AUSTRALIAN SINGLES REPORT the RUBENS: MILLION DOLLAR MEN the RUBENS ARIA-Nominated, Sold-Out Shows and Winners of APRA’S Rock Work of the Year Award

Home , Alice Ivy, Baker Boy, Bedroom Floor, Cub Sport, Ecca Vandal, Fuck Love

OCTOBER 2017 | THEMUSICNETWORK.COM

AUSTRALIAN SINGLES REPORT THE RUBENS: MILLION DOLLAR MEN THE RUBENS ARIA-nominated, sold-out shows and winners of APRA’s Rock Work of the Year Award. Even with all that success, The Rubens have still managed to maintain a low profile on social media - at least compared to their contemporaries. But make no mistake, The Rubens are back. Words by Elise Ferrari

enowned for leapfrogging The song itself came about really Major Lazer and Kendrick easily and quickly, which is a rare Lamar to claim victory in thing. A lot of the time we labour triple j’s Hottest 100 in over a song before we get it to a R2016, The Rubens make a welcome place where we're happy with it, but reappearance this week with new this one didn't have that problem. single ‘Million Man’. It wasn't a conscious decision for us to go for a new sound - it never ‘Million Man’ clears one of the has been when we write new music. biggest hurdles faced by bands We kind of just see what we come returning with new music - remaining up with and what's exciting and fresh enough that people pay interesting for us. attention, without too much of a departure from their signature sound. The "Million Man” in our song is someone who is living their life in Brothers Sam and Elliott Margin pursuit of pleasure, sometimes have co-written most of the tracks debauchery, and kind of feeling on the album - which Sam says has bad about it. They question their a gospel and almost acapella feel to decisions and whether they are it. The album will drop sometime in doing right by themselves. In the end April or May next year. they embrace who they are and shed that god damn shame because life is Before the boys head to New York for living. to put the finishing touches on their full length, TMN spoke to Elliott You’ve been working out of a about ‘Million Man’, the new studio newly-created studio in Sydney’s they recorded in and the influence of west. How important is a change new the record’s new collaborators, in environment in fostering the Wilder Zoby and Little Shalimar (aka creativity required for a new Torbitt Schwartz). album?

The new single is a fresh sound Any change in environment when for The Rubens. How did the song we're writing new music can be really come about and what is a “Million helpful in getting us excited and Man” exactly? creative. It won't necessarily change the sound of what we're writing song before, [and] Wilder and (recording by the beach didn't Torbitt had roots in hip hop with make us sound like Jack Run The Jewels, so it was an Johnson), but it helps to get us exciting combo. feeling good about pursuing new territory and experimenting Obviously you enjoyed with ideas. plenty of radio success with “Hoops”. The lines between Working in the [ex-world war what each station plays are communications] bunker was a little more blurred now (e.g. #2 awesome for us because it was Vera Blue now gets played such a relaxed environment on the Hit Network). Do 2015 LP Hoops debuted at #2 on the ARIA and so close to where we grew you think that works in The Albums Chart. up. We could have friends and Rubens’ favour? family drop by and hear what we were working on as we were It's cool to see commercial recording, which helped to stations supporting Australian #18 make us feel less isolated [and] artists and playing their tracks. more sane. Every artist wants their music #9

Hoops’ title track peaked at #18 on the TMN Hot 100 and #9 on the ARIA " Recording by the beach didn't Singles Chart. make us sound like Jack Johnson

What was the most exciting to be heard by as many people" #1 part of bringing “Million as possible, so when artists Man” to life? Did you do cross over and get support ‘Hold Me Back’ anything differently or play from both commercial and non- reached #1 on the Hot 100 Australian Chart in with any new instruments or commercial stations it can only February 2016. technology? be good.

I think the most exciting thing What can we expect from The about bringing 'Million Man’ Rubens in 2018? to life was seeing what Wilder [Zoby] and Torbitt [Schwartz] 2018 for us is touring, album could bring to the song as number three released and The Rubens won an ARIA producers. The demo already more touring. We cannot wait. Award in 2013, taking home Rock Work Of The had a lot of bounce and energy Year for their single ‘My that we hadn't really done in a Gun’. AUSTRALIAN SINGLES REPORT October 30, 2017 Compiled by The Music Network© FREE SIGN UP

Hot 100 Aircheck spins, weighted with audience data & time of spins #1 hot 100 perfect 1 Ed Sheeran | WMA perfect havana Ed Sheeran | WMA 2 Camila Cabello | SME too good at goodbyes 3 Sam Smith | EMI Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ has displaced Sam Smith’s ‘Too Good At Goodbyes’ after jumping 59 frames in friends four weeks. Overall, Sheeran’s four Divide singles (‘Castle On The Hill’, ‘Shape Of You’, ‘Galway Girl’ and 4 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop... ‘Perfect’) have spent 10 weeks at the top of the chart since ‘Castle’ hit #1 in January - that’s a quarter feel it still 5 Portugal. The Man | WMA of the year so far! 6 what about us If you’ve been listening to Nova lately, you might have heard the sounds of Kita Alexander’s ‘Hotel’. P!NK | SME With a #52 debut on the Hot 100 this week, the Aussie singer lands one spot below Taylor Swift’s Good Old Days 7 Macklemore | WMA ‘Gorgeous’. In the past, Alexander has had a hard time settling in on the chart. Her track ‘Like You Want dusk till dawn To’ only made it as far as #98 before dropping off the next week. 8 ZAYN | SME I Like Me Better 9 Lauv | IND new rules 10 Dua Lipa | WMA #1 MOST ADDED TO RADIO sorry not sorry gorgeous 11 Demi Lovato | UMA Taylor Swift | UMA let you down 12 Peking Duk | SME rockstar In the tightest week of additions for some time, Taylor Swift has once again seized her rightful place at 13 Post Malone | UMA the forefront of commercial radio with new track ‘Gorgeous’. 14 HOW LONG Charlie Puth | WMA It was a three horse race in the end, with Guy Sebastian’s ‘Bloodstone’ and Liam Payne’s ‘Bedroom praying 15 Kesha | SME Floor’ all gaining similar additions throughout the week. However, the difference ultimately came down too much to ask to a number of Nova and commercial Hit stations that opted for Taylor over the others. 16 Niall Horan | EMI young, dumb & Broke Rita Ora has bounced back after ‘Your Song’ with new track ‘Anywhere’. In fact, the singer features 17 Khalid | SME twice in the Top 10 this week, with a guest appearance on Avicii’s cut ‘Lonely Together’. Nova added glorious the track across the board as did the ACE Radio Network. 18 Macklemore | WMA thunder 19 Imagine Dragons | UMA without you 20 Avicii | UMA #1 new single release whatever it takes MOST ADDED Imagine Dragons | UMA Additions weighted with audience data gorgeous Once again, commercial is overflowing with options this week. Imagine Dragons lead the way with 1 Taylor Swift | UMA new cut ‘Whatever It Takes’, the follow-up to smash hit ‘Thunder’. It peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 and bloodstone 2 Guy Sebastian | SME was the group’s fourth single to crack the Top 10 on the chart. bedroom floor Marshmello’s ‘Slience’ ft. Khalid gets an official radio service this week after circulating for some 3 Liam Payne | EMI weeks. It’s already been doing the rounds on a number of commercial networks and currently sits faking it 4 Calvin Harris | SME at #44 on the Hot 100. Undoubtedly, the addition of Khalid on the track will turn heads as his single Anywhere ‘Young, Dumb & Broke’ continues its rise at radio. 5 Rita Ora | WMA Australian dance trio PNAU have launched ‘Go Bang’. If past hit ‘Chameleon’ is anything to go by (#9 on the Hot 100), the track has the potential to be the jam of the summer. NEW SINGLE RELEASES TMN’s top singles being serviced to radio this week

Subscribe to access the full charts portal. Sign Up to get the this free report. View previous reports. Chart enquiries: [email protected]. All other enquiries: [email protected] RADIO AIRPLAY Full charts available at www.themusicnetwork.com/charts

kiis SPINS nova SPINS triple m spins triple j Spins

RADIO WRAP Commercial radio networks have remained relatively steadfast this week. KIIS has put their weight behind Justin Bieber and Bloodpop’s ‘Friends’ in favour of P!NK’s ‘What About Us’, which slid another 131 spins overall. Peking Duk’s latest effort ‘Let You Down’ ft. Icona Pop is travelling smoothly at commercial. The track’s spin count increased by 175% this week, landing the boys at #12 from #49. ‘Let You Down’ is now Peking Duk’s fourth most successful single on chart and also brings them up to #1 spot on the Australian Chart this week.

this month’s album releases See the full list of upcoming album releases here

3rdNov stereophonics Scream Above The Sounds WMA 10th Nov r.e.m. Automatic For The People UMA 10th Nov elton john Diamonds UMA 10th Nov taylor swift Reputation UMA 10th Nov metallica Master Of Puppets Re-Release UMA 10th Nov Seal Standards WB/WMA

Subscribe to access the full charts portal. Sign Up to get the this free report. View previous reports. Chart enquiries: [email protected]. All other enquiries: [email protected] AU AIRPLAY by GENRE & State Full charts available at www.themusicnetwork.com/charts

COUNTRY ROCK URBAN DANCE

body like a back You're The Best THing glorious without you road About ME 1 1 1 Macklemore | WMA 1 Avicii | UMA Sam Hunt | UMA U2 | UMA kiss somebody the man 1-800-273-8255 mama 2 Morgan Evans | WMA 2 The Killers | UMA 2 Logic | UMA 2 Jonas Blue | EMI drinking problem firewood & candles redbone tell me you love me 3 Midland | UMA 3 Paul Kelly | EMI 3 Childish Gambino | MUSH 3 Galantis & Throttle | WMA they don't know the sky is a neighborhood i'm the one feels 4 Jason Aldean | SME 4 Foo Fighters | SME 4 DJ Khaled | UMA/SME 4 Calvin Harris | SME forget reverend 24K MAGIC 2u 5 Missy Lancaster | SME 5 Kings Of Leon | SME 5 Bruno Mars | WMA 5 David Guetta | UMA/WMA roll on song #3 can't feel my face something just like this 6 Fanny Lumsden | IND 6 Stone Sour | WMA 6 The Weeknd | UMA 6 The Chainsmokers & Cold... all the pretty girls friends scars to your beautiful no promises 7 Kenny Chesney | SME 7 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop... 7 Alessia Cara | UMA 7 Cheat Codes | WMA legends still breathing curve a different way 8 Kelsea Ballerini | SME 8 Green Day | WMA 8 Gucci Mane | WMA 8 DJ Snake | UMA no such thing as a broken... too good at goodbyes uptown funk STAY 9 Old Dominion | SME 9 Sam Smith | EMI 9 Bruno Mars | WMA 9 Zedd & Alessia Cara | UMA what i fs thunder that's what i like starvi n g 10 Kane Brown | SME 10 Imagine Dragons | UMA 10 Bruno Mars | WMA 10 Hailee Steinfeld | UMA start over 11 O'Shea | SME our backyard 12 Travis Collins & Amber L... sun don't let me down 13 Keith Urban | EMI CHART SUBSCRIBERS GET THE FULL PICTURE coming your way 14 Drew McAlister | UMA damn good mates • Top 100s by genre, metro, non-metro and state 15 Lee Kernaghan | UMA • Commercial, indie & community charts bad • Upcoming album release schedules 16 Caitlyn Shadbolt | UMA • Full list of Most Added & best new Singles to Radio every little thing 17 Carly Pearce | IND • Comprehensive report with every addition by radio station when it rains it pours • Daily newsletter ft. exclusive industry news & interviews 18 Luke Combs | SME Join for just $45 a month SUBSCRIBE OR UPGRADE NOW unforgettable 19 Thomas Rhett | UMA bush Party 20 Dean Brody | UMA

Global music markets

BBC RADIO 1 (UK) Shazam (US) SPOTIFY (GERMANY) SPOTIFY (Sweden)

ROCKSTAR ROCKSTAR was du liebe nennst ROCKSTAR 1 Post Malone | UMA 1 Post Malone | UMA 1 Bausa | WMA 1 Post Malone | UMA

SPOTIFY (AU) ITUNES (AU) SHAZAM (AU) Google Play (AU)

ROCKSTAR perfect perfect perfect 1 Post Malone | UMA 1 Ed Sheeran | WMA 1 Ed Sheeran | WMA 1 Ed Sheeran | WMA

VEVO (AU) youtube (AU) LyricFind (AU) soundcloud (INT)

too good at goodbyes new rules new rules ROCKSTAR 1 Sam Smith | EMI 1 Dua Lipa | WMA 1 Dua Lipa | WMA 1 Post Malone | UMA

SPOTIFY (INT) youtube (INT) SHAZAM (INT) Pandora Spins (INT)

ROCKSTAR 1 DESPACITO ROCKSTAR 1 ROCKSTAR 1 Post Malone | UMA Luis Fonsi | UMA 1 Post Malone | UMA Post Malone | UMA

SPOTIFY VIRAL SHAZAM FUTURE HITS Shazam Movers Pandora Trendsetters Spotify’s own metrics to measure Most Shazamed tracks unreleased The tracks with the most upward The artists with the highest number of potential for tracks not charting yet or released to iTunes in past 4 weeks movement on the AU Shazam chart new stations in the past week

send bobs REVENGE REVENGE 1 Hovey Benjamin 1 1 1 TAY-K | IND P!NK | SME P!NK | SME

ONES TO WATCH New Single Spotlight Topping the Spotify Viral chart this week is Hovey Benjamin's 'send bobs', an ode to all of the less-than-charming messages people have received on the internet. go bang P!NK's new cut 'Revenge' ft. Eminem, from her recently released PNAU | ETC album Beautiful Trauma, is topping the Shazam Future Hits and Shazam Movers chart this week. The track is also coming in at #6 on the Spotify Viral chart. Peking Duk are all over the charts this week with 'Let You Down'. Following on from their triple platinum, top 5 ARIA smash Sitting at #10 on the Spotify Viral, #3 on Shazam Future Hits and ‘Chameleon’, Australian electronic group PNAU return #2 on Shazam Movers, the track will likely be sticking around for with their new single ‘Go Bang’. ‘Go Bang’ is the next weeks to come. taste of PNAU’s upcoming fifth studio album, Changa, to be released on November 10th via etcetc. ‘Chameleon’ reached the top 10 of the Hot 100 airplay chart, No. 1 on Shazam, No. 1 on the Spotify Viral chart, No. 11 in triple j’s Hottest 100, was No. 1 on the ARIA Club Chart for a massive eight weeks and recently picked up two ARIA Award nominations including Song of the Year. ‘Go Bang’ has the potential to be this year’s summer anthem and comes with a spectacular video starring vocalist Kira Divine.

HOT 100 (AU ARTISTS) HOT 100 (ALT) AIR SINGLES AIR Radio Play

TRIPLE J hit list TRIPLE J (UNEARTHED) Amrap metro Amrap regional

OVERVIEW New Single Spotlight Baker Boy's 'Marryuna' ft. Yirrimal is killing it on TMN's Australian & Alternative charts, coming in at #5 on both the triple j Hit astronaut List and the Unearthed chart, #4 on Amrap Metro and #2 on Mansionair | MUSHROOM Amrap Regional, #3 on the AIR Radio Play chart AND #6 on the Alternative Hot 100. Jessica Mauboy has finally given up the #1 spot on the Australian Hot 100 this week. Electro duo Peking Duk have moved into the top position with their track 'Let You Down' ft. Icona Pop. Mansionair present their brand new single – ‘Astronaut (Something About Your Love)’, a genre-splitting shot from triple j faves Crowns Of The South are once again dominating the soul; as playful as it is a sincere exploration of loneliness the Unearthed chart with 'This Town'. It gets even better with the and distant affections. Producer and guitarist Lachlan band’s other single 'Summer' sitting just behind at #2. Bostock describes the creation of the beginning suite of otherworldly harmonics: "We shoved a microphone deep inside a piano and recorded all the atmospheric noises that came out. Like what I imagined an astronaut felt as if he was looking back at Earth.” The juxtaposition between singer Jack Froggatt’s intimate vocal delivery and the geographic stretch of Mansionair’s production makes them one of the country’s most intriguing bands. Watching it come to life live on stage really is a wonder to behold.

Subscribe to access the full charts portal. Sign Up to get the this free report. View previous reports. Chart enquiries: [email protected]. All other enquiries: [email protected]