Sam Smith & Kim Petras' 'Unholy' Alliance Remains At #1 In Aus

The Unholy alliance between Sam Smith and Kim Petras remains for a third week at the singles summit in Australia.

The track saw a remix by former Sam Smith collaborators Disclosure on Friday, which could help the duet to remain for another week at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, while the song is also logging a third week in the #1 spot in England, Ireland and New Zealand, plus a second week at the top in Canada (where it debuted last week) and it climbs to new peaks of #2 in The U.S.A. and in Kim's homeland of Germany where it's up to #3. The song has now hit the top spot in nine countries and is the #1 song on the Global Singles Chart for the first time this week.

Unholy is now Sam Smith's longest-running #1 song in Australia, surpassing the two weeks that Too Good At Goodbyes racked up in September of 2017, while Sam's total for 'Accumulated Weeks at #1: Singles (1940 to 2022)' rises to five weeks, moving him from equal 83rd to now equal 82nd on that list, alongside acts like Daryl Braithwaite, Faith No More, Russell Morris, Shannon Noll, Will Smith and The Twelfth Man who've all previously logged five weeks at the top from two chart-topping singles.

Three of the top four singles are duets or collaborations this week, with David Guetta and Bebe Rexha's I'm Good (Blue) staying at #2 for a third week, while regaining its #4 peak for a second time (Sept. 26th was the other) is Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal with B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of All Time), rising one spot after two weeks at #5. Sandwiched in-between those two tracks is an on-hold #3 for OneRepublic's I Ain't Worried from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack, which as of Friday became available on streaming services (it physical release in Australia is for the first week of November), so this song might regain its former peak of #2 (once on Sept. 12th) or go even higher in the next few weeks.

It's still six weeks away before Steve Lacy playing our shores, and that anticipation has again helped his former #3 single (on both Aug. 15th & 22nd) Bad Habits to rise again this week, up two places to #5, while the song is logging its second week at #1 in The U.S.A., while his follow-up track Static rises to #68 (from #85) and older entry Dark Red rises eighteen spots to #80 (from #98 former peak #69).

Leaving the Top 5 for the first time in its nine-week chart run is Nicki Minaj and her Super Freaky Girl track, down two places to #6, followed by a one place drop to #7 for Harry Styles' As It Was, both tracks seeing their lowest chart positions ever. Beyoncé's Cuff It leaps up eight places to land at a new peak of #8, the second Top 10 single from her Renaissance (Act 1) set, which jumped twenty-two places to #7 on the Albums Chart this week thanks to the album being issued for the first time on vinyl last week. The track has also jumped up three places to a new peak of #3 in New Zealand this week too, while their #2 song is our #9 entry this week; Under The Influence for Chris Brown, remaining on hold in both locations, after which is a two-place drop to #10 for the now 88 weeks-in-the-Top-10 entry Heat Waves for Glass Animals, which dips two places and it could be the songs last week within the Top 10.

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Rebounding two places to #13 is the Elton John and Britney Spears duet Hold Me Closer, with the only other Top 20 climb belonging to a massive thirteen place jump into the twenty to #18 for the Zach Bryan song Something In The Orange (#28 NZ re-entry).

SNAP for Rosa Linn (HP-20) is back up five places to #21; Harry Styles' Late Night Talking is back up to #26; Tom Odell's Another Love (HP-26) rebounds seven spots to land at #27, after which Lewis Capaldi's Forget Me is back up to #28, while he was announced this past week to appear at the late November ARIA Awards.

There are five peaks within the Top 40 chart region (31-40) this week, one being a re-peak. Omar Apollo's Evergreen (You Don't Deserve Me At All) jumps four places to #33, followed by a six-place rebound to its former peak of #34 for Sweater Weather for The Neighbourhood (Aug 15th was the other). Last week's lower fifty entry for Ed Sheeran's new single Celestial sees it soar twenty places to land at a new chart height of #37 (plus he again has NO Top 20 entries this week).

Dean Lewis and his latest track How Do I Say Goodbye jumps up ten places to a new peak of #39, while he continues his European tour, before returning home in three weeks time for his Australian tour, the same week his second album The Hardest Love is issued. The song also climbs to new peaks in Norway (7 to #5), Denmark (13 to #7), The Netherlands (29 to #11), Sweden (21 to #20), Switzerland (30 to #20), Ireland (30 to #24), and a massive leap in England (72 to #43) and Canada (65 to #58) and the song has debuted in Germany (#48) and Austria (#38).

Romantic Homicide for d4vd also jumps into the Top 40, up eight places to land at #40, while the song also hits new heights in England (31 to #22), Ireland (33 to #27), New Zealand (23 to #21), The U.S.A. (35 to #33) and Canada (37 to #35). The final Top 50 peak this week is a two-place rise to #43 for the James Hype and Miggy Dela Rosa track Ferrari, with the only new certification within the fifty being Numb for Marshmello & Khalid (46 to #45, now Gold (●) in sales), while J. Cole's No Role Modelz rises back up five places to land at #49).

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Only one song leaves the Top 10 this week, down one spot to #11 is Sunroof (HP-8x3, WI10-7) for Nicky Youre and dazy, which in turn pushes last week's #11 peak for Lizzo's 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) down to #12, while she also dips two places to #16 with her other Top 20 entry About Damn Time. Post Malone and Doja Cat's I Like You (A Happier Song) is down one spot to #14, its lowest chart position during its 19 week chart run, while leap-frogging over and dropping three places to #15 is Central Cee with his Doja track.

With a new Ed Sheeran track rising this week, his two one-year+ entries both move down the chart, with Shivers down two to #22 and Bad Habits is down three to #24. These two Ed tracks are encased by non-movers, with The Kind of Love We Make by Luke Combs stable at #23 and holding at #25 for a third week is Vegas for Doja Cat, while the big drop within the Top 30 is a six place slide to #30 for Lil Nas X and Star Walkin'.

Kate Bush leaves the Top 30 for the first time in 2022 with her 1985 classic "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)", which drops down three spots to #32, followed by a two-place dip to #35 for Armani White's track BILLIE EILISH, while the namesake sees a post-tour drop for her track Happier Than Ever, down ten places to #46, while last week's high return for Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise leaves the Top 50 from last week's #22 position.