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This week’s

ARIA CHARTS

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Adele hits five weeks at #1 with 30
Elton John & Dua Lipa maintain their hold of #1 single
Plenty of Xmas moves and re-entries

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

Albums:

Top 5:

1. Adele – ‘30’ (Debut)

2. Ed Sheeran – ‘=’
3. Paul Kelly – ‘Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train’
4. ABBA – ‘Voyage’
5. Michael Bublé – ‘Christmas’

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Album Highlights: 

#1: Adele ‘30’ – 30 by Adele hits its fifth straight week at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Only Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR has spent more time at #1 during 2021, notching up eight weeks in the top spot between May and October. 30also maintains its position at #1 on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart for a fifth week.

#3: Paul Kelly ‘Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train’ – Paul Kelly’s Christmas Trainjumps from #5 to #3 in its fifth week on the chart. The ARIA Hall Of Fame member’s first festive season album is the highest placed Christmas album on this week’s chart. Kelly’s career retrospective Songs From The South: Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits 1985-2019 has re-entered the chart this week at #42.

This week’s Top 50 also includes Michael Bublé’s Christmas (#5), Delta Goodrem’s Only Santa Knows (#12), Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (#14), Norah Jones’ I Dream Of Christmas (#16) and Human Nature’s The Christmas Album (#49).

#22: Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ – Pink Floyd’s classic 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon re-enters the chart at #22 on the back of strong vinyl sales this week – it’s 101st in the Australian Top 50. On the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart, it’s jumped from #11 to #4.

#25: Something For Kate ‘Echolalia’ – Echolalia, the third studio album from Melbourne trio Something For Kate, re-enters the Albums Chart at #25 on the back of a vinyl reissue. Debuting at #2 in July 2001, the album went on to be accredited Platinum. On the back of the album, the band were nominated for six ARIA Awards that same year, including for Album Of The Year. Echolaliahas debuted at #2 on this week’s ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart.

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

Singles:

Top 5:

1. Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’

2. Mariah Carey – ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’
3. Gayle – ‘abcdefu’
4. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’
5. Glass Animals – ‘Heat Waves’

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Singles Highlights:

#1: Elton John & Dua Lipa ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ – It’s week five at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for Elton John and Dua Lipa’s ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’. It’s now one week away from equaling the run at #1 by John’s previous chart-topper ‘Something About the Way You Look Tonight’ / ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’ (#1 Oct. ’97).

#2: Mariah Carey ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ – After topping the Singles Chart in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ falls one short in its bid to make it four chart-topping years in a row.

This week’s chart is bursting with festive tunes, including Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ (#9), Michael Bublé’s ‘It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’ (#10), Ariana Grande’s ‘Santa Tell Me’ (#12), Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s ‘Merry Christmas’ (#16), Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’ (#17), Bobby Helms’ ‘Jingle Bell Rock‘ (#24), Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ (#27), Sia’s ‘Snowman’ (#29), Michael Bublé’s ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ (#30), The Ronettes’ ‘Sleigh Ride’ (#32), Justin Bieber’s ‘Mistletoe’ (#36), Andy Williams’ ‘It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year’ (#37), Paul Kelly’s ‘How To Make Gravy’ (#41), Jam Mountain Music’s ‘Light A Candle’ (#43), Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Underneath The Tree’ (#44), John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ (#46) and LadBaby’s ‘Sausage Rolls For Everyone’ (#48).

#48: LadBaby ‘Sausage Rolls For Everyone’ – The week’s only debut in the Top 50 comes from British duo LadBaby and their track ‘Sausage Rolls For Everyone’. It’s a comedy version of Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s ‘Merry Christmas’ and was recorded in collaboration with the pair. Proceeds from the track go towards UK foodbank charity The Trussell Trust. LadBaby are aiming to become the first act in UK charts history to secure four consecutive Christmas #1 singles.

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Australian Artist Singles:

Top 5:

1. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’

2. Sia – ‘Snowman’
3. Paul Kelly – ‘How To Make Gravy’
4. Jam Mountain Music – ‘Light A Candle’
5. Vance Joy – ‘Missing Piece’

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Australian Artist Albums:

Top 5:

1. Paul Kelly – ‘Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train’

2. Delta Goodrem – ‘Only Santa Knows’
3. Australian Bird Calls – ‘Songs Of Disappearance’
4. The Kid Laroi – ‘F*ck Love (Over You)’
5. Something For Kate – ‘Echolalia’

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. Adele – ‘30’ (Debut)

2. Something For Kate – ‘Echolalia’ (Debut)
3. Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’
4. Pink Floyd – ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’
5. Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’

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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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AMNPLIFY – DB