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Local Australian rock band Dune Rats see their third studio album called "Hurry Up and Wait" becomes their second successive No.1 album, as it debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week.

It's been 21+ years since Cold Chisel graced the top of the Australian Albums Chart, but this week their ninth studio album "Blood Moon" becomes their fifth overall No.1 album locally.

Cold Chisel ‘Blood Moon’ is Australia’s number one album this week and that comes 38 years after Chisel first topped the chart with ‘Swingshift’ in 1981.

Australian music export group Sounds Australia has announced ARIA as a funding partner, enabling them to offer further support to Australian musicians trying to break overseas.

Tones and I remains at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a thirteenth straight week with her massive hit "Dance Monkey", making 2019 a very unique year indeed for long-running chart-toppers, as we've never had two 13 weeks running No.1 songs in the same year, plus she also lands her second Top 10 single this week too.

Tones and I with her mega track "Dance Monkey" is atop the ARIA Singles Chart for a twelfth straight week, as she is now one week shy of the years longest running chart-topper in "Old Town Road" (13 weeks).

NEW CHART FEAT - "Dance Monkey" for Tones and I is atop the ARIA Singles Chart for an eleventh straight week, becoming now the longest running No.1 song for an Aussie Act EVER since streaming was taken into account.