Weekly music charts for 2016

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Australian charts for week ending 31st December 2016:

singles/songs:

It’s week five at the top spot of the ARIA Singles Chart for Clean Bandit’s ‘Rockabye’. The track is currently #1 on the UK Singles Chart for an eighth straight week.
The Weeknd holds #2 again with ‘Starboy’. It’s the single’s eleventh week at #2, breaking the ARIA Singles Chart record for most weeks spent at #2 without ever reaching #1. It claims the record from Maroon 5’s ‘Moves Like Jagger’ (#2 Aug. ’11), which spent ten weeks at #2.
Jumping up five spots, The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer‘ returns to the top five for 22nd week. The duo has two other tracks in the top 50, with ‘All We Know’ and ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ sitting at #37 and #46 respectively.
With a move of seven spots to #9, Justin Timberlake’s ‘Can’t Stop That Feeling’ jumps back into the top 10 for a fourteenth week. The move comes as the Trolls soundtrack holds #6 for a second straight week.
George Michael’s passing has pushed Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ (#3 Dec. ’84) back into the chart at #23. His solo hit ‘Faith’ (#2 Dec. 87) has managed to scrape in at #50.
Debuts:
#43: Pnau ‘Chameleon’ – Sydney electronic act Pnau release their first single in four years, ‘Chameleon’. It’s their first single from their forthcoming fifth album. ‘Chameleon’ is Pnau’s second track to hit the ARIA top 50, following on from ‘Baby’ (#34 Mar. ’08).

link to the Australian top50 singles chart: http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart

albums:


After missing out on the top spot last year, Michael Bublé has hit #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a fourteenth week with Christmas. The album spent five straight weeks at #1 on debut in 2011. It went on to spend four weeks at #1 in 2012, three weeks at #1 on 2013 and one week at #1 in 2014.
With the untimely passing of English singer, songwriter, producer and pop icon George Michael, sales of his music have experienced a spike. Two compilations, Twenty Five (#9 Mar. ’10) and Ladies & Gentlemen... The Best Of... (#2 Nov. ’98) have re-entered the top 50 at #11 and #14, respectively. In the second half of the top 50, Michael's debut solo album Faith has re-entered at #53 and live album Symphonica hits #83. Wham’s The Final has re-entered at #80.
After debuting at #42 last week, the soundtrack to Sing has jumped 21 spots to #21.
Flume’s ARIA Album Of The Year winner Skin is up eight spots to #23.
Cold Chisel’s The Best Of Cold Chisel – All For You re-enters at #27.
Debuts:
#42: Soundtrack ‘Moana’ – The soundtrack to new Disney animated film Moana features tracks composed by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as composer Mark Mancina and Samoan singer-songwriter Opetaia Foa'i. The album features performances by Dwayne Johnson, Alessia Cara, Flight Of The Conchords’ Jemaine Clement and more.

link to the top50 albums chart: http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart

goodbye 2016!