Michael Buble takes his eighth studio album straight into the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, entitled “To Be Loved” its his fifth chart-topping album in Australia, and helps him notch up his twenty-third accumulated week at No.1 here.
Michael Buble To Be Loved
“To Be Loved” becomes the 670th No.1 album in Australia (1965 to 2013) and the 529th for ARIA (1983 to 2013), plus it’s the ninth consecutive No.1 debut in a row. It also becomes the twelfth No.1 for the Reprise label, and Michael’s tally of five number one albums helps him to equal fourteenth on the list of ‘Most No.1 Albums in Australia 1965-2013’, equal now with Neil Diamond, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, Metallica, Powderfinger, Foo Fighters, Crowded House and Celine Dion. He is also up to No.18 on the list for ‘Most Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Albums 1965-2013’, placing him just in reach of his country-mate Celine Dion who has racked up 24 weeks from her five No.1 albums.
The new No.1 album from Michael Buble is also the twenty-fourth No.1 album by a Canadian, the last one being the returning re-packaged “Christmas” album from Michael last December, plus the album is the 185th by a Solo Male artist to reach the top, the last being Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience”, which is also the last time an album debuted at No.1 on Gold sales, which Michael’s new album also achieves this week. “To Be Loved” also becomes the third album that starts with ‘To’ that has made it to No.1 here, the previous two being “To the Faithful Departed” for The Cranberries (1 week, May 1996) and the Jack Johnson album “To the Sea” (1 week, June 2010). It’s also the fifth ‘Be’ and the first time that ‘Loved’ has been seen in a No.1 album in this country.
It’s a one-two debut this week, with Fall Out Boy landing at No.2 with their fifth studio album “Save Rock and Roll”. It becomes their third Top 10 album, and at the same time it’s their highest charting album here too. The bands third album “Infinity on High” debuted and peaked at No.4 in February of 2007, with the follow-up “Folie a Deux” landing at No.9 first week (Dec 2008). Current single from the album “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark” (HP-30) is sitting at No.52 and recently the second track lifted from the album, “The Phoenix” made it to No.60.
After three weeks at No.2, Passenger falls down a place to No.3 with “All the Little Lights”, pushing Bruno Mars’ “Unorthodox Jukebox” back down to No.4. Flume’s new upcoming national tour has helped his self-titled album back into the Top 10, up seven places to No.6, and now spending its ninth week inside the Top 10. Last weeks chart-topping debut for Paramore drops seven places to No.8, with Pink and “The Truth About Love” falling to its lowest placing yet of No.9, whilst Russell Morris’ “Sharkmouth” is back down to No.10, the same place it was three weeks ago after jumping to No.6 last week.
The second studio album for Major Lazer (a DJ Diplo side project) debuts at No.5 entitled “Free the Universe”. The bands first album “Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do” failed to chart when released here in 2009, but earlier this year in February he hit No.39 with the track “Get Free”, and this week debuts with the albums second single “Watch Out for This (Bumaye) at No.87.
The fourth and final Top 10 debut this week is the first time in seven-and-a-half years that Ricky Martin has placed something on the ARIA Albums Chart. Debuting at No.7 is the new collection of his songs; “Greatest Hits” which becomes his fourth Top 10 placing here, which has been helped by his role as a judge/mentor on The Voice Season 2. In November of 2001, “The Best of Ricky Martin” debuted and peaked at No.25, prior to that his sixth studio album “Sound Loaded” entered at No.3 in November 2000, so it’s been twelve-and-a-half years since Ricky was last in our Top 10.
NEW PEAKS & MOVERS: Guy Sebastian’s album “Armageddon” was cheaper on certain download sites this week, which helps it to shoot back up seventeen places to No.16, whilst holding at their No.19 peak are The Steve Miller Band with their “Complete Greatest Hits” set. Up to a new peak of No.25 is Olly Murs with “Right Place Right Time”, and jumping back up thirty-two places to No.26 are The Rubens with their self-titled album. Birdy’s tour of Australia helps her album back up nine places to No.29, with Josh Groban’s “All That Echoes” leaping back up twenty spots to No.31. Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” album is back up fifty places to No.34 and returning to the Top 100 at No.35 is Kelly Clarkson’s “Greatest Hits – Chapter One” (HP-20). “The Sapphires” Soundtrack jumps back up eighteen places to No.49 and A$AP Rocky’s album “Long Live A$AP” rises back up twelve places to No.50.
DOWN DOWN: Ed Sheeran has managed to notch up 34 weeks inside the Top 10, as his “+” album this week is down four places to No.12, whilst another former No.1, “The 20/20 Experience” for Justin Timberlake drops five places to No.14 after four weeks inside the Top 10. Bring Me the Horizon fall eight places to No.18 after two weeks inside the Top 10 with “Sempiternal” and after debuting at No.4 and No.5 last week, Stone Sour and James Blake fall to No.20 and No.22 respectively this week. After leaping back into the Top 50 last week, The Script’s “#3” album is back down thirteen places to No.30 this week, whilst another former tourist, Bruce Springsteen sees his “Collection 1973 – 2012” fall twenty places to No.43. After two good weeks of sales, Tyler The Creator is down twenty-two places this week to No.46 with “Wolf”, whilst David Bowie’s “The Next Day” drops twenty spots to No.31.
The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s fourth studio album entitled “Mosquito” lands at No.17 this week becoming the bands third consecutive Top 20 album. Previously they have charted with their first album “Fever to Yell” (HP-80, May 2003) then “Show Your Bones” (HP-17, April 2006) and four years ago their third album “It’s Blitz” debuted and peaked at No.8, becoming now their only Top 10 entry in Australia (so far).
The ninth album for US country singer Brad Paisley debuts at No.27 entitled “Wheelhouse”, landing one place lower than his June 2011 album “This is Country Music” (HP-26). This is his fifth album overall to chart in Australia, as he first charted with his fourth album “Time Well Wasted” (HP-82, Aug 2005) and then his fifth album “5th Gear” (HP-66, June 2007) with his seventh “American Saturday Night” (HP-67) charting in July 2009. This current album features his much talked about collaboration with LL Cool J, “Accidental Racist”.
Kid Cudi lands his first Top 50 albums appearance as his third set “Indicud” debuts at No.28 this week. Previously here his first two albums charted lower within the Top 100, his first set “Man on the Moon: The End of Day” hitting No.85 in September of 2009, whilst his second album “Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager” made it to No.65 in November in 2010. So far the only single from this new album to chart here was last October when “Just What I Am” made it to No.32.
Lower 50: Emeli Sande’s “Our Version of Events” is back up ten places to No.64, with the Coldplay “4CD Set” rising ten spots to a new peak of No.65. Ben Howard’s “Every Kingdom” (HP-69) is back up twenty-one places to No.71, with Tame Impala’s “Lonerism” rising back up thirteen spots to No.75 this week. Thanks to a great rendition of “Never Let Me Go” performed on The Voice Season 2 last week, the Florence + the Machine album “Ceremonials” returns to the Top 100 at No.53 this week. Also back in are albums for Seth Sentry (This is Tomorrow) at No.74, Ball Park Music (Museum) at No.86, Ke$ha (Warrior) at No.89, Imagine Dragons (Night Visions) at No.92, Amity Affliction (Chasing Ghosts) at No.98 and after the passing of the albums cover designer (Storm Thorgerson) this past week, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” returns at No.99.
Down in the Lower 50: Albums dropping this week include David Guetta’s “Nothing But the Beat”, down thirty-five places to No.56, “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac down eighteen places to No.59. The self-titled debut album for Device drops forty-two places to No.68, and now that their tour is over, The XX see their “Coexist” album fall fifty-three places to No.73 this week. The Band Perry debuted at No.37 last week with “Pioneer”, which tumbles fifty-three places this week to No.90, whilst falling out of the Top 100 from a No.18 debut is local act Allday with “Lones are Cool”, whilst two more Top 50 entries dive out of the entire chart, “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” for Cold War Kids (from #48) and “Shaking the Habitual” for The Knife (from #50).
Swedish heavy metal band Ghost BC see their second album “Infectissumam” become their first chart entry in Australia, debuting at No.62 this week. Whilst the debut album for UK pop outfit Bastille entitled “Bad Blood” enters at No.95, with current single from the album “Pompeii” leaping to No.10 this week. Local country singer Jayne Denham lands at No.96 with her album “Renegade”, and coming in at No.100 is the thirteenth album for The Flaming Lips entitled “The Terror”, becoming their fifth to chart here in Australia.
Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
The ARIA Chart is updated every Sunday at 6pm
