An Unholy Barrier

Mariah and Buble may be back as the charts get their seasonal refill of Christmas tunes, but Sam Smith And Kim Petras hold the tide back with their Unholy power, while US producer Metro Boomin earns a first-ever #1 album.

The Hot20 chart has a new crop of Kiwi hits including entries for Foley, Georgia Lines, Alayna, Blindspott and Sophie Maude, SWIDT and Sam V, Underscore, LOU'ANA, Avya, Mikey Dam and Deceptikonz. Blindspott's new EP is the only new entry to the Top20 NZ Albums.
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#1 Single

It may be Christmas all around them, but Sam and Kim remain Unholy.

#1 Album

A debut #1 for the US producer. His other solo album peaked at #8 back in 2018.

#1 Hot Single

The first Hot Chart #1 for Metro Boomin, the seventh for The Weeknd and fourth for 21 Savage.

#1 Hot NZ Single

An eighth Hot NZ Chart #1 for the band and their second of 2022.

#1 NZ Album

Has now spent the more weeks atop the NZ Album Chart in 2022 than any other album.

#1 Te Reo Single

Six60 hold out atop the Te Reo chart for another week.