Australian ARIA Charts [06/08/12]

[JimJim]

It's an Aussie double...

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart


- ariacharts.com.au

• Justice Crew become the third Aussie act to top the singles chart in 2012, however, will they last more than one week unlike their counterparts? What's even more stunning about this success is that their previous single didn't even make the top 100.

• Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Maroon 5 hit a new peak with 'One More Night', or perhaps they should rename it 'One More #2' - it's their third consecutive #2 peaking single in Australia.

• So, who will be #1 next week? Current trends suggest Justice Crew should hold on for a second week, but I'm expecting a fairly dynamic chart from Monday onwards

• Bulleting into the top 5 this week is B.o.B. & Taylor Swift. This marks his fifth appearance in Aussie top 5 following on from previous hit singles 'Airplanes' (#2), 'Nothin' On You' (#3), 'Magic' (#5) and 'Price Tag' (#2).

• Calvin Harris looks to easily slide into the top ten next week after an impressive #11 debut this week.

• The Veronicas debut at #29, which isn't terrible, but you would be expecting better from them. Time well tell how the population warms to the track.

• Nicki continues to fall with 'Pound The Alarm', a classic case of a video far too late, the song peaked many weeks ago. None-the-less, it is quite likely the song will have a further stint in the #15-30 region of the chart now with the video on music channels.

• Who would have though the return of 3OH!3 would drum-up more support than the return of No Doubt? Not messing around 'You're Gonna Love This' debuts at #32 with basically no radio or TV support

• Chiddy Bang hit the top 40 with the re-release of 'Mind Your Manners'. This is the first time Chiddy & Xaphoon have made the top 40 since their hit 'Opposite of Adults' back in 2010

• Cher Lloyd seems to have somewhat of a cult following in Australia. 'Want U Back' has been lingering in the #50-100 range of iTunes for what has felt like forever, ultimately resulting in a #49 debut this week

• The ever-enduring 'Into The Flame EP' by Matt Corby, pushed by the hit single 'Brother', re-enters the top 50 for a 33rd week

• No Doubt's comeback single 'Settle Down' falls out of the top 50 after just one week. Do I smell a rush-released second single or promo tour on the horizon?

• Flo Rida's latest single, 'In My Mind Pt II' is surprisingly struggling. Already out of the top 50 and nowhere to be seen on the airplay chart, it'll be interesting to see if a video can garner interest and make it a hit.

• Three tracks to keep an eye on this week:

• Jessica Mauboy's 'Gotcha' has increasing radio airplay, but is yet to make the top 50. I think the release of The Sapphires in cinemas could be enough to push it over the line.

• Keep an eye out for Guy Sebastian's new single 'Battle Scars' with Lupe Fiasco, sounds like a bigger hit than 'Gold' to me

• Delta's delayed release of 'Dancing With A Broken Heart' finally happens this Friday. I'm expecting a peak between #6-15.

That's it

[nickf1]

That Boom Boom song is really catchy

[innocenteyes]

Flo Rida's latest single, 'In My Mind Pt II' is surprisingly struggling. Already out of the top 50 and nowhere to be seen on the airplay chart, it'll be interesting to see if a video can garner interest and make it a hit.

And I thought it could be a possible contender for the top spot . Thank God I was wrong and a video won't do anything.

Talking about videos, I can't see Pound The Alarm rebound to #15 given it's only sitting at #27 on iTunes a full week after its premiere.

Oh and what a crap #1 again. This year's been fairly dire in terms of chart toppers so far.

By the way, I don't know whether it's been mentionned but the new ariacharts.com website will be launched on friday. Will be interesting to see how it looks like, given the design of the website has been the same for more than six years now.

ARIA TOP 50 ALBUMS CHART

Below The Top 50 (thanks to Bulion @ australiancharts.com)

51 53 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS – Oceania
52 RE BIRDY – Birdy
53 38 THE OFFSPRING - Days Go By
54 RE JASON DERULO – Future History
55 42 BEE GEES - Live: One Night Only
56 19 SOUNDTRACK – Batman: The Dark Knight Rises
57 46 BRUNO MARS - Doo Wops & Hooligans
58 74 THE SHINS – Port Of Morrow
59 40 NAS – Life Is Good
60 48 KELLY CLARKSON - Stronger
61 88 GOTYE – Making Mirrors
62 69 BON JOVI - Greatest Hits
63 54 FOO FIGHTERS - Greatest Hits
64 44 VARIOUS - The Voice: The Final 24
65 75 SKRILLEX - Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
66 59 BEE GEES - The Number Ones
67 82 DAVID GUETTA – Nothing But The Beat
68 57 COLD CHISEL - All For You: The Best Of
69 64 LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
70 58 ZAC BROWN BAND - Uncaged
71 65 JOHN MAYER - Born & Raised
72 56 BEE GEES - The Ultimate Bee Gees
73 86 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - The Ultimate Collection
74 80 VARIOUS - Triple J's Like A Version Volume 7
75 47 HOUSE VS HURRICANE – Crooked Teeth
76 60 REGINA SPEKTOR - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
77 71 THE MCCLYMONTS - Two Worlds Collide
78 61 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - Between Two Lungs
79 55 FLEETWOOD MAC - The Very Best Of
80 83 CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Blown Away
81 49 SOUNDTRACK - Jersey Boys
82 84 KIMBRA – Vows
83 72 ELTON JOHN - Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
84 RE THE BEATLES – 1
85 66 PAUL SIMON - Graceland
86 73 CHET FAKER - Thinking In Textures
87 51 HELLYEAH – Band Of Brothers
88 89 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - MTV Presents Unplugged
89 RE MUMFORD & SONS – Sigh No More
90 62 SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS - Apocalyptic Love
91 68 BOB SEGER - Ultimate Hits: Rock N Roll Never Forgets
92 97 REECE MASTIN - Reece Mastin
93 78 WHITNEY HOUSTON - The Ultimate Collection
94 87 SOUNDTRACK - Rock Of Ages
95 91 CROWDED HOUSE - The Very Very Best Of
96 70 SEAL - Hits
97 94 EMELI SANDE - Our Version Of Events
98 NE SOUNDTRACK – Step Up 4: Miami Heat
99 RE JIMMY BARNES – Hits
100 77 JULIA STONE - By The Horns

New accreditations

Pitbull – Planet Pit: Platinum (70 000 units)
Karise Eden – My Journey: 2 x Platinum (140 000 units)

Karise Eden's reign over the albums chart continues. The double platinum selling LP My Journey spends a 6th week at the top, the longest run at #1 by any TV contestant. The last Australian album that spent more six weeks at the pinnacle was Missy Higgins' The Sound Of White between 2004 and 2005. However, a few albums are on the move. After a slow start, Fun.'s Some Nights bullets to #2 after their performance at the Splendour In The Grass festival. Ed Sheeran is up 10 to #3 thanks to his tour and new single Drunk. Maroon 5's Overexposed climbs back to its former peak at #4, helped by One More Night. Justin Bieber drops to #6 now that he's left Australia. Darren Percival is down 5 to #8. Plan B scores his first Top 10 album Down Under with his third effort. He's new at #9, just one spot above Katy Perry.

Lana Del Rey is up 9 to #13 on the back of Splendour In The Grass. The Sapphires soundtrack is this week's highest entry, coming in at #17. Florence + The Machine move up to #18 as Spectrum is now a Top 10 hit. Hillsong are up 9 to #19 and JLo's Greatest Hits enters at #20. Jack White and Hilltop Hoods get a boost on the back of Splendour In The Grass.Nickelback are up 8 to #28 after tickets for their upcoming tour went on sale earlier this week. Last week's entries from Slipknot, The Gaslight Anthem and Passion Pit suffer huge falls.

The collaborative album between Elton John and Pnau might have hit the top spot in the UK but only lands at #40 in Australia. US rapper Rick Ross enters right behind them at #41. The second volume of Joss Stone's Soul Sessions is new at #42. The compilation including the music of the Olympics' Opening ceremony lands at #44. Miike Snow re-enters at #48 as Happy To Know was the album of the week on iTunes. Tamara Stewart's debut sneaks into the Top 50 at #49.

Next week: A dead release schedule. Antony & Te Johnsons and Dappled Cities will go Top 40. Otherwise, Karise may continue her run at #1, unless Ed Sheeran can knock her... Hilltop Hoods will make a sizeable climb as Drinking From The Sun is #1 on iTunes as it's the album of the week on this store.

[Carta]

Re No Doubt, it's difficult for an act to return in a big way after a decade out of the charts, regardless of who they are. The single-buying public don't really know who No Doubt is, and those in their mid-teens would be surprised to see Gwen Stefani in a group (they'd remember her from when they were 9-10, so she'd be a big nostalgia act for them). Gwen hasn't released anything here for around five years, and it's nine years since "It's My Life" was a Top 10 hit for No Doubt. Kids between 12-18 or so would be the biggest purchasers of music and, as I said, most of these kids wouldn't have a clue who No Doubt is and Gwen would be someone they listened to when they were much younger.

No Doubt, as brilliant as they were, needed to come back with a brand new sound to succeed in the fully digital age, because essentially, they're a "new" act (as odd as this sounds to a group of people who pay way more attention to music and charts than the general public ).

[Kane]

TOP 100 DROPOUTS:
72.LABRINTH - Last Time
75.CONOR MAYNARD - Vegas Girl
77.KARISE EDEN - You Won't Let Me
84.ILLY FEATURING PEZ - Where Ya Been
87.LOON LAKE - Cherry Lips
88.ANGUS & JULIA STONE - Big Jet Plane
89.GUY SEBASTIAN - Gold
90.KATY PERRY - Firework
95.KNIFE PARTY - 100% No Modern Talking EP
99.CHRISTINA PERRI - A Thousand Years
100.COLDPLAY - Paradise


51-100 (thanx to bulion at australian-charts.com)

51 49 360 - Child
52 47 PITBULL FEATURING SHAKIRA - Get It Started
53 61 LMFAO FEATURING LAUREN BENNET & GOONROCK - Party Rock Anthem
54 50 RIHANNA - Where Have You Been
55 53 KID CUDI FEATURING MGMT & RATATAT - Pursuit Of Happiness
56 NE 360 - Run Alone
57 64 HAVANA BROWN - When The Lights Go Out EP
58 56 ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beautiful
59 65 GOTYE FEATURING KIMBRA - Somebody That I Used to Know
60 57 TRAIN - Drive By
61 45 FLO RIDA FEATURING GEORGI KAY - In My Mind (Part 2)
62 NE BIRDY - People Help The People
63 68 AZEALIA BANKS - 1991 EP
64 52 CHERYL - Call My Name
65 42 THE TEMPER TRAP - Trembling Hands
66 54 OUTASIGHT - Tonight Is The Night
67 59 DELTA GOODREM - Sitting On Top Of The World
68 58 RICKI-LEE - Do It Like That
69 81 NE-YO - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
70 63 LABRINTH FEATURING TINIE TEMPAH - Earthquake
71 46 THE XX - Angels
72 62 KATY PERRY - Part Of Me
73 85 TREY SONGZ - Heart Attack
74 76 THE BLACK KEYS - Lonely Boy
75 RE DUFFY - Mercy
76 71 LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
77 41 NO DOUBT - Settle Down
78 70 SKRILLEX - Bangarang
79 74 TYGA - Rack City
80 73 MAROON 5 FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA - Moves Like Jagger
81 NE KJ-5,2 - No Stopping Me
82 69 FLO RIDA FEATURING SIA - Wild Ones
83 NE TIMBALAND FEATURING NE-YO - Hands In The Air
84 67 THE KILLERS - Runaways
85 96 ED SHEERAN - The A Team
86 92 TIMOMATIC - Set It Off
87 82 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Ni**as In Paris
88 83 TIMOMATIC - If Looks Could Kill
89 RE CHRISTINA PARIE - 16 & Unstoppable
90 98 ADELE - Rolling In The Deep
91 80 REECE MASTIN - Shut Up & Kiss Me
92 79 ONE DIRECTION - More Than This
93 86 MAJOR LAZER - Get Free
94 91 ADELE - Someone Like You
95 66 ALEX CLARE - Too Close
96 93 RIHANNA FEATURING CALVIN HARRIS - We Found Love
97 94 AVICII - Levels
98 97 FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Pumped Up Kicks
99 78 EMELI SANDE - My Kind Of Love
100 RE JENNIFER LOPEZ FEATURING PITBULL - Dance Again


New Accreditations:
Justin Bieber - Boyfriend: Platinum X2
James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go: Platinum X2
Justice Crew - Boom Boom: Platinum
Jay Sean Featuring Pitbull - I'm All Yours: Platinum
Maroon 5 - One More Night: Gold
Timomatic - Can You Feel It: Gold
Reece Mastin - Shout It Out: Gold
Cher Lloyd Featuring Astro - Want U Back: Gold

[Danneh2K]

• Who would have though the return of 3OH!3 would drum-up more support than the return of No Doubt? Not messing around 'You're Gonna Love This' debuts at #32 with basically no radio or TV support

3OH!3 charted because of a $1.19 discount/iTunes ad actually, just like Last Time, Turn Up the Love (initially) and Chasing the Sun during the past few weeks.

Maroon 5 is pretty much the unluckiest artist in ARIA history Very disappointed in the #1 though

[Fresh]

That Boom Boom song is really catchy

Mhm

Current trends suggest Justice Crew should hold on for a second week

I hope

[Fresh]

Songs by the Aussie acts with the most weeks at #1 since 2010

Gotye Feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know - 8
Flo Rida Feat. Sia - Wild Ones - 6
Reece Mastin - Good Night - 4
Guy Sebastian Feat. Eve - Who's That Girl - 2
Justice Crew - Boom Boom - 1
Karise Eden - Stay With Me Baby - 1
Reece Mastin - Shout It Out - 1

[JimJim]

Someone posted THIS on the ARIA Facebook post about #1

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Carta, I think the interest should be higher given that Gwen Stefani's solo career was huge in Australia - seven top 10 singles from two albums, both of which had extremely good chart runs.

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The big defining factor about #1s in 2012 is the average length of time on top! It's quite clear...

2012 - Average #1 lasts 2.72 weeks
2011 - Average #1 lasted 4.33 weeks

Have we ever had so many one-week #1 singles in a calendar year?

[Carta]

Carta, I think the interest should be higher given that Gwen Stefani's solo career was huge in Australia - seven top 10 singles from two albums, both of which had extremely good chart runs.

Again, that was five years ago. She's been completely off the radar since then. A Gwen Stefani solo album would have been better received than a No Doubt one, though.

Robbie Williams had an extremely successful solo career in Australia, but that doesn't mean that Take That should automatically be well-received in Australia (as it turns out, they weren't - their extraordinarily successful European comeback was pretty much ignored here, even though some of the music was pretty good).

[innocenteyes]

^ Saw this image on australiancharts.com and found it hilarious too .

The #1's this year have been:

Sexy & I Know It: 1 week
Pumped Up Kicks: 1 week
Wild Ones: 6 weeks
Ass Back Home: 1 week
We Are Young: 3 weeks
Call Me Maybe: 5 weeks
Whistle: 8 weeks
Stay With Me Baby: 1 week
Shout It Out: 1 week
Blow Me: 1 week
Some Nights: 2 weeks
Boom Boom: 1 week

We've had 6 #1 singles that lasted one week at the top (not counting Justice Crew as they're highly likely to keep the top spot next week).

The last time we had so many one-week #1s within a calendar year was in 2004. There were 11 one-week #1s. Not surprising as 26 singles topped the chart that year.

[Timmy94]

I hope Ed Sheeran makes the No. 1 next week as it's already out for long and it would be cool to see another slowburner on the Albums Chart .

[jszmiles]

isnt Pnau Aussie's band? Why didn't the album manage to score top 3 at least? the exact position is a utter flop i suppose.

[innocenteyes]

*Bumps the thread*

Looks like ARIA have launched their new website.

Looks quite good. I think I like it a bit better than the previous version. There are still a few mistakes (Passion Pit's Gossamer is a bullet performer...) but they'll probaby be fixed within the next few days.

[simonf]

Cheers for the link, quite like the new site but I can't seem to find the old Year End charts (2011 is easy to find though) but may be I am blind?

Also, I have been printing off the Aussie charts now for 12 years and for the first time they've combined the singles and album charts on the same sheet, hate it so thats my only petty hate right now (just for personal reasons though)

[innocenteyes]

Cheers for the link, quite like the new site but I can't seem to find the old Year End charts (2011 is easy to find though) but may be I am blind?

Also, I have been printing off the Aussie charts now for 12 years and for the first time they've combined the singles and album charts on the same sheet, hate it so thats my only petty hate right now (just for personal reasons though)

They still haven't put the old Year End Charts. You can still find them here though. Perhaps they'll be added to the new website soon, along with accreditations.

I've also just noticed that the country chart is now a Top 40, instead of just a Top 20.

If you've been printing off the aussie charts for 12 years, it means that you've got around 1 200 charts on paper?

Don't know how JimJim and I will work in regards to the screenshots. Perhaps we'll be taking them from the pdf version.

[simonf]

Cheers for the link, quite like the new site but I can't seem to find the old Year End charts (2011 is easy to find though) but may be I am blind?

Also, I have been printing off the Aussie charts now for 12 years and for the first time they've combined the singles and album charts on the same sheet, hate it so thats my only petty hate right now (just for personal reasons though)

They still haven't put the old Year End Charts. You can still find them here though. Perhaps they'll be added to the new website soon, along with accreditations.

I've also just noticed that the country chart is now a Top 40, instead of just a Top 20.

If you've been printing off the aussie charts for 12 years, it means that you've got around 1 200 charts on paper?

Don't know how JimJim and I will work in regards to the screenshots. Perhaps we'll be taking them from the pdf version.

Yeah I did wonder how you'd post the charts now but I am certain you'll find a way.

Well I only print off the singles charts so its probably nearer 600 pages. Each year is separated in folders and take up a whole drawer but it gives me enjoyment (sad but true)

[GaryG]

Looks like you can access archived charts (only back to 23/7) by changing the last number in the URL as well, which could be handy (although, like simonf I have been saving all the charts for the last 12 years myself anyway).

[JimJim]

Oh God, I hate it!

It's unnecessarily massive like looking at the Billboard chart on the official website. This makes analysis and screencaps much more difficult *sigh*

...the 'print the chart' option is more suited to my needs.

isnt Pnau Aussie's band? Why didn't the album manage to score top 3 at least? the exact position is a utter flop i suppose.

Yes they are, but they've never really been a big name outside of the dance scene. They have only ever charted with their single 'Baby' which peaked at #34 four years ago, they made #13 with their last album off the back of alternative radio interest in their singles. Consider that Nick Littlemore is perhaps better known for Empire of the Sun and even then he is the lessor known half of Empire of the Sun.

[Carta]

I like the printed format. It reminds me of the original Kent/Aria chart printouts in the 1980s . I guess I'm the only one around here who's ancient enough to remember them....!

[JimJim]

I remember the printed ones in my local store around 1999-2001

[jszmiles]

49 - 1 49 WANT U BACK Cher Lloyd Feat. Astro <G>

Gold already

[Carta]

I remember the printed ones in my local store around 1999-2001

Not those ones! The original ones, which were printed in landscape format, in a different colour each week, with singles down the left side and albums down the right, and an ad for an album or a single printed on the other side Ah, the memories

[JimJim]

49 - 1 49 WANT U BACK Cher Lloyd Feat. Astro <G>

Gold already

It's been floating #40-#150 on itunes for months now

[Carta]

49 - 1 49 WANT U BACK Cher Lloyd Feat. Astro <G>

Gold already

Cue Timmy swooping in to declare how ludicrous it is!