Miley Cyrus Lands First-ever Solo #1 Single In Australia

Miley Cyrus lands her first-ever solo #1 single in Australia and second-ever chart-topper, as her Flowers track plants itself at the top of charts this week.

Flowers (Smiley Miley/Columbia) becomes the 1122nd #1 Single in Australia (1940 to 2023), the 557th for ARIA (1983 to 2022), the 137th to debut at #1, the fourth #1 of 2023 (in the fourth week of the chart year also), the second new #1 of this year and the first to debut at the top since October 31st, 2022 when Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero swept into the top spot, plus this new entry at the singles summit also becomes 126th for the record label Columbia. 

The new Miley Cyrus single is the lead track from her forthcoming eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation which is due on March 10th, while the track was issued on January 13th, the same day as her ex-husband Liam Hemsworths' birthday, as this is supposedly a diss track about him. The track has also landed first week at #1 in England, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden and Lithuania (so far), while also entering at #2 in Germany, The Netherlands and Norway. 

Miley has previously spent one week at the top of the singles chart in Australia, as a guest on The Kid LAROI track Without Me (May 10th, 2021), so this is now her second overall week at #1 in Australia, while Flowers is the third track with that word to plant itself in the #1 slot, after I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair) for Sandi Thom (10 weeks from Sept. 4th, 2006) and Sunflower for Post Malone and Swae Lee (3 weeks from Jan. 7th, 2019). The new #1 song also becomes the 719th by an American Artist (solo male or female, duo or group) to hit the top in Australia and now the third for this year after Mariah Carey (Jan 2nd) and last week for SZA (Jan 16th).

Miley's former duet partner The Kid LAROI just issued a new track on Friday called I Can't Go Back to the Way it Was, so it could be in contention for next week's top-singles-slot, while the SZA track Kill Bill is pushed down a spot to #2 this week after a single week at the top, the same spot her album SOS is also sitting at (for a fifth week), while another track in the running for the #1 slot sees a new peak at #3 this week, as RAYE and her Escapism track rises one spot, and is knocked off the top in Ireland by the new Miley entry. 

The fourth album for Sam Smith called Gloria is due to drop next Friday (Jan. 27th), thus in the first week of February we could see a rise back up for their former #1 single Unholy with Kim Petras, while Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero is again at the top in The U.S.A. (8th week), plus her Midnights set is holding here for an eleventh week, while in Australia both track are down two places each to #4 and #5 respectively, followed by a single place dip to #6 for the Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz version of Miss You to #6.

The second and final climbing track within the Top 10 this week is a two place rebound to a new peak of #7 for Creepin' for Metro Boomin', The Weeknd and 21 Savage, rising higher than its initial entry position of #8 on December 12th, 2022. The current Canadian #1 single again this week is down two places here to #8 for David Guetta with Bebe Rexha and I'm Good (Blue), followed by two further two-place drops for both I Ain't Worried for OneRepublic and future Australian Idol judge Meghan Trainor with Made You Look at #9 and #10 respectively. 

TOP 20

The only dropout from the Top 10 this week is Harry Styles' As it Was (HP-1x8, WI10-35) {the first new #1 song of 2022, entering on April 11st, 2022; the latest #1 single within the year, ever}, which is down one spot to #11, followed by another single-place dip to #12 for Central Cee's Let Go (after peaking last week), while Heat Waves for Glass Animals is on hold at #13, two places lower than it was two years ago (Jan 25th, 2021 at #11). The biggest drop within the Top 20 is a four place decline to #16 for Until I Found You for Stephen Sanchez and Em Beihold, followed by a two place drop to #17 for Eliza Rose and her B.O.T.A. track.

Dean Lewis rises two places to re-peak at #14 for a third overall stay in that spot with How Do I Say Goodbye (Nov. 28th and Dec. 5th, 2022 were the other two times), while the song remains stable at #40 in New Zealand (after debuting there last week) and England (#26), and rises in Ireland (22 to #19; HP-16) and hits a new peak in Canada (49 to #44). Other rising tracks within the Top 20 are Cold Heart for Elton and Dua (18 to #15), "Something In The Orange by Zach Bryan (19 to #18) and up two to a new peak of #19 is Rema and Selena Gomez's Calm Down, its first Top 20 berth in its 20 weeks within the Top 100. 

TOP 30

Four songs remain on hold within the Top 30, with the Tiësto and Tate McRae entry 10:35 remaining at its peak of #22 for a second week, while Cuff it for Beyoncé, Stay by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber along with Another Love for Tom Odell don't move from #24, #25 and #26, while the only song to climb into the thirty is JVKE and his golden hour track (HP-29), which blasts back up nine spots to land at #30, one place lower than its former peak from November 28th, 2022.

The first of two Bad Habit entries within the Top 30 sees Steve Lacy and his Bad Habit fall seven places to #21, while Ed Sheeran's Bad Habits is down one to #29, while his other Top 30 entry Shivers drops four spots to #27, with the other big drop being a seven place slide down to #23 for Rich Flex by Drake and 21 Savage. 

TOP 40

After peaking at #29 last week the Ferrari track for James Hype is back down three spots to #32, while the sample used in this track also pops up in the new song Gangsta Boo by Ice Spice with Lil' Tjay (issued Friday), with a three place rise back to #34 for SNAP by Rosa Linn and four place rebounds to #36 and #37 for The Kind of Love We Make by Luke Combs and Nobody Gets Me by SZA respectively, followed by an eight place rebound to #38 for Lil Nas X and his Star Walkin' track and Lewis Capaldi's Forget Me is back up three to #40.

Single place drops are for both Mr. Brightside for The Killers to #31 and Under The Influence by Chris Brown to #33, while Levitating for Dua Lipa is down two to #35, and then there's an eight place slide down to #39 for LF System and their first entry Afraid To Feel. 

TOP 50

The Weeknd has two further Top 50 entries this week, as he moves up one spot to #41 with Save Your Tears and remains on hold at #49 with Die For You, with further non-movers in this chart region being Hold Me Closer for Elton John and Britney Spears at #47 (possibly due to his current national tour) and Dreams by Fleetwood Mac at #50.

Bones for Imagine Dragons is the only rising track within the Top 50, back up five places to re-peak at #43 (previously peaked here on Nov. 7th, 2022), while dropping down are Post Malone and Doja Cat with I Like You (A Happier Song), down four to #42, while there are ten place drops all lined up for Where Are You Now by Lost Frequencies, last week's highest entry for Skrillex and Rumble, along with Lizzo's About Damn Time to #44, #45 and #46 respectively.

FURTHER NEW ENTRY

#48 - Vibe by Taeyang and Jimin (THEBLACKLABEL/Interscope) is the first chart entry in Australia for the Korean/K-Pop rapper from the group Big Bang who issued his first EP in 2008 and first solo album in 2010, while he is joined on the track by BTS member Jimin who also lands his first solo chart entry, with this song also charting at #35 in Japan, #28 in South Korea and #96 in England.

HP = Highest Position

LW = Last Week

WI10 - Weeks in Top 10

*ARIA Chart info is based on sales for the week from the 13th to the 19th of January 2023

Written, Compiled and Researched by Gavin Ryan.