Taylor Swift wins Most Popular International Artist at ARIAs, her fifth win overall and third straight. No surprise there.
Presenter Melanie Bracewell accepted the award on her behalf.
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On both the singles and albums chart, Taylor Swift has been knocked off top spot by Olivia Dean and 5 Seconds of Summer, respectively.
On the Singles Chart, âMan I Needâ becomes Deanâs first number one single in the country; âSo Easy (To Fall in Love)â and âNice to Each Otherâ occupy spots five and nine respectively.
On the Albums Chart, âEveryoneâs a Star!â has debuted at top spot. âThe Life of a Showgirlâ drops to number three.
Surprised 5SOS still have so many fans since their singles donât seem to chart. Their publicity tour has helped them debut at number one. Good to see.
I guess Olivia Deanâs tour has helped push her to number one too. Saw her perform at the ARIAs and her performance sounded exactly like her recording. I think she has the potential to be a big star.
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Olivia will be back here next October for an arena tour and Iâll be going to one of her Sydney shows.
I wouldnât wish anything bad but it was about time Tay Tay got knocked off both the singles and albums perches. She had spent six weeks on top in both.
At the rate Olivia Dean is going, she could become as big as Dua Lipa.
I think Taylor Swiftâs current music is very overrated. Sheâs just producing the same schlock every album but sadly teenage girls are lapping it up.
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Also on the albums chart, the 40th anniversary edition of Jimmy Barnesâ For The Working Class Man has debuted at No.2. It coincided with the FTA premiere of Working Class Man documentary on Seven on Monday this week.
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Kind of ironic that it debuted at #2 since âthere ainât no second prizeâ 
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Every time I hear them shouting the lyrics at her concerts[1] it just makes me ick. No really, it does. Just a commercial cash grab, has no soul to it whatsoever. The talk-shouting as Iâd like to call it from diehard fans makes it a sad sight to see. I much prefer legendary music compared to the stuff thatâs played on Top 40 radio nowadays.[2]
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(through videos surfacing online i.e)
Swiftie in disguise� 
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Iâm not a Swiftie lol.
The everytime bit is clearly me hearing this stuff out of curiosity for context and not because I enjoy her music. Letâs be honest though, some of her older music is timeless, but the stuff pumped out now is just nothing more than a commercial cash grab, generic music lol.
Honestly, you can barely even hear Taylor singing in this. Replaced by fan screams.
City Square has been closed for the past eight years for the construction of Metro Tunnelâs Town Hall station. After todayâs concert, the square will close again for final touch-ups before it reopens permanently next Sunday, November 30.
On Saturday, Peking Duk will feature guest artists including Ben Woolner, Kye and Lucy Lucy and perform a host of their top hits. In addition to the duoâs set, Keli Holiday will take to the stage for a special performance of his recent chart-topping single DANCING2.
UPDATE 26/11: Herald Sun reports Bonnie Anderson will perform the Australian national anthem before the match starts. She missed the gig last year due to a delayed flight to Melbourne.
I seriously hate this song, Keliâs arrogance and I used to be a fan of Peking Duck
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Announcement from Port Phillip City Council
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Wicked: For Good soundtrack album has debuted at No.1 on the ARIA albums chart, following the movieâs massive opening weekend in the Australian box office last week.
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I wonder if the Foo Fighters will eventually announce another return to Australia for 2027, after their show in Tasmania.
I say this because immediately after Coldplay performed a pair of shows in Perth in November 2023, when many thought that would be their only Australian stop on their Music of the Spheres World Tour, they announced they would return to Australia to do a few shows in Melbourne and Sydney twelve months later.
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