Major new titles coming this week for BTS, Elvis Presley, Pink Floyd (re-issue), The Piano Guys, Pentatonix (Xmas), Taylor Swift (repack), Something for Kate, Neil Diamond, Tim McGraw (GH), Bob Moses (live), Iron Maiden, Tim Minchin, Josh Groban, Megan Thee Stallion, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (live), King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, SAINt JHN and a new So Fresh.
Logging it's obligatory sixth week at No.1 is the 24KGOLDN track "Mood", which becomes the fifth of nine No.1 singles this year to log that many weeks at the top in Australia.
"Mood" also holds the top spot again this week in America (3rd week) and Canada (also sixth week) and is sitting in second place behind "Positions" in England (4th week at No.1 there), which is holding at No.2 here for a second week and newly Gold (●) in sales, while "Mood" also sits in the second spot in both Ireland and New Zealand behind their new No.1 entry there, which here debuts at No.3, Billie Eilish with "Therefore I Am", becoming her tenth Top 10 single in Australia and her fifth Top 3 placing, while for 2020 it becomes her fourth Top 10 entry after "Everything I Wanted" (re-entered the Top 10 in February after initially peaking at No.2 in late November of 2019), "No Time to Die" (HP-4, late February 2020) and "My Future" (HP-3, August 2020).
The Joel Corry & MNEK track "Head & Heart", plus the Justin Bieber with Chance the Rapper song "Holy" both slip back down one place each to No.4 and No.5 respectively, followed by three songs which all climb to new peaks this week, "So Done" by The Kid Laroi (6 to No.7), "You Broke Me First" for Tate McRae (7 to No.8) after three broken weeks at No.8, and "Levitating (Remix)" by Dua Lipa which rises two places to No.8. Falling four places each are Pop Smoke with "What You Know About Love" and Internet Money with "Lemonade" to No.9 and No.10 respectively.
UP: Miley Cyrus' Stevie Nicks infused "Midnight Sky" remix holds at its peak of No.12 for a second week and the Jason DeRulo track "Take You Dancing" is back up one spot to No.13, which are the only notable mentions within the Top 20. Miley might land a new entry next week with her Dua Lipa duet issued on Friday called "Prisoner". The next rising track doesn't occur until the lower Top 30, as the recent Ariana Grande entry from three weeks ago "POV" rebounds eighteen spots to land at a new peak of No.29, followed by a sixteen place leap to a new chart height of No.30 for the Sigala and James Arthur track "Lasting Lover", while James also pops his head back up one place to No.50 with his recent No.45 peaking single "Train Wreck". The Kid Laroi also rises to a new peak with a second entry this week in "Always Do", which is up three spots from last week to No.34, while he appears again at No.35, and backup thirteen places, on the three weeks old entry for OneFour called "My City", which rises back up the charts this week thanks to their debut album landing a Top 10 berth this week. A lower fifty entry from last week for CJ (Chris Soriano from Staten Island, NY, with Puetro Rican heritage) and his first hit single "Whoopty" jumps up twelve places to score a new peak of No.41, and lastly mention must go to the second Lewis Capaldi Top 10 entry "Before You Go", which rises back up one spot to No.49, but more so is notching up it's 52nd week/one year chart anniversary this week.
DOWN: One song leaves the Top 10 this week, the former No.1 for Cardi B. & Megan Thee Stallion "WAP" (HP-1x6, WI10-14) which drops down two places to No.11 this week, while last weeks No.11 peak for Justin Bieber's "Lonely" is this week down three places to No.14, while also dripping three is "Savage Love" for Jawsh 685 x Jason DeRulo to No.18. Ariana Grande is down to three Top 50 entries this week, with her Lady Gaga duet dropping out of the fifty this week, her third and final entry is "34+35" which falls five spots to No.23, and also down five to No.27 is the recent Shawn Mendes track "Wonder", and with a second single issued on Friday from his forthcoming "Wonder" album (due Dec. 4th, 2020) called "Monster", a duet with Justin Bieber, they could become a contender for the No.1 spot soon. Down three spots each within the Top 40 are "My Ex's Best Friend" for Machine Gun Kelly and "Come & Go" for Juice WRLD to No.36 and No.38 respectively, followed by two twelve place drops for Drake's "Laugh Now Cry Later" (27 to No.39) and "Ain't it Different" for Headie One (28 to No.40). Luke Combs' "Forever After All" falls down eleven spots to No.42, Harry Styles' "Golden" dips four places from it's peak last week of No.39 to No.43 this week, Sam Smith's and their "Diamonds" crumble ten places to No.44 and Pop Smoke with his "Mood Swings" declines five to No.47.
FURTHER NEW ENTRY: * #3 - Therefore I Am by Billie Eilish (Darkroom/Interscope)
* #21 - Fly Away by Tones and I (Bad Batch) is the seventh single issued for the Australia singer, and her third in a row not from an album or EP, while this new entry becomes her sixth Top 50 placing and fifth Top 30 entry, while the song also charted this week in both Norway (Top 40) and Sweden (Top 50). Last edited:
Landing the 900th No.1 Album this week, plus the first act to land a No.1 Album in the past five decades is AC/DC with their 17th studio album "Power Up" (or as PWRϟUP).
"Power Up" as I mentioned becomes the 900th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2020), and the 750th for ARIA (1983 to 2020), while it also the 537th album to debut at No.1 and the 38th chart topping album for 2020, while for the record label Columbia this is their 49th No.1 Album locally, third this year and second this month after Bruce Springsteen on November 2nd. The new album also took out the top spot this week in both England (their fourth #1 there) and New Zealand (third #1).
Last week Kylie Minogue became the first female and second Aussie act to land a No.1 album in the past three decades in Australia, while for England it was her fifth consecutive decade of hitting their No.1 LP spot. Now this week AC/DC do the same here, becoming the first act to land at No.1 album in each of the five decades (1980's to 2020's). The band's first No.1 album in Australia was with their post-Bon Scott debut "Back in Black" (1 week on March 9th, 1981), while their second local No.1 occurred this week in 1992 on November 22nd when their second live album simply called "Live" debuted and spent two weeks at No.1, which would become their longest running chart topper here. Three years later on October 8th, 1995 they spent one week with "Ballbreaker", while their next No.1 album came just over thirteen years after that when "Black Ice" (27-Oct-2008) also spent one week at the top. Almost six years ago they released their last album, which was also their last No.1 in "Rock or Bust" (8-Dec-2014).
AC/DC have now racked up seven weeks at No.1 from their six chart-toppers, which moves them up on the list 'Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums' from 105th to now 92nd, just ahead of The Police (7 weeks from 4 No.1's), while they also become the second act this year to land their sixth No.1 album as Taylor Swift did so earlier in 2020, making AC/DC now the seventh act to have had six chart-topping albums locally, tying them with The Hilltop Hoods for the Australian Group with the most No.1 Albums (all of the Aussie acts with more No.1's are all solo artists).
This is the fifth album title with the word 'Up', while it's only the second with 'Power', the other also belonged to an Aussie act in Vanessa Amarosi and "The Power" (1 week on April 10th, 2000). Other than the aforementioned rounded numbers for the new album (like 900th #1 and 750th No.1 for ARIA) "Power Up" also becomes the 250th No.1 Album by an Australian Act (solo, duo, group, male or female) and the 14th for 2020, and for Groups (local or overseas) this is the 399th No.1 album by a Group.
There are eleven artists within the Top 10 this week, and eight of those are Australian acts, with last weeks No.1 for Kylie Minogue and "Disco" down only one spot to No.2, which is her best decline from the top spot since her 2001 set "Fever", as most albums in their second week have dropped below No.4 or more, with her "Step Back in Time: Definitive Collection" set falling to No.11 in it's second week in 2019. Also down one spot is Ariana Grande's current U.S. and Canadian No.1 album for a second week "Positions" to No.3, while The Kid Laroi landed the No.3 spot in America last week with his repackaged "F*ck Love/Savage" set, which here this week is down one place to No.4.
The fourth Aussie within the ten and the second of four to debut within the Top 10 is Delta Goodrem with her sixth studio album and her first seasonal set (plus the first Xmas album to land in the T10 this season) called "Only Santa Knows", which debuts at No.5 this week, and with her coming up with Xmas and TV specials in the next few weeks (plus the ARIA Awards this coming week), the album should be within the Top 10 for the rest of the year (five more weeks). This new entry becomes Delta's seventh Top 10 album since she debuted in 2003, (6 studios and 1 soundtrack), with this new album containing classics like 'The Little Drummer Boy', 'White Christmas', 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town', plus duets with Olivia Newton-John and Gurrumul (which was recorded for 'The Spirit of Christmas 2014' album).
The last three Australian acts within the ten this week are all back-to-back, with the Guy Sebastian album "T.R.U.T.H." down two places to No.6, after which the debut album for drill-rap Sydney act OneFour called "Against All Odds" enters at No.7, and then Teskey Brothers lead singer Josh Teskey teams with musician Ash Grunwald for the collaborative album "Push the Blues Away", which comes in at No.8 this week and becomes the first solo release for Josh, but the tenth release for Ash, his eighth albums chart entry and now his first ever Top 10 placing.
Bruce Springsteen manages a fourth week within the Top 10 with his latest set "Letter to You", which drops down three spots this week to No.9, while the fifth and final Top 10 debut this week comes in at No.10, "Jolly Holiday" for Andre Rieu, becoming his sixth Top 10 placing in Australia and his first since November 2013's "Celebrates ABBA: Music of the Night" (HP-10), while the album also becomes his 65th released album.
UP: A repacked double album of Dua Lipa's "Future Nostalgia" was issued recently, containing her original album plus the remix edition, which helps the album to leap back up eleven spots to No.20. Leaping sixteen spots to No.23 are Lime Cordiale with "14 Steps to a Better You", with the third and final rising album this week being the Human Nature seasonal set "The Christmas Album", which rises twenty-six spots to land at No.46 this week, one of three returned Xmas sets in the lower fifty last week, the other two were for Mariah Carey and John Farnham & Olivia-Newton-John.
DOWN: Five albums leave the Top 10 this week, none of which fall more than twenty places. Leaving the Top 10 for only the second time is the Harry Styles set "Fine Line" (HP-1x3, WI10-47) down two to No.11, followed by a four place slide to No.12 for the Sam Smith set "Love Goes" (HP-3, WI10-2). Luke Combs' repacked "What You See is What You Get" (HP-1x1, WI10-14a) falls down four to No.14 while the recent Midnight Oil No.1 "The Makarrata Project" (HP-1x1, WI10-2) tumbles eleven spots to No.16, but the biggest departure goes to Little Mix and their entry from last week "Confetti" (HP-7, WI10-2) which tumbles down nineteen spots to No.26. Juice WRLD is down four to No.18 with "Legends Never Die" and the Taylor Swift "folklore" set drops six to No.21, it's first week out of the Top 20, BUT it was re-issued on Friday on vinyl as an "folklore (In the Trees edition)", which means it could rise back up next week. Fleetwood Mac drops down seven places to No.25 with "Rumours", followed by a seven place slump for the first Luke Combs album "This One's for You" to No.27, with the Elton John collection "Diamonds" dropping six to No.30. Also dropping down are Keith Urban with "The Speed of Now Part 1" (22 to No.31), "Tickets to My Downfall" by Machine Gun Kelly (19 to No.32), the Lewis Capaldi album (23 to No.33), and Post Malone is down to one album within the Top 50 this week as "Hollywood's Bleeding" is down eight to No.34. Further collections falling are by Maroon 5 (29 to No.36), Eminem (28 to No.37) and INXS (41 to No.45). Bring Me the Horizon and their "Post Human: Survival Horror" album tumbles twenty-one spots this week to No.37 and Ed Sheeran's "No.6 Collaborations Project" dips six spots to No.39. The self-titled Harry Styles debut set falls seven to No.41, Gorillaz recent entry "Song Machine, Season 1" falls eleven to No.43 and Taylor two older sets are both within the Top 50 region in "Lover" (38 to No.44) and "1989" (49 to No.50).
FURTHER NEW ENTRIES: * #1 (LP#17) - Power Up (PWRϟUP) by AC/DC (Columbia)
* #5 (LP#6/Xmas#1) - Only Santa Knows by Delta Goodrem (Sony Australia)
* #7 (LP#1) - Against All Odds by OneFour (OneFour)
* #8 (LP#10) - Push the Blues Away by Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald (Ivy League)
* #10 (LP#65) - Jolly Holiday by Andre Rieu (Universal Classic)
* #15 (LP#4) - Starting Over by Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) is the fourth studio album for the American country singer, who on November 23rd, 2015 was spending his second and final week at No.1 in America with his first album "The Traveller". This is Chris' fourth albums chart entry and Top 50 placing in Australia, while the new set becomes his highest charted album locally, beating the No.20 peak of his second entry "From a Room: Volume 1" (HP-20, May 2017).
* #19 (Comp#117) - Johnny Cash & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Legacy) is this years teaming of a past musician's back catalogue with the RPO, after Elvis Presley (2015, 2016 & 2017x2), Roy Orbison (2017), Aretha Franklin, The Carpenters, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison {again} (2018) and last years teaming with Rod Stewart (HP-3), with this new set now becoming the eleventh teaming for the RPO to land a Top 50 entry in Australia. This set contains his tracks like "Man in Black", "A Thing Called Love", "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire" and "Highway Men" among its twelve recordings.
* #22 (LP#1) - Hey U X by Benee (Republic) is the debut album for the New Zealand artist, while earlier this year she bundled her two EP's into one "Fire on Marzz"/"Stella & Steve", which peaked at No.19 in June of 2020, while overall this is her third entry as "Fire on Marzz (EP)" formerly peaked at No.75, with this new album containing her former No.6 single "Supalonely".
* #35 (LP#17) - Believe by Andrea Bocelli (Sugar Music/Decca) is the 17th studio album for the blind Italian opera singer and his first since his first U.S. No.1 album from early November 2018 called "Si". This new album of tracks contains covers of such songs as "You'll Never Walk Alone", Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", "Amazing Grace", "Ave Maria" and "I Believe", many of which he has performed this past year in locations void of people due to the current outbreak. Last edited:
Therefore I Am becomes in fact Billie's 5th Top 10 entry for 2020 as bad guy also re-entered the Top 10 in February after topping Triple J's Hottest 100.
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