Australian music charts for 15th October 2016:
singles:
British singer-songwriter James Arthur scores his first #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with âSay You Wonât Let Goâ. The track â the first from Arthurâs forthcoming
Back From The Edge album â hits #1 in its fourth week in the top 50 thanks to a jump of two spots. Arthurâs previous chart peak was with âImpossibleâ (#2 Feb. â13). âSay You Wonât Let Goâ spent two weeks at #1 in the UK.
Up two spots from last week, âStarboyâ levels with âCanât Feel My Faceâ (#2 Jul. â15) as The Weekndâs highest Singles Chart peak.
In its sixth week on the chart Siaâs âThe Greatestâ moves back up three spots to #5.
The may have lost the #1 this week after a nine week run with âCloserâ but The Chainsmokers have scored their fifth top ten after âAll I Knowâ moves up one spot.
Debuts:
#12: Bruno Mars â24K Magicâ â With the title track and first single from his forthcoming third album, Bruno Mars has picked up his first appearance on the ARIA Singles as a lead artist since 2013. In between his charting with âGorillaâ (#41 Sept. â13) and now, Mars hit #1 as the featured artist on Mark Ronsonâs âUptown Funkâ (#1 Dec. â14). The album
24K Magic is set for release in November.
#26: John Legend âLove Me Nowâ â American singer-songwriter John Legend scores his second career top 50 appearance as a lead artist with âLove Me Nowâ. Itâs the lead single from the forthcoming album Darkness And Light. Legend first charted in the top 50 with âAll Of Meâ (#1 Dec. â13). He most recently appeared as the featured artist on Meghan Trainorâs âLike I'm Gonna Lose Youâ (#1 Jun. â15).
#37: Lady Gaga âMillion Reasonsâ â The second track to chart from Lady Gagaâs forthcoming album
Joanne. Like âPerfect Illusionâ (#14 Sept. â16), âMillion Reasonsâ sees Gaga collaborating with producers Mark Ronson and BloodPop.
Joanne is out next week (21 October).
link for the top50 singles chart:
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart
albums:
A new #1 again this week on the ARIA Albums Chart with
Triple Jâs Like A Version 12 debuting in the top spot (see below).
With his tour announced and on sale, Justin Bieberâs
Purpose has jumped up 16 spots to #11.
Thereâs also been moves by chart mainstays Taylor Swiftâs
1989 (up nine to #17), Ed Sheeranâs X (up nine to #19) and Meghan Trainorâs Title (up 13 to #24).
The Weeknd has the weekâs highest re-entry, with
Beauty Behind The Madness returning to the top 50 at #32.
Debuts:
#1: Various âTriple J's Like A Version 12â â
Triple J's Like A Version 12 becomes the fourth consecutive release in the
Like A Version series to debut at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The two-disc, 39 track collection includes Tame Impala covering Kylie Minogue, Sarah Blasko covering David Bowie, Alpine covering Ben Lee, The Rubens covering Kendrick Lamar and Adele, plus more. The previous three
Like A Version #1s were with
Triple J's Like A Version 9 (#1 Oct. '13),
Triple J's Like A Version 10 (#1 Oct. '14) and
Triple J's Like A Version 11 (#1 Oct. '15).
#2: Green Day âRevolution Radioâ â Four years on from the release of the
Uno! (#3 Oct. â12)
Dos! (#10 Nov. â12) and
Tre! (#22 Dec. â12) trilogy of albums, Green Day returns with
Revolution Radio. The bandâs twelfth album is their second #2, following
21st Century Breakdown (#2 May â09).
#3: Barry Gibb: âIn The Nowâ â Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb makes his solo ARIA Albums Chart debut with
In The Now. Itâs Gibbâs second solo album â his debut,
Now Voyager, was released in 1984 â and his first release of original material since the final Bee Gees studio album
This Is Where I Came In (#16 Apr. â01).
#4: Norah Jones âDay Breaksâ â The first solo album in four years from Norah Jones. The follow-up to
Little Broken Hearts (#5 May â12) is the American singer-songwriterâs sixth album under her own name. In between solo releases, Jones released the album
No Fools, No Fun as a member of alt-country trio Puss N Boots, as well as the Everly Brothers tribute
Foreverly with Green Dayâs Billie Joe Armstrong.
#6: Alter Bridge âThe Last Heroâ â Album five from Alter Bridge gives the American band their fourth appearance in the ARIA top 50.
The Last Hero is the follow-up to
Fortress (#13 Oct. â13) and becomes the groupâs first top ten.
#8: OneRepublic âOh My Myâ â OneRepublic pick up their third top ten on the ARIA Albums Chart with Oh My My. The bandâs fourth album comes three years on from
Native and features the single âWherever I Goâ (#32 Jul. â16).
#9: Meshuggah âThe Violent Sleep Of Reasonâ â The eighth album from Meshuggah gives the Swedish metal band their second top 50 appearance.
The Violent Sleep Of Reason is the follow-up to
Koloss (#36 Apr. â12) and comes 25 years after their debut,
Contradictions Collapse.
#13: Sum 41 â13 Voicesâ â Five years on from
Screaming Bloody Murder (#16 Apr. â11), Canadian punks Sum 41 return with
13 Voices. The bandâs sixth studio album joins Chuck (#13 Oct. â04) as their highest peak.
#16: Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen âDeath's Dateless Nightâ â For his 22nd studio album, ARIA Hall Of Famer Paul Kelly has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Charlie Owen for an album of covers of Cole Porter, Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Lennon/McCartney and more, inspired by funerals. Kelly charted earlier in 2016 with
Seven Sonnets And A Song (#9 May â16).
#22: D.D Dumbo âUtopia Defeatedâ â The debut album from Victorian singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist D.D Dumbo, aka Oliver Hugh Perry. Itâs the follow-up to the 2013 EP Tropical Oceans and was recorded, engineered and produced almost entirely by Perry.
#27: NOFX âFirst Ditch Effortâ â Veteran Californian pinks NOFX return to the top 50 for the first time since 2009 with First Ditch Effort. The follow-up to 2012âs Self Entitled is NOFXâs thirteenth album. They last charted with Coaster (#24 May â09).
#40: Melissa Etheridge âMemphis Rock And Soulâ â After 15 years out of the top 50, Melissa Etheridge snares her second debut on the Albums Chart in 2016 with
Memphis Rock And Soul. The follow-up to
This Is M.E. (#34 Apr. â16) sees Etheridge pay tribute to the Stax label with covers of classics such as âHold On, Iâm Comingâ, âIâll Take You Thereâ, âRespect Yourselfâ and more.
#49: Julia Jacklin âDonât Let The Kids Winâ â Blue Mountains singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin makes her Albums Chart debut with
Donât Let The Kids Win. Itâs the alt-country artistâs debut album and was recorded in New Zealand with producer Ben Edwards (Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid).
link for the top50 albums chart:
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart