Queens of the Stone Age take the throne

Queens Of The Stone Age debut’s at #1 with their ninth studio release, “Perfecth”, on both the ARIA Albums Chart and the Vinyl Chart while Aussie singers Fanny Lumsden and Eddie Perfect score their best-ever chart results. 

Formed 30 years ago, the California rock band has landed in the top 10 with their past seven albums, reaching #1 for one week in 2013 with “…Like Clockwork” and again in 2017 also for one week with “Villains”. 

Olivia Rodrigo’s latest album, “You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love” steps back to #2, the album is currently #4 on the Vinyl Chart. Her debut, “Sour”, spent eight weeks at #1 in 2021 and her second album, “Guts”, was on top for two weeks in 2023.

Nickelback arrive at #3 on the Albums Chart and #7 on the Vinyl Chart with “Everything Under The Sun”. The legendary Canadian rock band’s 11th studio album. They have racked up 10 top 10 albums: “Silver Side Up” (peaked at #5 in 2001), “The Long Road” (#4 in 2003), “All The Right Reasons” (#2 in 2005), “Dark Horse” (#3 in 2008), “Here And Now” (#1 for one week in 2011), “The Best Of Nickelback Volume 1” (#6 in 2013), “No Fixed Address” (#3 in 2014), “Feed The Machine” (#3 in 2017) and “Get Rollin’” (#3 in 2022).

Eddie Perfect’s “Beetlejuice (Live At The Regent Theatre Melbourne)” arrives at #5 (and #1 on the Australian Albums Chart, #2 on the Vinyl Chart), giving the Australian actor-singer-comedian-writer his first-ever top 50 result. Last year he played the title role in “Beetlejuice The Musical”.

Australian country singer and two-time ARIA Award winner Fanny Lumsden scores her best ARIA Albums Chart result as “Traditions” debuts at #6, #2 on the Australian Albums Chart, and #10 on the Vinyl Chart. It’s her fifth studio album and fourth chart appearance: she reached #23 in 2017 with “Real Class Act”, #10 in 2020 with “Fallow” and #10 in 2023 with “Hey Dawn”.

Melbourne-born Gretta Ray’s third album, “Heartsong”, is new at #11; it also lands at #3 on the Australian Albums Chart and #8 on the Vinyl Chart. Her debut, “Begin To Love Around”, peaked at #13 in 2021 and “Positive Spin” reached #17 in 2023. 

5 Seconds of Summer’s 2025 album, “Everyone’s a Star!”, jumps from #57 to #21 this week. The pop-rock band’s sixth studio album debuted at #1 on its year of release. This week it took the #4 spot on the Australian Albums Chart and #24 on the Vinyl Chart. 

American singer Dominic Fike’s third album, “How To Quit Smoking”, debuts at #22. He got to #34 in 2020 with “What Could Possibly Go Wrong” and #25 in 2023 with “Sunburn”.

The release of Ninajirachi’s “I Love My Computer” on vinyl sends it back up the chart from #63 to #30; it peaked at #12 last year. She won three ARIA Awards last year, including Best Solo Artist and Best Independent Release and goes into this year’s awards on 18 November with five nominations. The award-winning album takes the #5 spot on the Australian Albums Chart and #11 on the Vinyl Chart. 

Moog, one of the Australian creators of the Mighty Car Mods YouTube channel, is new at #40 on the ARIA Albums Chart and #7 on the Australian Albums Chart with “Shift”. The vinyl album reached #9 on the Vinyl Chart and includes songs from the channel, which was launched by Moog and his friend Marty in 2007 and now has almost four million subscribers.

On the ARIA Singles Chart, Tate McRae makes it three weeks in a row at #1 with “Housewife”. Her former top 10 hit “Sports Car” lifts from #36 to #28 this week.

Tame Impala’s “Dracula” moves back up the chart, rising from #20 to #13. It peaked at #4 earlier this year. It’s been #1 on the Australian Singles Chart for 42 non-consecutive weeks. The record for the most weeks at the top of the Australian Singles Chart is held by Vance Joy’s 2013 track “Riptide”, which ruled for 61 weeks.

Halloween sends Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” back to #1 on the On Replay Albums Chart, while the title track re-enters the On Replay Singles Chart at #8. The Killers’ “Mr Brightside” is #1 again this week on the latter.