Madonna debuts at Number One with new album ‘Rebel Heart’
Ellie Goulding chalks up four weeks at the top
on this week’s ARIA Charts
Singles:
Top 5:
1. Ellie Goulding ‘Love Me Like You Do’
2. Rihanna, Paul McCartney & Kanye West ‘FourFiveSeconds’
3. Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars ‘Uptown Funk’
4. Omi ‘Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)’
5. LunchMoney Lewis ‘Bills’
Singles Chartifacts:
#1: Ellie Goulding ‘Love Me Like You Do’ – Week four at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart
for Ellie Goulding’s ‘Love Me Like You Do’. The album it comes from, the Fifty Shades Of Grey
soundtrack, has dropped from #1 after four straight weeks at the top of the Albums Chart. #5: LunchMoney Lewis ‘Bills’ – In its third week in the top 50, ‘Bills’ jumps four spots to hit the
top five for the first time. #8: Sam Smith ‘Lay Me Down’ – With a jump of 12 spots, ‘Lay Me Down’ becomes Sam
Smith’s second single to crack the top ten of the ARIA Singles Chart. Both it and ‘Stay With Me’
(#5Jun. ’14) come from Smith’s album ‘In The Lonely Hour’ (#2 Jun. ’14). #10: Iggy Azalea ‘Trouble’ – ‘Trouble’ moves up three spots to become Iggy Azalea’s second
top ten single, following on from ‘Fancy’ (#5 Jun. ’14). #14: Olly Murs Feat. Demi Lovato ‘Up’ – ‘Up’ moves up seven places to become Olly Murs’
fifth top twenty on the ARIA Singles Chart. It’s the second single to come from the British pop
star’s fourth album ‘Never Been Better’ (#27 Dec. ’14). Albums:
Top 5:
1. Madonna ‘Rebel Heart’ (debut)
2. San Cisco ‘Gracetown’ (debut)
3. Taylor Swift ‘1989’
4. Soundtrack ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’
5. Sam Smith ‘In The Lonely Hour’
Albums Chartifacts:
#1: Madonna ‘Rebel Heart’ (debut) – Madonna’s thirteenth studio album gives the pop icon
her eleventh #1, equalling U2 for the most #1s on the ARIA Albums Chart. ‘Rebel Heart’
features collaborations with Kanye West, Diplo, Avicii, Nicki Minaj, Chance The Rapper and
former boxer Mike Tyson. Madonna has previously topped the ARIA Albums Chart with ‘True Blue’ (#1 Aug. ’86), ‘I’m
Breathless’ (#1 May ’90), ‘The Immaculate Collection’ (#1 Nov. ’90), ‘Erotica’ (#1 Oct. ’92),
‘Bedtime Stories’ (#1 Oct. ’94), ‘Something To Remember’ (#1 Nov. ’95), ‘Ray Of Light’ (#1 Mar.
’98), ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’ (#1 Nov. ’05), ‘Hard Candy’ (#1 May ’08) and ‘MDNA’ (#1
Apr. ’12). #2: San Cisco ‘Gracetown’ (debut) – Fremantle quartet San Cisco returns with second album
‘Gracetown’. It’s the follow-up to the group’s self-titled debut (#17 Dec. ’12). San Cisco will be
undertaking an extensive Australian tour through April and May in support of the album. #8: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds ‘Chasing Yesterday’ (debut) – The second album
from the former Oasis chief’s solo project. ‘Chasing Yesterday’ comes almost four years on from
the High Flying Birds’ debut self-titled album (#16 Oct. ’11) and features a contribution by former
Smiths axeman Johnny Marr. ‘Chasing Yesterday’ debuted at #1 on the UK and Irish Albums
Charts. #9: Jason Owen ‘Friday Night’ (debut) – The second album from Jason Owen finds the
former X Factor contestant covering the likes of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Presley,
Queen, Bruce Springsteen and Shakin' Stevens. It’s the follow-up to Owen’s debut ‘Life Is A
Highway’ (#5 May ’13). #11: Eagles ‘Selected Works: 1972-1999’ – A sharp move back up the chart this week for this
career-spanning compilation on the back of the Eagles’ Australian tour. The band’s most recent
studio album, ‘Long Road Out Of Eden’, hit #1 on debut in November 2007.
Streaming Tracks Top 5:
1. Ellie Goulding ‘Love Me Like You Do’
2. Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars ‘Uptown Funk’
3. Rihanna, Paul McCartney & Kanye West ‘FourFiveSeconds’
4. Omi ‘Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)’
5. Hozier ‘Take Me To Church’
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