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This week’s

ARIA CHARTS

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Kendrick Lamar claims second Albums Chart #1
Harry Styles makes it five weeks at Singles #1 ahead of album
Top Ten debuts for Florence + The Machine, Mallrat

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CHECK OUT THE FULL CHART INFORMATION HERE 

Albums:

Top 5:

1. Kendrick Lamar – ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ (Debut)

2. Florence & The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ (Debut)
3. Jack Harlow – ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’
4. Olivia Rodrigo – ‘SOUR’
5. Hilltop Hoods – ‘Drinking From The Sun’

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Album Highlights: 

#1: Kendrick Lamar ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ – Returning with his fifth studio album, Kendrick Lamar takes out his second ARIA #1 album with Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The first album in five years from the American hip hop superstar is the follow-up to Damn. (#2 Apr. ’17) and is Lamar’s first double album. Guests on Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers include Ghostface Killah, Baby Keem, Sampha, Blxst and Portishead’s Beth Gibbons. Kendrick Lamar first hit #1 with To Pimp A Butterfly (#1 Mar. ’15).

#2: Florence & The Machine ‘Dance Fever’ – British indie pop act Florence & The Machine claim their fifth Top Three debut as Dance Fever enters the chart at #2. It’s the follow-up to High As Hope (#2 Jul. ’18) and features a host of collaborators including Jack Antonoff, Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley, Maggie Rogers and Kid Harpoon. Florence + The Machine previously topped the chart with Ceremonials (#1 Nov. ’11) and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (#1 Jun. ’15).

#5: Hilltop Hoods ‘Drinking From The Sun’ – After returning to the chart at #12 last week, Hilltop Hoods’ Drinking From The Sun has moved up seven places to hit #5. The album’s climb comes off the back of a second week of vinyl sales, leading to it again topping the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart. The last time Drinking From The Sun appeared in the Top Ten was August 2012.

#6: Mallrat ‘Butterfly Blue’ – Mallrat scores her second ARIA Top Ten entry as she debuts at #6 with Butterfly Blue. The Brisbane singer-songwriter’s debut album comes three years after she made her first chart appearance with the EP Driving Music (#10 Sept. ’19). Butterfly Blue features the track ‘Surprise Me’, a collaboration with American rapper Azealia Banks.

#11: Various Artists ‘Eurovision Song Contest Turin 2022’ – The soundtrack to the Eurovision Song Contest Turin 2022 debuts at #11 following the staging of the annual event last weekend in Italy. The album features all 40 participating songs including Australia’s entry, ‘Not the Same’ by Sheldon Riley, and the winner, ‘Stefania’ by Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra. The Eurovision soundtrack has charted in the Top 50 every year since 2012, with Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Vienna (#4 Jun. ’15) peaking highest.

#35: The Black Keys’ Dropout Boogie’ – American rock duo The Black Keys take out their second chart debut in a year as Dropout Boogie hits #35. The follow-up to Delta Kream (#8 May ’21) is the eleventh album from their pair and their ninth to appear in the ARIA Top 50. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons appears on the track ‘Good Love’.

#41: The Smile ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ – British group The Smile make their chart debut at #41 with their first release, A Light For Attracting Attention. The trio features Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, along with drummer Tom Skinner. The Smile formed during COVID19 lockdowns and made their debut live appearance in May 2021 in a streamed performance produced by Glastonbury Festival. Yorke and Greenwood last charted together with the Radiohead album A Moon Shaped Pool (#2 May ’16). More recently, Yorke released the solo album, ANIMA (#23 Jul. ’19).

#46: Luke Steele ‘Listen To The Water’ – Empire of the Sun and The Sleepy Jackson’s Luke Steele makes his solo debut on the ARIA Charts at #46 with Listen to the Water. ‘Listen To The Water’ is Steele’s first album to be credited under his own name and his first release since he collaborated with Daniel Johns under the name DREAMS with the album No One Defeats Us (#42 Sept. ’18).

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Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

Singles:

Top 5:

1. Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’

2. Jack Harlow – ‘First Class’
3. Kendrick Lamar – ‘N95’ (Debut)
4. Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
5. Kendrick Lamar, Blxst & Amanda Reifer – ‘Die Hard’ (Debut)

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Singles Highlights:

#1: Harry Styles ‘As It Was’ – Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ hits its fifth week at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It comes a week before the single’s parent album, Harry’s House, will likely hit the ARIA Albums Chart following its release on 20 May.

#3: Kendrick Lamar ‘N95’ – With Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers debuting at #1 on the Albums Chart this week, American hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar takes out 14 spots in this week’s Top 50, with ‘N95’ the highest at #3. Lamar has also cracked the Top Ten with ‘Die’ Hard’ (#5) and ‘United In Grief’ (#7). Further down, he has debuts with ‘Father Time’ (#11), ‘Rich Spirit’ (#16), ‘Worldwide Steppers’ (#17), ‘We Cry Together’ (#19), ‘Count Me Out’ (#20), ‘Silent Hill’ (#21), ‘Purple Hearts’ (#22), ‘Savior’ (#30), ‘Mr. Morale’ (#43), ‘Crown’ (#44) and ‘Auntie Diaries’ (#48).

#27: Post Malone Feat. Roddy Ricch ‘Cooped Up’ – Post Malone debuts at #27 with the Roddy Ricch collaboration ‘Cooped Up’. It’s the second single to come from Malone’s forthcoming fourth album, Twelve Carat Toothache, which is set for release on 3 June. The album has already produced the single ‘One Right Now’ (#9 Nov. ’21).

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Australian Artist Singles:

Top 5:

1. The Kid Laroi – ‘Thousand Miles’ 

2. The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’
3. Dean Lewis – ‘Hurtless’
4. Luude Feat. Colin Hay – ‘Down Under’
5. Onefour – ‘Cruise Control’ (Debut)

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Australian Artist Albums:

Top 5:

1. Hilltop Hoods – ‘Drinking From The Sun’

2. Mallrat – ‘Butterfly Blue’ (Debut)
3. Daniel Johns – ‘FutureNever’
4. The Kid Laroi – ‘F*ck Love (Over You)’
5. Luke Steele – ‘Listen To The Water’ (Debut)

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Vinyl Albums:

Top 5:

1. Hilltop Hoods – ‘Drinking From The Sun’

2. Mallrat – ‘Butterfly Blue’ (Debut)
3. Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ (Debut)
4. Luke Steele – ‘Listen To The Water’ (Debut)
5. The Zombies – ‘Odessey And Oracle’ (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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