Singles
Notching up its tenth week at the top of the ARIA singles chart, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s Stay takes outright second on the list of most weeks at #1 by an Australian artist on the ARIA singles chart. It now sits only behind current record-holder, Tones And I’s Dance Monkey which hit #1 in August 2019 and spent 24 weeks on top.
Ahead of the release of his fifth album, =, Ed Sheeran claims a third top ten single from it in as many months with Shivers at #5. The follow-up to Bad Habits and the promo single Visiting Hours becomes Sheeran’s 23rd top ten single on the ARIA Charts. = is to be released on October 29th.
American duo The Anxiety make their ARIA top 50 debut with Meet Me At Our Spot at #27. The track comes from the self-titled debut album by the pair – Willow Smith and Tyler Cole – which was released in March 2020. It’s recently become a popular song on TikTok, where it’s known as the ‘caught a vibe’ song.
Singer-songwriter Tai Verdes hits the ARIA top 50 for the first time with A-O-K at #28. The track comes from Verdes’ forthcoming debut album, TV, which was released in May of this year. Verdes first came to prominence when Stuck In The Middle went viral on TikTok in early-2020.
Winner of the 2021 season of The Voice, Bella Taylor Smith, makes her ARIA top 50 debut with Higher at #31. The Sydneysider’s release becomes the first chart entry by a winner’s single from the Australian version of The Voice since Judah Kelly’s Count On Me at #19 in July 2017.
Albums
Drake holds the ARIA #1 album for a second week with his fourth chart-topper Certified Lover Boy. Of the Canadian rapper’s previous #1s, Scorpion spent the most time at the top, racking up three weeks.
The highest ranking Australian album this week comes from Amyl and the Sniffers who score their first ARIA top ten album as Comfort To Me debuts at #2. The second album from the Melbourne rock band comes just over two years on from their self-titled debut, which won Best Rock Album at the 2019 ARIA Awards.
Kacey Musgraves takes out her first ARIA albums chart top ten entry as she debuts at #9 with Star-Crossed. The fifth album from the American country-pop artist is the follow-up to 2018’s Golden Hour which won four Grammy Awards in 2018 including Album Of The Year and Best Country Album.
Releasing What The Future Holds Pt. 2, their second album in under a year, British pop group Steps score the second-highest chart peak of their career at #11. The follow-up to What The Future Holds features an appearance by singer and TV personality Michelle Visage (RuPaul’s Drag Race), as well as a track co-written by Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes. The group’s highest chart peak was with their debut Step One at #5 in September 1998.
Sydney rockers Pist Idiots make their first ARIA top 50 appearance as they chart at #12 with debut album, Idiocracy. Prior to the album, the four-piece from Bankstown released three EPs: Pist Idiots (2017), Princes (2018) and Ticker (2019).
The Black Sorrows hit the chart with Saint Georges Road at #14. The 19th album from the veteran Australian blues rock band continues their rejuvenation on the chart after Citizen John hit #11 in April 2019, which was their first top 50 entry in 25 years. It’s the 50th career release for Black Sorrows leader and ARIA Hall Of Fame member Joe Camilleri.
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)
May 10 The Kid Laroi Without You
May 17 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne Body
May 24 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne Body
May 31 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 7 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 14 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 21 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 28 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
July 5 Ed Sheeran Bad Habits
July 12 Ed Sheeran Bad Habits
July 19 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
July 26 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 2 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 9 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 16 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 23 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 30 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 6 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 13 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 20 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
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
May 10 Amy Shark Cry Forever
May 17 Amy Shark Cry Forever
May 24 Delta Goodrem Bridge Over Troubled Dreams
May 31 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 7 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 14 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 21 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 28 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
July 5 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
July 12 Jimmy Barnes Flesh And Blood
July 19 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
July 26 Tones and I Welcome to the Madhouse
August 2 The Jungle Giants Love Signs
August 9 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever
August 16 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever
August 23 Luke Hemmings When Facing The Things We Turn Away From
August 30 Lorde Solar Power
September 6 Kanye West Donda
September 13 Drake Certified Lover Boy
September 20 Drake Certified Lover Boy
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