Ed makes it eight

Ed Sheeran storms onto the ARIA Albums Chart at #1 with Play, while Parcels score the highest Aussie debut on the main charts at #24.  

Play, also taking out #1 on the Vinyl Chart, is Ed’s eighth studio album. All of his albums have reached the summit, giving him a grand total of 46 weeks at #1 (his 2017 album ÷ accounts for 27 of those weeks). Add in special edition albums and his recent greatest hits collection and Ed has racked up more than 1,200 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. 

Twenty One Pilots are new at #2 with Breach, their eighth studio album. They have cracked the top 10 four times before, with Blurryface (#7 in 2015), Trench (#1 for one week in 2018), Scaled And Icy (#3 in 2021) and Clancy (#1 for one week in 2024). 

Former Little Mix member Jade debuts at #11 with her first solo album, That’s Showbiz Baby!. All seven of Little Mix’s albums reached the top 10; their best performers were Get Weird and Glory Days, which reached #2 in 2015 and 2016 respectively. 

Aussie electropop group Parcels debut at #24 on the Albums Chart, #2 on the Australian Albums Chart and #8 on the Vinyl Chart with their third studio album, Loved. They reached #30 in 2021 with Day/Night. 

On the Singles Chart, Golden from KPop Demon Hunters holds at #1 for the eighth week in a row, while Sombr scores his third top 10 hit, as 12 To 12 climbs from #13 to #6. He hit #2 with Undressed earlier this year and #3 with Back To Friends, the latter sits at #7 this week. His debut album, I Barely Know Her, sits at #5. 

SZA’s SOS holds at #1 on the On Replay Albums Chart, while Teddy Swims’ Lose Control tops the On Replay Singles Chart again this week.