Australian Charts: The Chainsmokers Gives It Up For Niall Horan On Singles Chart - Noise11.com
One Direction, Niall Horan, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

One Direction, Niall Horan, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Australian Charts: The Chainsmokers Gives It Up For Niall Horan On Singles Chart

by Paul Cashmere on October 1, 2016

in News

One Direction’s Niall Horan has taken the top singles spot in Australia from The Chainsmokers and Halsey with his song ‘This Town’.

23-year old Horan is the second One Direction member to release a solo song after former member Zayn Malik.

The Chainsmokers and Halsey hit ‘Closer’ spent seven weeks at no 1 on the Australian download chart and is shaping up to be one of the biggest songs of 2016.

Australia’s Top 10 Downloaded Songs for 1 October 2016

1. Niall Horan – This Town

2. James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go

3. The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey – Closer

4. Calum Scott – Dancing On My Own

5. Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

6. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey featuring Zedd – Starving

7. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk – Starboy

8. The Chainsmokers – All We Know

9. Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj – Side To Side

10. Calvin Harris – My Way

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