Jimmy Barnes debuts at No.1 with his new album/collection “30:30 Hindsight”, entering the charts on sales of Gold ● and becoming his TENTH No.1 album since his debut solo set climbed to the top in early October 1984.
“30:30 Hindsight” becomes the 713th No.1 album in Australia (1965 to 2014) and the 564th for ARIA (1983 to 2014), plus the 362nd to debut in the No.1 spot. It’s also the fifth chart-topping album for the Liberation (modern) label and third on that label for Jimmy.
Jimmy also moves up to equal third on the list ‘Most No.1 Albums in Australia’ alongside Madonna with her 10, whilst U2 are above them with 11 and The Beatles with 14 in total are that the top of that list. Jimmy also breaks away from his tie with Delta Goodrem and their 31 weeks at No.1, as Jimmy has now notched up 32 weeks, placing him eighth on the list of ‘Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums’ just behind Pink on 34 weeks at No.1.
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It’s the first time that the word ‘Hindsight’ has appeared in a No.1 album, and only the third album with the title at all after The Church went to No.36 in late July 1988 and then in 2012 the group Hunting Grounds went to No.52 with “In Hindsight”. The only other No.1 album with a ‘30’ in its title was Elvis Presley with “30 #1 Hits” in September 2002.
The album is also the tenth by an Australian act to reach No.1 during 2014, nine of which have all debuted at the top, plus this becomes the 177th album by an Aussie act to reach the top, plus the 199th by a Solo Male artist, the last being Taylor Henderson with “Burnt Letters” back in mid-July. This becomes Jimmy’s eighteenth album to chart (15 studio, 2 live and one Best of), plus his first new entry since this week in (6th) September 2010 when “Rage and Ruin” debuted and peaked at No.3 for two weeks, and all but one his albums has reached the Top 10 (second live album ‘Raw’ peaked at No.57 in Nov 2001).
Kasey Chambers debuts at No.2 with her tenth studio album “Bittersweet”, which if it had of entered at the top would have become her fifth No.1 set. This becomes her seventh Top 10 album and highest to chart since April 2008’s “Rattlin’ Bones” debuted and peaked at the top, her last charting album was “Wreck & Ruin” which reached No.6 in September 2012, both of these albums were with her husband Shane Nicholson.
The third and final Top 5 debut comes in at No.4, the fifth studio album for Maroon 5 simply entitled “V” (five in Roman Numerals). It also becomes their fifth Top 10 album here in Australia, and their seventh to chart (five studio and two live sets), and features the current charting singles “Maps” (HP-30, TW-40), “Animals” (HP-78) and “It Was Always You” (HP-43). Their last album “Overexposed” debuted in the same position of No.4 back in July 2012, staying there for three broken weeks.
The Hilltop Hoods drop back one place to No.3 with “Walking Under Stars” which achieves Gold ● in sales after a month on the charts, whilst current visitor to our shores Paloma Faith sees her album “A Perfect Contradiction” (HP-4) jump back up ten places to No.5 this week. The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ soundtrack drops down two places to No.6 whilst Sam Smith stays on hold at No.7 with “In the Lonely Hour”. Last weeks No.1 debut of “My Everything” by Ariana Grande falls seven places to No.8 this week, not as harsh a fall as her previous album “Yours Truly” which went 6 to 26 in its second week last September. Ed Sheeran holds at No.9 with “x” and the self-titled third album for Angus and Julia Stone is down a couple of places to No.10.
NEW PEAKS & MOVERS: With Father’s Day in Australia this weekend, we see rises for The Eagles, up eight places to a new peak of No.11 with “Selected Works: 1972-1999” and jumping back up ten spots to No.13 is John Williamson with “Honest People” (HP-11). The Amity Affliction did five shows in five cities in the past two weeks before they head over to America in mid-September, which helps their former No.1 set “Let the Ocean Take Me” to jump back up twenty-one spots to No.19, and jumping back up fourteen spots to No.31 is another former No.1 set, “Ultraviolence” by Lana Del Ray. Queen’s current tour with Adam Lambert sees their “Greatest Hits” set at No.30, whilst “The Platinum Collection” (HP-21, peaked Oct 2003) which is all three of their best of albums in a set, returns at No.32 this week. Pharrell Williams’ “G I R L” jumps back up twenty-eight places to No.38 and Linkin Park see their album “The Hunting Party” leaps up thirty-five spots to No.43.
DOWN DOWN: All four of this weeks evacuees from the Top 10 all debuted there last week, so dropping out are “Royal Blood” for Royal Blood (3 to 15), Adam Harvey with “Family Life (10 to 21), “Evergreen” for Broods (5 to 27) and Kingswood with “Microscopic Wars” (6 to 33). The three returning albums for Rodriguez from last week all drop down this week (although he is here in a few weeks, so they might be back up again soon), with “Cold Fact” (11 to 20), “Searching for Sugar Man (22 to 49) and “Coming from Reality” (25 to 80). Gabrielle Aplin is down nine places to No.23 with “English Rain” and dropping twelve to No.25 is Iggy Azalea with “The New Classic”. Milky Chance and Taylor Henderson both drop seven places to No.28 and No.29 respectively; whilst Opeth and their No.17 debut last week “Pale Communion” is down twenty-four places to No.41. The self-titled former No.1 album for Beyonce with returned at No.32 last week is down fourteen places to No.46 and falling out from last weeks Top 50 are Chet Faker (42 to 52), marking their one-year anniversary on the charts by dropping out of the Top 50 for the first time are The Arctic Monkeys with “AM” (46 to 54), The Kite String Tangle EP (44 to 55), “Begin Again” soundtrack (35 to 60), Briggs (16 to 63), Rise Against (50 to 66), Lorde (39 to 71), Wiz Khalifa (26 to 72), Kimbra (41 to 78), Violent Soho (47 to 84) and the Hilltop Hoods previous set “Drinking from the Sun” (49 to 98), whilst the Dragon Force debut at No.48 last week “Maximum Overload” leaves the Top 100 altogether.
The tenth studio album for US country singer Brad Paisley becomes his first Top 20 album here in Australia, as “Moonshine in the Trunk” enters at No.14, beating the peak of his two previous entries “Wheelhouse” (LP9, HP-27, April 2013) and “This is Country Music” (LP8, HP-26, June 2011).
Sixty year old drummer with AC/DC Phil Rudd lands his debut solo album on the charts this week at No.22 entitled “Head Job”, whilst Brisbane band Dead Letter Circus see their third EP become their first to chart, entering at No.24 with “Stand Apart”, with the band having charted with two No.2 full albums in the past. And a third local act comes in at No.29, Sydney band The Vines debut with their sixth studio album entitled “Wicked Nature”, which so far becomes their lowest entry on the ARIA Albums chart. The final Top 50 entry of the week is the re-packaged second album for US act Avenged Sevenfold entitled “Waking the Fallen: Resurrected”, coming in at No.34. The band first charted here with their self-titled fourth album and last charted this time last year (2-Sept 2013) with the No.2 album “Hail to the King”.
Lower 50: The Richard Clapton “Best Years 1974-2014” set is back up seven places to No.51 and Taylor Swift sees her previous album ”Red” rise back up twenty-one spots to No.53. “Jersey Beat: The Music of” for Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons jumps up twenty-four places to a new peak of No.57 and Crowded House see their “Very Very Best of” rise back up seven to No.58, whilst the Neil Finn & Paul Kelly’s “Goin’ Your Way” set is up fourteen to No.59 this week. Ed Sheeran is back up eleven to No.69 with his first album “+”, with “Crash My Party” for Luke Bryan jumps back up eighteen to No.70. Eric Clapton rises back to No.73 with “The Breeze” and The Wiggles best of set “Hot Potatoes! The Best of” is up sixteen places to No.76. Returning albums this week come via Troy Cassar-Daly and Adam Harvey with “The Great Country Songbook” (#82), Robbie Williams’ “Swings Both Ways” (#83), The Black Keys’ “Turn Blue” (#86), tourist here in a couple of weeks Justin Timberlake with “The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” (#88), Miley Cyrus’ “Bangerz” (#91) and finally “Fuse” for Keith Urban (#95).
US Alternative Metal band Godsmack see their sixth studio album “1000hp” enter at No.65, which becomes their first ARIA Albums chart entry this week, the band only having charted with one single, “I Stand Alone” (HP-90, April 2002). Coming in at No.77 is the soundtrack to the film “If I Stay”, which features tracks from A Great Big World, Beck, Sonic Youth and The Orwells. The final lower entry is the sixth studio album for local artists The Sunny Cowgirls entitled “My Old Man”, which by coming in at No.85 is the bands second lowest charting album. They last charted in January 2013 with the No.42 set “What We Do”. Their only album to chart lower was their September 2006 second album “Long Five Days” which only made it to No.93.
Written, Compiled and Researched by Gavin Ryan.
