SZA Hits ARIA Chart Jackpot And Snags #1 Spot

Kill Bill (Top Dawg/RCA) becomes the 1121st #1 Single in Australia (1940 to 2023), the 556th for ARIA (1983 to 2023), the second chart-topping single for 2023 and the first new song to hit the top for the new calendar year. Plus, it's also the first ever #1 single for the US artist, surpassing her #2 peaks as a guest on both All the Stars (Feb 26th, 2018) with Kendrick Lamar and Kiss Me More with Doja Cat (May 10th & 17th, then four more weeks from June 7th 2021, LW-#54), and also the first ever #1 song for the record label Top Dawg through RCA, who saw their last chart-topping single being P!nk with What About Us on August 21st, 2017 for two weeks, with the SZA track now becoming RCA's 71st #1 single in Australia since their first in 1954.

The single is also at the top again in New Zealand (4th week), plus her album SOS is #2 locally and at the top in NZ, The U.S.A. (both 4th week) and returns in Canada (3rd week). The new #1 song also becomes the 103rd by an American Solo Female Artist to land at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, the 718th #1 song performed by an American Act (solo male or female, duo or group), while SZA becomes the 424th American Performer to make the top of our singles survey.

This is now the second #1 single in Australia with just the word 'Kill' in its title, the other was the U2 song from Batman Forever and Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (6 weeks from July 9th, 1995) and now the first ever 'Bill', although we've come closer in the past with Bills by LunchMoney Lewis (2 weeks from March 23rd, 2015), Billie Jean for Michael Jackson (5 weeks from April 11th, 1983) and Billy - Don't Be a Hero for Paper Lace (8 weeks from June 17th, 1974). Kill Bill is also newly certified as Gold (●) in sales this week, plus Australia is now the sixth country in the world to make this song a No.1 track after aforementioned New Zealand, the track has also topped the charts in Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines and Singapore.

SZA also continues the run for this year of female artists at the top of the charts, as Mariah Carey was on January 2nd, and Kim Petras was last week, as Unholy with Sam Smith swaps places with SZA's single drops back down a place to #2 this week after six broken weeks at #1, plus with Sam in the country promoting their upcoming Gloria album, playing a one-off show in Adelaide and launching their upcoming Oct.-Nov. 2023 national tour, the song could regain the top spot again next week.

Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero is back up one spot to #3 in Australia, while after the Xmas deluge has now left the U.S. Singles chart, she has bounced back to their #1 spot for a seventh overall stay at the top there while logging a fifth week at the top in Ireland is Escapism for RAYE with 070 Shake, which loses the top spot in England to the new Lewis Capaldi track, and locally the song jumps up three places to score a new peak of #4, now becoming her first ever Top 5 placement in Australia.

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On hold at #5 is Miss You for Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz, while the tune cracks ten weeks within the Top 10, after which we see a three-place decline to #6 for I'm Good (Blue) for David Guetta and Bebe Rexha, while that track has re-taken the #1 slot in Canada (3rd week) and been knocked off the top spot in Germany (TW-3). OneRepublic dipped one place this week with I Ain't Worried, down to #7, followed by the second and final non-mover within the Top 10 at #8 for Meghan Trainor and Made You Look, which is now▲Platinum in sales (it went Gold on Dec. 12th). The last two Top 10 entries swap places this week, with Creepin' for Metro Boomin', The Weeknd and 21 Savage up one spot to #9, pushing down to #10 As it Was for Harry Styles, logging its 35th week within the Top 10 (7th longest of all time in Australia).

TOP 20:

The two new peaks within the Top 20 this week start right outside of the Top 10 as Central Cee's Let Go is up two places to a new chart height of #11, followed by a massive eighteen-place leap to #12 for the Stephen Sanchez and Em Beihold duet Until I Found You, which also jumps in England (28 to #16) and New Zealand (27 to #17) and holds at it's #15 peak in Ireland. They're followed by small gains for Heat Waves by Glass Animals and Bad Habit for Steve Lacy, both up a single place each to #13 and #14, respectively.

Dean Lewis's track How Do I Say Goodbye leaps back into the Top 20 this week, up ten places to #16, two spots shy of his former #14 peak from Nov. 28th and Dec. 5th, 2022, while the song had leapt back up the chart in Canada (80 to #49), debuts this week in New Zealand (#40) and dips a little in both England (23 to #26) and Ireland (21 to #22), while on our charts it becomes the highest ranked song by a local performer. Also returning to the Top 20 this week is Zach Bryan's Something in the Orange, back up four spots to #19 and landing its half-year mark within the Top 100 (26 weeks).

Drops within the Top 20 go to entries for B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) for Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal, down four to #15, a six-place fall to #18 for Elton John and Dua Lipa's Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) and a one place dip to #20 for Nicky Youre's Sunroof, while on hold at #17 is the Drake and 21 Savage entry Rich Flex.

TOP 30:

Similar to the Top 20, there are two new peaks at the higher end of this chart section, with a six-place jump to #21 for Rema and Selena Gomez with Calm Down, followed by last week's Top 50 entry for Tiësto and Tate McRae with 10:35, which moves up two places to #22. Regaining Top 30 berths this week is Another Love for Tom Odell (33 to #26) and 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) for Lizzo (31 to #27) while scoring its first week within the Top 30 and hitting a new peak of #29 is Ferrari for James Hype and Miggy Dela Rosa, plus the track is now▲Platinum in sales too.

Falling within the Top 30 is Cuff it for Beyoncé, down eight places to #24, followed by a seven-place drop to #25 for Stay by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, while The Killers Mr. Brightside falls five to land at #30.

TOP 40:

Chris Brown jumped almost thirty places last week with Under the Influence, while this week it is back up six spots to #32, while another track which racks up half a year on the chart is SNAP for Rosa Linn, which climbs back up five places to #37, followed by a seven place rise to #39 for the JVKE track golden hour and a four place step to #40 for Luke Combs and The Kind of Love We Make.

LF System drop three spots to #31 with Afraid to Feel, while Dua Lipa's Levitating falls eleven places this week to #33, with the second biggest fall of the week being a fifteen-place plummet to #36 for Lizzo and About Damn Time.

TOP 50:

SZA is not only at #1 this week, but she is also at #41, as her ballad Nobody Gets Me is up two places, while Lewis Capaldi has the new No.1 single in England this week with his latest track Pointless, but for now his previous release Forget Me is back up to #43 locally. Lil' Uzi Vert's and his Just Wanna Rock (HP-39) request rises back up five places to #44, and The Weeknd has two tracks in this chart section, and one place dip to #42 with Save Your Tears and a two-place rebound to #49 with Die for You, while his Blinding Lights drop out of the Top 50 from last week's returned position of #37.

Other drops within the Top 50 are for Nicki Minaj's Super Freaky Girl, down nine places to #45, and an eight-place drop to #47 for Elton and Britney Spears and Hold Me Closer, with the biggest drop within the Top 50 this week being a sixteen place slide to #50 for Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.

NEW ENTRY:

* #35 - Rumble by Skrillex, Fred again... and Flowdan (OWSLA/Atlantic) is the first new material for the American producer in two years and is the lead single from his forthcoming second studio album (no date or title known as yet), featuring British producer and DJ Fred again... along with UK rapper Flowdan and uncredited vocals from U.S. singer Elley Duhé. Skrillex last charted with Don't Go featuring Justin Bieber and Don Toliver, which peaked at #43 (30th of August 2021), while overall this is now his tenth Top 50 entry (eight as lead, two as guest). The track has also landed its first week at #19 in England, #29 in Ireland and #21 in New Zealand.