Official ARIA CHARTS News

17th February 2018

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Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ and ‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack
continue to dominate this week’s ARIA Charts

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen ‘These Days’

3. Post Malone ‘I Fall Apart’

4. Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line ‘Meant To Be’

5. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Drake ‘God’s Plan’ – It’s week three at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for Canadian rapper Drake and his track ‘God’s Plan’.

#2: Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen ‘These Days’ – Jumping two spots to #2 this week, ‘These Days’ takes over from ‘Feel the Love’ (#3 Jul. ’12) as Rudimental’s highest Singles Chart peak.

#5: Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’ – In its sixth week in the top 50, Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s collaboration ‘All The Stars’ cracks the top ten for the first time at #5. Its new peak comes in the same week its parent album Black Panther: The Album debuts at #2. The move gives Lamar his second top ten single after ‘Humble.’ (#2 Apr. ’17).

#9: Dua Lipa ‘IDGAF’ – Climbing two spots to #9, ‘IDGAF’ becomes Dua Lipa’s third top ten on the ARIA Singles Chart. She’s previously hit the top ten with ‘Be The One’ (#6 May ’16) and ‘New Rules’ (#2 Sept. ’17).

#12: The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar ‘Pray For Me’ – The second track released from Black Panther: The Album jumps six spots to claim a new peak at #12.

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

Top 5:

1. Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ 

2. Soundtrack ‘Black Panther: The Album’ (debut)

3. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’

4. Soundtrack ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ (debut)

5. The Wombats ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’ (debut)

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ – The Greatest Showman soundtrack notches up its seventh consecutive week at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

#2: Soundtrack ‘Black Panther: The Album’ (debut) – The Kendrick Lamar-curated Black Panther: The Album becomes this week’s highest debut on the Albums Chart. The soundtrack to the Marvel film Black Panther features contributions from Lamar, as well as 2 Chainz, Khalid, Vince Staples, Anderson Paak, James Blake and more. Two tracks from the album have already charted: Lamar and SZA’s ‘All The Stars’ (#5 Feb. ’18) and Lamar and The Weeknd’s ‘Pray For Me’ (#12 Feb. ’18).

#4: Soundtrack ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ (debut) – The soundtrack to third and final film in the Fifty Shades series becomes the film series’ third album to chart in the top ten. Fifty Shades Freed follows on from Fifty Shades Of Grey (#1 Feb. ’15) and Fifty Shades Darker (#1 Feb. ’17). It features the Liam Payne and Rita Ora single ‘For You (Fifty Shades Freed)’ (#18 Feb. ’18) as well as tracks by Sia, Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, Julia Michaels and more.

#5: The Wombats ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’ (debut) – The Wombats score their third top ten entry with Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life. It’s the British trio’s fourth album and comes three years on from Glitterbug (#2 Apr. ’15). The Wombats also hit the top ten with The Wombats Proudly Present… This Modern Glitch (#2 May ’11).

#6: Hockey Dad ‘Blend Inn’ (debut) – Wollongong surf rock band Hockey Dad makes their top 50 debut with Blend Inn. Following on from 2016’s Boronia, it’s the duo’s second album and was recorded in Seattle. Blend Inn’s lead single ‘Homely Feeling’ landed at #54 in the recent Triple J Hottest 100.

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

3. Post Malone ‘I Fall Apart’

4. Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen ‘These Days’

5. Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B ‘Finesse’

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will countdown the biggest 10 songs on the ARIA Charts.

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ABOUT THE ARIA CHART:

The national ARIA Chart is Australia’s pre-eminent music chart representing a broad cross section of retail outlets. More than 1200 music retailers, including department stores, chain stores, independent retailers, streaming outlets, and digital providers contribute their data to ARIA to ensure that comprehensive charts are compiled across various genres and categories during any given week.

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