Setting new records in Oz and around the world this week is Tones and I with her "Dance Monkey" track, now claiming a record-breaking 16 weeks at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
"Dance Monkey" is now the LONGEST RUNNING No.1 Single in ARIA chart history (1983 to 2019), the LONGEST RUNNING No.1 of the modern rock-era (1955 onwards) and the LONGEST RUNNING No.1 for a Solo Female Artist, and it surpasses the fifteen weeks achieved by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" in 2017 to become the LONGEST RUNNING No.1 of this decade. Overseas the song for Toni logs a seventh week in the U.K. charts to become their longest running No.1 by a female artist since Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" (No.1 for it's fourth of seven weeks at the this time in 2007), plus it's the longest running No.1 by an Aussie artist since 1978 when Olivia Newton-John appeared on two long running No.1's in the UK in "You're the One That I Want" (9 weeks) and "Summer Nights" (7 weeks) both with John Travolta and from the 'Grease' soundtrack.
The current No.1 here is also again at the top in Norway (14th week), Switzerland, Austria, France (9 weeks each), Belgium (8th week), The Netherlands, England (both 7 weeks) and Germany (6th week), while it is at No.3 in Bulgaria, jumps from #5 to No.2 in Canada, enters the Top 10 in Portugal (#12 to No.5) and leaps up from No.41 to a new peak of No.23 in America. It lost the top spot in New Zealand after nine weeks (#3 TW, now the second longest running No.1 in N.Z. for an Aussie act behind the 10 weeks achieved by Stan Walker with "Black Box" in 2009) and is at No.2 in Sweden and Denmark, No.3 also in Finland and at No.5 in Ireland. The song went 4xP five weeks ago, 5xP three weeks ago, and now this week it is up to 6x▲Platinum in sales.
Scoring their sixth Top 2 single are Maroon 5 who have been in the No.2 as a peak on five occasions with one track ("She Will Be Loved" in 2004) making it all the way to No.1, as the bands latest single "Memories" is up two places to a new peak of No.2, while Regard's remix of "Ride it" by Jay Sean holds its peak of No.3, after which last weeks rebounding song for Post Malone in "Circles" swaps places with M5 this week and falls back down two spots to No.4.
The new No.1 song in New Zealand this week is the highest new entry here in the first single for U.S. rapper and vocalist Arizona Zervas called "Roxanne", which comes in at No.5 here this week, making us and N.Z. the only two markets (so far) where the song has cracked the Top 10, while it's at No.11 in Sweden, No.13 in Ireland and No.17 in both Norway and Canada, plus it jumps from No.42 to No.24 in the U.K. and debuts at No.34 in the U.S.A., all helped by a recent TikTok explosion of the track.
Dua Lipa holds for a second week at No.1 in Ireland with her new single "Don't Start Now", with the song here climbing two places to land at a new peak of No.6 (it should go higher when she's here at the end of the month). Lizzo just issued an expanded edition of the album "Cuz I Love You" on Friday, which includes her first Top 10 single here "Good as Hell" which is down one spot to No.7, and falling three to No.8 is the Selena Gomez song "Lose You to Love Me", followed by a two place drop to No.9 for the Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber song "10,000 Hours", and rounding out the T10 at No.10 for a third non-consecutive week is Tones and I with "Never Seen the Rain".
UP: * Reclaiming it's highest peak of No.12 for a second time is the Ed Sheeran track with Camila Cabello and Cardi B in "South of the Border", back up one spot this week, with three of his six entries on hold this week in "Beautiful People" (#18), "I Don't Care" (#24) and "Cross Me" (#97), with rises for "Perfect" (75 to No.70) and the 'Longest Charted Single' in "Shape of You" (91 to No.85, 149 weeks in the T100). * Flume just issued a new remix on Friday of his current chart entry "Rushing Back" with Vera Blue, which is on hold at No.16 this week and newly certified Gold (●) in sales. * MeduZa replace themselves in the Top 20 this week as their new and second single "Lose Control" jumps up eight places to a new peak of No.20, while their older entry "Piece of Your Heart" is down three spots to No.23. * Freya Ridings continues her climb up the charts with her Florence + the Machine sounding track "Castles", this week rising four spots to a new peak of No.21. * The SHAED track with Zayn called "Trampoline" bounces up a few places to a new chart height of No.27 this week. * Singer Normani scores a ▲Platinum sales certification for her track "Motivation" this week (HP-28) which is back up one spot to No.35, plus she returns at #100 on the Sam Smith track "Dancing With a Stranger". * The track called "Post Malone" for Sam Feldt cracks the Top 40 for the first time in its 19 week T100 run this week, up five places to a new peak of No.37. * Taylor Swift just issued a duet version of her single "Lover" with Shawn Mendes on Friday, and the song this week rebounds sixteen places to No.43. * Drax Project with Six60 rise four places to a new peak of No.44 with "Catching Feelings", while Six60 score a Top 10 albums chart entry here this week. * Former No.20 single "Higher Lover" for Kygo and Whitney Houston is spending it's 20th week on the chart at No.50 for a third consecutive week. * There are four new peaks back-to-back this week in the Top 60, starting with "Good Thing" for Zedd and Kehlani (58 to No.56), after which is last weeks debuting track for Martin Garrix and Dean Lewis in "Used to Love" (83 to No.57). Noah Cyrus jumps up eighteen places to No.58 with her latest entry "July" (now her highest charted single locally too, her previous best effort was "Make Me Cry" in 2016, HP-67), and Niall Horan rebounds three spots to land at a new peak of No.59 with "Nice to Meet Ya" (he performed it on the 'Graham Norton Show' screened here last week). * The Bazzi song "I.F.L.Y." for a second week rebounds back up the chart, this week up eight spots to No.73. * Lewis Capaldi's "Bruises" track is up three places to a new peak of No.76 and now ▲Platinum. * Benee sees her four week old entry "Find an Island" up eight places this week to a new peak of No.83.* Last weeks returned track for Halsey and "Without Me" is back up seven spots this week to No.91. * There are twice as many returning tracks this week than new entries, and apart from the previously mentioned #100 return there are also re-entries for Ava Max with "Sweet But Psycho" (#93), "Say You Won't Let Go" for James Arthur (#94), "Rescue Me" for OneRepublic (#96), "Exit Sign" for Hilltop Hoods with Illy (#98) and the song from the new No.1 album in "Beer Never Broke My Heart" for Luke Combs (#99).
DOWN: * The only song leaving the Top 10 this week is for rapper and singer blackbear with "Hot Girl Bummer" (HP-8, WI10-4), which drops down two places this week to No.11. * Travis Scott descends three spots to No.14 with his latest track "Highest in the Room". * Kanye West debuted with eleven songs three weeks ago, and now this week his highest entry in "Follow God" (HP-7) is the last track left from his new album "Jesus is King", the song down five spots to No.19. * Billie Eilish released a new song on Friday called "everything i wanted", so that could chart next week and join her only current chart entry "Bad Guy", which is down three spots to No.22. * Lil' Nas X falls back down with "Old Town Road" (21 to No.25) and "Panini" (34 to No.39). * Riding right alongside Lil' Nas X this week is another hip-hop-country tune in "The Git Up" for Blanco Brown, dropping four places to No.26. * Harry Styles' track "Lights Up" is down four places to No.31, but is lit-up by being newly certified as Gold (●) in sales after five weeks of sales/charting. * The latest Sam Smith entry "How Do You Sleep?" falls down nine places to No.32. * The Jonas Brothers rise two places to No.42 with "Only Human" (HP-38), whilst they drop down with their Diplo duet "Lonely" (41 to No.47) and with "Sucker" (72 to No.74). * Also issuing a new track on Friday was Guy Sebastian, called "Let Me Drink", it could join the ARIA Awards host's other current entry next week in "Choir", which is down six to No.49. * Last weeks No.49 debut for Young Thug in "Hot" is back down three places to No.52, while the No.63 entry for "Bad to You (from 'Charlie's Angels 2019')" by Ariana Grande, Normani and Nicki Minaj from last week departs the entire Top 100 from No.63 (it's the highest dropout too), along with the other track from the film in "Don't Call Me Angel" (#96). * Y2K and bbon$ falls down ten places to No.61 with "LaLaLa". * BTS with Lauv on "Make it Right" is down seven spots to No.63, with Lauv also stable at No.54 with "Feelings" and he drops down six places to No.77 with his Anne-Marie duet "F**k, I'm Lonely". * Another ten place drop occurs for the Shawn Mendes track "If I Can't Have You", down to No.71. * A third and final ten place slide is for the new Coldplay track "Orphans", falling to No.78. * Dropping eight places each are "Hate Me" for Ellie Goulding with Juice WRLD (80 to No.88) and "Easy" for Camilla Cabello (82 to No.90).
FURTHER NEW ENTRIES: * #5 - Roxanne by Arizona Zervas
* #68 - Juicy by Doja Cat feat. Tyga is the first entry for the Los Angeles based rapper, singer, songwriter and producer born Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini and from a South African artist father and a Jewish-American mother who makes her first of two entries this week, with her second album "Hot Pink" also gracing the albums chart this week, which features this Tyga infused remix of her track "Juicy" (the original version appeared as a bonus track on her debut set "Amala" {2018}).
* #92 - Stuck in a Dream by Lil' Mosey feat. Gunna is also the first entry for the 17 year old U.S. rapper and singer born Lathan Moses Echols in 2002, and who also takes his second album into the charts this week in "Certified Hitmaker". Last edited:
It's been over two years since a country artist has taken out the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart, but this week Luke Combs sees his second album "What You See is What You Get" debut at the summit in Australia this week.
"What You See is What You Get" by Luke Combs becomes the 859th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2019), the 709th for ARIA (1983 to 2019), the 499th to debut at No.1 (since the first in 1976), the 21st No.1 for 2019 and the 45th for the Sony subsidiary label Columbia and their second this year after Bruce Springsteen's "Western Stars" in late June of this year, in fact that was the last country performed No.1 album here, while the last #1 set by a country artist was "Now" for Shania Twain (1 week on 9th of October, 2017).
This is the second album and entry for Luke Combs, whose debut set "This One's for You" has so far reached No.7 (peaked late March of 2019) and that set is sitting at No.17 this week in it's 87th week within the Top 100. This is the sixth No.1 album with the word 'What' in it's titles, the twelfth 'You' (and the second with two You's in it's title, the other was The 1975 set "I Like it When You Sleep, For You Are so Beautiful yet Unaware of it", 1 week on 7-March, 2016), the third 'See' and also the third 'Get' in a No.1 album title in Australia.
The new No.1 album also becomes the 305th by an American act to hit the top here (the 10th for 2019), and Luke Combs is the 155th American Act (solo, duo, group, male or female) to hit No.1, while also the 49th Solo American Male Singer and the album is also the 243rd by a Solo Male Artist (local or overseas) and the eighth for 2019 after Kanye West, Post Malone, Ed Sheeran, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Barnes. Conrad Sewell and the first for this year was Dean Lewis.
Returning to the chart at a new peak of No.2 is the 17th studio album for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and "Ghosteen", which returns to the Top 100 at No.2 thanks to the physical release (CD, vinyl) of the album last week, which originally debuted and peaked at No.7 on the 14th of October, making it now the bands fifth Top 2 album in Australia (two #1's and now three #2's).
The high new and old entries pushes down last weeks top four albums this week, with Post Malone and his "Hollywood's Bleeding", Ed Sheeran's "No.6 Collaborations Project" and "Lover" for Taylor Swift all moving down one place each to No.3, No.4 and No.5 respectively, while last weeks No.1 album for Kanye West and "Jesus is King" falls five places this week to No.6. There are also drops for the Billie Eilish album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" (6 to No.9) and the Tones and I EP "The Kids are Coming" (5 to No.10).
Two further Top 10 debuts this week are the No.7 entry for the soundtrack to the new Paul Feig (Bridesmaids/Ghostbuster remake) film "Last Christmas" using the music of George Michael and Wham! ONLY on the soundtrack from the bands early music like 1984's "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (nothing from the 1983 first album) and many of George's solo songs like "Too Funky", "Faith", "Fastlove" and "Freedom! 90" among the fourteen tracks. This is followed by the new No.1 album in their native New Zealand for the group Six60, whose third self-titled album "Six60(3)" enters here at No.8 this week to not only become their first chart entry in Australia, but also their first Top 10 placing too.
UP: * The Beatles' "Abbey Road" rebounds seven places this week and is back up to No.15. * Pink's "Hurts 2B Human" album rebounds five spots to No.23. * With U2 in the country at the moment touring and playing their entire 1987 album "The Joshua Tree", that set returns to the chart this week at No.28. * While a repackaged edition of last years album for Andrea Bocelli in "Si" is now "Si Forever" and features six new tracks including his cover of "Danny Boy", "Ode to Joy" and duets with Ellie Goulding and actress Jennifer Garner. * Tool rise again this week with their recent No.1 set "Fear Inoculum", back up four to No.37. * Lizzo should jump back up next week as her album "Cuz I Love You" has been repackaged this week, but for now it rises back up six spots to No.39. * Local artist G Flip rebounds eleven places this week to No.44 with her album "About Us". * Tyler, the Creator continues to yo-yo on the charts with his "Igor" set, this week it's back up eleven spots to No.46. * Two of last weeks four Christmas albums climb this week (the other two drop down), with the John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John set "Friends for Christmas" back up fourteen spots to No.53 and the Human Nature set "The Christmas Album" rising ten places to No.55. * The Jason DeRulo collection "Platinum Hits" leaps up eighteen places to a new peak of No.59 this week (in it's 29th week within the T100) thanks possibly to his new material issued last week, with the only other rising best of set being for The Wiggles (84 to No.82). * The Hilltop Hoods doco will screen on the ABC near the end of the month, and their current 2019 album "The Great Expanse" is this week back up five spots to No.61. * Further returning albums this week are "Down to Earth" for Flight Facilities (#70), 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' soundtrack (#78), "Appetite for Destruction" by Guns N' Roses (#81), "Map of the Soul: Persona" for BTS (#88), the 'Frozen' soundtrack (#97, Vol.2 came out on Friday) and lastly "21" for Adele (#99).
DOWN: * Four albums leave the Top 10 this week, starting with Jessica Mauboy with "Hilda" (HP-1x1, WI10-3, 9 to No.12), last weeks returnee for the self-titled fourth Shawn Mendes set (HP-1x1, WI10-10a, 8 to No.19), "Pony" by Rex Orange County (HP-4, WI10-2, 10 to No.25) and the biggest drop down is for the Archie Roach first Top 10 from last week "Tell Me Why" (HP-7, WI10-1, 7 to No.87), falling a massive eighty places this week. * The soundtracks dropping this week are for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (20 to No.21), 'The Greatest Showman' (25 to No.27), 'A Star is Born' (23 to No.29) and 'Moana' (89 to No.94). * The Triple J compilation "Like a Version Vol.15" falls this week eleven spots to No.24. * Four of last weeks new entries and re-entries score a second Top 100 week in "From Out of Nowhere" for Jeff Lynne's ELO (12 to No.34), "Merry Christmas" for Mariah Carey (36 to No.48, overall 52nd week within the Top 100), "Travelin' Thru Bootleg's 1967-1969" for Bob Dylan (21 to No.89) and The Seekers' "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (50 to No.93). * Lewis Capaldi might have recaptured the top single spots in both America (2nd week) and Canada (3rd week) with his balled "Someone You Loved", but here his debut album "Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent" drops down six spots to No.35. * Maroon 5's "Singles Collection" drops down three to No.41, while further collection slumps occurring for Cold Chisel (40 to No.51), Eminem (49 to No.64), The Killers (71 to No.75), Queen (GH 72 to No.79), Green Day (76 to No.80) and Foo Fighters (83 to No,98). * Lil' Tecca drops down nine spots to No.42 with his mixtape "We Love You Tecca". * Chris Brown's "Indigo" falls eight spots to No.45 this week. * The fourth and fifth album that is spending a third week in the charts and falling are the James Blunt set "Once Upon a Mind" (31 to No.54) and "Three Chords and the Truth" for Van Morrison, which halves its position from last week and falls thirty places to No.60 (down from #30). * There's a ten place drop to No.56 with the XXXTentaction set "?". * Summer Walker and her album "Over it" falls down fifteen places to No.62. * Hillsong Worship tumble down twenty-nine places to land at No.63 with "Awake". * Cardi B and her "Invasion of Privacy" album slides down twelve spots to No.68. * ChillinIT slips down nine spots to No.71 with his debut set "Women, Weed & Wordplay. * Amy Shark's "Love Monster" falls down fifteen places to No.85. * James Arthur's third set "You" falls this week fifteen spots too, down to No.90. * After his tour resurgence last week the third Shawn Mendes album "Illuminate" is this week back down thirty-eight places to No.92. * Melanie Martinz might be spending her last week within the Top 100, as her ten week old second album "K-12" slides down the chart mountain fifteen places to land at the No.96 berth. * Miranda Lambert scored the highest new entry in the U.S. this week with her "Wildcard" set (#4), while here it is the highest dropout of the week, falling out from No.19, while further new entries from last to depart this week are by Michel Kiwanuka (#39), 'Charlie's Angles 2019' soundtrack (#58, should return next week as the filmed opened on Thursday this past week), Yelawolf (#60), The Babe Rainbow (#61) and the EP for Earl Sweatshirt (#98).
FURTHER NEW ENTRIES: * #1 (LP#2) - What You Get is What You See by Luke Combs
* #7 (S'tck) - Last Christmas Soundtrack by George Michael and Wham!
* #8 (LP#3) - Six60(3) by Six60
* #11 (LP#6) - Sunsets and Full Moons by The Script is the sixth album for the Irish rock band and their fifth and the new No.1 in England this week (their #3 album only made it to No.2 there) and their sixth consecutive No.1 in their home country of Ireland, while here it becomes their first ever NOT to debut or peak within the Top 10, with their last album "Freedom Child" (LP#5, Sept 2017) debuted and peaking at No.5.
* #22 (LP#2) - Magdalene by FKA Twigs is the second album for the English singer born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, whose last album was over five years ago in "LP1" which made it to No.30 here in August of 2014, thus this new album is her highest charted album here.
* #28 (LP#5) - The Joshua Tree by U2 see above for info
* #30 (LP#2) - Hot Pink by Doja Cat is the first entry and second album for the American rapper, singer and producer who also scores her first singles chart entry this week in the track "Juicy" (new TW #68) featuring rapper Tyga. Her first album was called "Amala" and came out in late March of 2018.
* #31 (LP#16.2) - Si Forever (Diamond Edition) by Andrea Bocelli see above for info
* #65 (LP#3) - World War Joy... Push My Luck by The Chainsmokers is an evolving album of tracks as they are released, and so far six of the ten tracks have been revelaed for the duo's third album (and second to do this staggered release), including "Who Do You Love" (with 5SOS), "Kills You Slowly", "Call You Mine", their current chart entry "Takeaway" (TW-60, HP-32) and the just issued single "Push My Luck".
* #84 (LP#5) - Back to Love by Vanessa Amarosi is the local pop singers first new album in excatly ten years, as she issued "Hazardous" (HP-7) in the first week of November 2009, and now she is back with her fifth studio album and fifth entry (four studios and one compilation), while this album has so far seen two singles make the ARIA digital charts in "Heavy Like the Head" (April, HP-33) and "Hello Me" (September, HP-37).
* #91 (LP#2) - Certified Hitmaker by Lil' Mosey is the first entry and second album for the 17 year old US rapper and singer, who also makes his singles chart debut this week with "Stuck in a Dream" with rapper Gunna, which enters in a similar chart region of No.92 on the singles chart. His first album was called "Northsbest" (as he's from Seattle, Washington in the north-west of America) and was issued in mid-October of 2018. Last edited:
New Certifications; Singles: DANCE MONKEY Tones and I ▲ 6 RUSHING BACK Flume Feat. Vera Blue ● LIGHTS UP Harry Styles ● MOTIVATION Normani ▲ BRUISES Lewis Capaldi ▲
What's the 3rd one I can't think of (besides the top 10 weeks)? All I can think of is that All I Want For Christmas was #1 in its 29th top 50 week, one more than Perfect's last week at #1 which seems like a record to me
incidentally, Sunflower just broke his quinella on the linear points list too.
Next Tracks: 101 - Confidence - Ocean Alley 102 - Africa - Toto 103 * Down Like This - KSI feat. Rick Ross, Lil' Baby & S-X 104 - Don't Call Me Up - Mabel 105 - When the Party's Over - Billie Eilish 107 - Boyfriend - Ariana Grande 109- Lovely - Billie & Khalid 110 - Better Than Ever - Flight Facilities (LW-127, phone TV ad) 111 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 112 - I Fall Apart - Post Malone 114 - The London - Young Thug 115 - Here With Me - Marshmello & chvrches 116 - Sorry - Joel Curry (NEW PEAK) 117 - 1, 2 Many - Luke Combs feat Brooks & Dunn (LW-323, HP-111) 118 - Wanted - 1Republic 119 - Rockstar - Post Malone 120 - 7 Rings - Ariana Grande 132 - Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker (LW-166, NEW PEAK) 136 - RITMO - Black Eyed Peas (toured, NEW PEAK) 147 - Bounce - Samantha Jade (NEW PEAK) 161 - If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe feat Julia Michaels (LW-391, NEW PEAK) 168 - The Last Time - The Script (new LP rise, LW-238, HP-163) 174 - Even Though I'm Leaving - Luke Combs (LW-492, HP-101) 176 * Jerry Sprunger - Tory Lanez feat. T-Pain 180 r What You See is What You Get - Luke Combs (NEW PEAK) 187 - Taste (Make it Shake) - Aitch (NEW PEAK) 225 * Ludens - Bring Me the Horizon 232 * Does to Me - Luke Combs feat. Eric Church 236 - All I Want for Xmas is You - Mariah (LW-386) 256 * Better Together - Luke Combs 272 * Diamonds - Morgan Evans 290 * Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers 326 r Refrigerator Door - Luke Combs (HP-196) 336 * Blue Collar Boys - Luke Combs 337 r Last Christmas - Wham! 348 * Reasons - Luke Combs 360 * Woah - Lil' Baby 365 * Every Little Bit Helps - Luke Combs 375 * All Over Again - Luke Combs 407 * Never Enough - Six60 416 * New Every Day - Luke Combs 445 * Dear Today - Luke Combs 447 * Everyday Life - Coldplay 470 * Nothing Like You - Luke Combs 497 * Angels Workin' Overtime - Luke Combs
Next Albums: 102 - Evolve - Imagine Dragons 104 - Hitsville - S'track 105 - Platinum Coll - Queen 107 - Origins - Imagine Dragons 109 - GH - RHCP (LW-142) 111 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Rd - Elton John (LW-130, touring soon) 112 - Rocketman - S'track 113 - Currents - Tame Impala 115 - Blue - Jonas Blue 117 - GH - Aussie Crawl 120 - Better in Blak - Thelma Plum 127 r Colorado - Neil Young & Crazy Horse 131 * Vol.1 - Radio Company 149 * Blue Eyed Soul - Simply Red 163 * Industry Planet - Iann Dior 166 * Don't Leave Me This Way - Ocean Sleeper 192 * The Repentless Killogy - Slayer 222 * Reworked - Snow Patrol 255 r U218 Singles - U2 (touring) 279 * You - Alie Gatie 286 * King of R&B - Jacquees 333 * Get the Money - Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders 353 * I Just Do What God Tells Me to Do - These New South Wales 391 * Daemon - Mayhem 403 r Icehouse - Flowers (vinyl re-issued) 406 * Building Balance - Allen Stone 438 r The Magic of Xmas - Samantha Jade 440 * Blue Coloured Mountain - Szymon
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