Scoring a tenth straight week at #1 is the Olivia Dean track Man I Need, but could it be its last week at the top?
Man I Need and it's tenth week for Olivia Dean becomes the equal-fifth longest running #1 song for the 2020's, alongside Cold Heart for Elton John and Dua Lipa* (2021/22), Lovin' On Me for Jack Harlow*, (2021/22, * = accumulated total), Paint the Town Red for Doja Cat (2023) and Golden for HUNTR/X (2025). Man I Need is also one of twelve songs (eighth during the ARIA-era) to have now logged ten weeks at #1 (the last UK Solo Female artist to achieve this was Sandi Thom in 2006), while the song is now the outright second longest running #1 song for Capitol Records, one-week shy of the eleven achieved by Mull of Kintyre for Wings (in 1977, pre-ARIA).
Olivia's Man track also gains an extra sales cert. this week, up from 3xP last week to 4x▲Platinum in sales this week, plus it also retains the #1 spot in New Zealand (sixteenth week, longest of all time there), while it sits at #2 in Canada (NEW PEAK) and Denmark, along with a new chart height in The U.S.A., along with The Netherlands (both #4), Belgium (#6), Sweden (#7), Norway (#9) and #10's in England, Germany and Switzerland (see the table below for the full overseas positions). This could also be the last week for Olivia's Man I Need, as Harry Styles dropped a new track on Friday called Aperture, while his fourth album is less than 40 days away from release, plus he announced November and December 2026 shows in Australia too, his only southern-hemisphere performances. The other factor which might continue Olivia's reign is that her song scored the #1 slot on the Triple J Hottest 100 over the weekend, while she had four songs in total in their Top 20 (#7, Nice to Each Other, #11 for So Easy and #14 for Rein Me in).
The top two songs maintain their ten-week hold, as The Fate of Ophelia remains stable again for Taylor Swift, with the song sitting at #1 in Germany (12th week), Canada (13th week), Luxembourg and Switzerland, losing the top spot and sitting at #2 in The U.S.A., Austria, Belgium and Norway. After this we see the first of three NEW PEAKS within the Top 10 this week as the #1 Hip Hop/R&B Single for RAYE and WHERE IS MY HUSBAND? halves its position from last week and rises three places to #3, which in turn pushes down three tracks one place each, End of Beginning for Djo (#1 On Replay Single, #1 in Austria and Belgium), Golden for HUNTR/X and So Easy (to Fall in Love) for Olivia Dean to #4, #5, #6 respectively.
Alex Warren's #1 single for 2025, Ordinary, is the third and final non-mover within the Top 10 this week, as the song cracks its 43rd week within the ten, it's now two-weeks shy of a one-year chart anniversary (WI 50). The new #1 single in England this week sees a two place rise to a NEW PEAK of #8, Raindance for Dave with Tems, which also hits a new peak in every chart territory this week too. Down one place to #9 is the #1 Dance Single for Disco Lines with Tinashe and No Broke Boys, while last week's #11 entry for the new Bruno Mars track I Just Might is up one spot this week to a NEW PEAK of #10, becoming his 19th Top 10 (solo and guest appearances) single in Australia, while the song debuted at #1 in The U.S.A. and rises to the top in The Netherlands this week (see the table below for all of it's overseas entry positions too).
TOP 20: The only song leaving the Top 10 this week is the sombr track 12 to 12 (HP-6x2, WI10-15) down two places to #11 and scoring it's half-a-year (26 weeks) on the chart, while he remains on hold at #13 with back to friends, with the four other non-movers here being Nice to Each Other for Olivia Dean (#12), I Run by HVN. (#14), Opalite by Taylor Swift (#15) and Love Me Not for Ravyn Lenae (#17).
In its (possible) last week within the Top 100 the Benson Boone track Beautiful Things is back up two places to #16 (WI100 - 105), which swaps places with Olivia Dean's A Couple Minutes (down two spots to #18). Two NEW PEAKS rise into the Top 20 this week, with SIENNA SPIRO jumping ten places to land at #19 with Die on This Hill (she also has a lower fifty entry with You Stole the Show at #94 last week). The other track flying up fifty-one places from 71 to #20 is Stateside for UK rapper and singer PinkPantheress alongside Zara Larsson (her track Midnight Sun debuted last week at #72), while Zara is highly placed overseas with her older track Lush Life (#2 Oz Catalogue, #1 NZ catalogue, and Top 10 in many countries).
TOP 30: Three NEW PEAKS are seen here, with small gains seen by a one-place move to #21 for the EsDee Kid track 4 Raws, and a two place move into the Top 30 for the Sam Fender and Olivia Dean duet Rein Me in (up two to #29), while Ella Langley continues to rise with Choosin' Texas, up six places to it's NEW PEAK of #24.
The new peaks are also the only rising entries in this chart section too, with single-place dips seen by Undressed by sombr (to #22), A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey (to #25) and Victory Lap by Fred Again.. (to #27). A two-place move goes to Gracie Abrams' That's So True (to #30), while three songs drop three-places each; DAISIES for Justin Bieber (to #23), BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish (to #26) and Olivia Dean's second entry here Baby Steps (to #28).
TOP 40: The final two (of ten in total) non-movers sit here back-to-back as Die With a Smile for Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars and THE DAYS - NOTION Remix by Chrystal are at #32 and #33 respectively, while Bruno's other duet with Rosé and APT. is down one spot to #39, as too is the EsDee Kid track Phantom to #40.
Olivia Dean with Let Alone the One You Love (down two to #36) and I Had Some Help for Post Malone and Morgan Wallen (falls three to #38) are joined by larger declines here with last week's other Top 20 debut for the Luke Combs track Sleepless in a Hotel Room which falls twelve places to #31, while Tyle's CHANEL wears-off seven chart-places to land at #34. The only two climbing tracks here belong to Tate McRae, with her newly one-year-old (52 weeks) entry Sports Car motoring up seven places to park at #35, while her F1 The Movie theme Just Keep Watching is up three spots to #37...
TOP 50: ...while Tate's third and final Top 50 entry is one of three eight-place movers in this chart region, with TIT FOR TAT by Tate and Gabriela by KATSEYE dropping to #44 and #45 respectively, with the third eight-spot movers being a rise to a NEW PEAK of #43 for last week's lower-fifty entry by current #1 Country Album, U.S., Canadian and Irish Album chart holder Zach Bryan with his song Plastic Cigarette, becoming his sixth Top 50 entry locally.
The only other rising song here is a three-place rise to #41 for Gigi Perez's Sailor Song, with single place dips going to both Folded by Kehlani (to #42) and Messy by Lola Young (to #50), down two spots each are Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, Soda Pop for Saja Boys and Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan to #47, #48 and #49 respectively, while Sabrina's second entry here Manchild sees a three-place slump to #46.
Thanks to his recent tour, UK artist YUNGBLUD scores his second #1 Album in Australia as his Idols set rebounds into the top spot.
Idols (Locomotion Records/Capitol Records) becomes the first new #1 in Australia for 2026, the 1037th overall #1 Album (1965 to 2026), the 888th for ARIA (1983 to 2026), the second consecutive #1 set for YUNGBLUD after his self-titled album debuted at the top on September 12th, 2022, now joining other countries to have achieved a top spot for this current set, England, Scotland, Belgium and The Netherlands.
For Capitol Records this is the first time since January 1997 that one of their albums has knocked off another from the label, as January 12th to 19th, 1997 the Crowded House best of Recurring Dream was knocked off the top by the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack, while overall this is now their 29th #1 Album in Australia (since their first in 1979, 26th in the ARIA-era). The rise of Idols to the top spot from #12 last week also sees it land at No.4 on the Vinyl chart, while it's ascension was helped by his massive national tour over the past couple of weeks, while he is part of a Music Festival in Mumbai on the 25th of January before starting his UK tour in early April.
Idols is the first time that the word has appeared in a #1 Albums title, with the new #1 becoming the 182nd chart-topper from an English Act (whether solo male or female, duo or group) and the 300th by a Solo Male Artist (local or overseas), with the last solo male act being five months ago for next-week's tourist Ed Sheeran (starts in Perth on January 31st) and his Play set on September 22nd, 2025.
So after it's seventh week at #1 the Olivia Dean set The Art of Loving dips on spot to #2 (No.2 Vinyl also), breaking her duopoly as her single Man I Need remains the #1 selling single, but with her winning the top spot on the Triple J Hottest 100 over the past weekend (plus four songs in the Top 20) it should retain a high position for some time yet, while the album maintains a 13th week as the #1 seller in New Zealand this week.
The two Top 10 debuts this week is led by the third studio album for Madison Beer called locket which comes in at #3 and also claims the No.1 Vinyl slot too, becoming her first Top 10 entry in Australia and fourth overall after her debut EP As She Pleases (HP-64, Feb 2018), then her two previous studio albums Life Support (LP#1 HP-36, March 8th, 2021) and Silence Between Songs (LP#2, HP-76, Sept. 25th, 2023) which both charted for a single week within the Top 100's. Madison's new album has landed at #1 in Belgium along with The Netherlands (#2), England, Scotland (both #3), Austria (#6), Ireland (#7), New Zealand and Germany (both #8).
The fourth studio album for rapper A$AP Rocky called Don't Be Dumb lands at #5 this week (No.3 Vinyl, #1 Hip Hop/R&B Album), becoming his fifth overall entry (4 studio, 1 mixtape), fourth Top 10 and third successive album to debut and peak at #5 after his initial set Long, Live, A$AP. (LP#1, HP-7, January 2013), then At. Long. Last. A$AP. (LP#2, HP-5, June 2015) and his last set from almost eight years ago Testing (LP#3, HP-5, June 2018). Helped by his appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend, the 19 track album features guest artists like Gorillaz, Doechii, will.i.am, Imogen Heap and Tyler, the Creator among them, while the set has also charted in Lithuania (#1), Norway, The Netherlands (both #3), Austria, New Zealand (both #4), Belgium (#5), Germany, Italy (each #7), England, Ireland (both #8) and Finland (#11).
Wedged in-between those two new entries is the second of five single-place moves, with the soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters dipping to #4, as well as The Life of a Showgirl for Taylor Swift (to #6, it's first time outside of the Top 5 in it's 16 week chart-run), SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? by Tate McRae (to #7) and You'll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren (to #10). Sabrina Carpenter is back-to-back with herself again this week, but the fact is that her older set Short N' Sweet is stable at #8 (No.19 Vinyl), while her newer release Man's Best Friend this week drops two places to sit below her older title at #9.
TOP 20: The three Top 10 dropouts all fall into the Top 20 this week, with the two new entries within the ten last week leaving this week, starting with the Zach Bryan set With Heaven on Top (#1 entry this past week in The U.S.A. and Canada, while retaining the #1 spot for a second week in Ireland) down seven places to #11 (HP-4, WI10-1, #1 Country Album), followed by a ten place fall to #12 for The Kid LAROI second album BEFORE I FORGET (HP-2, WI10-1, #1 Australian Artists Album Chart), who could rebound next week thanks to his performance at the AO (Australian Open Tennis) on the 28th. The third and final dropout sees the sombr set I Barely Know Her down three places to #13 (HP-4x2, WI10-17).
This time next week Ed Sheeran would have played his Perth shows on his new tour here, which is lasting five weeks until early March, so this week his Play set is the only rising album within the Top 20, only up a single place to #20, but watch it rebound over the next few weeks. Taylor's only other Top 50 entry this week is the Tortured Poets Department, which dips two places to #17, while falling three-places each are I'm the Problem for Morgan Wallen (to #14), HIT ME HARD & SOFT by Billie Eilish (to #16, No.17 Vinyl) and The Secret of Us for Gracie Abrams (to #19), with the USB set for Fred Again.. falling four places to #18.
TOP 30: The second and final NEW PEAK within the Top 50 this week sees the Lizzy McApline set Older leaping thirty-two places to land at #26 (helped by a No.5 Vinyl slot this week), with the April 2024 debuting (#79) set seeing it's first ever Top 50 action after it's Top 100 return on October 27th, 2025, having gradually climbed over the past 14 weeks. An even bigger leap back into the Top 100 occurs for another current tourist, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne sees his September 15th, 2025 #18 entry set Who is the Sky? returning to the Top 100 at #28, also securing it a second overall week within the hundred too, with the set landing at No.6 on the Vinyl chart, while his shows in Adelaide (24th) and Perth (27th) should keep it selling next week too.
Jessie Murph sees her Sex Hysteria set crack half-a-year on the charts (26 weeks) and it's only down one spot to #23, with a two-place dip to #21 for the Charli XCX set BRAT. ROLE MODEL move down three places to #27 with Kansas Anymore, while three albums fall four places each, CHROMOKOPIA for Tyler, the Creator (to #24, No.16 Vinyl), eternal sunshine for Ariana Grande (to #29) and Even in Arcadia by Sleep Token (to #30), with the biggest decline here being a seven place slump to #25 for Lady Gaga's MAYHEM set.
TOP 40: Three albums move five-place each here, two falling and one rising, with the Bad Bunny álbum DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS up five to #40, while declines are seen by potential rebounders for next week by Royel Otis and hickey and Deadbeat by Tame Impala to #32 and #33 respectively, with each act seeing high placements on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2025.
Falling two-places are Addison for Addison Rae (to #31), Love Balloon for Ocean Alley (to #34) and F-1 Trillion by Post Malone (to #35), with bigger falls seen by GNX for Kendrick Lamar (down six to #37) and The Crux by Djo (falling fifteen to #38), with the only non-mover here being the Calvin Harris collection 96 Months at #39.
TOP 50: Of the three albums to rise here, the biggest leap goes to the PinkPantheress mixtape Fancy That which rises nineteen places to #45 (HP-12 on May 19th, 2025), which is helped up the chart by her 71 to #20 leap for the Stateside remix with Zara Larsson this week. Geese are musical guests on SNL this weekend before we see them on our shores from February 7th as a part of the Laneway Festival, with their album Getting Killed this week up five to #42.
Ninajirachi scored four J100 entries from her album I Love My Computer this past weekend, with that album up three spots this week to #49, while the smallest decline here is also a three-place move, down to #41 for the Sam Barber set Restless Mind. Two eight spot falls are seen by JB's SWAG I + II (to #43) and $$$4U by PartyNextDoor and Drake (to #48), while the Jelly Roll's down nine places to #50 with Beautifully Broken. The two double-digit-declines belong to an eleven place fall to #47 for Sam Fender and People Watching, while the Wicked: For Good soundtrack plummets sixteen spots to #46.
FURTHER NEW ENTRIES: * #3 (LP#3) - locket - Madison Beer (Sing it Loud/Epic)
* #15 (EP#7) - THE SIN: VANISH (EP) - Enhypen (BELIFT LAB) is now the second chart entry for the South Korean boy-band and now highest placed, as their last issued EP Desire: Unleash debuted and peaked at #53 on June 16th, 2025, while this new set has landed at the top in their homeland, along with further overseas entries in Belgium (#2), Austria (#3), Germany (#5), The Netherlands (#19) and New Zealand (#23).
* #22 (LP#14) - BRITPOP - Robbie Williams (Farrell Music/Sony UK) is the fourteenth studio album for the UK singer, which also becomes his 16th #1 Album in his homeland, becoming the act with the most #1 Albums in England this week (surpassing The Beatles), while a second longer 17 track Deluxe Edition was also issued during the week and it scored high entries in Scotland (#2), Germany (#3) and Ireland (#15) along with The Netherlands (#29) and Italy (#69) so far. Robbie's last entry here was the soundtrack to his biopic Better Man (HP-5) this week last year, January 27th, 2025 just after the film opened in cinemas here.
* #36 (LP#13) - The Demise of Planet X - Sleaford Mods (Rough Trade) is only the second entry here for the English post-punk duo, with this new set also scoring the No.14 Vinyl slot, while they previously charted with their eleventh album Spare Ribs which debuted and peaked at #47 on January 25th, 2021, five years ago this week. This new set becomes their fourth successive Top 10 entry in their homeland of England (#6), along with debuts in Scotland (#4), Germany (#13) and New Zealand (#39).
* #44 (LP#7) - Easing Out of Control - DZ Deathrays (DZ WORLDWIDE) is the seventh album and entry for the local dance-punk trio from Brisbane, who also secure the No.8 Vinyl for the prior album R.I.F.F. (LP#6, HP-8 on June 12th, 2023). Their debut set Bloodstreams (HP-91, April 2012) is still their lowest charted album locally, while this new entry becomes their second lowest placed, but with the current national tour lasting until February 7th it could climb higher.
New Albums coming this week from: * The Paper Kites * Megadeth * Louis Tomlinson * Van Morrison * Crystal Lake * Callum Beattie * Lucinda Williams * Ari Lennox * Jamie MacDonald * Agnes * MIKA * Poppy * Catherine Britt * The Damned * 54-50 * The Format * Goldfinger * IDK * Jamie O'Neal * PVA * Searows * Textures
"End Of Beginning" and "Lush Life" remain as the top 2 of the On Replay singles chart (with "Dreams" holding at #3 behind them). Olivia Dean's "Ok Love You Bye" reaches a new peak of #16, and both Bruno Mars entries climb 10 spots ("Locked Out Of Heaven" to #19 and "That's What I Like" to #28). Harry Styles' "As It Was" debuts at #34, I presume due to anticipation for him releasing a new song today. That means that 2022's EOY #1 has now made this chart, but 2021's and 2023's haven't ("Heat Waves" and "Flowers"). 2024's ("Beautiful Things") should be due to be transferred next week. Incidentally, 2016's EOY #1, "Closer" by The Chainsmokers, also debuts this week, at #44. So does Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen", which seems to have had a sudden resurgence this month, like his song "Again" did in February last year (it reached #51 on the weekly Spotify chart, but wasn't tracked by ARIA).
Empire Of The Sun's "Alive" climbs from #41 to a new peak of #30 on the Australian version, because a new remix of it (by SG Lewis) was released this week - along with the "Alive (Reimagined)" set (which also features the other 2 recent remixes, and 2 remixes from 2013), so this is presumably the last one.
On the On Replay albums chart, Harry Styles enters at #8 with "Harry's House" and climbs #49 to #13 with "Fine Line". Fetty Wap's album also enters at #40.
This is the 10th week since "Working Class Man" re-entered the regular Australian singles chart (and also the 10th week it has charted on it in total). I wonder if it'll be removed next week - ironically on the week of Australia Day, which will presumably give its streams a large boost.
The page on triple j's store for the Like A Version vinyl compilation says "All orders placed after 1PM AEDT 23/11/2025 will be dispatched late January"; that presumably has happened, as it re-enters at #1 on the compilations chart.
50 latest reviews