Michael Bublé creates ARIA Albums chart history by reaching the top for the third consecutive year with his now deluxe re-packaged (with four bonus tracks) album “Christmas”.
On December 5th in 2011, the album started a five week run at the top, then from the 10th of December in 2012, the album returned to the top for a further four weeks, and now for the third year in a row, “Christmas” by Michael Bublé returns to the top for a tenth non-consecutive week. The return also pushes Michael’s No.1 tally up to 28 weeks, moving him up to No.12 on the list of ‘Most Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums (1965-2013)’, moving him ahead of Skyhooks and their 27 weeks, and putting him two weeks behind Michael Jackson’s tally of 30 weeks.
Last weeks top spot debut of the self-titled album for Taylor Henderson is down a place to No.2, picking up a Gold (●) certification this week too. The prior No.1 album to Taylor, One Direction with “Midnight Memories” is down a place to No.3, with the album achieving 2x▲ Platinum in sales, whilst moving up a place to a new peak of No.4 is Human Nature with “The Christmas Album”, which picks up a ▲Platinum certification.
There are seven former No.1’s in the Top 10 (including the current No.1 album), and the next is “Prism” for Katy Perry, down a place to No.5, whilst dropping three places to No.6 is The Twelfth Man with “Willy Nilly – Biggest Hits”. The next three former No.1 albums are Dami Im and Eminem holding at No.7 and No.8 respectively, with “Pure Heroine” by Lorde moving back up to No.9, and James Blunt’s former No.2 album “Moon Landing” climbing back up four places to land at No.10.
NEW PEAKS & MOVERS: “25 Years – The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac moves back up five places to No.11 and Susan Boyle is up six spots to a new peak of No.13 with “Home for Christmas”. Taylor Swift’s concert tour of Australia helps her album “Red” to leap back up fifteen places to No.14 this week, and also touring is John Legend, with his album “Love in the Future” up fourteen places to a new peak of No.18. Bon Jovi are also touring here at the moment, and their “Greatest Hits” set is back up nineteen spots to No.23, whilst the just announced tour for 2014 for Keith Urban helps his former No.1 album “Fuse” to jump back up twelve places to No.24. Also touring here this week was Jack Johnson, with his recent No.3 album “From Here to Now to You” returning to the Top 100 at No.43, whilst Jason DeRulo is back up seventeen places to No.50 with “Tattoos”, helped by the album landing its fourth Top 10 single this week with “Trumpets” (TW-4).
DOWN DOWN: Robbie Williams is the only album to exit the Top 10 this week, with “Swings Both Ways” (HP-5) down three places to No.12 after three weeks within the Top 10. After leaping back up last week after his ARIA Awards wins, Flume drops nine places to No.20 with his self-titled album, which picks up a 2x▲ Platinum certification this week. “Night Visions” for Imagine Dragons is down eight places to No.31, whilst last weeks Top 15 debuts drop dramatically this week, with A Day to Remember and “Common Courtesy” falling twenty-five places to No.38 and “Britney Jean” for Britney Spears down thirty-five spots to No.47, whilst “ArtPop” for Lady GaGa falls fourteen places to No.41 this week. “Lonerism” for Tame Impala is back down nineteen to No.65, “March Fires” for Birds of Tokyo falls thirty-three to No.73, “The Ultimate” for Air Supply is down twenty-nine places to No.77 and Delta Goodrem’s 10th Anniversary Edition of “Innocent Eyes” is down fifty-nine spots to No.81. Falling out from last weeks Top 50 are The Seekers with “The Golden Jubilee Album” from No.44.
The self-titled six tracks EP from Jai Waetford is the highest new entry for the week, coming in at No.21. US rapper Childish Gambino sees his second album “Because the Internet” debut at No.37, surpassing his debut album “Camp”, which made it to No.99 back in January of this year. The third and final new entry to the Top 50 comes from Gurrumul Yunupingu, who teamed up with The Sydney Symphony Orchestra on the album “His Life and Music”, which is new at No.48. His two studio albums, “Gurrumul” (April 2008) and “Rrakal” (April 2011) both peaked at No.3.
CHRISTMAS ALBUMS: With Michael Buble and Human Nature within the Top 5, and Susan Boyle climbing to a new peak of No.13 with her seasonal set, here is a look at the other Xmas sets charting. Mariah Carey’s 1994 set “Merry Christmas” (HP-2) returns for the fifth time at No.28 (in 2012 it went to No.19), whilst Kelly Clarkson is up five places to a new peak of No.33 with her set “Wrapped in Red”. Rod Stewart is up five places to No.42 with “Merry Christmas, Baby”, whilst Anthony Callea drops back a few spots to No.53 with “This is Christmas”. The “Glee: Christmas Album” is up four spots to No.56 and debuting at No.71 is Marina Prior with her new seasonal album “Candlelight Christmas”. The first album of the season to make the charts, “Dora’s Christmas” by Dora the Explorer is spending its tenth week within the Top 100 at No.75, with il Divo up five places to No.80 with “The Christmas Collection”. That makes eleven Christmas albums on the chart this week.
Lower 50: “Shangi La” for Jake Bugg climbs back up again this week, rising fourteen places to No.52, whilst landing a new peak at No.54 is Cliff Richard with “The Fabulous Rock ‘N’ Roll Songbook”. Bon Jovi’s tour helps their recent studio album “What About Now” (HP-1) back into the charts at No.57, whilst another tourist, Alicia Keys and her “Girl on Fire” album is back up fifteen spots to No.61. Daft Punk jump back up thirty places to No.68 with “Random Access Memories” and Harrison Craig is up twenty spots to No.72 with “More Than a Dream”, with other recent tourists Muse and their album “The 2nd Law” back up twenty places to No.79.
Further returning albums to the Top 100 this week includes “GRRR!” for The Rolling Stones at No.89, “Fearless” for Taylor Swift at No.91, “Surfers Paradise” by Cody Simpson at No.94, “21” by Adele at No.98 and “Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection” for Katy Perry at No.99. The only other new entry in the lower fifty is at No.90, “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” the soundtrack to the upcoming sequel to “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (HP-45) which debuted this week last year (17-Dec-12).
Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
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