Independent Chart Wrap: Thirsty Merc see high debuts

AIR Singles

It’s now been five weeks in the Carlton Dry Independent Singles chart for Meg Mac’s Never Be, all five of which have been spent at #1. Hermitude’s The Buzz returns yet again to #2 up from #3. Their track Searchlight featuring Yeo also moves back into the Top 10 at #9 from #12.One new debut comes in at #17 with My Own Pet Radio’s No Great Mystery, while Airling’s Stallin’ re-enters at #14.

1. Meg Mac
Never Be
(littleBIGMAN)

2. Hermitude ft. Mataya & Young Tapz
The Buzz
(Elefant Traks)

3. Sia
Elastic Heart
(Monkey Puzzle)

4. Meg Mac
Roll Up Your Sleeves
(littleBIGMAN)

5. Sia
Chandelier
(Monkey Puzzle)

Radio Play

Never Be maintains its hold on the Radio Play chart this week as well, clocking up five weeks at #1. Tiny Little Houses’ Easy takes a new peak at #2 from #7, as does Wave Racer’s Flash Drive featuring B A B Y at #3 from #5. Jenny Broke The Window’s Black Skeleton moves back into the Top 10 at #5 from #15, followed by two new debuts at #6 and #7 from The Lulu Raes’ Burnout and Mosquito Coast’s Call My Name respectively. Outside the Top 10, Thirsty Merc’s The Good Life debuts at #16 while Hermitude’s Ukiyo makes its Radio Play chart debut at #20.

1. Meg Mac
Never Be
(littleBIGMAN)

2. Tiny Little Houses
Easy
(IND)

3. Wave Racer ft. B A B Y
Flash Drive
(Future Classic)

4. Big Scary
Organism
(Pieeater)

5. Jenny Broke The Window
Black Skeleton
(IND)

Albums

The Waifs’ Beautiful You remains at #1 this week on the Albums chart while Gurrumul’s The Gospel Album moves up to #2 from #3. Thirsty Merc’s Shifting Gears debuts high at #4 while The Beards’ 10 Long Years 1 Long Beard sees its debut at #21. #1 Dads’ About Face moves back into the Top 10 at #9 from #11 as The Smith Street Band just fall short of the re-entry at #11 from #14.

1. The Waifs
Beautiful You
(Jarrah)

2. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
The Gospel Album
(Skinnyfish)

3. Sia
1000 Forms Of Fear
(Monkey Puzzle)

4. Thirsty Merc
Shifting Gears
(Independent)

5. Courtney Barnett
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
(Milk! Records)

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