ARIA Chart News – w/c 12th April 2010

Having spent the last three weeks at number two, Lady Gaga’s album “The Fame Monster” takes over the top position on this week’s ARIA Album Chart. The album’s entire eighteen-week chart life has been spent in the top 10. On the ARIA Singles and Digital Track Charts, Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister” holds firm for a fourth consecutive week, well on the way to becoming one of this year’s most successful chart toppers. It is the only single in the top 17 of this week’s singles chart that has a physical component.

“I Like That” from Richard Vission & Static Revenger featuring Luciana makes a bold move up the ARIA Singles Chart this week, jumping from 7 to 3 and edging ever closer to top spot. With a visit to our shores scheduled for later this month, Justin Bieber’s “Baby” featuring Ludacris moves up from 11 to 6, and “Nothin’ On You” from B.o.B. (featuring Bruno Mars) hits the top 10, moving up from 14 to 8. Also achieving their first top 10 single result is UK outfit Florence + The Machine, blasting up eight places to #9 this week with their hit single “You’ve Got The Love”. Another artist to visit on a promotional tour recently is US superstar Adam Lambert, who sees his single “Whataya Want From Me” grow week on week – this week he just misses out on an Aussie top 10 result as the single moves up five places to #11. Miley Cyrus also continues her upward trajectory, racing forward nine places to a top 20 result, landing at #19 this week with “When I Look At You”. Top 40 debuts this week are lead by Usher featuring Will.I.Am at #15 with “OMG”, followed by Lady Gaga at #28 with “Alejandro” and The Temper Trap at 32 with “Love Lost”

Coming in behind Lady Gaga on the ARIA Album Chart this week is The John Butler Trio, at #2 with last week’s number one debut, “April Uprising”. Legendary rocker Slash provides this week’s highest debut with his self-titled new release coming in at #3, easily eclipsing the success of his previous project, Slash’s Snakepit, which hit #55 in November 2000. Usher scores his fourth Aussie top 10 album result with “Raymond V Raymond” hitting #7 on debut, and Taylor Swift moves back into the top 10 for a 44th week as “Fearless” moves up from 11 to 10. David Campbell hits the charts again with new release “On Broadway” debuting at #17, followed by Alan Jackson’s “Freight Train” at 25, as Michael Jackson’s “Essential Michael Jackson” re-enters the top 40 chart at #32 and Miley Cyrus does the same with “The Time Of Our Lives” at 36.

This week’s ARIA Digital Track Chart sees the top 2 positions holding firm, as “I Like That” from Richard Vission & Static Revenger featuring Luciana blasts from 14 to #3. “Nothin’ On You” from B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars hits the top 10, up from 12 to 6, as does Florence + The Machine, with “You’ve Got The Love” moving up from 17 to 7. Usher featuring Will.I.Am leads this week’s top 40 debuts, with “OMG” coming in at 16 followed by Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” at 28.

ARIA Top 5 Albums

1. Lady Gaga “The Fame Monster”
2. The John Butler Trio “April Uprising”
3. Slash “Slash” (debut)
4. Angus & Julia Stone “Down The Way”
5. Mumford & Sons “Sigh No More”

Further Top 40 Debuts:
7. Usher “Raymond V Raymond”
17. David Campbell “On Broadway”
25. Alan Jackson “Freight Train”

ARIA Top 5 Singles

1. Train “Hey, Soul Sister”
2. Jason Derulo “In My Head”
3. Richard Vission & Static Revenger feat. Luciana “I Like That”
4. Lady Gaga (Feat. Beyonce) “Telephone”
5. David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi “Memories”

Top 40 Debuts:
15. Usher feat Will.I.Am “OMG”
28. Lady Gaga “Alejandro”
32. The Temper Trap “Love Lost”

ARIA Top 5 Digital Tracks

Top 40 Debuts:
16. Usher feat Will.I.Am “OMG”
28. Lady Gaga “Alejandro”