Official ARIA CHARTS News

24th February 2018

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Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ and ‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack hold at No.1, as Ball Park Music and Marlon Williams make top ten debuts, on this week’s ARIA Charts

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

3. Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen ‘These Days’

4. Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line ‘Meant To Be’

5. Post Malone ‘I Fall Apart’

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Singles Chartifacts: 

1: Drake ‘God’s Plan’ – For the fourth consecutive week Drake holds the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘God’s Plan’. The video for the track was released this week. It features the Canadian rapper giving away the video’s entire budget to Miami residents.

#2: Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’ – A week on from hitting the top ten for the first time, the Kendrick Lamar and SZA collaboration ‘All The Stars’ moves up a further three spots to a new peak at #2. It becomes Lamar’s second single to peak at #2 after ‘Humble.’ (#2 Apr. ’17).

#10: The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar ‘Pray For Me’ – In its third week in the top 50, ‘Pray For Me’ cracks the top ten for the first time. It’s the second track from Black Panther: The Album (#2 Feb. ’18) to hit the top ten. It also becomes The Weeknd’s fifth top ten single and Kendrick Lamar’s third.

#12: Bazzi ‘Mine’ – Three weeks into its chart run, Bazzi’s ‘Mine’ climbs up a further five spots to score a new peak at #12.

#16: Zedd & Grey Feat. Maren Morris ‘The Middle’ – Debuting at #50 three weeks ago, ‘The Middle’ has rapidly climbed the chart in the weeks since. The collaboration between German producer Zedd, American musical duo Grey and American singer-songwriter Maren Morris is up eleven spots this week to #16.

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ 

2. Soundtrack ‘Black Panther: The Album’ 

3. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’

4. Soundtrack ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ 

5. Ball Park Music ‘Good Mood’ (debut)

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ – For the eighth consecutive week, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman holds the #1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart.

#5: Ball Park Music ‘Good Mood’ (debut) – Ball Park Music picks up their fourth top ten on the ARIA Albums Chart Good Mood. The group’s fifth studio album is the follow-up to Every Night The Same Dream (#3 Aug. ’16) and was recorded and self-produced by the band in their garage studio in their hometown of Brisbane. The quintet has also previously hit the top ten with Museum (#9 Oct. ’12) and Puddinghead (#2 Apr. ’14).

#8: Marlon Williams ‘Make Way For Love’ (debut) – New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams snares a new peak with Make Way For Love. Williams’ second album comes three years on from his self-titled debut (#31 May ’15). Recorded in California, the album includes a duet with fellow Kiwi artist – and Williams’ ex-girlfriend – Aldous Harding on the track ‘Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore’.

#10: Ed Sheeran ‘X’ – Kicking off his national tour next week, Ed Sheeran claims a second entry in this week’s top ten with X moving up one spot. It’s the 105th week the album has been in the top ten; eight of those weeks were spent at #1.

#26: Vance Joy ‘Dream Your Life Away’ – With his second studio album, Nation Of Two, released and looking set to debut highly on next week’s chart, Vance Joy’s debut album has moved up 18 spots this week. It’s the former #1’s 90th week in the top 50.

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

3. Post Malone ‘I Fall Apart’

4. Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen ‘These Days’

5. Bazzi ‘Mine’

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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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