New year, same chart queen

Olivia Deans kicks off 2026 at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for the fifth non-consecutive week with The Art Of Loving, while Man I Need tops the ARIA Singles Chart for the seventh week. 

Man I Need is now the longest running #1 single by a solo female artist since Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste topped the chart for eight weeks in 2024 and the longest running #1 by a female English artist since Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running Up That Hill ruled for nine weeks in 2022. Olivia is also at #7 with So Easy (To Fall In Love) and #9 with Nice To Each Other. 

The entire top 10 consists of former #1 albums, with Taylor Swift taking two spots (The Life Of A Showgirl at #2 and The Tortured Poets Department at #7) and Sabrina Carpenter also appearing twice (Man’s Best Friend at #4 and Short N’ Sweet at #5).

$uicideBoy$ have the highest debut, with Thy Will Be Done arriving at #32. It’s the US hip-hop duo’s sixth studio album: their best performer here was New World Depression, which reached #6 in 2024. 

SZA takes out 2026’s first On Replay Album #1 with 2022’s SOS, up from #6 last week, while Zara Larsson’s Lush Life jumps 26 spots from #27 to the top of the On Replay Singles Chart.