Official ARIA CHARTS News

17th March 2018

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Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ and Ed Sheeran’s ‘÷’ dominate Number One positions, on 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. Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign ‘Psycho’ 

3. Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’ 

4. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

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

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Drake ‘God’s Plan’ – Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ maintains its grip on the #1 position on the ARIA Singles Chart for a seventh straight week.

#3: Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’ – Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ moves back up the chart for a second week in a row, up a further three spots this week. He is also up five places to #20 with ‘Shape Of You’ and has re-entered the top 50 at #41 with ‘Castle On The Hill’ and at #49 with ‘Galway Girl’.

#22: XXXTentacion ‘Sad!’ – In its second week, ‘Sad!’ by XXXTentacion moves up eleven spots to a new peak at #22. The American rappers second album, ?, is out this week.

#29: BlocBoy JB Feat Drake ‘Look Alive’ – Three weeks into its run in the top 50, the debut chart appearance for American rapper BlocBoy JB jumps up six spots to a new peak at #29. The Drake-featured track was released at the start of February and to date has peaked at #5 in the US.

#38: Logic & Marshmello ‘Everyday’ (debut) – Logic takes out a third top 50 entry on the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Everyday’. The collaboration with producer Marshmello comes from the new mixtape Bobby Tarantino II (#10 this week). Logic previously charted with ‘1-800-273-8255’ (#5 Oct. ’17) and the multi-artist collaboration ‘Sucker For Pain’ (#7 Sept. ’16).

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’

2. Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ 

3. The Wiggles ‘Nursery Rhymes 2’ (debut)

4. Ed Sheeran ‘X’

5. Calum Scott ‘Only Human’ (debut)

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Ed Sheeran ‘÷’ – After returning to #1 last week, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ remains in the top spot this week. It’s the album’s 24th week at #1. Sheeran’s X is at #4 and + is at #7.

#3: The Wiggles ‘Nursery Rhymes 2’ (debut) – With their 50th studio album, ARIA Hall Of Fame members The Wiggles score their first ever appearance in the top ten of the ARIA Albums Chart. Nursery Rhymes 2 takes over from Nursery Rhymes (#15 Feb. ’17) as the group’s highest chart peak. The group also charted in 2017 with Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (#29 Dec. ’17).

#5: Calum Scott ‘Only Human’ (debut) – British singer-songwriter Calum Scott makes his Albums Chart debut with Only Human. Scott’s first album features the singles ‘Dancing On My Own’ (#2 Oct. ’16) and ‘You Are The Reason’ (#27 Dec. ’17).

#6: Bruno Mars ‘24K Magic’ – Still on tour around Australia, Bruno Mars moves up four spots to #6 with 24K Magic. Both of Mars’ previous albums have re-entered the top 50 this week: Doo-Wops & Hooligans (#34) and Unorthodox Jukebox (#39).

#10: Logic ‘Bobby Tarantino II’ (debut) – Logic takes out his first top ten entry on the Albums Chart peak with mixtape Bobby Tarantino II. It’s the first time the American rapper has charted with a mixtape; he’s previously hit the chart with the studio albums The Incredible True Story (#43 Nov. ’15) and Everybody (#25 May ’17). ‘Everyday’, which features on Bobby Tarantino II, has debuted at #38 on this week’s Singles Chart.

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign ‘Psycho’

3. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

4. Dua Lipa ‘IDGAF’

5. Marshmello & Anne Marie ‘Friends’

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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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