Charts change For Good

The soundtrack for Wicked: For Good flies on to the ARIA Albums Chart at #1 this week, while  

Aussie pop punk band SoSo land in the top 5 with their debut album, So Much For Second Chances. 

So Much For Second Chances scores an epic result at the top of the Australian Albums Chart, #2 on the Vinyl Chart behind Wicked: For Good, and at #4 on the main chart after a huge effort from the indie four piece to rally their fans behind a chart sprint. The album was produced by Stevie Knight (Yours Truly, Stand Atlantic, Between You & Me).

SoSo shared: “We are absolutely blown away. This is something we are incredibly proud of and we owe it all to our SoSo Crew: you know who you are! We are so lucky to have the best fanbase in the world, they back us every step of the way and have believed in our push for this album more than anyone else. This means so much to us as an independent band, we can't wait to share what we have cooking up next."

The soundtrack to the original Wicked movie peaked at #3 in December 2024 and jumps from #30 to #15 this week. While it’s not an Ariana Grande solo album, Wicked: For Good marks the sixth time she has landed at #1, after topping the ARIA Albums Chart in 2014 with My Everything, 2016 with Dangerous Woman, 2018 with Sweetener, 2019 with Thank U, Next and 2024 with Eternal Sunshine (which is at #29 this week). For Ari’s co-star Cynthia Erivo, it’s her first visit to the chart summit. 

The Smith Street Band score their ninth top 50 album, as Once I Was Wild arrives at #14 as well as #2 on the Australian Albums Chart. The Melbourne rock band have racked up seven top 30 albums: Throw Me In The River (#18 in 2014), More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me (#3 in 2017), Live At The Triffid (#4 in 2020), Don’t Waste Your Anger (#1 in 2020), Viva La Rev (#30 in 2020) and Unplugged In Wombat State Forest (#11 in 2021). 

Midnight Til Morning step onto the chart at #16 with their debut EP, Afterglow. Formed as part of the Netflix competition series Building The Band (they were eliminated in the semi-final), the four-member group includes two Australians: Conor Smith and Mason Watts.

The latest installment in The Beatles’ anthology series, Anthology 4, debuts at #20. Anthology 1 topped the chart for two weeks in 1995, Anthology 2 reached #2 in 1996 and Anthology 3 peaked at #3 later in 1996. All four of the albums packaged as Anthology Collection is new at #32. The Beatles have racked up 14 #1 albums here, before and after the launch of the ARIA Charts in 1983. 

Melbourne-born, London-based producer SWIM lands at #22 with his second album, Dear Friend. His debut, In Circles, peaked at #64 in April last year. 

Tasmanian rock band Lennon Wells are new at #45 with their first album, Blink (And You’ll Miss It). 

On the Singles Chart, ARIA Awards performer Olivia Dean holds at #1 for a second week with Man I Need. Her former #1 album, The Art of Loving, steps up from #4 to #2. 

South Korean boy band Stray Kids, which includes Aussies Felix and Bangchan, score the week’s highest new entry and their biggest hit so far here, as Do It debuts at #10. Until now, their best performer was Lalalala, which stopped at #64 in 2023. 

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours reclaims the #1 spot on the On Replay Albums Chart, while Goo Goo Dolls’ Iris holds at #1 on the On Replay Singles Chart.