CHART WATCH

Passenger has spent most of the week atop the iTunes singles chart, but there’s a charge from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Add P!nk’s No.1 smash ‘Just Give Me A Reason’ into the mix and you’ve got a tight tussle for the top spot on the ARIA singles chart, but who triumphs? On the albums side of things, it’s another week; another new No.1.

SINGLES
P!nk and Nate Ruess have been basking in the No.1 position with ‘Just Give Me A Reason’ for a couple of weeks now, but their time in the top spot is officially over, with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ascending to the top spot with their latest single ‘Can’t Hold Us’. That makes it three No.1s in a row for the affable duo, who’ve previously held the peak position with their tracks ‘Thrift Shop’ and ‘Same Love’.
That’s not to say that Passenger didn’t give the top spot a really good crack with his single ‘Let Her Go’, which bulleted 21 places from No.23 last week, edging up to No.2, displacing last week’s No.1 (P!nk & Nate) to No.3.
MKTO’s now gold accredited ‘Thank You’ improves from No.10 to No.4 ahead of their Australian promo visit next week.
Rihanna’s ‘Stay’ hits double platinum, Nelly’s ‘Hey Porsche’ is now gold and Calvin Harris scores another top ten his with his track ‘I Need Your Love’, featuring British songstress Ellie Goulding on vocals. It’s up from No.16 to No.10.
Justin Timberlake seems to have finally found some local favour this week, with his single ‘Mirrors’ reaching a new peak of No.12, with Birds Of Tokyo’s ‘Lanterns’ now lit by a second platinum accreditation.
British girl group Little Mix have another top 20 hit on their hands in ‘Change Your Life’, which bullets from a No.43 debut to No.16. Taylor Swift’s ’22’ improves ten places to No.24.
Havana Brown’s ‘Big Banana’ hits the top 30 (No.28), Justin Timberlake’s now platinum-selling ‘Suit & Tie’ is up 15 spots from No.45 to No.30 and the week’s highest debut comes one (sweet) spot below courtesy of Flo Rida ftg. Jennifer Lopez (‘Sweet Spot’).
Rita Ora’s ‘Radioactive’ is now gold, but down seven spots to No.34, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ is back in the top 50 at No.38, David Guetta & Sia’s ‘Titanium’ pops its head back into the top half of the charts at No.47 and Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’ improves from a No.63 debut to No.50.
Youngblood Hawke’s single ‘We Come Running’ might have slipped out of the top 50, but it’s now gold (No.52), Michael Buble’s ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’ improves from No.81 to a new peak of No.54 and Andy Bull’s new tune ‘Keep On Running’ premieres at No.58.
James Blake’s ‘Retrograde’ improves from No.76 to No.62, Jess Mauboy’s ‘Something’s Got A Hold On Me’ continues to flounder – down from No.50 to No.63) and Tonight Alive’s collaboration with Benji Madden ‘Breakdown’ enters the countdown at No.66.
Paramore’s ‘Still Into You’ is new at No.69, Fun.’s ‘Why Am I The One’ slips from No.57 to No.78 and The Potbelleez’ ‘Saved In A Bottle’ is seemingly floating away, down from No.61 to No.80.
A trio of new entries between Nos.80 and 90; Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Tonight I’m Getting Over You’ (No.83), Imagine Dragons’ ‘Radioactive’ (No.85) and Lorde’s ‘The Love Club EP’ (No.86), but Porter Robinson’s ‘Language’ is out of favour, dropping 31 places to No.89.
Lil Wayne, Drake and Future’s ‘Love Me’ debuts at No.92, Guy Sebastian’s ‘Get Along’ is down from No.78 to No.99 and Flux Pavilion’s ‘Do Or Die’ plunges from No.59 to out of the top 100.

ALBUMS
He might not have experienced the kind of success that he’s been wanting over on the ARIA singles chart with his new material thus far, but Justin Timberlake’s debut atop the ARIA albums chart this week will do very nicely indeed thankyou. The album is the sixth No.1 debut in six weeks and the ninth album at No.1 in nine weeks. ‘The 20/20 Experience’ also picks up a gold sales accreditation, meaning Sony sold at least 35,000 copies of it into the shops.
Bon Jovi’s ‘What About Now’, therefore, bumps back to No.2, with David Bowie’s ‘The Next Day’ dropping from No.2 to No.6 in its second week.
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Collection : 1973-2012’ is up from No.15 to No.8, Passenger’s ‘All The Little Lights’ from No.19 to No.9 and David Guetta’s ‘Nothing But The Beat Ultimate’ heads from No.18 to No.13.
With Bruce’s tour in full swing last week, his latest album ‘Wrecking Ball’ also improves vastly – from No.53 to No.16, but Hillsong United’s ‘Zion’ eases – from No.7 to No.18 – and the ‘Sound City – Real To Reel’ soundtrack dives from No.6 to No.20.
Rodriguez’ ‘Searching For Sugarman’ is up 25 spots to No.24, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ ‘Push The Sky Away’ is down ten spots to No.26 and Rodriguez is at it again with ‘Cold Fact’ – up from No.38 to No.30.
A debut at No.33 for new soul songstress Laura Mvula’s album ‘Sing To The Moon’, just ahead of a No.34 debut for Bob Evans’ ‘Familiar Stranger’.
Dido’s ‘Girl Who Got Away’ is down again (No.25 to No.38) and Bruce Springsteen’s classic ‘Born In The USA’ re-enters at No.41. Daughter’s ‘If You Leave’ just scrapes in with a top 50 debut – at No.50.
Phillip Phillips’ ‘The World From The Side Of The Moon’ re-emerges at No.59, Jimi Hendrix’ ‘People, Hell & Angels’ is clearly one for the fans, sliding from a No.29 debut to No.61, but Little Mix’ ‘DNA” improves from No.81 to No.62.
Gold Fields’ ‘Black Sun’ loses some of its shine – sliding from No.32 to No.68 – but The Drones’ album ‘I See Seaweed’ spends its third week in chart action falling from No.40 to No.80.
Imagine Dragons’ ‘Night Visions’ falls from No.50 to No.86, Sticky Fingers’ ‘Caress Your Soul’ plunges from No.39 to No.95 and Imagine Dragons’ ‘Continued Silence’ EP premieres at the even 100.

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