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Chart Analysis May 2, 2016

Chart Wrap: Beyonce debuts at #1 despite Prince’s purple reign

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Chart Wrap: Beyonce debuts at #1 despite Prince’s purple reign

Hot 100

Lukas Graham now sits at #1 for their eighth week with7 Years, leading ahead of Fifth Harmony’sWork From Homeft. Ty Dolla $ign at #2, which also stays put for another week.

Gnash takes a new peak at #3 from #4 withI Hate U I Love Uft. Olivia O’Brien, followed by Dua Lipa’sBe The Oneat #4 from #9. Pink makes the last notable move at #10 from #22 with new hitJust Like Fire, likely hitting the Top 5 come this week’s chart.

DNCE’sCake By The Oceanis showing signs of a successful re-service at #26 from #48 followed by Galantis’No Moneyat #29 from #49. Anne-Marie cracks the Top 40 at #38 from #43 with new trackDo It Rightas adoption at commercial slowly picks up.

The first debut this week enters at #49 in the form of Good Charlotte’s return to the airwaves40oz Dream. Flume’s new trackSay Itft. Tove Lo debuts at #55. Delta Goodrem makes a #71 debut withDear Lifefollowing #2 Most Added last week.

ARIA Singles

Pink’sJust Like Firetakes #1 on the ARIA Singles chart following a #2 debut last week, picking up a Gold certification on the way. At #3 is the first of many re-entries from Prince this week,Purple Rain, making its way into the Top 10 for the first ever time.

Drake’s newOne Danceft. Wiz Kid & Kyla moves to #5 from #10 on week four in the chart while Flume debuts at #7 withSay Itft. Tove Lo. The next Prince re-entry comes at #11 withWhen Doves Cry(#1 August 1984) withLittle Red Corvette(#8 July 1983) close behind re-entering at #22.Kiss(#2 May 1986) re-enters at #27 followed by1999(#2 May 1983) at #28.

Re-entering at #30 and #31 isCream(#2 January 1992) andRaspberry Beret(#13 August 1985) respectively, whileDiamonds And Pearls(#13 February 1992) marks the last re-entry in the Top 50 at #50.

ARIA Albums

Beyonce takes the #1 ARIA Albums debut this week withLemonade, her sixth Top 10 album in a row. Unsurprisingly at #2 and dotting the rest of the chart is Prince withThe Very Best Ofbeating previous peak of #40 from 2001 by miles.

Dami Im claims #3 with the debut ofClassic Carpenters, an album of her own take of The Carpenters’ hits. It becomes her second highest charting album, the highest being her self-titled #1 charting album in 2013.

Prince re-enters at #4 and #5 while scoring a debut at #6. First up is his first greatest hits albumThe Hits / The B-Sides, taking a new peak at #4 (#5 September 1993). His first ever #1Purple Rain(#1 August 1984) re-enters at #5 followed byUltimate’s debut at #6. His albumSign “O” The Times(#20 May 1987) re-enters at #20 whileDiamonds & Pearls(#1 January 1992) re-enters at #22.

Prince’s HITNRUN Phase Onere-enters at a new peak of #25 whileThe Hits 1(#19 September 1993) re-enters at #40.1999makes the last of the Prince re-entries in the Top 50, coming in at #46 which peaked at #35 in April of 1983.

Click hereto view all this week’s charts, including our HOT 100 national airplay (by genre and state), iTunes, Spotify, Shazam, ARIA, AIR & AMRAP.

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