After many long months, Australia finally has another local talent on top of the ARIA Charts. Bernard Fanning’s second solo album Departures is sitting proudly at number one. It gives him his second solo number one in as many albums. Not a bad effort!
It’s the only Aussie album in the top ten, although if we want to get creative we can at least celebrate the local connection to The Great Gatsby soundtrack at number two. Sure it’s chockful of international artists, but it’s from an Aussie-directed film!
If the singles chart tells us anything, it’s that Harrison Craig is all but a show-in to win The Voice. His cover of “Unchained Melody” is at number two and his original song “More Than a Dream” is nipping at its heels at number three. This gives Harrison eight top 40 singles and three top 10s, more than any other Voice contestant. My favorite, Mitchell Anderson, never had a chance it seems.
The influence of The Voice continues with Timomatic’s “Parachute”, the song he performed on last week’s live show, debuting at number seven. Matt Corby rounds out the top ten with his single “Resolution”.
Click below to see this week’s complete top ten!
Top 10 Albums
1. Departures – Bernard Fanning
2. The Great Gatsby – Soundtrack
3. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
4. 13 – Black Sabbath
5. Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
6. … Like Clockwork – Queens of the Stone Age
7. All the Little Lights – Passenger
8. Wrote a Song for Everyone – John Fogerty
9. Settle – Disclosure
10. Fast & Furious 6 – Soundtrack
Top 10 Singles
1. “Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell
2. “Unchained Melody” – Harrison Craig
3. “More Than a Dream” – Harrison Craig
4. “Let Her Go” – Passenger
5. “Get Lucky” – Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
6. “We Own It” – 2 Chainz feat. Wiz Khalifa
7. “Parachute” – Timomatic
8. “# Beautiful” – Mariah Carey feat. Miguel
9. “Pompeii” – Bastille
10. “Resolution” – Matt Corby
Image source: ARIA Charts website