Guy Sebastian’s 100 Times Around The Sun blazes away for a No. 2 debut on the ARIA Chart, one of three new homegrown titles in the current top 20.
The inaugural Australian Idol champion, Sebastian has released 10 studio albums, all of which have cracked the ARIA Top 10. Three of those went all the way to the top, including his previous collection, 2020’s T.R.U.T.H.
Sebastian has also scooped seven ARIA Awards, and six solo leaders on the national singles list.
The only thing standing in the way of another chart crown is the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, which returns to the summit for a fifth non-consecutive week at No. 1 and bags another chart double. The LP is the companion to the animated Netflix hit, which will get the big screen treatment at HOYTS cinemas in Australia and New Zealand later this month. “Golden”, which appears on the soundtrack, holds at No. 1 for the third consecutive week on the ARIA Singles Chart.
Meanwhile, US artist MGK (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) shoots down a podium finish with Lost Americana, his seventh studio album. It’s new at No. 3 on the chart published Friday, August 15th. His previous album, 2022’s Mainstream Sellout, logged one week at No. 1, while Tickets To My Downfall went as high as No. 2 in 2020.
Cold Chisel march into the top tier with The Big Five-O Live, recorded last November at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, a date on their 50th anniversary tour. It’s their 10th live album to reach the top 40, ARIA reports. All told, the ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted rock legends have had 27 top 50 albums, including six No. 1s.
US singer and songwriter Ethel Cain lands at No. 5 with Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You. That’s the same peak position for her 2022 album Preacher’s Daughter. Cain’s Willoughby Tucker Forever tour will visit Australia and New Zealand in February 2026, for a run of shows produced by Frontier Touring and Penny Drop.
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Meanwhile, rising Australian DJ and producer Ninajirachi bags a top 20 appearance with her debut LP I Love My Computer. It’s new at No. 18, and is one of five homegrown titles in the top 50, a tally that includes Hilltop Hoods’ latest, Fall From The Light, which falls 1-15, and the diamond certified INXS The Very Best, which rebounds into the top 50, at No. 50 after Channel 7’s broadcast last Sunday of the Live at Wembley special.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, the leader “Golden” by HUNTR/X holds is one of seven tracks from K-Pop Demon Hunters impacting the Top 20. Just one domestic cut appears in the Top 50, Crowded House’s 1986 classic’ “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” down 32-37.
