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This week, Tones And I's 'Dance Monkey' breaks more records and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds score their 12th top ten album.
This week's album chartifacts
#7: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‘Ghosteen’ – ARIA Hall Of Fame member Nick Cave and his band, The Bad Seeds, take out their twelfth Top Ten on the ARIA Albums Chart with 'Ghosteen'. The group’s 17th studio album is a double album and follows on from their #1s: 'Skeleton Tree' (#1 September ’16) and 'Push The Sky Away' (#1 February ’13). Between studio releases, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released the career-spanning compilation 'Lovely Creatures - The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (1984 - 2014)' (#8 February ’17).#8: City and Colour ‘A Pill For Loneliness’ – City and Colour return with 'A Pill For Loneliness', their sixth album. It’s the first album in four years by the Canadian act lead by Dallas Green and becomes their fourth Top Ten in Australia, having previously charted with 'If I Should Go Before You' (#5 October ’15), 'The Hurry And The Harm' (#4 June ’13) and 'Little Hell' (#2 June ’11).
This week's single chartifacts
#1: Tones And I ‘Dance Monkey’ – A week on from breaking the record for most weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart by an Australian artist, Tones And I holds on to the top spot for an eleventh week with ‘Dance Monkey’. This week, the singer-songwriter breaks the record for most weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart by a female solo act; a record previously jointly-held by Sandi Thom’s ‘I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)’ (2010) and Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ (1992/93).#3: Travis Scott ‘Highest In The Room’ – American rapper Travis Scott takes out his first Top 50 debut for 2019 with ‘Highest In The Room’. The track becomes Scott’s third Top Ten single and his highest peak to date, surpassing ‘Sicko Mode’ (#6 February ’19), which spent 38 weeks in the Top 50.
#4: Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber ‘10,000 Hours’ – American country duo Dan + Shay team up with Justin Bieber for ‘10,000 Hours’. The track becomes the first to hit the Singles Chart Top 50 for Dan + Shay. Bieber took out his third #1 on the Singles Chart earlier this year with the collaboration with Ed Sheeran, ‘I Don’t Care’ (#1 May ’19).
#7: Maroon 5 ‘Memories’ – Jumping up five spots to #7, Maroon 5 crack the Top Ten with ‘Memories’. The single becomes the American band’s twelfth Top Ten single in Australia. They first appeared in the Top Ten with ‘This Love’ (#8 May ’04).
Top 10 Albums
1. 'Hollywood's Bleeding' – Post Malone2. 'No.6 Collaborations Project' – Ed Sheeran
3. 'Lover' – Taylor Swift
4. 'Abbey Road' – The Beatles
5. 'The Kids Are Coming – EP' – Tones And I
6. 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish
7. 'Ghosteen' – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. 'A Pill For Loneliness' – City And Colour
9. 'Diamonds' – Elton John
10. '÷' – Ed Sheeran
Top 10 Singles
1. 'Dance Monkey' – Tones And I2. 'Circles' – Post Malone
3. 'Highest In The Room' – Travis Scott
4. '10,000 Hours' – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
5. 'One Thing Right' – Marshmello featuring Kane Brown
6. 'Señorita' – Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello
7. 'Memories' – Maroon 5
8. 'The Git Up' – Blanco Brown
9. 'Beautiful People' – Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid
10. 'Old Town Road' – Lil Nas X
