Official ARIA CHARTS News

for w/c 13th January 2020

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’

2. Dua Lipa – ‘Don’t Start Now’

3. The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’

4. Arizona Zervas – ‘ROXANNE’

5. Post Malone – ‘Circles’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Tones And I ‘Dance Monkey’ – ‘Dance Monkey’ extends its record for the longest time at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart to 23 weeks. The song also came in at #1 on the Australian Artist Singles Chart for 2019 and #10 in the Australian Artist Singles Chart for the decade. Tones And I’s latest single ‘Never Seen The Rain’ logs an 11th week inside the Top Ten, where it sits at #9, while her The Kids Are Coming EP rises one spot to #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

#8: Justin Bieber ‘Yummy’ (debut) – The first taste of Justin Bieber’s forthcoming fifth studio album, the R&B-style ‘Yummy’ is the Canadian singer’s first entry as lead artist in the ARIA Singles Chart since ‘Friends’ debuted at #2 in August 2017. This is Bieber’s eighth top ten chart entry on his own, although he’s a featured artist on many other Top Ten hits.  Bieber also appears in the Top 50 this week as featured vocalist on Dan + Shay’s ‘10,000 Hours’, which drops three places to #24, while his collaboration with Ed Sheeran, ‘I Don’t Care’, which peaked at #1 last May, slides five spots to #35.

#18: Roddy Ricch ‘The Box’ (debut) – Californian rapper Roddy Ricch makes his ARIA Charts debut with this track from his recently released debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, which debuts at #33 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week. Despite not being intended as an official single, ‘The Box’ is the 21-year-old’s highest-charting song anywhere in the world, peaking at #3 in the US.

#37: Brockhampton ‘Sugar’ (debut) – American hip hop collective Brockhampton enter the ARIA Singles Chart for the first time with ‘Sugar’, the latest single from their fifth studio album Ginger. A collaboration of vocalists, producers, engineers and visual creatives, Brockhampton was formed by members of the group AliveSinceForever, who met through a Kanye West fan forum in response to a request from founding member Kevin Abstract. This month, the group has toured Australia as headliners of FOMO Festival.

#47: The Chainsmokers feat. Amy Shark ‘The Reaper’ – Pairing up with Australian singer Amy Shark, The Chainsmokers score their 18th entry in the ARIA Singles Top 50. The US dance music duo first hit the chart with ‘#SELFIE’ (#3 Apr. ‘14), and reached their highest position with ‘Closer’ (#1 Aug. ‘16).

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’

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

3. ‘Frozen 2’ soundtrack

4. Post Malone – ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’

5. Ed Sheeran – No.6 Collaborations Project

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Harry Styles ‘Fine Line’ – The former One Direction member’s second studio album spends a third week atop the ARIA Albums Chart, having only missed out once in its four-week run. It remains #1 on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart for the fourth week in a row. The latest single from the LP, ‘Adore You’ retains the #10 position on the Singles Chart, while ‘Watermelon Sugar’ rises one place to #22.

#7: Lewis Capaldi ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ – Rising nine places, Lewis Capaldi’s debut LP reaches a new peak on the ARIA Albums Chart. The 23-year-old Scottish singer has been a staple on Australian airwaves for months, scoring breakthrough success with single ‘Someone You Loved’, which reached #4 on the Singles Chart in June 2019 and this week sits at #17. Latest single ‘Before You Go’ this week leaps six places to a new high of #12.

#11: Stormzy ‘Heavy Is The Head’ – UK rapper Stormzy returns to #11 with his latest album Heavy Is The Head. Released just prior to Christmas, the album hit the same position when it first entered the chart. His debut album Gang Signs & Prayer (#11, Mar ’17) also peaked just one spot outside the top ten. His latest single ‘Own It’ features Ed Sheeran and remains in the ARIA Chart Top 50.

#30: Lizzo ‘Cuz I Love You’ – Off the back of her Australian tour dates, Lizzo re-enters the ARIA Albums Chart with her third studio album, Cuz I Love You, which debuted at #38 in April 2019 and reached a peak of #26 last October. Meanwhile her sleeper-hit single ‘Good As Hell’, originally released in 2016, sits at #11 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The US singer, rapper and flautist recently assisted with bushfire relief efforts by volunteering at Foodbank Victoria.

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Australian Artist Singles:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’

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

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

4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – ‘Teeth’

5. Guy Sebastian – ‘Choir’

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Australian Artist Albums:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘The Kids Are Coming – EP’

2. Cold Chisel – ‘The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You’

3. Paul Kelly – ‘Songs From The South: Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits 1985-2019’

4. Cold Chisel – ‘Blood Moon’

5. Dean Lewis – ‘A Place We Knew’

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’

2. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Rumours’

3. Tame Impala – ‘Currents’

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

5. Lana Del Rey – ‘Born To Die’

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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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