Weekly Music Charts for 2017

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Australian "singles" charts or week ending 18th March:


Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’ has notched up its tenth consecutive week at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The last single to spend ten straight weeks in the top spot was LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’ in April-June 2011. On this week’s Singles Chart, Sheeran holds 14 spots in the top 50, including three spots in the top ten. ‘Galway Girl’ is the only track to have moved up the chart, climbing from #10 to #7.
In its fourth week in the top 50, Bruno Mars’ ‘That’s What I Like’ hits the top ten for the first time. It becomes Mars’ ninth top ten on the ARIA Singles Chart.
After dropping top #17 last week, Jon Bellion’s ‘All Time Low’ jumps back up to #10, one spot below its previous peak.
After two straight weeks at #23, Jax Jones’ ‘You Don’t Know Me’ jumps into the top 20 for the first time. It’s the track’s seventh week in the chart.
This week’s Singles Chart also features new peaks for Zedd’s ‘Stay’ (#6) and Adele’s ‘Water Under The Bridge’ (#23).
Debuts:
#19: Stargate Feat. P!nk & Sia ‘Waterfall’ – Norwegian production Stargate appear on the Singles Chart for the first time under their own name with ‘Waterfall’. The track features vocals by both P!nk and Sia.
#42: Lorde ‘Liability’ – A week on from debuting at #4 with ‘Green Light’, Lorde scores another Singles Chart entry from the forthcoming Melodrama album with ‘Liability’. It’s the Kiwi artist’s sixth top 50- entry.
#43: Sheppard ‘Keep Me Crazy’ – Brisbane’s Sheppard make their first top 50 appearance since 2014 with ’Keep Me Crazy’. The track gives the band’s a fourth appearance in the ARIA top 50. They last charted with ‘Something’s Missing’ (#35 Jul. ’14).

top 50 singles chart link: http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart

Australian "albums" chart:


Ed Sheeran’s ÷ holds #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a second straight week. This week, Sheeran’s previous two albums, X and +, hold #4 and #8, respectively.
With her massive Australian tour wrapping up its second week, Adele’s debut album 19 returns to the top ten for a eighteenth week, sitting at #9. Both 25 and 21 also sit in the top ten this week; they’re at #2 and #3, respectively.
As Justin Bieber’s Australian tour wraps up, former #1 album Purpose returns the top ten for a twenty-second week. It’s at #10.
There’s big moves on this week’s Albums Chart for Tash Sultana’s Notion (up nine to #14), Guns N' Roses’ Appetite For Destruction (re-entry at #22), Jessica Mauboy’s The Secret Daughter (up eight to #25), Coldplay’s A Head Full Of Dreams (re-entry at #26) and Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A. (re-entry at #31).
Debuts:
#6: Soundtrack ‘Beauty And The Beast’ – Ahead of the release of the live action version of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast, the film’s soundtrack makes its ARIA Charts debut. The album features performances from cast members Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci and more. It also includes Ariana Grande and John Legend’s recording of the title track, originally recorded by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. The original Beauty And The Beast soundtrack peaked at #18 in July 1992.
#16: The Shins ‘Heartworms’ – Five years on from Port Of Morrow (#4 Mar. ’12), American indie stalwarts The Shins return with Heartworms. The band’s fifth studio album is their third to chart in the top 50 in Australia
#19: Laura Marling ‘Semper Femina’ – Laura Marling’s sixth studio album becomes her fifth to chart locally. Semper Femina’s release comes two years on from Short Movie (#30 Mar. ’15). Marling’s first chart appearance was with I Speak Because I Can (#7 Mar. ’10).
#44: Colin Hay ‘Fierce Mercy’ – Former Men At Work front man and ARIA Hall Of Fame member Colin Hay scores his first solo appearance in the ARIA top 50 with Fierce Mercy. It’s Hay’s thirteenth solo album and the follow-up to 2015’s Next Year People.

top 50 albums chart link: http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart