Official ARIA CHARTS News
6th January 2018
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Ed Sheeran enjoys a fifth week at the top with ‘Perfect’ as ‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack hits Number One, 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. Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’
2. Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug ‘Havana’
3. Eminem Feat. Ed Sheeran ‘River’
4. Post Malone ‘I Fall Apart’
5. Marshmello x Khalid ‘Silence’
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Singles Chartifacts:
#1: Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’ – For the fifth week in a row, Ed Sheeran tops the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Perfect’. The track was #4 on the 2017 ARIA End Of Year Singles Chart and was one of four by the British singer-songwriter to feature in the top ten. 2017 End Of Year #1 ‘Shape Of You’ has jumped up ten spots this week to #19.
#13: Pnau ‘Go Bang’ – Sydney trio Pnau were the highest placed Australian act on the 2017 End Of Year Singles Chart with ‘Chameleon’ (#4 Feb. ’17). Follow-up single ‘Go Bang’ jumps six spots this week to claim a new peak at #13.
#34: Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble ‘This Is Me’ (debut) – The week’s highest debut comes from a track from this week’s #1 album, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman. ‘This Is Me’ features Keala Settle, who portrays bearded lady Lettie Lutz, in the film. Settle made her Broadway debut in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 2011 and has since appeared in productions of Les Misérables and Waitress.
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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE
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Albums:
Top 5:
1. Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’
2. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’
3. P!nk ‘Beautiful Trauma’
4. Eminem ‘Revival’
5. Taylor Swift ‘Reputation’
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Albums Chartifacts:
#1: Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ – In its second week in the top 50, the soundtrack to the Hugh Jackman-starring The Greatest Showman climbs seven spots to hit #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It’s the first soundtrack to top the chart since Fifty Shades Darker (#1 Feb. ’17).
#6: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard ‘Gumboot Soup’ (debut) – Melbourne’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard take out their fourth top ten entry on the ARIA Albums Chart with Gumboot Soup. The seven piece’s 13th studio album was their fifth release in 2017, coming out on 31 December. 2017 saw the band also release the albums Flying Microtonal Banana (#2 Mar. ’17), Murder Of The Universe (#3 Jul. ’17), Sketches Of Brunswick East (#4 Aug. ’17) and the free release Polygondwanaland.
#7: Soundtrack ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ – Moving up 29 spots in its third week in the top 50, the soundtrack to Pitch Perfect 3 becomes the film franchise’s third top ten. It follows on from Pitch Perfect (#9 Jan. ’13) and Pitch Perfect 2 (#3 May ’15).
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Streaming Singles:
Top 5:
1. Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’
2. Post Malone ‘I Fall Apart’
3. Eminem Feat. Ed Sheeran ‘River’
4. Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage ‘Rockstar’
5. Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug ‘Havana’
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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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