News 10 December 2016

Clean Bandit holds #1 for second week

Debuts by Childish Gambino, Nicki Minaj and more!

Clean Bandit holds #1 for second week

Debuts by Childish Gambino, Nicki Minaj and more!

Clean Bandit’s ‘Rockabye’ holds the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second straight week. The track has held the #1 spot in the UK for the past five weeks.

A jump of three spots to #8 for ‘Stranger’ has given Peking Duk a third ARIA Singles Chart top ten. The Canberra duo has previously hit the top ten with ‘High’ (#5 Apr. ’14) and ‘Take Me Over’ (#6 Dec. ’14).

As ‘Starboy’ spends its eighth week at #2 on the ARIA Singles Chart, The Weeknd’s other collaboration with Daft Punk, ‘I Feel It Coming’, moves up 11 spots to #13.

Up nine spots from last week to #14, ‘Scars To Your Beautiful’ becomes Alessia Cara’s second-highest peak on the ARIA Singles Chart. The track is two spots below the peak reached with ‘Here’ (#12 Jan. ’16).

Frenship’s ‘Capsize’ picks up a new peak in its seventh week in the top 50, hitting #17.

Debuts:

#40: Robin Schulz & David Guetta Feat. Cheat Codes ‘Shed A Light’ – German producer Robin Schulz and French producer David Guetta join forces for ‘Shed A Light’. The track, which features American trio Cheat Codes, is Schulz’s first chart appearance as a lead artist since ‘Sugar’ (#3 Oct. ’15) and Guetta’s first since ‘Bang My Head’ (#21 Dec. ’15).

#42: Childish Gambino ‘Redbone’ – Scoring his highest peak on the ARIA Albums Chart at #9 with “Awaken, My Love!”, American artist Childish Gambino also picks up his first entry on the ARIA Singles Chart. ‘Redbone’ is the album’s second single.

#47: Nicki Minaj & Mike Will Made-It ‘Black Barbies’ – Rapper Nicki Minaj and producer Mike Will Made-It join forces for ‘Black Barbies’. The track uses the instrumental from Rae Sremmurd’s ‘Black Beatles’ (#3 Nov. ’16). It’s Minaj’s first chat entry as a lead artist since ‘Bed Of Lies’ (#7 Dec. ’14) and Mike Will Made-It’s first since ‘23’ (#39 Oct. ’13).