Ed Sheeran is enjoying rare air once more as Play flies to No. 1 on the ARIA Chart.
The superstar British singer-songwriter keeps his perfect streak going as Play tops the latest albums frame, published Friday, September 19th.
Play follows Autumn Variations (from 2023), + (plus from 2012), X (multiply from 2014), ÷ (divide from 2017), No. 6 Collaborations Project (2019), = (equals from 2019) and – (subtract from 2023), which all flew to the chart summit.
Sheeran has now logged a grand total of 46 weeks at No. 1, including a freakish 27 weeks for divide.
Factoring in special edition albums and his recent greatest hits collection, ARIA reports, Sheeran has accumulated more than 1,200 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart.
Play is also the best-seller on wax, as it takes out top spot on the ARIA Vinyl Chart.
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Sheeran will play new songs, and many of his fans’ favourites, when his Loop Tour visits venues in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide in the first quarter of 2026. Frontier Touring and MG Live are producing the stadium run.
Also new to the ARIA Chart is Twenty One Pilots’ Breach, the US rock band’s eighth studio album. It’s new at No. 2. 21P has impacted the ARIA Top 10 on four occasions, with Blurryface (No. 7 in 2015), Trench (No. 1 for one week in 2018), Scaled And Icy (No. 3 in 2021) and Clancy (No. 1 for one week in 2024).
Completing the podium is the soundtrack to the hit animated Netflix film Kpop Demon Hunters, which is bumped from the top spot after eight non-consecutive weeks. It’s down 1-3.
Ex-Little Mix singer Jade opens as No. 11 with her first solo album, That’s Showbiz Baby!. All seven of the British girl group’s albums cracked the ARIA top 10, with Get Weird (from 2015) and Glory Days (2016) reaching No. 2.
The top new homegrown release belongs to Parcels, as LOVED debuts at No. 24. It’s one of six Australian titles in the national top 50.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, KPop Demon Hunters standout “Golden” retains top spot for the eighth consecutive week. “Golden” leads an unchanged top 3, ahead of Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” respectively.
Meanwhile, Sombr secures his third top 10 hit, as “12 To 12” lifts 13-6. That’s after “Undressed” reached No. 2 earlier this year and “Back To Friends” went to No. 3. All three of those singles appear on his debut, I Barely Know Her, which currently sits unchanged at No. 5 on the albums tally.
Sombr (real name: Shane Boose) will make his Australia and New Zealand headline debut this December when his Late Nights & Young Romance Tour, produced by Frontier Touring, swings into the market.
No Australian tracks appear on the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart.
