Kylie Minogueâs album Tension has debuted at No.1 on the ARIA albums chart.
U2 have dropped a new song called âAtomic Cityâ. Itâs their first new song for quite some time.
Kylieâs LP Tension has debuted at #1 in the UK selling 53,237 copies made up of 20,168 CDâs, 19,159 vinyl, 4,825 cassettes, 5,122 digital & 3,963 streaming sales
I saw her CD is $28 at JB. New CDs seem to be more expensive than they used to be too.
Thatâs just JB price gouging which they tend to do with certain artists, Most new CDs are $19.99
It will probably drop to $19.99 in a few weeks. Thatâs what they usually do.
Seems as though the Ed Sheeran bubble has finally burst with his latest album Autumn Variations dropping from #1 to #31 on the ARIA charts in its second week. There have been no hit singles off the album either. This is after Subtract left the charts after only 11 weeks earlier in the year.
Although Museâs recent music was nowhere to be heard on radio last year, its latest album Will of the People debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, then plummeted to #49 the following week before bombing out altogether the week after that.
This year, U2âs âSongs of Surrenderâ debuted at #3 in March, then bombed out altogether; the same thing happened with Maisie Petersâ second studio album âThe Good Witchâ (debuted at #4 in June).
Speaking of U2, its latest song âAtomic Cityâ is still nowhere to be seen in the ARIA Top 50, despite getting some radio airplay on Triple M this week.
But hereâs one record you might never have heard of, or can barely remember: in 2002, Francesca Belperio (sister of ScandalâUs singer Anna Belperio) released a single called âWay of the Worldâ, which debuted at #3 on the ARIA Singles Chart, then bombed out altogether the following week.
Charts are just so fickle and meaningless nowâŠâŠ
Back in the day when they were solely measured via record shop sales, a Top 10 debut would pretty much guarantee you at least 5-6 more weeks in the Top 40.
Another thingâŠ
While Bebe Rexha had one of the biggest hits of last year, her sophomore album (titled âBebeâ) has failed to even chart on the ARIA Albums Chart despite yielding over 1B streams on all of its tracks combined.
Conversely, Ava Max (who has pretty much disappeared from the conscience of Australian music fans in recent years) had her sophomore effort (Diamonds & Dancefloors) peak at #31 on the same chart, even though not one single song on it charted on the Singles Chart.
I guess the pre-orders over a few weeks help a single or album debut in the top 10 but maybe thatâs the extent of the interest so they quickly drop in the next couple of weeks.
Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show showed a clip of Troye Sivan in his first television appearance on Australian television at the Telethon in Perth when he was 11.
Watch from 1:02.
Wasnât long ago that Delta Goodrem was at the pinnacle of Australian music (five consecutive number ones from her debut album âInnocent Eyesâ). Not even her latest song (âBack to Your Heartâ) has charted here.
And ever since Human Nature switched to covers of Motown hits in 2005, they havenât had a single song chart, though their first of these cover albums (âReach Out: The Motown Recordâ) did become their first number one album in Australia.
Sad state of affairs as far as Australian music is concerned. Though these days youâll randomly hear the remix of âBorn to Tryâ on the HIT Network.
Oddest thing Iâve seen for a while.
Normally Iâd call this a car alarm.