News 16 December 2020

Taylor Swift, The Avalanches and Cold Chisel aim for high debuts on this week’s ARIA Charts

Some big new releases as 2020 heads to its conclusion.

Taylor Swift, The Avalanches and Cold Chisel aim for high debuts on this week’s ARIA Charts

Last week, AC/DC notched up their fourth straight week at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with PWR/UP. On the Singles Chart, it was 24kGoldn’s ninth week at #1 with ‘Mood’.

Which artists could we see hitting this week’s chart?

Albums

After spending four weeks at #1 in the middle of the year with folklore (#1 Aug, ’20), Taylor Swift could hit #1 with evermore, her second surprise album for 2020.

ARIA Hall Of Fame members Cold Chisel dip into their archive again to release The Live Tapes Vol. 5: Live At The Bondi Lifesaver Feb 29, 1980.

Melbourne electronic wizards The Avalanches return with third album We Will Always Love You.

American rapper Kid Cudi could make his first solo appearance in the Top 50 since 2013 with Man On The Moon III: The Chosen.

After hitting the Top Ten with the single ‘Whats Poppin’ (#8 Jul. ’20), Jack Harlow could make his Albums Chart debut with That’s What They All Say.

This week’s Albums Chart could include moves by Delta Goodrem’s Only Santa Knows and Thelma Plum’s Better In Blak.

Singles

On the back of the release of evermore, Taylor Swift could take out entries on the Singles Chart with ‘Willow’, ‘Champagne Problems’, ‘No Body, No Crime’, ‘Gold Rush’, ‘‘Tis The Damn Season’, ‘Tolerate It’, ‘Happiness’, ‘Evermore’, ‘Dorothea’, ‘Ivy’ and ‘Long Story Short’.

Look out for moves up the Singles Chart this week by The Kid Laroi’s ‘Without You’ and Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’, among others.

Find out where your favourite artists placed when this week’s ARIA Charts are revealed at 5pm on Saturday.