Taylor Swift blocks-out all the prime 5 on Australia’s albums chart, as Swifties fire-up her catalog simply days out from the beginning of her tour Down Under.
The U.S. pop celebrity leads the ARIA Chart, revealed Friday, Feb. 9, with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (through Universal), which clocks its 14th non-consecutive week at No. 1, tying with Midnights as her longest-running chief.
It’s all TayTay from there, as Midnights (Universal) holds at No. 2, Lover (Universal) lifts 8-3, Reputation (Big Machine/Universal) holds at No. 4, and Folklore (Republic/Universal) fires 8-5.
It’s not the primary Swift Sweep of the ARIA Chart. The “Wildest Dreams” singer accomplished what was then an unprecedented lock-up of the highest 5 final July, led by Midnights, adopted by Lover, 1989, Reputation, and Folklore, respectively.
On that event, Swift-mania was triggered by the final ticket on sale for her The Eras Tour of Australia in 2024, produced by Frontier Touring.
The time has come. Swift will play her hits throughout seven concert events on the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney’s Accord Stadium, ranging from subsequent Friday (Feb. 16) on the MCG.
No different artist has come near commanding the ARIA prime 5. The late Michael Jackson was the standard-bearer earlier than Swift, as soon as touchdown the highest three albums on the chart every week following his dying in 2009.
The prime new launch on the most recent ARIA Albums Chart is Prelude To Ecstasy (Island/Universal), the debut LP from the critically-lauded British group The Last Dinner Party. It’s new at No. 35.
Prelude To Ecstasy zoomed forward on the midweek U.Ok. chart, and may give the London five-piece group a No. 1 there, including to their rising assortment of trophies which incorporates the BRITS Rising Star Award and the BBC Sound of… 2024 ballot.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Noah Kahan sticks a second week at No. 1 with “Stick Season” (Universal), forward of Jack Harlow’s former chief “Lovin On Me” (Atlantic/Warner), holding at No. 2.
U.S. viral star Benson Boone has a brand new profession excessive with “Beautiful Things” (Warner), which improves 9-3. Until “Beautiful Things,” his ARIA Chart finest was No. 34 for 2022’s “Into The Stars.”
Finally, Dom Dolla marches into the highest 10 for the primary time with “Saving Up” (Sony). A standout on the triple j Hottest 100 ballot, the place it dropped in at No. 3, “Saving Up” lifts 11-10 on the ARIA Chart.
“Saving Up” is one among 11 homegrown recordings within the prime 100, ARIA reviews, together with cuts by Royel Otis, Troye Sivan, Vance Joy, Ocean Alley, FISHER with Kita Alexander and Flume with Kai.
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