News 16 May 2020

SAINt Jhn scores sixth week at #1

Debuts for Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, 6ix9ine and more!

SAINt Jhn scores sixth week at #1

Debuts for Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, 6ix9ine and more!

SAINt Jhn’s ‘Roses’ holds #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a sixth week. Last week the single reached double platinum status in Australia.
 
For the second week in a row DaBaby’s ‘Rockstar’ has jumped up five spots on the chart, this time taking it to #4. As well as in Australia, it’s also been a Top Ten hit in the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand.
 
A week on from its debut, Marshmello and Halsey’s collaboration ‘Be Kind’ moves up one spot to a new peak at #15.
 
Surf Mesa’s ‘ILY’ climbs seven spots to hit #25 in its third week in the Top 50.
 
Seven weeks into its run in the Top 50, ‘July’ by Noah Cyrus hits a new peak at #45.
 
Debuts:
 
#3: Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber ‘Stuck With U’ – Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber release the duet ‘Stuck With U’. After four Top Ten singles in 2019 – including the #1 ‘7 Rings’ (Jan. ’19) – it’s Ariana Grande’s first chart entry for 2020. The collaboration is Bieber’s four entry in the Top 50 this year after ‘Yummy’ (#4 Jan. ’20), ‘Intentions’ (#2 Mar. ’20) and ‘Forever’ (#29 Feb. ’20). Proceeds from the single will go to the First Responders Children's Foundation, which will fund scholarships for children of frontline workers who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
#14: 6ix9ine ‘Gooba’ – 6ix9ine releases ‘Gooba’, his first new single since coming out of prison. It becomes the American rapper’s first chart entry since ‘Mama’ (#22 Dec. ’18) and ‘Kika’ (#30 Dec. ’18) charted in the same week. Sentenced to two years in prison in December 2019, 6ix9ine was released to house arrest in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
#34: Onefour Feat. A$AP Ferg ‘Say It Again’ – Sydney’s Onefour take out their third Top 50 entry with ‘Say It Again’. Featuring American rapper A$AP Ferg, it’s the follow-up single to ‘Welcome to Prison’ (#33 Feb. ’20). The controversial group first charted with ‘In The Beginning’ (#39 Nov. ’19).
 
#46: Don Toliver ‘After Party’ – American rapper Don Toliver takes out his second entry in the ARIA Top 50 with ‘After Party’. Like previous chart entry ‘No Idea’ (#43 Jan. ’20), ‘After Party’ comes from Toliver’s debut album Heaven Or Hell (#20 Mar. ’20).
 
#49: Topic Feat. A7S ‘Breaking Me’ – Topic returns to the Singles Chart for the first time in four years with ‘Breaking Me’. The German DJ’s second Top 50 entry has to date peaked at #3 in his homeland. Topic previously charted with ‘Home’ (#11 May ’16), which was accredited Platinum.