Official ARIA CHARTS News

for w/c 2 September 2019

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Tones And I remains at #1 with ‘Dance Monkey’ for fifth week
Taylor Swift scores biggest week for any album in 2019
Taylor Swift invades the Single Chart with thirteen entries in the Top 50

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘Dance Money’

2. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – ‘Señorita’

3. Taylor Swift – ‘Lover’

4. Lil Nas X – ‘Old Town Road’

5. Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid – ‘Beautiful People’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Tones And I ‘Dance Monkey’ – For the fifth consecutive week, Tones And I is at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Dance Monkey’. The last time an Australian female solo artist spent five weeks at #1 was when Gabriella Cilmi’s ‘Sweet About Me’ held the top spot for five non-consecutive weeks in May/June 2008. The most time spent at #1 by an Australian female solo artist was Kylie Minogue with ‘Locomotion’ (#1 Aug ‘87). This week, Tones And I released her debut EP, The Kids Are Coming; look out for it on next week’s chart.

#3: Taylor Swift ‘Lover’ – Debuting at #1 on this week’s Albums Chart with Lover, Taylor Swift scores 13 entries on the Singles Chart this week with tracks from her seventh album. After debuting at #15 last week, Lover’s title track has moved up 12 spots to become the album’s third Top Three single after ‘Me!’ (#2 May ’19) and ‘You Need To Calm Down’ (#3 Jun. ’19).

#7: Marshmello Feat. Kane Brown ‘One Thing Right’ – Hitting its ninth week in the chart, Marshmello’s ‘One Thing Right’ moves up two spots to claim another new peak at #7.

#17: Taylor Swift ‘The Man’ – There are nine debuts by Taylor Swift on this week’s Singles Chart. At #17, ‘The Man’ is the highest new entry from this week’s #1 album, Lover. She’s also debuted with ‘Cruel Summer’ (#22), ‘I Forgot That You Existed’ (#24), ‘Paper Rings’ (#29), ‘Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince’ (#32), ‘I Think He Knows’ (#34), ‘Cornelia Street’ (#40), ‘London Boy’ (#42) and ‘Death By A Thousand Cuts’ (#48).

#30: 5 Seconds Of Summer ‘Teeth’ – 5 Seconds Of Summer score their third chart entry for the year with ‘Easier’. The second track to come from the Sydney group’s forthcoming fourth album also appears on the third season soundtrack to the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and features guitar playing by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. 5SOS have also charted this year with ‘Lie To Me’ (#38 Feb. ’19) and ‘Easier’ (#12 Jun. ’19).

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Taylor Swift – ‘Lover’ (Debut)

2. Ed Sheeran – ‘No.6 Collaborations Project’

3. Brockhampton – ‘Ginger’ (Debut)

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

5. Slipknot – ‘We Are Not Your Kind’

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Taylor Swift ‘Lover’ – American superstar Taylor Swift scores her fifth #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with her seventh studio album Lover. It is the single biggest week for any album in 2019. Taylor also looks likely to the be the artist with the most #1 albums this decade with 5. She has also previously hit #1 with Speak Now (#1 Nov. ’10), Red (#1 Oct. ’12), 1989 (#1 Nov. ’14) and Reputation(#1 Nov. ’17). 13 of the album’s 18 tracks are in the Top 50 of this week’s ARIA Singles Chart.

#3: Brockhampton ‘Ginger’ – American collective Brockhampton grab their highest charts peak with new album, Ginger. The fifth studio album by the 13-member hip-hop group becomes their second Top Ten entry after Iridescence(#6 Oct. ’18).

#10: Tropical F**k Storm ‘Braindrops’ – Melbourne quartet Tropical F**k Storm net their second chart appearance in as many years and their first Top Ten entry with Braindrops. Featuring Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin from The Drones, the band’s second album comes just over a year on from their debut, A Laughing Death in Meatspace (#25 May ’18). Braindrops is #1 on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart this week.

#11: Waax ‘Big Grief’ – Brisbane’s Waax make their chart debut with Big Grief. The quintet’s debut album was co-produced by Bernard Fanning and Nick DiDia. Prior to the album, Waax released two EPs: Holy Sick (2015) and Wild & Weak (2017). Big Grief hits the Vinyl Albums Chart at #2.

#24: Winterbourne ‘Echo Of Youth’ – Australian duo Winterbourne release their debut album, Echo Of Youth. It’s the second time the act – made up of James Draper and Jordan Brady – have appeared in the ARIA Top 50: their second EP, Pendulum, peaked at #23 in June 2016.

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’

2. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – ‘Señorita’

3. Taylor Swift – ‘Lover’

4. Ed Sheeran Feat. Khalid – ‘Beautiful People’

5. Lil Nas X – ‘Old Town Road’

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. Tropical F**k Storm – ‘Braindrops’ (Debut)

2. Waax – ‘Big Grief’ (Debut)

3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – ‘Infest The Rats’ Nest’ (Debut)

4. Queen – ‘Greatest Hits’

5. Winterbourne – ‘Echo Of Youth’ (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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