Official ARIA CHARTS News

for 13th – 19th July 2020

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Pop Smoke scores posthumous #1 album.
Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo remain on top of the ARIA Singles Chart.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard scores tenth Top Ten.

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo ‘Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)’

2. DaBaby Feat. Roddy Ricch – ‘Rockstar’

3. SAINt JHN – ‘Roses’

4. Topic Feat. A7S – ‘Breaking Me’

5. Harry Styles – ‘Watermelon Sugar’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo ‘Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)’ – Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo hold the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second straight week with ‘Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)’. Last week the single also hit #1 in the UK, moving up from #4.

#20: Nea ‘Some Say’ – Swedish singer-songwriter Nea jumps 13 spots to #20 with debut single ‘Some Say’. Prior to releasing her own music, Nea had co-written songs for the likes of Zara Larsson, Axwell and Tinie Tempah, among others.

#25: Pop Smoke ‘The Woo’ – As well as hitting #1 on the Albums Chart, Pop Smoke picks up three entries in this week’s Singles Chart Top 50. ‘The Woo’, ‘For The Night’ (#32) and ‘Dior’ (#48) all appear on the new album Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon. ‘The Woo’ is the highest-charting track and features 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch. ‘Dior’ was also included on the late rapper’s two mixtapes: Meet The Woo and Meet The Woo 2.

#31: Kanye West Feat. Travis Scott ‘Wash Us In The Blood’ – Kanye West scores his first Top 50 entry for 2020 with ‘Wash Us In The Blood’. It’s the first single to come from West’s forthcoming tenth album, God’s Country. This week West tweeted that he would be running in the 2020 US Presidential Election, though it appears he has not made any official moves towards a candidacy.

#49: Amy Shark ‘Everybody Rise’ – Gold Coast singer-songwriter Amy Shark hits the Top 50 with ‘Everybody Rise’. The track is the ARIA-winner’s first new entry since ‘Mess Her Up’ (#29 Jun. ’19) and was produced by New Zealander Joel Little (Taylor Swift, Lorde, Broods). At the beginning of 2020, Shark charted as the featured artist on The Chainsmokers’ ‘The Reaper’ (#47 Jan. ’20).

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Pop Smoke – ‘Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon’ (Debut)

2. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – ‘Chunky Shrapnel’ (Debut)

3. Bob Dylan – ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’

4. Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’

5. Various – ‘Music From The Home Front’

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Pop Smoke ‘Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon’ – The late Pop Smoke debuts at #1 on this week’s ARIA Albums Chart with Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon. The posthumous release is the first studio album from the American rapper, who passed away in February this year. Prior to the album, he had released two mixtapes: Meet The Woo (2019) and Meet The Woo 2 (2020). The latter release debuted at #33 last week and has climbed up to #24 this week. Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon features contributions from 50 Cent, Quavo, Roddy Ricch, DaBaby, Future and more. Three of the album’s tracks have charted in this week’s Singles Chart Top 50.

The album is the first posthumous release to top the ARIA Albums Chart since Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s Djarimirri (Child Of The Rainbow) (#1 Apr. ’18).

#2: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard ‘Chunky Shrapnel’ – Melbourne’s King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard take out their tenth entry in the Albums Chart Top Ten as they debut with Chunky Shrapnel. The double album is the soundtrack to the feature-length music documentary filmed during the seven-piece group’s 2019 tour across Europe and the UK. Originally released digitally in April, the album has hit the chart on the back of its release on vinyl; it debuted at #1 on this week’s Vinyl Albums Chart. Earlier in the year, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard charted with the digital-only live albums Live in Adelaide ’19 (#6 Jan. ’20), Live in Paris ’19 (#9 Jan. ’20) and Live in Brussels ’19 (#34 Jan. ’20). It’s their third #2 peak after Flying Microtonal Banana (#2 Mar. ’17) and Infest The Rats’ Nest (#2 Aug. ’19).

#7: Original Broadway Cast ‘Hamilton – An American Musical’ – The soundtrack to the hit Broadway musical Hamilton re-enters the Top 50 and claims a new peak at #7. It comes following the release of a filmed version of the production to streaming service Disney+ last week. The album previously only spent one week in the Top 50, peaking at #42 in June 2016.

#19: The Smith Street Band ‘Don’t Waste Your Anger’ – The Smith Street Band’s former #1 moves back into the Top 50 at #19 following a new release of the album on vinyl. As a result, Don’t Waste Your Anger is #2 on this week’s Vinyl Albums Chart.

#44: Various Artists ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga’ – The soundtrack to Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga makes its Top 50 debut. The film was released on Netflix on 26 June and features Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as Fire Saga, an Icelandic duo who enter the famous annual music competition. A number of Eurovision alumni appear on the film including 2014 winner Conchita Wurst and 2012 winner Loreen.

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Australian Artist Singles:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’

2. Sam Fischer – ‘This City’

3. Guy Sebastian – ‘Standing With You’

4. The Kid Laroi Feat. Juice WRLD – ‘Go’

5. Hilltop Hoods – ‘I’m Good?’

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Australian Artist Albums:

Top 5:

1. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – ‘Chunky Shrapnel’ (Debut)

2. Various – ‘Music From The Home Front’

3. The Smith Street Band – ‘Don’t Waste Your Anger’

4. Dean Lewis – ‘A Place We Knew’

5. Ocean Alley – ‘Lonely Diamond’

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – ‘Chunky Shrapnel’ (Debut)

2. The Smith Street Band – ‘Don’t Waste Your Anger’

3. Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’

4. Ocean Alley – ‘Lonely Diamond’

5. Billie Eilish – ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’

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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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