Official ARIA CHARTS News

31st March 2018

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Shawn Mendes makes a bold return to the ARIA Charts this week
with new single ‘In My Blood’ landing at #9 on debut

Ed Sheeran’s album ‘÷’ overtakes John Farnham’s ‘Whispering Jack’
to chalk up 26 weeks at #1, as Dami Im enjoys a strong debut at #3 with ‘I Hear A Song’.

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

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Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign ‘Psycho’ 

3. Dua Lipa ‘IDGAF’ 

4. Marshmello & Anne Marie ‘Friends’ 

5. Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown ‘Freaky Friday’ 

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Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Drake ‘God’s Plan’ – Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ maintains its grip on the #1 position on the ARIA Singles Chart for a ninth straight week.

#3: Dua Lipa ‘IDGAF’ – Dua Lipa’s ‘IDGAF’ continues its climb up the ARIA Singles Chart, jumping five spots to #3. This is Dua Lipa’s third top ten on the ARIA Singles Chart. She’s previously hit the top ten with ‘Be The One’ (#6 May ’16) and ‘New Rules’ (#2 Sept. ’17).

#4: Marshmello & Anne Marie ‘Friends’ – ‘FRIENDS’ the song recorded by American music producer Marshmello and English singer Anne-Marie makes its way up the ARIA Singles Chart achieving a new peak at #4. It’s American producer Marshmello’s third top ten and his highest appearance on the ARIA Singles Chart, following the Khalid collaboration ‘Silence’ (#5 Jan. ’18) and the Selena Gomez collaboration ‘Wolves’ (#5 Dec. ’17). It’s Anne-Marie’s second top ten entry as lead artist after ‘Alarm’ (#7 Aug. ’16).

 #5: Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown ‘Freaky Friday’ – ‘Freaky Friday’ by American rapper and comedian Lil Dicky featuring American singer-songwriter Chris Brown leaps up the ARIA Singles Chart this week thirteen positions to #5.

#9: Shawn Mendes ‘In My Blood’ (Debut) – Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes returns to the ARIA Singles Chart this week for the first time in 2018 with ‘In My Blood’. The track will be featured on his upcoming third studio album. This week Shawn also makes a second debut on the ARIA Singles Chart Top 50 at #27 with ‘Lost in Japan’, another track set to appear on his upcoming third studio album. Shawn has previously appeared in the top 50 of the ARIA Singles Chart five other times with ‘Stitches’ (#4 Dec. ’15), ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ (#33 Feb. ’16), ‘Treat You Better’ (#4 July ’16), ‘Mercy’ (#13 Oct. ’16) and ‘There’s Nothing Holding Me Back’ (#4 June ’17).

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

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Albums:

Top 5:

1. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’

2. Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ 

3. Dami Im ‘I Hear A Song’ (Debut) 

4. Bruno Mars ‘24K Magic’

5. Ed Sheeran ‘X’

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Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Ed Sheeran ‘÷’ – Ed Sheeran’s ÷ remains in the top spot for a 26thweek on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album now overtakes John Farnham’s ‘Whispering Jack’ 25 week run at #1 back in 1986/1987. The only other albums that have appeared for longer at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart are Delta Goodrem’s Innocent Eyes (#1 Sept. ‘03) which spent twenty nine weeks at #1 back in 2003/2004, Adele’s ‘21’ (#1 May ’11), which spent thirty two weeks at #1 back in 2011/2012 & Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms (#1 ‘1985) which spent 34 weeks in 1985/1986.

#3: Dami Im ‘I Hear A Song’ (Debut) – Korean-born Australian singer-songwriter, and the winner of the fifth season of The X Factor Australia, Dami Im makes her fourth appearance on the ARIA Album Chart top 50 this week with her fifth studio album ‘I Hear A Song’. The album is made up of twelve cover songs and two original tracks. Dami’s previous appearances in the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart include Dami Im (#1 Nov ’13), ‘Heart Beats (#7 Oct. ’14) & Classic Carpenters (#3 May ’16).

#7: George Ezra ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ (Debut) – English Singer-songwriter and musician George Ezra makes his second top ten appearance on the ARIA Albums Chart with ‘Staying At Tamara’s’. Ezra’s second album comes four years on from his debut album Wanted on Voyage which peaked at #4 in January of 2015.

#9: The Wolfe Brothers ‘Country Heart’ (Debut) – Australian country rock band and runners-up for 2012’s Australia’s Got Talent make their ARIA Albums Chart debut with their fourth studio album ‘Country Heart’.

#11: Jack White ‘Boarding House Reach’ (Debut) – ‘Boarding House Reach’ is the third solo studio album by American rock musician Jack White. This is Jack’s first solo studio album in nearly four years, following Lazaretto (#3 June ’14). He has also previously appeared on the Top 50 of the ARIA Albums Chart with Blunderbuss (#2 April ’12) and Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 (#13 Sept. ’16).

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Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

1. Drake ‘God’s Plan’

2. Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign ‘Psycho’

3. Lil Dicky Feat. Chris Brown ‘Freaky Friday’ 

4. XXXTentacion ‘Sad!’

5. Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’

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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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