of those massive fines!

Still doing well enough here. No one I know personally has tested positive (the closest instances have been co-workers of friends). Bf and I have moved into our new place and (mostly) unpacked, but there's still a fair amount of decorating to do/furniture to buy.

Yes! But as usual, things already changed. Many countries around Switzerland are back into lockdowns, while we aren't. The Swiss government is going a brave route, kinda like Sweden did in Spring, and most people are actually happy about that.

Good to hear that! Also about your moving. Hope it already feels much like home there

Thankfully there hasn't been anything that shocking/upsetting in the folklore Survivor I wish "The Lakes" had lasted longer, but deluxe/special edition bonus tracks often seem to have a harder time, probably because people are less familiar with them (or they just assume bonus tracks are lower quality in general, and that's why they aren't on the main album).

That's true - though the elimination of "The Lakes" came rather shocking to me, as it was very high in the first three rounds and didn't even make the Top10 in the end. Also, what I love is, that it's still uncertain which song may will the survivor. Usually there are 1-2 songs that are clear frontrunners, and I feel that's not the case with "Folklore". Speaks for the album as a whole!

Now it's Top 20 on the Hot 100 (and Top 10 on airplay) Usually I don't love when hits rely mostly on radio to chart well, but I'll make an exception for Ava K&Q is also Top 20 in sales, though, so it's just streaming that's really letting it down.

I'm actually shocked how well "Kings & Queens" is doing considering its performance on the US Spotify charts. But yeah, I'm not mad at this being so successful mainly due to its airplay now. I think this could even outpeak "Sweet But Psycho", as it never went higher than #10 on the Hot 100. With that said, following being such a stan for Ava during the whole 2020, I got over her stuff so quickly once the album finally came out. Do you have similar feelings [if you checked her album out]?

Eh, "Wow" was never one of my favorite Zara singles, and Sabrina didn't do much to change that.

Oh... Somehow I thought you really enjoyed "Wow" when it originally got released, but I guess I mixed it up with another song.

• Always satisfying to see Ari in the pole position I think the album has more single-worthy songs than the title track, though - especially "Motive," so I'm thrilled that one's charting the highest among her non-singles here! "34+35" is pretty catchy too, but I wish she didn't feel the need to explain the title at the end of the song It's like at the last second she decided "y'all are probably too dumb to get this..."
• Woah, might Little Mix score their first Marcelboard No. 1?! I'm not feeling "Sweet Melody" as much as the other Confetti singles (especially "Holiday," which became their biggest Paulboard hit in years), but SM has already out-peaked the other two in the UK, so clearly it was a smart call. I still need to check out the rest of the album, but I'm way too distracted with Ari's and Kylie's albums right now (plus Taylor too, thanks to the Survivor effect).
• Poor Sam A big delay, title change, cover art change...and then ends up releasing the same week as chart queen Ari. Not sure if I'll ever check out the whole album (I've generally just stuck to Sam's singles), but I wish "Diamonds" was doing better in the US.
• "911" fell kinda fast for a multi-week-No. 1, but like we've discussed, Gaga hasn't done anything with it after dropping the video.
• I didn't realize Carly Rae released a new Christmas song! Gotta add that ASAP...

Yet another chart that's perfectly positioned, Tancel!

Yes to your love for "Motive" <3 Easily my fave on the album and a much better single choice for sure. I'm surprised they actually went with "34+35" to go along the album release, when they had "Motive" ready. Plus it seems like "POV" is taking off due to TikTok challenges. This seems to be a messy era for her, but I'm glad she released yet another great album. I still may rank this as my second least favorite album of hers so far... how do you feel about "Positions" (the album)?

#1 will be tough to achieve, but "Sweet Melody" is surely in the race of becoming my most favorite Little Mix track ever. Pop at its best to me - and I really enjoy the whole album, which also may become my favorite album by them soon. Somehow I didn't feel "Holiday" and "Break Up Song" that much when they were released as singles, but the album release definitely made me appreciate them more. Can't wait to hear your thoughts about "Confetti" once you checked it out

Yes, that was unlucky for Sam. But they still delivered a great body of work, I'm even sure I'll call "Love Goes" my favorite album by Sam ever in 2-3 weeks. I just love it. If you don't want to check out the full album, I'd recommend you to listen to "Dance (Til You Love Someone Else)" which is by far my fave on the album and an absolute banger <3
...and yes, agreed about "Diamonds". Though it's about to reach the Top10 in the UK this week and keeps rising on some other charts as well, so there's still some hope that it may still become a hit for Sam in the US as well.

True... kinda sad what happened to "Chromatica", especially after such a strong start & considering how good the album is

She did and it's pretty nice!

Thank you so much

[LastDreamer]

Agreed! Since the Cup, I've started to get so much into LaFee's discography again. Huge nostalgia factor <3
So "Scheiss Liebe" is your favorite alongside "Prinzesschen"?

Yes, but possibly I didn't hear all her singles.

[JSparksFan]

I've been playing "Positions" a good bit lately. It's growing on me, though I still wouldn't have selected it as the lead single. "Sweet Melody" sounds bop-esque on the first spin.

1 (2) Ariana Grande – Positions
2 (NEW) Little Mix – Sweet Melody
4 (7) Dua Lipa feat. Angèle – Fever
5 (13) Sam Smith – Diamonds
7 (6) Ariana Grande – 34+35
22 (20) Lady Gaga – 911 *G*
31 (25) RuPaul feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo & Priyanka – U Wear It Well *G*
34 (26) Demi Lovato – Commander In Chief

Nice that you enjoyed "Lovesick Girls"! Blackpink are probably my favorite K-Pop artists, I enjoy their stuff more than I enjoy BTS' releases. They also collaborated with Cardi B on their album, the song is called "Bet You Wanna" and is a hit waiting to happen IMO

Ah, not bad. I like Cardi's verse.

[Tansike]

Yes, but possibly I didn't hear all her singles.

To be fair, she hasn't released that many singles unfortunately

[Tansike]

I've been playing "Positions" a good bit lately. It's growing on me, though I still wouldn't have selected it as the lead single. "Sweet Melody" sounds bop-esque on the first spin.

1 (2) Ariana Grande – Positions
2 (NEW) Little Mix – Sweet Melody
4 (7) Dua Lipa feat. Angèle – Fever
5 (13) Sam Smith – Diamonds
7 (6) Ariana Grande – 34+35
22 (20) Lady Gaga – 911 *G*
31 (25) RuPaul feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo & Priyanka – U Wear It Well *G*
34 (26) Demi Lovato – Commander In Chief

Ah, not bad. I like Cardi's verse.

Glad to hear that about "Positions", as it's been the same with me! First impression was that it's a good song, but clearly her weakest lead and overall one of her weakest singles. It's still her weakest lead to me, but grew on me a lot and now I'm loving it. Same with the same. What song would you have selected as the lead single? I probably would've go with "Motive", though I get why they didn't release one of the collaborations. Yes, "Sweet Melody" is a POP tune :cool:

Thanks for checking Blackpink's collabo with Cardi B out. They really want to send this to US radios, so let's see how it will do

[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 46/2020 – 13 november 2020 - virtually The Baddest
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Singles Top40

Spoiler!

Virtual girl group K/DA already made a first impact with their debut EP All Out last week, as it arrived at #5 and scored them two entries on the Bubbling Under chart. The EP has proven to be a real hit during its first full week, and while it jumps upwards on the Album Top20 and has a bigger impact on the Bubbling Under chart than last week, its two singles also make a surprisingly big impact on the Singles Top40 this week. The Baddest was released as a first single from the EP already around two months ago and makes a stellar debut at #1 this week. It’s a first notation for all credited artists but Bea Miller, who previously reached #17 with It’s Not U It’s Me in the first week of 2020. It’s a similar situation with K/DA’s second single More, that debuts at #5. Of course, many artists that are credited are also credited on The Baddest, though it is already Madison Beer’s fourth notation, with the #17 peaking Dead being her biggest previous success (2018).

Lindsey Stirling was K/DA’s closest competition as the violinist has chosen the next single of her latest album Artemis, and it’s called Guardian. The song arrives at #2 as Lindsey’s first non-chart-topping song from the get-go since Santa Baby debuted and peaked at #4 nearly two years ago. The violinist scored eighth consecutive top hits ever since, that all also debuted right at #1. Besides Guardian, she is also charting with Til The Light Goes Out (24-25). Little Mix’ Sweet Melody keeps goings strong and only dips 2-3, completing the Top3 this week.

Other new and re-entries this week: Do you still remember the huge novelty hit Old Town Road by Lil Nas X from 2019? After a short break, Lil Nas X finally returns with a new single called Holiday that debuts at #11 this week. It becomes his fourth chart entry, with only Panini having peaked lower than Holiday so far (#29). Not far behind is Billie Eilish and her new single Therefore I Am. The song may serve as a first proper single to her second studio album and arrives at #15 as her 11th chart entry to date. Next in line with new arrivals is Austrian singer Zoé and her new single Tout Paris at #26. Zoé is mostly known for having represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with Loin d’ici (#4). Tout Paris is only her third entry overall, having also charted with C’est la vie (#34 last year).

Two more new entries to go, and both are near the bottom of the charts. First up is Samu Haber, the lead singer of the Finnish Pop-Rock group Sunrise Avenue. Samu decided to record a song sung in Finnish, it’s called Enkelten kaupunki and becomes his first solo entry at #35. British singer-songwriter Anne-Marie is still trying to get a hit to prepare the release of her second studio album, though it seems like her new single Problems also can’t really catch on with the success of her debut album and only makes it to #36 this week. Finally, following the album release, Aya Nakamura re-enters the charts with Jolie nana at #32.

Other talking points this week: Ariana Grande’s Positions drops 1-4, while she also has to leave the Top10 with 34+35 (7-13). Sam Smith also dips a bit with Diamonds (5-6) and falls even more with Kids Again (20-28), but they get an additional entry this week as their My Oasis returns to #30 this week. There are also some climbers on the charts this week, with Marina Kaye returning to the Top10 with The Whole 9 (12-10), Paris Jackson reaching a new peak with Let Down (17-14) and Harry Styles scoring another Top20 hit with Golden (21-17). There’s also a new certification this week, as Loredana & Delara’s Checka (9-16) gets certified with Gold as the first song doing so for both artists. Last but not least, even though Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco’s Lonely is far from being a big hit, it’s still charting in its fifth week (29-34) what makes it already Justin’s longest chart appearance since 2U with David Guetta spent five weeks in the Top40 three and a half years ago.

Harry Styles’ Golden is the biggest climber while Tarja drops 10-27 with Together as the biggest loser this week.

1 (NEW) K/DA, (G)I-dle & Wolftyla feat. Bea Miller & League Of Legends – The Baddest
Chart Run: *1*- / 1w

2 (NEW) Lindsey Stirling – Guardian
Chart Run: *2*- / 1w

3 (2) Little Mix – Sweet Melody
Chart Run: *2*-3- / 2w

4 (1) Ariana Grande – Positions
Chart Run: *1*-2-1-4- / 4w

5 (NEW) K/DA, Madison Beer & (G)I-dle feat. Lexie Liu, Jaira Burns, Seraphine & League Of Legends – More
Chart Run: *5*- / 1w

6 (5) Sam Smith – Diamonds
Chart Run: 9-9-16-19-25-30-13-*5*-6- / 9w

7 (3) Keiino – A Winter’s Night
Chart Run: *3*-7- / 2w

8 (4) Dua Lipa feat. Angèle – Fever
Chart Run: 7-*4*-8- / 3w

9 (6) CL – +HWA+
Chart Run: 12-*6*-9- / 3w

10 (12) Marina Kaye – The Whole 9
Chart Run: *2*-4-17-22-26-Out-RE 12-10- / 7w

11 (NEW) Lil Nas X – Holiday
Chart Run: *11*- / 1w

12 (8) Vanessa Mai & FOURTY – Mitternacht
Chart Run: 8-*5*-8-12- / 4w 

13 (7) Ariana Grande – 34+35
Chart Run: *6*-7-13- / 3w

14 (17) Paris Jackson – Let Down
Chart Run: 17-*14*- / 2w

15 (NEW) Billie Eilish – Therefore I Am
Chart Run: *15*- / 1w

16 (9) Loredana & Delara – Checka *G*
Chart Run: 11-20-6-4-*3*-3-9-16- / 8w

17 (21) Harry Styles – Golden
Chart Run: 28-21-*17*- / 3w

18 (13) Cascada – I’m Feeling It (In The Air)
Chart Run: 32-24-12-10-*9*-13-18- / 7w

19 (11) Leaves’ Eyes – Chain Of The Golden Horn
Chart Run: 4-*1*-1-2-4-11-19- / 7w

20 (14) Amaranthe – Archangel *G*
Chart Run: *2*-3-3-2-5-8-14-20- / 8w 

21 (16) Keiino & Sordal – Transarctic Lover
Chart Run: *7*-8-12-16-16-21- / 6w

22 (18) Bebe Rexha feat. Doja Cat – Baby, I’m Jealous
Chart Run: *9*-9-14-17-18-22- / 6w

23 (23) Melanie C – Overload
Chart Run: 19-*16*-17-25-27-23-23- / 7w

24 (15) Shaed – No Other Way
Chart Run: 28-13-*10*-15-24- / 5w

25 (24) Lindsey Stirling – Til The Light Goes Out
Chart Run: *1*-5-8-10-16-22-24-25- / 8w

26 (NEW) Zoé – Tout Paris
Chart Run: *26*- / 1w

27 (10) Tarja – Together
Chart Run: *1*-10-27- / 3w

28 (20) Sam Smith – Kids Again
Chart Run: *15*-20-28- / 3w

29 (22) Lady Gaga – 911 *G*
Chart Run: *1*-3-1-4-7-11-20-22-29- / 9w

30 (RE) Sam Smith feat. Burna Boy – My Oasis
Chart Run: *20*-26-Out-RE 30- / 3w

31 (19) Eleni Foureira – Light It Up
Chart Run: *11*-19-31- / 3w

32 (RE) Aya Nakamura – Jolie nana
Chart Run: *10*-16-23-30-Out-RE 32- / 5w

33 (26) Amaranthe – Fearless
Chart Run: 6-5-*3*-7-14-26-33- / 7w

34 (29) Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco – Lonely
Chart Run: *22*-24-31-29-34- / 5w

35 (NEW) Samu Haber – Enkelten kaupunki
Chart Run: *35*- / 1w

36 (NEW) Anne-Marie – Problems
Chart Run: *36*- / 1w

37 (35) Clean Bandit & Mabel feat. 24kGoldn – Tick Tock *G*
Chart Run: 6-*1*-2-3-6-6-9-11-14-21-30-35-37- / 13w

38 (27) Rhye – Black Rain
Chart Run: 32-*27*-38- / 3w

39 (31) RuPaul feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo & Priyanka – U Wear It Well *G*
Chart Run: *1*-2-5-8-10-13-20-25-31-39- / 10w

40 (28) Icona Pop & Sofi Tukker – Spa
Chart Run: 11-*6*-19-28-40- / 5w 

Out of Top40
Out (25) Loïc Nottet & Laura Tesoro feat. Alex Germys – Strangers (1w)
Out (30) Scarlett BoBo – C.E.O. (2w)
Out (32) Loredana – Rockstar (3w)
Out (33) Blackpink – Lovesick Girls (6w)
Out (34) Demi Lovato – Commander In Chief (4w)
Out (36) Loredana – Tut mir nicht Leid (1w)
Out (37) Amaranthe feat. Noora Louhimo – Strong *G* (13w)
Out (38) Amaranthe – Viral *P* (20w)
Out (39) Taeyeon feat. Chanmina – #GirlsSpkOut (2w)
Out (40) Leaves’ Eyes – Dark Love Empress (3w)

New certifications
Checka by Loredana & Delara goes GOLD (250+ points)

Click here for the Certification Database

[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 46/2020 – 13 november 2020 - virtually The Baddest
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Album Top20

Spoiler!

For a third consecutive week, another seven new albums find their way to the Album Top20, making those the three busiest weeks ever. It’s busy times as those that keep me thinking about extending the Album Top20 to a bigger chart, though it’s also usually just the fourth quarter of a year that gets incredibly busy, while it turns to a complete opposite in the first quarter of a year and sometimes during summer as well. So while some albums may suffer a lot and perform below expectations now, some of them may pull comebacks when Christmas season will be over.

Even though there are seven new entries, none of those were heavily anticipated and therefor, none of those were in the competition for the top spot. That one goes easily to virtual girl group K/DA and their All Out EP that jumps 5-1. The EP became the bands very first notation a week ago and proved to be a big hit in their first full week. They’re followed by Sam Smith, who re-peaks with Love Goes going up 3-2, while Ariana Grande’s former chart topper Positions completes the Top3 (1-3).

The highest new entry goes to Malian-born French R&B singer Aya Nakamura and her third studio album called AYA at #4. The singer has scored a huge era with her second album Nakamura in her home country France, but also scored some success in other countries such as Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Switzerland and following the success of the single Jolie nana, it comes as no surprise to see Aya also finally making it onto the Album Top20 for the first time.

Other new entries this week: The next four new arrivals are all next to each other, with Paloma Faith being the first one as she debuts at #7 with her fifth studio album Infinite Things. Even though the album failed to get an entry on the Singles Top40 so far, it still debuts higher than its predecessor The Architect (#10 in 2017), though she already peaked even higher with her third album A Perfect Contradiction (#5 in 2014). Completely new to the charts is Paris Jackson, the daughter of late King Of Pop Michael Jackson. Paris has made her chart debut with Let Down on the Singles Top40 a week ago and already follows it up with her debut album Wilted arriving at #8 on the album charts this week. Eurovision Song Contest 2019 winner Duncan Laurence is next in line, as the Dutch singer has finally released his full-length debut album called Small Town Boy. He’s surely one of the artists that suffer from the busy times, as the album only starts at #9. That’s two spots lower than the peak position for his Worlds On Fire EP from earlier this year. American Country star Chris Stapleton is the fourth in the row, as he debuts at #10 with Starting Over. It becomes his third chart entry, as both From A Room installments peaked at #8 in 2017.

Just like in the previous weeks with so many new arrivals, two also failed to reach the Top10 this week. First up is the Vampire Fitness EP by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Katya. Even though Katya already participated on the show a while ago (and was very successful at doing so, coming in fifth in Season 7 and runner-up in All Stars 2), the Vampire Fitness EP is her debut release and starts at #14. Acapella group Pentatonix owns the seventh and final new entry with their new Christmas album We Need A Little Christmas at #18. It’s already their eighth chart entry and second to miss out the Top10 following their At Home EP (#12 earlier this year).

Other talking points this week: Just like the last two weeks, there are a bunch of albums with big drops such as Kylie Minogue’s Disco (6-12), Bilal Hassani’s Contre soirée (8-13), Leaves’ Eyes’ The Last Viking (7-15), Amaranthe’s Manifest (13-19) and Astrid S’ Leave It Beautiful (15-20). Even more shocking are the drops for Child In Reverse by Kate Miller-Heidke (ex #10), the Piano Sketches EP by Birdy (ex #11) and The Human Demands by Amy MacDonald (ex #12), all that have to leave the Top20 rather prematurely. But one of those artists still has a reason to celebrate, and that’s Amaranthe, as their Manifest gets certified with Gold this week. Even more good news go to Marina Kaye’s Twisted (2-5), Little Mix’ Confetti (4-6), Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (16-16) and Grimes’ Miss Anthropocene (14-17), as they all have a rather good hold. Last but not least, it’s also worth a shoutout that Nightwish leave the Top10 for the very first time with HUMAN. :||: NATURE. after a strong 31 week chartrun there (9-11).

1 (5) K/DA feat. League Of Legends – All Out EP
Chart Run: 5-*1*- / 2w

2 (3) Sam Smith – Love Goes
Chart Run: *2*-3-2- / 3w

3 (1) Ariana Grande – Positions
Chart Run: *1*-1-3- / 3w

4 (NEW) Aya Nakamura – AYA
Chart Run: *4*- / 1w

5 (2) Marina Kaye – Twisted
Chart Run: *2*-5- / 2w

6 (4) Little Mix – Confetti
Chart Run: *4*-6- / 2w

7 (NEW) Paloma Faith – Infinite Things
Chart Run: *7*- / 1w

8 (NEW) Paris Jackson – Wilted
Chart Run: *8*- / 1w

9 (NEW) Duncan Laurence – Small Town Boy
Chart Run: *9*- / 1w

10 (NEW) Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
Chart Run: *10*- / 1w

11 (9) Nightwish – HUMAN. :||: NATURE. *2xP*
Chart Run: *1*-1-1-1-1-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-2-2-5-8-8-5-7-7-6-1-1-2-4-5-6-2-2-6-9-11- / 32w

12 (6) Kylie Minogue – Disco
Chart Run: *6*-12- / 2w

13 (8) Bilal Hassani – Contre soirée
Chart Run: *8*-13- / 2w

14 (NEW) Katya – Vampire Fitness EP
Chart Run: *14*- / 1w

15 (7) Leaves’ Eyes – The Last Viking
Chart Run: *1*-4-7-15- / 4w

16 (16) Lady Gaga – Chromatica *P*
Chart Run: *1*-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-7-7-8-11-14-19-3-2-4-3-6-8-9-12-13-16-16- / 25w

17 (14) Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
Chart Run: *1*-1-2-3-2-1-3-5-6-8-8-12-17-20-Out-RE 20-17-10-3-3-3-4-9-11-9-13-15-18-Out-RE 18-11-14-12-14-17- / 33w

18 (NEW) Pentatonix – We Need A Little Christmas
Chart Run: *18*- / 1w

19 (13) Amaranthe – Manifest *G*
Chart Run: *1*-2-1-3-7-13-19- / 7w

20 (15) Astrid S – Leave It Beautiful
Chart Run: *3*-4-9-15-20- / 5w

Out of Top20
Out (10) Kate Miller-Heidke – Child In Reverse (2w)
Out (11) Birdy – Piano Sketches EP (1w)
Out (12) Amy MacDonald – The Human Demands (2w)
Out (17) Taeyeon – #GirlSpkOut EP (2w)
Out (18) Mamamoo – Travel EP (1w)
Out (19) LaFee – Best Of (3w)
Out (20) Blackpink – The Album (6w)

New certifications
Manifest by Amaranthe goes GOLD (100+ points)

Click here for the Certification Database

[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 46/2020 – 13 november 2020 - virtually The Baddest
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Bubbling Under

Spoiler!

Besides the Singles Top40 and Album Top20, virtual girl group K/DA also smashes on the Bubbling Under chart. While their chart-topping All Out EP only contains five songs, two of those were already released as singles, while the remaining three tracks all appear high on the Bubbling Under list. Villain already made an early appearance a week ago, climbing 3-2 this time. It gets surpassed by Drum Go Dum, that debuts atop the chart, making K/DA the lead of all three charts this week. I’ll Show You is their last track, arriving at #4.

Sam Smith and Ariana Grande both each own one song on the chart that already charted a week ago. Sam still goes strong with Dance (Til You Love Someone Else), having been a big competition for K/DA as the track only dips 1-3. Meanwhile, Ariana drops 2-6 with the Doja Cat assisted Motive.

The highest non K/DA-related new entry goes to Paloma Faith. Even though the British songstress has failed to reach the Singles Top40 with the singles of her newly released album Infinite Things, Monster proved to be a big standout among the album tracks and debuts at #5 on the Bubbling Under chart.

All other four new entries are singles that were released this week, but didn’t really stand out enough to make it onto the main chart. First up is Kelsea Ballerini, who teamed up with Country superstar Shania Twain on a new version of Hole In The Bottle. The song debuts at #7. Katy Perry’s new remix for her song Resilient with Tiësto and Aitana is new at #8, Anna Bergendahl enters the chart at #9 with her Christmas single It Never Snows In California while Kelly Clarkson completes the bunch with All I Want For Christmas Is You (#10).

1 (NEW) K/DA, Wolftyla & Bekuh Boom feat. Aluna & League Of Legends - Drum Go Dum
Chart Run: *1*- / 1w

2 (3) K/DA & Madison Beer feat. Kim Petras & League Of Legends - Villain
Chart Run: 3-*2*- / 2w

3 (1) Sam Smith – Dance (Til You Love Someone Else)
Chart Run: 2-*1*-3- / 3w

4 (NEW) K/DA, TWICE & Bekuh Boom feat. Annika Wells & League Of Legends - I’ll Show You
Chart Run: *4*- / 1w

5 (NEW) Paloma Faith - Monster
Chart Run: *5*- / 1w

6 (2) Ariana Grande & Doja Cat – Motive
Chart Run: *1*-2-6- / 3w

7 (NEW) Kelsea Ballerini & Shania Twain - Hole In The Bottle
Chart Run: *7*- / 1w

8 (NEW) Katy Perry & Tiësto feat. Aitana - Resilient
Chart Run: *8*- / 1w

9 (NEW) Anna Bergendahl - It Never Snows In California
Chart Run: *9*- / 1w

10 (NEW) Kelly Clarkson - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Chart Run: *10*- / 1w

[setg1]

Amazing to see the K/DA domination this week (I didn't quite expect that even after you said they'd be in the top 40)! Number one on three charts out of three.

Also interesting to see a song sung in Finnish at #35 – I don't think that happens very often on the personal charts here.

[Tansike]

Amazing to see the K/DA domination this week (I didn't quite expect that even after you said they'd be in the top 40)! Number one on three charts out of three.

Also interesting to see a song sung in Finnish at #35 – I don't think that happens very often on the personal charts here.

I knew you would love to see K/DA's domination this week I still love to listen to the EP and they would have stayed at #1 on all charts in a "normal" week, but tomorrow has quite a bunch of high profile releases so we'll see how they'll really do. But they really surprised me in a way I didn't expect them to do, I love all songs <3

Yes... though Samu Haber is the lead singer of Sunrise Avenue, a band that sings in English and scored several big hits in the German speaking countries. He's also a judge on The Voice Of Germany. btw, Saara Aalto also reached my charts with a Finnish song in 2019

[heppolo]

26 (NEW) Zoé – Tout Paris
Chart Run: *26*- / 1w

Lowkey it's great to see her going back to French, it suits her more.

[Tansike]

26 (NEW) Zoé – Tout Paris
Chart Run: *26*- / 1w

Lowkey it's great to see her going back to French, it suits her more.

Totally agreed and good pick from my latest chart, as that one is likely to have a nice increase this week. Been playing it a lot and it's definitely her best song since "Loin d'ici".

[sergejdordij98]

Hi there!
Nice to see the debuts for "Holiday", "Therefore I Am" and "Problems"!
Also great to see the album chart debuts for "Small Town Boy" and "Starting Over"!
Great chart!

[Tansike]

Hi there!
Nice to see the debuts for "Holiday", "Therefore I Am" and "Problems"!
Also great to see the album chart debuts for "Small Town Boy" and "Starting Over"!
Great chart!

Thanks for coming by - and nice to see that there are some new entries that you enjoy this week as well <3
With that said, Duncan and Chris didn't fully meet my expectations with their new albums.

[Tansike]

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My Charts - week 47/2020 – 20 november 2020 - Ava Max, BTS, Marina, Miley, Shawn & more
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Singles Top40

Spoiler!

Following a total domination by virtual girl group K/DA last week, this week saw the release of new singles by hit makers like Ava Max, BTS, Marina (And The Diamonds), Miley Cyrus, Shawn Mendes and Within Temptation, so the competition was really strong and the Top3 all were very close to each other this week. In the end, it’s Ava Max who takes the lead with her new single My Head & My Heart. The song becomes Ava Max’ sixth top hit, having scored them all within less than a year. Overall, My Head & My Heart is her 13th chart entry, having made her first notation with the #13 peaking Sweet But Psycho slightly over two years ago.

K/DA may not dominate all three charts again, but they’re still smashing. The Baddest nearly topped the Singles Top40 for a second week, but dips 1-2 now, while their other song More also just slips 5-6 with three new entries above. Completing the Top3 is Dutch Symphonic Metal band Within Temptation and their new single The Purge. Even though the arrival at #3 is far from a weak one and already becomes the band’s 23rd chart entry, it still breaks their run of scoring #1 debuts, as their previous nine singles all did exactly that.

Other new and re-entries this week: Just missing out a spot in the Top3 at #4 is another highly anticipated new release: Prisoner, the second single of Miley Cyrus’ upcoming new album Plastic Hearts and a collaboration with hit maker Dua Lipa. While this is Dua Lipa’s 19th chart entry and ties Physical and Fever (8-13 this week) as her second highest peaking track ever, Miley already scores her 22nd chart notation with it. Though Prisoner is only Miley’s second song without a Top3 peak yet, the other being Slide Away (#6 last year). Marina - or formerly known as Marina And The Diamonds - also makes the Top10 with her new single Mans’ World arriving at #10. It’s her first entry since the chart-topping Superstar from mid 2019.

Canadian superstars Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber teamed up on a song called Monster, that serves as the second single of the upcoming new album by Shawn. Both already scored several big hits, but at the same time, both are currently also struggling to get hits again. Shawn previously underperformed with the lead single to his album, while Justin hasn’t been a big hit maker for years now. All things considered, Monster therefore has a solid debut at #16. Just one spot below at #17 is German YouTube star Katja Krasavice, who also released the second single of her upcoming new album. The song is called Ich seh, Katja’s sixth chart entry to date. Next up are Swiss Hip-Hop duo Lo & Leduc and their new single Tribut, that starts at #24. It’s yet unknown if this is a standalone single or the start of a new album campaign, but Tribut is already their 11th chart entry to date. Last but not least, K-Pop superstars BTS have the highest new entry on the Album Top20, as they released their new album Be. The album already spawned the single Dynamite, that re-enters the charts at #37 this week, while their new single Life Goes On makes its debut at #34.

Other talking points this week: Sam Smith keeps on doing well with their latest album Love Goes and its current smash Diamonds, that only dips 6-8 this week and gets certified with Gold. Sam is also charting with Kids Again, though that one drops 28-40. Paris Jackson seems to have a surprise hit in her hands, as she reaches yet another new peak with her debut single Let Down (14-12). Austrian singer Zoé has an even bigger increase, as the former Eurovision contestant is up 26-15 with Tout Paris. Finally, even though it falls 19-31, Chain Of The Golden Horn by Leaves’ Eyes also goes Gold this week.

Zoé’s Tout Paris is the biggest climber while Loredana & Delara’s Checka (16-28), Leaves’ Eyes’ Chain Of The Golden Horn and Sam Smith’s Kids Again all share the title as the biggest losers this week.

1 (NEW) Ava Max – My Head & My Heart
Chart Run: *1*- / 1w

2 (1) K/DA, (G)I-dle & Wolftyla feat. Bea Miller & League Of Legends – The Baddest
Chart Run: *1*-2- / 2w

3 (NEW) Within Temptation – The Purge
Chart Run: *3*- / 1w

4 (NEW) Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa – Prisoner
Chart Run: *4*- / 1w

5 (3) Little Mix – Sweet Melody
Chart Run: *2*-3-5- / 3w

6 (5) K/DA, Madison Beer & (G)I-dle feat. Lexie Liu, Jaira Burns, Seraphine & League Of Legends – More
Chart Run: *5*-6- / 2w

7 (2) Lindsey Stirling – Guardian
Chart Run: *2*-7- / 2w

8 (6) Sam Smith – Diamonds *G*
Chart Run: 9-9-16-19-25-30-13-*5*-6-8- / 10w

9 (4) Ariana Grande – Positions
Chart Run: *1*-2-1-4-9- / 5w

10 (NEW) Marina – Man’s World
Chart Run: *10*- / 1w

11 (7) Keiino – A Winter’s Night
Chart Run: *3*-7-11- / 3w

12 (14) Paris Jackson – Let Down
Chart Run: 17-14-*12*- / 3w

13 (8) Dua Lipa feat. Angèle – Fever
Chart Run: 7-*4*-8-13- / 4w

14 (11) Lil Nas X – Holiday
Chart Run: *11*-14- / 2w

15 (26) Zoé – Tout Paris
Chart Run: 26-*15*- / 2w

16 (NEW) Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber – Monster
Chart Run: *16*- / 1w

17 (NEW) Katja Krasavice – Ich seh
Chart Run: *17*- / 1w

18 (10) Marina Kaye – The Whole 9
Chart Run: *2*-4-17-22-26-Out-RE 12-10-18- / 8w

19 (12) Vanessa Mai & FOURTY – Mitternacht
Chart Run: 8-*5*-8-12-19- / 5w 

20 (9) CL – +HWA+
Chart Run: 12-*6*-9-20- / 4w

21 (13) Ariana Grande – 34+35
Chart Run: *6*-7-13-21- / 4w

22 (22) Bebe Rexha feat. Doja Cat – Baby, I’m Jealous
Chart Run: *9*-9-14-17-18-22-22- / 7w

23 (15) Billie Eilish – Therefore I Am
Chart Run: *15*-23- / 2w

24 (NEW) Lo & Leduc – Tribut
Chart Run: *24*- / 1w

25 (21) Keiino & Sordal – Transarctic Lover
Chart Run: *7*-8-12-16-16-21-25- / 7w

26 (23) Melanie C – Overload
Chart Run: 19-*16*-17-25-27-23-23-26- / 8w

27 (17) Harry Styles – Golden
Chart Run: 28-21-*17*-27- / 4w

28 (16) Loredana & Delara – Checka *G*
Chart Run: 11-20-6-4-*3*-3-9-16-28- / 9w

29 (18) Cascada – I’m Feeling It (In The Air)
Chart Run: 32-24-12-10-*9*-13-18-29- / 8w

30 (20) Amaranthe – Archangel *G*
Chart Run: *2*-3-3-2-5-8-14-20-30- / 9w 

31 (19) Leaves’ Eyes – Chain Of The Golden Horn *G*
Chart Run: 4-*1*-1-2-4-11-19-31- / 8w

32 (25) Lindsey Stirling – Til The Light Goes Out
Chart Run: *1*-5-8-10-16-22-24-25-32- / 9w

33 (24) Shaed – No Other Way
Chart Run: 28-13-*10*-15-24-33- / 6w

34 (NEW) BTS – Life Goes On
Chart Run: *34*- / 1w

35 (37) Clean Bandit & Mabel feat. 24kGoldn – Tick Tock *G*
Chart Run: 6-*1*-2-3-6-6-9-11-14-21-30-35-37-35- / 14w

36 (29) Lady Gaga – 911 *G*
Chart Run: *1*-3-1-4-7-11-20-22-29-36- / 10w

37 (RE) BTS – Dynamite
Chart Run: 37-*36*-Out-RE 37- / 3w

38 (34) Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco – Lonely
Chart Run: *22*-24-31-29-34-38- / 6w

39 (33) Amaranthe – Fearless
Chart Run: 6-5-*3*-7-14-26-33-39- / 8w

40 (28) Sam Smith – Kids Again
Chart Run: *15*-20-28-40- / 4w

Out of Top40
Out (27) Tarja – Together (3w)
Out (30) Sam Smith feat. Burna Boy – My Oasis (3w)
Out (31) Eleni Foureira – Light It Up (3w)
Out (32) Aya Nakamura – Jolie nana (5w)
Out (35) Samu Haber – Enkelten kaupunki (1w)
Out (36) Anne-Marie – Problems (1w)
Out (38) Rhye – Black Rain (3w)
Out (39) RuPaul feat. Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo & Priyanka – U Wear It Well *G* (10w)
Out (40) Icona Pop & Sofi Tukker – Spa (5w)

New certifications
Diamonds by Sam Smith and Chain Of The Golden Horn by Leaves’ Eyes go GOLD (250+ points)

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My Charts - week 47/2020 – 20 november 2020 - Ava Max, BTS, Marina, Miley, Shawn & more
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Album Top20

Spoiler!

The Album Top20 goes back to normal following three extremely busy weeks with seven new entries in each of these three weeks, as there are just two new arrivals on the charts this time. One of them ends up very high, while the other one only barely made the Top20 at all. But first things first, as virtual girl group K/DA remain atop the charts with their All Out EP. It’s the lucky 13th release with multiple weeks atop the album charts this year, but the first EP or mini album doing so.

The higher of the two new arrivals belongs to K-Pop boy band BTS and their new album simply called Be. The set arrives at #2, becoming their highest peaking chart entry ever and fourth chart entry overall. Sam Smith’ Love Goes only dips 2-3 and completes the Top3.

Other new entries this week: As mentioned, there’s just one more new arrival and that goes to Divina De Campo. Divina was a runner-up on the first UK season of RuPaul’s Drag Race a year ago and already peaked at #4 with her debut EP Decoded exactly 51 weeks ago, though her follow-up Red & Silver EP fails to make a similar impact and only debuts at #18 this week.

Other talking points this week: Several albums hold up really well and are somehow able to breathe, especially following three crazy weeks with a total of 21 new entries. Ariana Grande’s Positions (3-4), Little Mix’ Confetti (6-5), Paloma Faith’s Infinite Things (6-5) and Paris Jackson’s Wilted (8-8) hold up really well in the Top10, while Bilal Hassani is even able to jump back up 13-7 with Contre soirée, reaching a new peak with the album. Meanwhile, fellow French singers Marina Kaye and Aya Nakamura still have rather surprising drops, with the former falling 5-9 with Twisted and the latter going down 4-10 with AYA. The biggest drop on the whole charts goes to Kylie Minogue though, as the Australian legend drops 12-19 with her latest album Disco. Last but not least, with HUMAN. :||: NATURE. by Nightwish (11-11), Miss Anthropocene by Grimes (17-13) and Chromatica by Lady Gaga (16-15), some of the biggest albums of the year also deserve a shoutout for also holding up well in the lower half of the charts this week.

1 (1) K/DA feat. League Of Legends – All Out EP
Chart Run: 5-*1*-1- / 3w

2 (NEW) BTS – Be
Chart Run: *2*- / 1w

3 (2) Sam Smith – Love Goes
Chart Run: *2*-3-2-3- / 4w

4 (3) Ariana Grande – Positions
Chart Run: *1*-1-3-4- / 4w

5 (6) Little Mix – Confetti
Chart Run: *4*-6-5- / 3w

6 (7) Paloma Faith – Infinite Things
Chart Run: 7-*6*- / 2w

7 (13) Bilal Hassani – Contre soirée
Chart Run: 8-13-*7*- / 3w

8 (8) Paris Jackson – Wilted
Chart Run: *8*-8- / 2w

9 (5) Marina Kaye – Twisted
Chart Run: *2*-5-9- / 3w

10 (4) Aya Nakamura – AYA
Chart Run: *4*-10- / 2w

11 (11) Nightwish – HUMAN. :||: NATURE. *2xP*
Chart Run: *1*-1-1-1-1-3-2-5-4-3-2-2-2-2-5-8-8-5-7-7-6-1-1-2-4-5-6-2-2-6-9-11-11- / 33w

12 (9) Duncan Laurence – Small Town Boy
Chart Run: *9*-12- / 2w

13 (17) Grimes – Miss Anthropocene *P*
Chart Run: *1*-1-2-3-2-1-3-5-6-8-8-12-17-20-Out-RE 20-17-10-3-3-3-4-9-11-9-13-15-18-Out-RE 18-11-14-12-14-17-13- / 34w

14 (10) Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
Chart Run: *10*-14- / 2w

15 (16) Lady Gaga – Chromatica *P*
Chart Run: *1*-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-7-7-8-11-14-19-3-2-4-3-6-8-9-12-13-16-16-15- / 26w

16 (15) Leaves’ Eyes – The Last Viking
Chart Run: *1*-4-7-15-16- / 5w

17 (14) Katya – Vampire Fitness EP
Chart Run: *14*-17- / 2w

18 (NEW) Divina De Campo – Red & Silver EP
Chart Run: *18*- / 1w

19 (12) Kylie Minogue – Disco
Chart Run: *6*-12-19- / 3w

20 (19) Amaranthe – Manifest *G*
Chart Run: *1*-2-1-3-7-13-19-20- / 8w

Out of Top20
Out (18) Pentatonix – We Need A Little Christmas (1w)
Out (20) Astrid S – Leave It Beautiful (5w)

New certifications
none

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My Charts - week 47/2020 – 20 november 2020 - Ava Max, BTS, Marina, Miley, Shawn & more
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Bubbling Under

Spoiler!

Half of the Bubbling Under chart is new and interestingly, it’s actually the Top5 from a week ago that repeats the success and occupies the Top5 for yet another week, though in a slightly different order. Virtual girl group K/DA are still smashing on both main charts, and the tracks from their All Out EP are also still clearly the most successful ones on the Bubbling Under chart. Drum Go Dum scores a second week atop the chart, while Villain (2-3) and I’ll Show You (4-5) both only slip one spot each. Their biggest competition came from Paloma Faith, who jumps 5-2 with Monster, while Sam Smith is still charting with Dance (Til You Love Someone Else) (3-4).

The highest new arrival belongs to K-Pop superstars BTS and an album track from their newly released studio album Be, that scores the highest new entry on the Album Top20 this week. While both of the albums singles make an appearance on the main chart, Stay proved to be an early favorite among the album tracks and enters the Bubbling Under chart at #6. Also going into the album track category is Little Mix’ Gloves Up at #10 . Even though the British girl group has released their sixth album Confetti already two weeks ago, it took them until now to score an entry on the Bubbling Under chart with one of the album tracks.

The three remaining new entries are all singles that were released this week but didn’t stand out enough to make the main chart. First up is LP and her new single How Low Can You Go at #7. She’s followed by fellow singer-songwriter Sia and her new single Hey Boy at #8. Last in the bunch is Sam Smith, who is currently very successful with their third album Love Goes, its single Diamonds and the album track Dance (Til You Love Someone Else). While this era is shaping up to be a surprise success for Sam, they still decided to release a brand new song called The Lighthouse Keeper that makes it to #9 this week.

1 (1) K/DA, Wolftyla & Bekuh Boom feat. Aluna & League Of Legends – Drum Go Dum
Chart Run: *1*-1- / 2w

2 (5) Paloma Faith – Monster
Chart Run: 5-*2*- / 2w

3 (2) K/DA & Madison Beer feat. Kim Petras & League Of Legends – Villain
Chart Run: 3-*2*-3- / 3w

4 (3) Sam Smith – Dance (Til You Love Someone Else)
Chart Run: 2-*1*-3-4- / 4w

5 (4) K/DA, TWICE & Bekuh Boom feat. Annika Wells & League Of Legends – I’ll Show You
Chart Run: *4*-5- / 2w

6 (NEW) BTS – Stay
Chart Run: *6*- / 1w

7 (NEW) LP – How Low Can You Go
Chart Run: *7*- / 1w

8 (NEW) Sia – Hey Boy
Chart Run: *8*- / 1w

9 (NEW) Sam Smith – The Lighthouse Keeper
Chart Run: *9*- / 1w

10 (NEW) Little Mix – Gloves Up
Chart Run: *10*- / 1w