Tones And I, Charli XCX Debut at No. 1

Tones And I makes it two in a row as Beautifully Ordinary opens at No. 1 on Australia’s albums chart.
The five-times ARIA Award winner opens at the highest of the ARIA Chart, printed Friday, Aug. 9, with Beautifully Ordinary, her sophomore album.

Beautifully Ordinary is the followup to Welcome To The Madhouse, which additionally debuted at No. 1 in 2021. The one-time busker’s debut EP The Kids Are Coming peaked at No. 3 in 2019. Although it didn’t climb the chart mountain, The Kids Are Coming did home “Dance Monkey,” Tones’ breakthrough hit which reigned over the charts in additional than 30 nations, together with a report, 24-week stint atop the ARIA Chart.

Tones owns the second consecutive ARIA No. 1 by an Australian act, following Lime Cordiale’s drought-breaking chief final week with Enough Of The Sweet Talk.

“Well, when it rains, it pours,” notes ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd. “Tones has given us two Australian No. 1s two weeks in a row. A huge congratulations to Tones and her team on this incredible achievement. We’re absolutely thrilled for you and all of your accomplishments across an outstanding career so far.”

Also new to the highest tier of the nationwide chart is the collaborative venture of Bernard Fanning (former frontman of Powderfinger) and Paul Dempsey (Something For Kate). Fanning Dempsey National Park’s The Deluge arrives at No. 3.

Prior to disbanding in 2010, Powderfinger landed six ARIA No. 1 albums, all consecutive, whereas Something For Kate bagged two leaders, in line with ARIA. Also, two of Fanning’s 4 solo albums have led the chart (Tea & Sympathy and Departures) whereas two of Dempsey’s three solo albums have peaked at No. 5.

Ye, the artist previously often called Kanye West, and Ty Dolla $ign earn a high 10 debut with Vultures 2, which swoops in at No. 4.

Aussie punk rockers Dune Rats drop in at No. 29 with their fifth album, If It Sucks, Turn It Up. It’s the followup to 2022’s Real Rare Whale, which peaked at No. 6.

It’s winter in Australia, although Charli XCX’s Brat summer season is sweeping by the ARIA Charts. Following the discharge of a remix that includes Billie Eilish, Brat album monitor “Guess” debuts at No. 1 on the singles tally, for her first solo chief.

“Guess” is Charli’s fifth high 10 hit in Australia, after “I Love It” (with Icona Pop) in 2012 and “Fancy” (with Iggy Azalea), “Bloom Clap” and “Break The Rules” in 2014. Charli additionally takes a chunk out of the chart with “Apple” at No. 18, and “360” strikes 27-24.