The fourth studio album for Ariana Grande entitled “Sweetener” becomes her third successive No.1 album in Australia this week.
“Sweetener” becomes the 833rd No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2018) and the 684th for ARIA (1983 to 2018) plus the 475th album to debut in the No.1 slot and the eighth chart-topping album for the Republic Record Label and their first to succeed another Republic album in “Scorpion” by Drake. Plus all fifteen tracks from her new album are within the Top 100 singles chart this week, and overall this is her fourth Top 10 album here.
Ariana Grande took her second album “My Everything” (1 wk on 1st Sept, 2014, TW-75) and third set “Dangerous Woman” (1 wk on 30th May, 2016, TW-54) to the top placing her in an unusual set of chart feats by having three albums and three accumulated weeks at No.1, something which six other acts have done this decade such as Bring Me the Horizon, Hillsong United, The Amity Affliction (which could change next week as they just issued a new album on Friday), Bon Jovi, Bliss N’ Eso and most recently 5 Seconds of Summer, all seven acts are ranked equal 19th on the list for ‘Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums; 2010’s’.
This is the first time that the word “Sweetener” has been in the No.1 spot, with two other ‘Sweet’ chart-toppers in the past being “Dark Night, Sweet Light” by Hermitude (1 wk 25th, May 2015) and the first was “Sketches (for My Sweetheart the Drunk)” by Jeff Buckley (1 wk 17th May, 1998). This new No.1 album also becomes the 293rd by an American Act (solo, duo or group) and 126th by an Female Artist (local or overseas) and the third this year for a female after Kylie Minogue in April and Amy Shark in July.
There are three debuts within the Top 10 this week, all at the upper end of the chart as coming in at No.2 with their thirteenth studio album are Human Nature with “Romance of the Jukebox” with this being the four-piece vocal groups ninth successive covers album, this one containing tracks by The Troggs, Elvis Presley, The Monkees, The O’Jays, Simon & Garfunkel, two by The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Roy Orbison, and a duet with Dami Im on a Aretha Franklin cover. This is the bands eleventh Top 10 album and also their seventh Top 2 album.
Jimmy Barnes lands his 17th Top 3 album in Australia as “Working Class Boy-The Soundtracks” enters at No.3 this week, featuring songs and spoken segments from his recent book tour for the same titled book on his life, with the two disc set containing 36 tracks including the songs “Flame Trees”, “When the War is Over”, “Still Got a Long Way to Go” and covers of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” with his daughter Mahalia and “Reflections of My Life” with his son David Campbell.
Drake drops back down three places to No.4 with last weeks No.1 set “Scorpion”, while down two places is the soundtrack for “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” to No.5, with the soundtrack for “The Greatest Showman” now at it lowest chart position ever of No.9, down four spots this week. Travis Scott holds for a second week at No.1 in both America and Canada with “Astroworld”, which here is down four places to No.6, while Ed Sheeran’s “÷ (Divide)” dips down one spot to its lowest position ever of No.7. Post Malone sees his “Beerbongs and Bentleys” set also drop one spot to No.8, while last weeks highest entry for Nicki Minaj and “Queen” drops six places to land at No.10, the same amount of Top 10 weeks her other set lasted in “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” (2 weeks in Top 10).
UP:
* With George Ezra scoring a new Top 10 single this week his parent album “Staying at Tamara’s” is back up to No.44.
* The new No.1 entry for Ariana Grande pulls her two previous #1 sets back up the charts in “Dangerous Woman” (80 to 54) and “My Everything” (95 to 75).
* il Divo move up two places to a new peak of No.60 with their newer set “Timeless”.
* Rising collections are for Fleetwood Mac (GH 79 to 65) and Bon Jovi (GH returns at No.93).
* Calum Scott is back up eight places to No.83 with his debut album “Only Human”.
* Ocean Alley climb up nine spots to No.88 with their album “Chiaroscuro”.
DOWN:
* There are three albums leaving the Top 10 this week in “?” for XXXTentacion (HP-2, WI10-11a) down two to No.11, “Love Monster” by Amy Shark (HP-1×1, WI10-5) dropping four to No.14 and now that her tour has finished the Celine Dion collection “The Best So Far… 2018 Tour Edition” (HP-4, WI10-4a) falls sixteen places to No.24.
* Pink is down with her albums “Beautiful Trauma” (11 to 12), “Greatest Hits… So Far!!!” (13 to 21) and “Funhouse” (76 to 87).
* After peaking at No.19 last week the Aled Jones set “One Voice: Believe” is back down seven spots to No.26.
* Ed Sheeran tumbles nine spots to No.27 with his second set “x (Multiply)”, and his first set “+ (Positive)” falls fourteen to No.56.
* 5 Seconds of Summer drop down twelve spots to No.28 with their third album “Youngblood”.
* Post Malone drops down ten spots to No.30 with his older set “Stoney”.
* Keith Urban slides back down fifteen places to No.32 with his “Graffiti U” set.
* Panic! At the Disco slump down twelve spots to No.33 with “Pray for the Wicked”.
* Elvis’ gospel compilation “Where No One Stands Alone” debuted at No.15 last week, and this week it drops down nineteen spots to No.34.
* Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” slips down eleven spots to No.35 and her “1989” set tumbles twenty spots to No.72.
* Eminem’s “Curtain Call: The Hits” is down ten places to No.38, with other collections dropping for Queen (GH 30 to 40, Platinum Collection 37 to 42), ABBA (Gold 32 to 46, Gold & More 31 to 50), Maroon 5 (43 to 48), INXS (44 to 57), The Wiggles (55 to 67), Guns N’ Roses (61 to 76), Green Day (75 to 82), Jason DeRulo (81 to 86), Foo Fighters (78 to 90), Red Hot Chili Peppers (77 to 92) and Crowded House (90 to 97).
* After a jump back up last week on its one-year chart anniversary the Gang of Youths set “Go Farther in Lightness” is back down thirteen places to No.39.
* Trippie Redd’s “Life’s a Trip” set falls from its No.14 entry to No.43 this week.
* The ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack drops down eleven spots to No.45, with other falling s’tracks being for ‘Suicide Squad’ (49 to 58, #1 TW in 2016), ‘Molly’ (47 to 61), ’50 Shades Freed’ (56 to 73) and ‘Deadpool 2′ (88 to 98).
* Vance Joy slips back down nine spots with both of their albums, to No.47 with “Nation of Two”, and their first set “Dream Your Life Away” (87 to 96).
* Kanye West drops down twenty places to No.53 with “ye’.
* Adele’s “25” is down eleven places to No.62.
* YG tumbles thirty-four places to land at No.63 with “Stay Dangerous”.
* Shawn Mendes’ “Illuminate” album is down ten spots to No.69.
* Florence + the Machine plummet twenty-four spots to No.70 with “High as Hope”.
* Migos are down fourteen places to No.71 with “Culture II”.
* The Hilltop Hoods slide down seventeen spots to No.80 with “Walking… Drinking… Restrung”.
* J. Cole slips down sixteen places to No.84 with his “KOD” set.
* Fleetwood Mac’s 1978 set “Rumours” plummets back down forty-four spots to No.94.
* The self-titled debut album for Dua Lipa is down eighteen spots to No.100.
* Leaving the Top 100 from last weeks Top 50 are albums by Jason Mraz (#39) and Gretta Ray (#46).
FURTHER NEW ENTRIES:
* #13 (GH#23) – The Very Best of Vol.-The 60’s by Aretha Franklin
* #16 (GH#14) – 30 Greatest Hits by Aretha Franklin
* #17 (GH#20) – The Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings by Aretha Franklin
* #19 (Collect) – Together: The Very Best of by Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding (digital only)
* #20 (GH#35) – Respect: The Very Best of by Aretha Franklin (former HP-34, peaked May 2003)
* #22 (5LP’s) – Original Album Series by Aretha Franklin (features the albums ‘Aretha Now (1968)’, ‘I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You’ (1967),’Lady Soul’ (1968),’Live at the Fillmore’ (1971) and ‘Spirit in the Dark’ (1970)
* #23 (GH#54) – A Brand New Me by Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (HP-66, November 2017)
* #25 (GH#8) – The Best of Aretha Franklin all chart due to her passing this week at the age of 76, with four of her classic songs returning to the chart this week in “Respect” (#50), “I Say a Little Prayer” (#62), “A Natural Woman” (#70) and “Think” (#100). During her recording career she charted eleven albums in Australia, seven studios and three compilations, with her most recent compile returning at No.23 this week at a new peak, while she only ever had one Top 10 album here with her sixteenth set “This Girl’s in Love With You” (HP-8, 1970), while her longest charting album was her 1985 classic “Who’s Zoomin’ Who” (HP-15, 26 weeks on the charts).
* #15 (LP#7) – Brave and the Broken by Travis Collins is the seventh studio album and now fourth albums chart entry for the Australian Country singer, and this becomes his second Top 20 set and now his highest charted, as his previous best effort was the No.20 album “Hard Light” (LP#5, May 2016).
* #55 (LP#9) – Thank You For Today by Death Cab for Cutie is the lowest charted and overall fifth albums chart entry here for the American indie act who’ve had two Top 10 albums here in 2008 and 2011.
* #91 (LP#3) – All of it by Cole Swindell becomes the second chart entry here for the US country singer who hit No.52 with his second set “You Should Be Here” in May of 2016.
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Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
