Triple J scored their fifth consecutive #1 album for ‘Like A Version’ series

Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 CDs/soulless digital files might just have a contender when it comes to the station’s number one compilation series, especially after Vol. 13 of Like A Version debuted at #1 on this week’s ARIA chart.

This marks the fifth consecutive time the compilation has debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts, with Vol. 9 hitting #1 in October, 2013 – and each subsequent release debuting in the top spot each October since. It’s certainly a yearly tradition we can get behind.

The timing is great for both ABC Music and ‘Like A Version’, with an introductory 21-track compilation released in the U.S. market last month – through ABC’s recent partnership with MGM.

Like A Version has growth from a segment in 2005 to an internationally-recognised brand.

“It wasn’t long before we all realised this wasn’t just a run-of-the-mill idea”, Triple J explained last month, after entering the U.S. market. “There was something a little more special about Like A Version. It stayed fun, but it also got a LOT bigger – it now sits in the station’s most popular time slot – during our Breakfast shift every Friday morning.

“To say it’s become a national institution is perhaps hyperbole. But we’ll say that and challenge you to prove us wrong.”

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.