Official ARIA CHARTS News

for 20th-26th April 2020

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Dua Lipa hits #1 with Future Nostalgia.

The Weeknd returns to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart.

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’

2. SAINt JHN – ‘Roses’

3. Drake – ‘Toosie Slide’

4. Dua Lipa – ‘Don’t Start Now’

5. Powfu – ‘death bed’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: The Weeknd ‘Blinding Lights’ – After two weeks at #2, Canadian artist The Weeknd returns to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Blinding Lights’. It’s the eleventh week in the top spot for the single from The Weeknd’s former #1 album After Hours (#1 Mar. ’20). It joins Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ (#1 Feb. ’18), the Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ (#1 Nov. ’96) and Bryan Adams’ ‘Everything I Do (I Do It For You)’ (#1 Jul. ’91), all of whom also spent eleven weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

#10: Surfaces ‘Sunday Best’ – In its ninth week in the Top 50, ‘Sunday Best’ by American duo Surfaces moves up one spot to hit the Top Ten for the first time. The track gained attention due to its use on TikTok. It’s also gone Top Ten in Canada and New Zealand.

#14: Megan Thee Stallion ‘Savage’ – Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Savage’ continues its race up the chart, moving up five more spots this week to a new peak at #14. The single is also the rapper’s highest charting hit in the UK and Canada.

#23: Jack Harlow ‘Whats Poppin’ – A week on from making his debut at #35, American rapper/songwriter Jack Harlow jumps up twelve spots to #23 with ‘Whats Poppin’. Harlow’s debut single on the ARIA Charts comes from his EP Sweet Action which is starting to climb charts around the world.

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Dua Lipa – ‘Future Nostalgia’

2. Various – ‘Artists Unite For Fire Fight’

3. The Weeknd – ‘After Hours’

4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – ‘CALM’

5. Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Dua Lipa ‘Future Nostalgia’ – Two weeks after making its debut, Dua Lipa’s second album, Future Nostalgia, hits #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for the first time. The follow-up to the English pop artist’s self-titled debut (#8 Apr. ’18) spent its first two weeks on the chart at #2. Three singles from Future Nostalgia are in this week’s Top 50: ‘Don’t Start Now’ (#4), ‘Break My Heart’ (#8) and ‘Physical’ (#9). It was also Dua Lipa’s first #1 album in the UK.

#7: Nightwish ‘Human. :II: Nature.’ – Finnish metal band Nightwish take out their first Top Ten album on the ARIA Charts with Human. :II: Nature. The group’s ninth studio album takes over from previous studio release Endless Forms Most Beautiful (#16 Apr. ’15) as their highest peak. It’s Nightwish’s first double album.

#10: Tory Lanez ‘The New Toronto 3’ – Releasing The New Toronto 3, his fifth studio album, Canadian rapper Tory Lanez scores a new chart peak. It’s the follow-up to Chixtape 5 (#18 Nov. ’19) and is his third album to chart in the ARIA Top 50. The first two installments in the New Toronto series were released as mixtapes in 2015 and 2017, respectively.

#21: The Strokes ‘The New Abnormal’ – American indie rock heroes The Strokes return with The New Abnormal. Produced by Rick Rubin, it’s the New York band’s sixth studio album and their first since Comedown Machine (#7 Apr. ’13). Between albums, most of the band’s members released solo/side project albums. The Strokes topped the Albums Chart with fourth album Angles (#1 Mar. ’11).

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Australian Artist Singles:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’

2. Tones And I – ‘Bad Child’

3. The Rubens – ‘Live In Life’

4. Flume Feat. Vera Blue – ‘Rushing Back’

5. Tones And I – ‘Never Seen The Rain’

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Australian Artist Albums:

Top 5:

1. 5 Seconds Of Summer – ‘CALM’

2. Violent Soho – ‘Everything Is A-OK’

3. Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’

4. Dream On Dreamer – ‘What If I Told You It Doesn’t Get Better’ (Debut)

5. The Chats – ‘High Risk Behaviour’

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. The Chats – ‘High Risk Behaviour’

2. Violent Soho – ‘Everything Is A-OK’ (Debut)

3. Bob Marley And The Wailers – ‘Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers’

4. Def Leppard – ‘Hysteria’

5. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’

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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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