Jack Vidgen – Sounds of Oz

Gotye has made it four straight week at number one on the ARIA singles charts with his track “Somebody That I Used to Know.” Sadly Adele reclaimed her number one spot on the albums’ charts, forcing Gotye’s Making Mirrors down to number three.

Jessica Mauboy also slipped this week. Her track “Inescapable” fell from number five to six, which still isn’t bad considering it’s been hanging around for a month and a half now.

Jack Vidgen also ran out of a little steam. His album Yes I Am fell from number three to six. Something tells me the real testimony to this kid’s talent is what he can manage when the Australia’s Got Talent hype dies down, and he gets a bit of time to record an album rather than just bashing one out.

With so many albums slipping, it’s exciting to see Icehouse score a top five debut for their newest greatest hits collection White Heat: 30 Hits.

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Gotye has scored a chart doubler, taking out the top spots on both the ARIA singles and albums charts.

His single “Somebody That You Used To Know” doesn’t show any sign of budging, taking out the number one possie for the third consecutive week. The album Making Mirrors zoomed into the top spot on the album charts on its debut after selling a massive 35, 000 copies. It’s the first album to achieve these kind of weekly sales all year, and has deservedly received gold status. Something tells me it won’t be too long til it breaks platinum.

An Australian act hasn’t achieved the double since Silverchair did it back in April 2007 with “Straight Lines” and Young Modern. Congratulations Gotye on breaking the drought!

This week isn’t all about Gotye though. After the album charts were looking a little bare, it’s now crowded with Aussie talent. Australia’s Got Talent winner Jack Vidgen achieved an impressive number three debut with his album Yes I Am, beating out Josh Pyke’s newie Only Sparrows which sits at number four. And Boy & Bear are still hanging in there; Moonfire sits at number 9.

Now if only some of those albums can spawn some charting singles! Gotye is currently keeping company with Jessica Mauboy in the top 10. Her latest track “Inescapable” has slipped one and sits at number 5 this week.

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