Official ARIA CHARTS News

19th August 2017

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New Number Ones for this week’s ARIA Charts:

P!nk and Paul Kelly blast straight to the top on debut

‘What About Us’ is P!nk’s 9th No.1 single whilst ‘Life Is Fine’ earns Paul Kelly his first ever chart-topping album!

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. P!nk ‘What About Us’ (debut)

2. Macklemore Feat. Skylar Grey ‘Glorious’

3. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Feat. Justin Bieber ‘Despacito’

4. Imagine Dragons ‘Thunder’

5. Calvin Harris Feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean ‘Feels’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: P!nk ‘What About Us’ (debut) – With the first single from her forthcoming seventh album Beautiful Trauma, American star P!nk scores her ninth #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. ‘What About Us’ draws P!nk level with Delta Goodrem for the second most #1 singles in ARIA Charts history. P!nk has previously hit #1 with ‘Most Girls’ (#1 Oct. ’00), the collaboration with Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim and Mýa, ‘Lady Marmalade’ (#1 May ‘01), ‘Get The Party Started’ (#1 Dec. ’01), ‘So What’ (#1 Sept. ’08), ‘Raise Your Glass’ (#1 Oct. ’10), ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’ (#1 Jul. ’12), ‘Just Give Me A Reason’ (#1 Feb. ’13) and ‘Just Like Fire’ (#1 May ’16). Beautiful Trauma is released in October.

#2: Macklemore Feat. Skylar Grey ‘Glorious’ – A further jump of one spot for ‘Glorious’ in its eighth week in the top 50 gives it a new peak.

#6: Kesha ‘Praying’ – In the week that her comeback album Rainbow debuts at #3, its lead single has moved up two spots to claim a new peak. It previously peaked at #7.

#15: Dua Lipa ‘New Rules’ – Moving up five spots this week, ‘New Rules’ becomes Dua Lipa’s second-highest peak on the ARIA Singles Chart. Her best place to date has been with ‘Be The One’ (#6 May ’16).

#33: Avicii Feat. Sandro Cavazza ‘Without You’ – The first appearance on the ARIA Singles Chart for Swedish DJ/producer Avicii since ‘Broken Arrows’ (#30 Nov. ’15). ‘Without You’ comes from Avicii’s new EP Avici, which has debuted at #14 on this week’s Albums Chart.

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Paul Kelly ‘Life Is Fine’ (debut)  

2. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’

3. Kesha ‘Rainbow’ (debut)

4. Soundtrack ‘Moana’

5. Jen Cloher ‘Jen Cloher’ (debut)

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Paul Kelly ‘Life Is Fine’ (debut)  – Legendary Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly scores his first ever #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with Life Is Fine, in career spanning 40years. Kelly’s 23rd studio album comes following a busy 2016 that saw him release two albums: Seven Sonnets And A Song (#9 May ’16) and Death’s Dateless Night (#16 Oct. ’16). Life Is Fine takes over from Songs From The South (#2 Jun. ’97) as Kelly’s highest-charting album and from … Nothing But A Dream (#7 Aug. ’01) as his highest-charting studio album. Paul Kelly was inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in 1997.

#3: Kesha ‘Rainbow’ (debut) – The third album from Kesha gives the American artist the highest peak of her career on the ARIA Albums Chart. Rainbow is Kesha’s first album since Warrior (#12 Dec. ’12) and the first to hit the top five since debut Animal (#4 Jan. ’10). The album includes the single ‘Praying’ (#6 Aug. ’17).

#5: Jen Cloher ‘Jen Cloher’ (debut) – With her self-titled fourth album, Melbourne singer-songwriter Jen Cloher makes her top 50 debut on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album is the follow-up to 2013’s In Blood Memory and features guest appearances from Dan Luscombe of The Drones and American singer-songwriter Kurt Vile.

#13: The Preatures ‘Girlhood’ (debut) – Album two from The Preatures gives the Sydney rock band their second appearance in the top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Girlhood is the follow-up to the group’s ARIA-nominated debut Blue Planet Eyes (#4 Oct. ’14).

#14: Avicii ‘Avici’ (debut) – Swedish DJ/producer Avicii picks up his first appearance on the ARIA Albums Chart since Stories (#10 Oct. ’15) with the EP Avici. The six track release includes the track ‘Without You’ (#33 Aug. ’17) as well as collaborations with Rita Ora and AlunaGeorge.

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Macklemore Feat. Skylar Grey ‘Glorious’

2. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Feat. Justin Bieber ‘Despacito’

3. French Montana Feat. Swae Lee ‘Unforgettable’

4. Liam Payne Feat. Quavo ‘Strip That Down’

5. DJ Khaled Feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ‘Wild Thoughts’

  

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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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