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This week’s

ARIA CHARTS

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The Kid Laroi reaches ARIA Singles Chart landmark
Drake holds #1 album for second week
Debuts for Amyl and the Sniffers, Kasey Musgraves, Ed Sheeran

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

Albums:

Top 5:

1. Drake – ‘Certified Lover Boy’ (Debut)

2. Amyl and the Sniffers – ‘Comfort To Me’ (Debut)
3. Olivia Rodrigo – ‘SOUR’
4. Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’
5. Kanye West – ‘Donda’

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Album Highlights: 

#1: Drake ‘Certified Lover Boy’ – Drake holds the ARIA #1 album for a second week with his fourth chart-topper Certified Lover Boy. Of the Canadian rapper’s previous #1s, Scorpion spent the most time at the top, racking up three weeks.

#2: Amyl and the Sniffers ‘Comfort To Me’ – Amyl and the Sniffers score their first ARIA Top Ten album as Comfort To Me debuts at #2. The second album from the Melbourne rock band comes just over two years on from their self-titled debut (#22 Jun. ’19), which won Best Rock Album at the 2019 ARIA Awards. Comfort To Me has debuted at #1 on this week’s ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart.

#9: Kacey Musgraves ‘Star-Crossed’ – Kacey Musgraves takes out her first ARIA Albums Chart Top Ten entry as she debuts at #9 with Star-Crossed. The fifth album from the American country-pop artist is the follow-up to Golden Hour(#25 Apr. ’18), which won four Grammy Awards in 2018 including Album Of The Year and Best Country Album.

#11: Steps ‘What The Future Holds Pt. 2’ – Releasing What The Future Holds Pt. 2, their second album in under a year, British pop group Steps score the second-highest chart peak of their career. The follow-up to What The Future Holds (#26 Dec. ’20) features an appearance by singer and TV personality Michelle Visage (RuPaul’s Drag Race), as well as a track co-written by Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes. The group’s highest chart peak was with their debut Step One (#5 Sept. ’98).

#12: Pist Idiots ‘Idiocracy’ – Sydney rockers Pist Idiots make their first ARIA Top 50 appearance as they chart at #12 with debut album, Idiocracy. Prior to the album, the four-piece from Bankstown released three EPs: Pist Idiots (2017), Princes (2018) and Ticker (2019). Idiocracy lands on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart at #2.

#14: The Black Sorrows ‘Saint Georges Road’ – The Black Sorrows hit the chart with Saint Georges Road. The 19th album from the veteran Australian blues rock band continues their rejuvenation on the chart after Citizen John (#11 Apr. ’19), which was their first Top 50 entry in 25 years. It’s the 50th career release for Black Sorrows leader and ARIA Hall Of Fame member Joe Camilleri.

Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

Singles:

Top 5:

1. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’

2. Ed Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’
3. Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
4. Glass Animals ‘Heat Waves’
5. Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’ (Debut)

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Singles Highlights:

#1: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber ‘Stay’ – Notching up its tenth week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s ‘Stay’ takes outright second on the list of most weeks at #1 by an Australian artist on the ARIA Singles Chart. It now sits only behind current record-holder, Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ (#1 Aug. ’19), which spent 24 weeks at #1.

#5: Ed Sheeran ‘Shivers’ – Ahead of the release of his fifth album, =, Ed Sheeran claims a third Top Ten single from it in as many months with ‘Shivers’. The follow-up to ‘Bad Habits’ (#1 Jul. ’21) and the promo single ‘Visiting Hours’ (#3 Aug. ’21) becomes Sheeran’s 23rd Top Ten single on the ARIA Charts. = is released on 29 October.

#27: The Anxiety ‘Meet Me At Our Spot’ – American duo The Anxiety make their ARIA Top 50 debut with ‘Meet Me At Our Spot’. The track comes from the self-titled debut album by the pair – Willow Smith and Tyler Cole – which was released in March 2020. It’s recently become a popular song on TikTok, where it’s known as the ‘caught a vibe’ song.

#28: Tai Verdes ‘A-O-K’ – Singer-songwriter Tai Verdes hits the ARIA Top 50 for the first time with ‘A-O-K’. The track comes from Verdes’ forthcoming debut album, TV, which was released in May of this year. Verdes first came to prominence when ‘Stuck In The Middle’ went viral on TikTok in early-2020.

#31: Bella Taylor Smith ‘Higher’ – Winner of the 2021 season of The Voice, Bella Taylor Smith, makes her ARIA Top 50 debut with ‘Higher’. The Sydneysider’s release becomes the first chart entry by a winner’s single from the Australian version of The Voice since Judah Kelly’s ‘Count On Me’ (#19 Jul. ’17).

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Australian Artist Singles:

Top 5:

1. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’

2. Jolyon Petch – ‘Dreams’
3. The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus – ‘Without You’
4. Clinton Kane – ‘I Guess I’m In Love’
5. Vance Joy – ‘Missing Piece’

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Australian Artist Albums:

Top 5:

1. Amyl and the Sniffers – ‘Comfort To Me’ (Debut)

2. The Kid Laroi – ‘F*ck Love (Over You)’
3. Pist Idiots – ‘Idiocracy’ (Debut)
4. The Black Sorrows – ‘Saint Georges Road’ (Debut)
5. Guy Sebastian – ‘T. R. U. T. H.’

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. Amyl and the Sniffers – ‘Comfort To Me’ (Debut)

2. Pist Idiots – ‘Idiocracy’ (Debut)
3. Olivia Rodrigo – ‘SOUR’
4. Kasey Musgraves – ‘Star-Crossed’ (Debut)
5. Steps – ‘What The Future Holds Pt. 2’ (Debut)

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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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