Twenty One Pilots Fly to No. 1 With ‘Clancy’
Twenty One Pilots land a second No. 1 in Australia with Clancy (by way of Atlantic/Warner), the U.S. act’s seventh studio album.
Hailing from Columbus, OH, Twenty One Pilots now boast 4 best 10s on the ARIA Chart, which includes 2018 leader Trench, plus 2015’s Blurryface (No. 7 peak) and Scaled and Icy (No. 3) in 2021.
Clancy is also on track for the U.K. crown, obtaining led the midweek tally ahead of Paul Weller’s 66 and Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department.
After bowing at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft (Interscope/Universal) dips 1-2, although Swift’s Tortured Poets (Universal) slips 2-3.
U.K. heavy rock band Bring Me The Horizon get pleasure from a best 10 star with Post Human: Nex Gen (RCA/Sony), their ninth studio album. It’s new at No. 4 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, May 31. The fresh release is the second in the 4-album Post Human series. The initial, Post Human: Survival Horror, peaked at No. 3 in 2020. The Sheffield, England act has led the national chart on 4 occasions: There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret (in 2010), Sempiternal (2013), That’s The Spirit (2015) and Amo (2019).
Homegrown hip-hop favorites Hilltop Hoods return to the best 10 with Walking Under Stars (Island/Universal), thanks to a 10th anniversary edition. The LP logged two weeks at No. 1 in 2014 for two weeks and is 1 of the Adelaide trio’s 5 consecutive No. 1 studio albums. Walking Under Stars won most effective urban album at the ARIA Awards, 1 of the groups 10 profession ARIAs.
Over on the singles chart, Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” (Concrete Boat Boy) enters a second week at No. 1, although nation tracks Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (Empire) and Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help” (Universal) total the best 3.
The best new entry on the existing frame belongs to U.S. nation star Zach Bryan, whose “Pink Skies” (Warner) open up at No. 15. It’s Bryan’s third best 20 hit in Australia, following “Something In The Orange” and “I Remember Everything” with Kacey Musgraves, which each peaked at No. 6.