Chart Wrap: AC/DC debut at #1

Hot 100

For seven weeks now Ed Sheeran has held #1 with Thinking Out Loud. Last week’s most promising track Blank Space by Taylor Swift hasn’t managed to topple the track but still holds #2 with a strong lead ahead of Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk. Ronson's trackfeaturing Bruno Mars is now at #3 up from last week’s #7.Up at #4 is Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding’s Outside, which earns a new high point. One Direction manage to just make the Top 10 this week with Steal My Girl hitting #10. It’s the highest 1D have ever gotten on the TMN Hot 100 with the closest other single being Live While We’re Young, which peaked at #14 in 2010. Outside the Top 10, Nicki Minaj makes some impressive gains with Bed Of Lies featuring Skylar Grey hitting #18 up from #49.Jeremih’s Don’t Tell Em hits a new peak at #24,up from #31.

Aside from Minaj’s big leaps there have been manymovers this week. First and foremost is a resurgence from MAGIC!’s Rude which jumps from #95 to #79, although it will probably fall further down the chart in coming weeks. Steve Aoki & will.i.am’s Born To Get Wild climbs to #68 following its debut at #100 last week. The most moved this week comes from Labrinth’s new single Jealous which is up at #46 from #99, a total of 53 places.

The chart has seen a lot of notable debutsthis week. A debut at #20 comes from AronChupa’s I’m An Albatraoz,which is destined to be a radio hit.At #30 is an entry from Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP’s latest single Sugar Man. The last time they were in the Hot 100 was with We Speak No Americano which peaked at #16. The last notable debut comes at #49 from Marcus Santoro & The Potbelleez’s All The Way,which enters after one week of airplay.

ARIA Singles

It’s another very familiar Top 4 on the ARIA Singles chart this week with Taylor Swift’s Blank Space holding #1, Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funkstill at #2, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud at #3 and Hilltop Hoods’ Cosby Sweater at #4. That said, there is some healthy movement at #5 with James Newton Howard’s The Hanging Tree jumping from last week’s #12. #6 sees a very high debut from AronChupa’s I’m An Albatraoz which also saw a high debut on the airplay chart. Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding’s Outside sees more success on this chart as well following a jump to #7 from #9. Outside the Top 10, Charli XCX’s Break The Rules hits a new peak at #16 up from #26. Jeremih’s Don’t Tell Em moves further up to #26 from #39 and Chet Faker’s Talk Is Cheap re-enters the chart at #31, no doubt a result of the recent press he has received during the ARIAs.

ARIA Albums

This week, AC/DC’s Rock Or Bust debuts at #1 on the ARIA Albums chart. This becomes the fifth #1 album to AC/DC’s name and has reached Platinum sales in the first week of release. The LP, produced by Brendan O’Brien atWarehouse Studio in Vancouver, marksthe band's seventeenth studio album overall.The #1 debut has pushed Taylor Swift’s 1989 to #2 following two weeks interrupted at #1. At #3 is Michael Buble’s Christmas which is up from #10 and well on its way to its previous highpoint of #1 which might happen as soon as next week. At #7 is a debut from Justice Crew with their debut album Live By The Words. Frozen’s soundtrack moves back up to #11 following its triple Platinum certification over the weekend. One other high debut enters in the Top 20, Chet Faker’s iTunes Session which entered at #18.