News 6 January 2018

Ed Sheeran's Perfect holds #1 for fifth week

Moves for Pnau, G-Eazy, Clean Bandit and more!

Ed Sheeran's Perfect holds #1 for fifth week

Moves for Pnau, G-Eazy, Clean Bandit and more!

For the fifth week in a row, Ed Sheeran tops the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Perfect’. The track was #4 on the 2017 ARIA End Of Year Singles Chart and was one of four by the British singer-songwriter to feature in the top ten. 2017 End Of Year #1 ‘Shape Of You’ has jumped up ten spots this week to #19.

Sydney trio Pnau were the highest placed Australian act on the 2017 End Of Year Singles Chart with ‘Chameleon’ (#4 Feb. ’17). Follow-up single ‘Go Bang’ this week jumps six spots to claim a new peak at #13.

This week’s chart also includes new peaks for G-Eazy’s ‘Him & I’ (#16), David Guetta & Afrojack’s ‘Dirty Sexy Money’ (#18), Clean Bandit’s ‘I Miss You’ (#25) and Sheppard’s ‘Coming Home’ (#28).

Debuts:

#34: Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble ‘This Is Me’ – The week’s highest debut comes from a track from this week’s #1 album, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman. ‘This Is Me’ features Keala Settle, who portrays bearded lady Lettie Lutz, in the film. Settle made her Broadway debut in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 2011 and has since appeared in productions of Les Misérables and Waitress.

#48: CamelPhat & Elderbrook ‘Cola’ – British electronic house duo CamelPhat make their ARIA top 50 debut with ‘Cola’. The track features vocals by co-writer Alexander "Elderbrook" Kotz. The track, which has charted in the top 20 in the UK, has been nominated for a Best Dance Recording at the 2018 Grammy Awards.