Singles
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) by Elton John & Dua Lipa hits #1 on the ARIA singles chart. Debuting at #7 in late August, the track has spent all of its twelve weeks on the chart in the top ten, including five straight weeks at #2. It becomes Elton John’s first #1 single in Australia since Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind 1997 in September 1997. At 74 years, 7 months and 14 day, the legendary singer-songwriter becomes the oldest artist to hit the top of the ARIA singles chart, overtaking Paul McCartney. It’s Dua Lipa’s first ARIA singles chart #1, after having eight previous top ten entries.
As well as topping the albums chart this week with =, Ed Sheeran has also made significant moves on the singles chart. The album’s second single Shivers has jumped up three spots to hit a new peak at #2. The English singer-songwriter has also grabbed debuts this week with Overpass Graffiti at #8, First Times at #31, and Tides at #43. Meanwhile, Visiting Hours, his tribute to the late Michael Gudinski, has re-entered at #29.
Despite Sydney’s PNAU being the ones to remix the current #1 single, the highest charting Australian artist this week is The Kid Laroi with Stay. His single with Justin Bieber spent 14 weeks straight at the top of the chart before it was taken over by Adele’s Easy On Me. This week Stay comes in at #5.
American duo The Anxiety move up one spot to hit #10 with Meet Me At Our Spot. Its move comes eight weeks into its run in ARIA top 50. The track comes from the self-titled debut album by the pair – Willow Smith and Tyler Cole – which was released in March 2020. In recent times, it’s become a popular song on TikTok.
#20: NEIKED & Mae Muller Feat. Polo G ‘Better Days’ – Swedish producer NEIKED and English singer-songwriter Mae Muller make their top 50 debuts as they hit #20 with the Polo G-featured collaboration Better Days. The track has already hit the top 50 in the US, New Zealand and Ireland.
Albums
English pop superstar Ed Sheeran scores his fifth #1 album on the ARIA charts as he debuts in the top spot with =. Pronounced “equals”, the follow-up to the collaborative album No.6 Collaborations Project, which topped the chart in 2019, is the singer-songwriter’s fifth studio album and the fourth in his symbol series after 2012’s +, 2014’s x, and 2017’s ÷. All four symbol series albums have topped the ARIA album chart. = features the top ten tracks Bad Habits, Visiting Hours, Shivers, and Overpass Graffiti.
The highest rating Australian album this week is last week’s #1, Rüfüs Du Sol’s Surrender at #5. The Sydney group’s fourth studio album comes three years on from Solace, which peaked at #2.
Dami Im takes out her fifth ARIA top 50 entry as she debuts at #12 with My Reality. It’s the X Factor winner and Eurovision runner-up’s sixth album, coming more than three years on from I Hear A Song. She recently competed on Celebrity MasterChef.
Releasing Hushed And Grim, their first album in four years, American metal band Mastodon claim their sixth ARIA top 50 entry at #16. The group’s eighth album is a double album and serves as the follow-up to Emperor of Sand, which gave them their highest peak in Australia at #3.
Debuting at #18, Melbourne indie rock legends Even take out their highest ever chart peak and their first top 50 appearance in 20 years with Reverse Light Years at #18. The trio’s eighth album comes three years on from 2018’s Satin Returns and marks their first double album. Even last appeared in the ARIA top 50 with their third album, A Different High in 2001.
American indie rockers The War On Drugs take out their third career chart entry as they debut at #21 with I Don’t Live Here Anymore. The fifth album from the Philadelphia group is their first studio release since A Deeper Understanding hit #5 in September 2017.
Released on Halloween, Limp Bizkit has released their sixth studio album, Still Sucks. Coming in at #35, it’s Limp Bizkit’s first album in a decade following 2011’s Gold Cobra.
The sixteenth album from Tori Amos, Ocean to Ocean, comes in at #46. She wrote and recorded the album while in lockdown in Cornwall, saying she was inspired by both her fascination with “the county’s landscapes and ancient myths”, and her reaction to the US Capitol riots in January 2021.
2021 ARIA Chart Toppers
Singles
January 4 24Goldn Mood
January 11 24Goldn Mood
January 18 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
January 25 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 1 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 8 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 15 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
February 22 Olivia Rodrigo Drivers Licence
March 1 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 8 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 15 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 22 Glass Animals Heat Waves
March 29 Glass Animals Heat Waves
April 5 Glass Animals Heat Waves
April 12 Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon Peaches
April 19 Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon Peaches
April 26 Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
May 3 Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
May 10 The Kid Laroi Without You
May 17 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne Body
May 24 Russ Millions and Tion Wayne Body
May 31 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 7 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 14 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 21 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
June 28 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U
July 5 Ed Sheeran Bad Habits
July 12 Ed Sheeran Bad Habits
July 19 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
July 26 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 2 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 9 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 16 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 23 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
August 30 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 6 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 13 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 20 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
September 27 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
October 4 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
October 11 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
October 18 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber Stay
October 25 Adele Easy On Me
November 1 Adele Easy On Me
November 8 Elton John & Dua Lipa Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Albums
January 4 Taylor Swift Evermore
January 11 Taylor Swift Evermore
January 18 Barry Gibb Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook
January 25 Illy The Space Between
February 1 Bluey Bluey The Album
February 8 The Kid Laroi Fuck Love (Savage)
February 15 Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight
February 22 The Rubens 0202
March 1 Tash Sultana Terra Firma
March 8 Architects For Those That Wish To Exist
March 15 Kings Of Leon When You See Yourself
March 22 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia
March 29 Justin Bieber Justice
April 5 Skegss Rehearsal
April 12 Justin Bieber Justice
April 19 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
April 26 London Grammar Californian Soil
May 3 Justin Bieber Justice
May 10 Amy Shark Cry Forever
May 17 Amy Shark Cry Forever
May 24 Delta Goodrem Bridge Over Troubled Dreams
May 31 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 7 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 14 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 21 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
June 28 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
July 5 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
July 12 Jimmy Barnes Flesh And Blood
July 19 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
July 26 Tones and I Welcome to the Madhouse
August 2 The Jungle Giants Love Signs
August 9 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever
August 16 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever
August 23 Luke Hemmings When Facing The Things We Turn Away From
August 30 Lorde Solar Power
September 6 Kanye West Donda
September 13 Drake Certified Lover Boy
September 20 Drake Certified Lover Boy
September 27 Lil Nas X MONTERO
October 4 Ruby Fields Been Doin’ It For A Bit
October 11 Drake Certified Lover Boy
October 18 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR
October 25 Coldplay Music Of The Spheres
November 1 Rüfüs Du Sol Surrender
November 8 Ed Sheeran =
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