News 25 August 2018

Week two at #1 for Dean Lewis' Be Alright

Moves for Benny Blanco, Ariana Grande, George Ezra and more!

Week two at #1 for Dean Lewis' Be Alright

Moves for Benny Blanco, Ariana Grande, George Ezra and more!

‘Be Alright’ by Dean Lewis holds #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week. The Sydney singer-songwriter will be touring Australia in November/December.

In its sixth week in the chart, Benny Blanco’s ‘Eastside’ moves up two to #2 to score a new peak.

As Sweetener debuts at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Ariana Grande has five tracks in this week’s ARIA Top 50. ‘God Is A Woman’ moves up ten spots to return to the Top Ten at #7. Former #1 ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ has climbed from #45 to #21.

Moving up two spots from last week, George Ezra claims his third Top Ten single on the ARIA Singles Chart. He’s previously reached the Top Ten with ‘Budapest’ (#5 Aug. ’14) and ‘Blame It On Me’ (#10 Jan. ’15).

Bazzi’s ‘Beautiful’ jumps twelve spots to #22 in its second week in the Top 50.

This week’s chart also includes new peaks for The Rubens’ ‘Never Ever’ (#24), Loud Luxury’s ‘Body’ (#40) and Bebe Rexha’s ‘I’m A Mess’ (#41).

The late Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin has returned to the Singles Chart this week at #50 with 'Respect'.

Debuts:

#8: Ariana Grande ‘Breathin’ – On top of debuting at #1 on the Albums Chart this week with Sweetener, American pop star Ariana Grande scores the week’s highest debut on the Singles Chart with ‘Breathin’. The track becomes Grande’s eighth Top Ten single and third from Sweetener after ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ (#1 Apr. ’18) and ‘God Is A Woman’ (#5 Jul. ’18). She has also debuted further down the chart this week with ‘Everytime’ (#36) and Sweetener’s title track (#43).

#30: Calvin Harris & Sam Smith ‘Promises’ – Scottish DJ/producer Calvin Harris and English singer-songwriter Sam Smith join forces for the track ‘Promises’. It becomes Harris’ second chart entry for the year after the Dua Lipa collaboration ‘One Kiss’ (#3 Jun. ’18). Smith was last in the Top 50 with ‘Pray’ (#41 Nov. ’17).

#48: Marshmello & Bastille ‘Happier’ – Collaborating with British band Bastille, American DJ/producer Marshmello scores a fifth Top 50 entry on the ARIA Singles Chart with Happier. The track is Marshmello’s third chart entry in 2018 after ‘Friends’ with Anne-Marie (#4 Apr. ’18) and ‘Everyday’ (#38 Mar. ’18) with Logic.