The sixth studio album titled “Misery” for local Australian metalcore act The Amity Affliction becomes their fourth consecutive No.1 as it tops the ARIA Albums Chart this week.
“Misery” becomes the 834th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2018) and the 685th for ARIA (1983 to 2018), plus the 476th to debut at No.1 (1976 to 2018) and also the seventh for their record label in ‘Roadrunner’ (4 for Amity, 2 for Slipknot and one for Nickelback).
On the listing for ‘Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums’ The Amity Affliction rises from equal 153rd to now equal 131st and on the same listing for this decade they rise from equal 19th to now equal 11th, and on both listings they are tied with Lana Del Rey who has also had four No.1 albums and spent four weeks at the top. I don’t think “Misery” can hold for another week as the new Troye Sivan album was just released, as well as a surprise Eminem album on Saturday morning.
This is the first time that the word ‘Misery’ has appeared in a No.1 album title, and this new chart topping albums becomes the 226th by an Australian act to hit the top here and the eighth this year (BTW the first and second ever Australian performed No.1 albums were at the top at this time in 1968 for The Seekers and 1971 for Daddy Cool). This new No.1 album also becomes the 372nd by a Group to hit the top (local or overseas) and the sixth for 2018, while The Amity Affliction are now the equal fifth act on the list for ‘Most No.1 Albums by an Aussie Act’ behind Jimmy Barnes (11 solo #1’s), John Farnham (10 #1’s), The Twelfth Man (7 #1’s), The Hilltop Hoods, Kasey Chambers, Kylie Minogue, Powderfinger, Olivia Newton-John, Silverchair and AC/DC (5 #1’s each) and tied with Amity are Cold Chisel, INXS, Midnight Oil, Human Nature, Delta Goodrem and the Hillsong Church with four No.1 albums apiece.
Last weeks No.1 debut for Ariana Grande and “Sweetener” is down one spot to No.2 here, while it holds for a second week at the summit in New Zealand and debuts at the top in both America and Canada, while moving back up is fellow label-mate Drake and his “Scorpion” set, up one to No.3, with last weeks No.2 entry for Human Nature and “Romance of the Jukebox” down two places to No.4.
After falling to his lowest position ever last week of No.7, the Ed Sheeran third album “÷ (Divide)” is back up two places to No.5, while also back up two spots is Post Malone with “Beerbongs & Bentleys” to No.6. There are two soundtracks within the Top 10 in the returning (4th wk) UK No.1 set “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” down two to No.7 and “The Greatest Showman” is back up one spot to No.8, it’s original entry position from the first week of the year, the set having spent all 38 weeks of its chart run within the Top 10 (so far).
Korean boy band BTS claim their third Top 10 albums chart entry this week as “Love Yourself: 結 Answer” debuts at No.9, the set a compile of their two previous albums plus seven new songs including this weeks new entry “Idol” (#35), with their two former Top 10 sets being “Love Yourself: Her” (HP-8, late Sept 2017) and “Love Yourself: Tear” (HP-6, late May 2018). Former No.1 entry “Astroworld” for Travis Scott is this week down four places to land at No.10.
UP:
* Both of the two older Ed Sheeran albums are back up this week in “x (Multiply” (27 to 20) and “+ (Positive)” (56 to 44), thanks in part to them both being issued on limited edition color vinyl last week.
* Cardi B hosted the MTV VMA’s last week and her debut album “Invasion of Privacy” rebounds nine spots to land at No.22.
* Both Post Malone album entries are up this week, with his older set “Stoney” rising seven to No.23.
* Keith Urban is back up seven spots to No.25 with his “Graffiti U” set, while Luke Combs is back up nine places to No.28 with his album “This One’s for You”.
* The Queen “Greatest Hits” set is back up eight places to No.32, with other rising best of’s being for Phil Collins (“Hits” returns at No.40 due to his February 2019 announced tour), Guns N’ Roses (76 to51), Cold Chisel (64 to 57), Jason DeRulo (86 to re-peak at #81), Michael Jackson’s “Essential” (returns at #82 for what would’ve been his 60th birthday this past week), Red Hot Chili Peppers (92 to 87) and Fleetwood Mac (Very Best of returns at No.90, and logging its 484th week within the Top 100).
* Vance Joy are back up with both of their albums this week in “Nation of Two” (47 to 35) and their first set “Dream Your Life Away” (96 to 73), which is now 2x▲Platinum in sales.
* The current No.1 single and a massive media promo tour this past week helps the debut Dean Lewis album “Same Kind of Different” to rebound thirty-two places to land at No.36.
* With Father’s Day this weekend in Australia the new il Divo album “Timeless” could be given as gifts for Dad, with their new album jumping up twenty-three places to a new peak of No.37.
* As George Ezra’s “Shotgun” keeps climbing the singles chart (TW-6), his album is also moving back up slowly too, this week “Staying at Tamara’s” is back up three to No.41.
* Adele’s “25” is back up eight spots to No.54, while her “21” again returns to the chart at No.93.
* After constant falling week after week the latest Florence + the Machine album “High as Hope” is back up for the first time, rising eleven spots this week to No.59.
* The just released DVD and Blu-Ray here for “Deadpool 2” sees its soundtrack jump back up thirty-six spots to land at No.63.
* Carole King’s “Tapestry” returns at No.69, with the final re-entry being from Lauv and his Playlist album “I Met You When I Was 18” (#100).
DOWN:
* Two albums leave the Top 10 this week in “Queen” for Nicki Minaj (HP-4, WI10-2) down one to No.11 and last weeks debuting set for Jimmy Barnes and “Working Class Boy-The Soundtracks” (HP-3, WI10-1), dropping down fourteen places to land at No.17.
* Aled Jones and his set “One Voice: Believe” are down eight spots to No.34.
* 5 Seconds of Summer see their album “Youngblood” fall ten places to No.38.
* The Elvis Presley gospel collection “Where No One Stands Alone” is down eight to No.42.
* Gang of Youths are also down eight places to No.47 with “Go Farther in Lightness”.
* The ABBA collection “Gold” is down four to No.50, while their “Gold & More” set falls eleven to No.61, with further falling best of’s being by Aretha Franklin (“Queen of Soul” 17 to 66 and “Respect-The Very Best of” 20 to 70, while the other six entries from last week all leave the Top 100 from #13, #16, #19, #22, #23 and #25), and The Wiggles (67 to 80).
* Kanye West is down eleven spots to No.64 with his set “ye”.
* Trippie Redd tumbles twenty-two places to No.65 with “Life’s a Trip”.
* The two older Ariana Grande entries slide back down this week in “Dangerous Woman” (54 to 72) and her No.1 album this week from 2014 in “My Everything” (75 to 85).
* YG and his set “Stay Dangerous” are down twenty-one spots to No.84.
* “Day69” for 6ix9ine drops back down fifteen places to No.94.
* The former No.1 album for J. Cole and “KOD” falls thirteen spots to No.97.
* Other than the six Aretha Franklin albums leaving last weeks Top 50, the Travis Collins entry from last week in “Brave and the Broken” is also out of this weeks Top 100 from a #15 debut.
FURTHER NEW ENTRIES:
* #1 (LP#6) – Misery by The Amity Affliction
* #9 (Comp#3) – Love Yourself 結: Answer by BTS
* #13 (LP#23) – Butcherbird by John Williamson is the first new studio album for the Australian Country balladeer in over two years, and is his highest charting (studio) album since 2014’s “Honest People” (HP-11, August 2014), with John having his portrait painted recently on ‘Ahn’s Brush with Fame’.
* #15 (LP#6) – Rainer Fog by Alice in Chains becomes the bands ninth albums chart appearance (all 6 studio albums, an EP, a collection and a Live set), while it is also their first new material in over five years, having last charted in early June of 2013 with “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here” (HP-10).
* #21 (Collab#1) – Lightsleeper by Neil & Liam Finn is the first collaborative album between the father and son of Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House, solo) and his son Liam Finn (Betchadupa), but the pair have been working together since they recorded a song for the film ‘I Am Sam’ (2002) in The Beatles song “Two of Us”, and Liam became a part of the touring back-up band for Crowded House in 2007, while the album also includes other family members in Sharon Finn (Neil’s Wife and Liam’s Mum), Elroy Finn and Harper Finn, plus some drum work by Mick Fleetwood. This is also the fifth different incarnation to chart for Neil Finn, as he was a member of Split Enz (group), Crowded House (trio to quartet), Finn Brothers (duo of Neil & Tim Finn), solo as Neil Finn and now father and son as a duo also.
* #26 (LP#6) – Marauder by Interpol is the US indie acts fifth charted album here and their first new set in just under four years (3 years and 50 weeks) as they last charted in mid-September of 2014 with “El Pintor” (HP-11), and all five of their charted albums here have landed within the Top 30 or higher.
* #31 (LP#10) – Lioness by Beccy Cole is now the seventh Top 50 album for the local female country singer and her ninth Top 100 entry overall, while she last charted solo with “Sweet Rebecca” (HP-19, April 2015) and as a collaboration alongside Adam Harvey on “The Great Country Songbook Vol.2” (HP-6, May 2017).
* #76 (LP#3) – Native Tongue by Mojo Juju is the third album and now first chart entry for the Melbourne born Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga who between 2006 and 2010 was the lead singer for the band Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants, and she issued her first solo set in 2012 (self-titled).
* #99 (LP#4) – Negro Swan by Blood Orange is the name of the project by British artist Dev Hynes who also records under the alias Lightspeed Champion too, with this being his fourth studio album and first to ever chart here.
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Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
