Official ARIA CHARTS News

13th October 2018

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. George Ezra ‘Shotgun’ 

2. Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid ‘Eastside’  

3. Dean Lewis ‘Be Alright’ 

4. Marshmello & Bastille ‘Happier’ 

5. Lil Pump & Kanye West ‘I Love It’ 

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1. George Ezra ‘Shotgun’ – English singer-songwriter George Ezra tops the ARIA Singles Chart for a fourth straight week with ‘Shotgun’. Ezra has just announced he’ll play a run of Australian dates in January/February 2019.

#4: Marshmello & Bastille ‘Happier’ – ‘Happier’ by Marshmello and Bastille moves up one more spot to score a new peak at #4. It equals the previous Singles Chart peaks of both acts: Marshmello hit #4 in April of this year with his collaboration with Anne-Marie, ‘Friends’, while Bastille reached #4 in June 2013 with ‘Pompeii’

#7: Dynoro ‘In My Mind’ – Lithuanian producer Dynoro jumps up six spots to hit the Top Ten for the first time with debut chart entry, ‘In My Mind’. It’s based on the 2012 track, also called ‘In My Mind’, released by Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay, which peaked at #29.

#8: Loud Luxury ‘Body’ – After hitting the Top Ten for the first time last week, Canadian house duo Loud Luxury climb up two more spots this week to reach a new peak at #8 with ‘Body’. The track has also been a Top Ten hit in Canada, New Zealand and the UK.

#11: Halsey ‘Without Me’ (Debut) – American artist Halsey makes her first chart entry as a lead artist for 2018 with ‘Without Me’. The track is Halsey’s third to chart in the Top 50. She is also currently sitting at #2 as one of the featured artists on Benny Blanco’s ‘Eastside’.

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Twenty One Pilots ‘Trench’ (Debut) 

2. Eminem ‘Kamikaze’ 

3. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper ‘A Star Is Born’ (Debut) 

4. Cher ‘Dancing Queen’

5. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Twenty One Pilots ‘Trench’ (Debut) – Twenty One Pilots take out their first #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with Trench. The American duo’s fifth studio album is the follow-up to breakthrough release Blurryface (#7 Aug. ’16). It’s a concept album based around a walled city named Dema. Twenty One Pilots will be touring Australia in support of the album in December.

#3: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper ‘A Star Is Born’ (Debut) – Ahead of the film’s release into Australian cinemas next week, the soundtrack to the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born hits this week’s Albums Chart. The album features tracks performed and written by the film’s stars, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, as well as writing contributions from Mark Ronson, Lukas Nelson, Jason Isbell and Dianne Warren, among others. One track from the soundtrack, ‘Shallow’, has debuted at #25 on this week’s Singles Chart. Lady Gaga last appeared on the Albums Chart with Joanne (#2 Oct. ’16).

#7: Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ – After dropping out of the Top Ten last week for the first time since January, the Greatest Showman soundtrack moves back up five spots this week to #7, hitting its 41st week in the Top Ten.

 #18: Billie Eilish ‘Dont Smile At Me’ – In its fourth week in the Top 50, Billie Eilish’s debut EP ‘Dont Smile At Me’ moves up seven spots to hit a new peak at #18.  

#22: Panic! At the Disco ‘Pray For The Wicked’ – Panic! At The Disco jump back up 27 spots to #22 with former #1 Pray For The Wicked. Its sharp climb comes in the week the American band played three of the four dates of their Australian tour.

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Benny Blanco Feat. Halsey & Khalid ‘Eastside’ 

2. George Ezra ‘Shotgun’

3. Marshmello & Bastille ‘Happier’ 

4. Dean Lewis ‘Be Alright’ 

5. Lil Pump & Kanye West ‘I Love It’

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go HERE at 5pm Saturday

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will countdown the biggest 10 songs on the ARIA Charts.

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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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