Singles
Montero (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas X holds the top spot on the ARIA singles chart for a second week, and this week it claimed a Gold accreditation. The track has so far notched up four straight weeks at number one in the UK.
The highest ranking Australian single this week was Masked Wolf with Astronaut In The Ocean at number six. This is the fourth week in a row that the Sydneysider has held the title.
After five weeks out of the top ten, The Weeknd’s Save Your Tears jumps up 15 spots to hit a new peak at number four. Originally peaking at number six in February/March, the resurgence of the single comes after the release of a remix featuring Ariana Grande.
The only new track to enter the top 50 this week is Aurora with Runaway at number 35. First released in 2015 on the Norwegian singer-songwriter’s debut EP Running with the Wolves, the popularity of the song has swelled recently after going viral on TikTok. The single also featured on Aurora’s debut album, 2016’s All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend.
Albums
Justin Bieber’s Justice returns to the top of the ARIA albums chart for a third week. It becomes the most weeks the Canadian star has spent at number one on the albums chart, taking over from 2101’s My World. Four tracks from Justice are in the singles chart top 50 this week: Peaches at number three, Hold On at number 18, Anyone at number 30, and Holy at number 43.
The highest ranking Australian album this week continues to be The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love (Savage), which is up two places this week to come in at number seven. This week is the 40th week that the album has been in the top 50.
It’s also the 40th week for Taylor Swift‘s first surprise quarantine album, folklore. Its sister album, evermore, enters its 20th week.
Spacey Jane’s Sunlight jumps from number 43 to number 26 in its 21st week in the top 50. The jump comes as the band head into the final couple of weeks of their national tour in support of the former album which peaked at number two after the single Booster Seat came in second on Triple J’s Hottest 100.
John Lennon’s iconic first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, returns to the top 50 in Australia for the first time since its original issue, coming in at number 34. Released in December 1970 in the wake of the break-up of The Beatles, the album’s been reissued to mark its 50th anniversary. The album features the single Mother, as well as Lennon classics Love, God, and Working Class Hero. Standalone singles Give Peace A Chance, Cold Turkey and Instant Karma (We All Shine On) have been included as bonus tracks.
The only new addition to the albums chart this week is Nurture by Porter Robinson at number 27.
2021 ARIA Chart Toppers
Singles
January 4 24Goldn Mood
January 11 24Goldn Mood
January 18 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
January 25 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 1 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 8 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 15 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 22 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
March 1 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 8 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 15 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 22 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 29 Glass Animals Heat Waves
April 5 Glass Animals Heat Waves
April 12 Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon Peaches
April 19 Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon Peaches
April 26 Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
May 3 Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
Albums
January 4 Taylor Swift Evermore
January 11 Taylor Swift Evermore
January 18 Barry Gibb Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook
January 25 Illy The Space Between
February 1 Bluey Bluey The Album
February 8 The Kid Laroi Fuck Love (Savage)
February 15 Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight
February 22 The Rubens 0202
March 1 Tash Sultana Terra Firma
March 8 Architects For Those That Wish To Exist
March 15 Kings Of Leon When You See Yourself
March 22 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia
March 29 Justin Bieber Justice
April 5 Skegss Rehearsal
April 12 Justin Bieber Justice
April 19 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
April 26 London Grammar Californian Soil
May 3 Justin Bieber Justice