It’s Olivia Dean’s year on the ARIA Chart, as the British pop singer’s smash “Man I Need” (via Universal) enters a 21st non-consecutive week at No. 1.
Dean replaces herself at the summit, as “Man I Need” improves 2-1, leap-frogging “Rein Me In,” her duet with Sam Fender which dips 2-1.
Between them, “Man I Need” and “Rein Me” have ruled the ARIA Singles chart for 24 of the past 25 weeks, a streak that was briefly snapped when Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drop Dead” (Island/Universal) ruled for one week late last month (“Drop Dead” slips 4-7).
“Man I Need” stands alone as the second-longest reigning No. 1 in ARIA Chart history, behind only Tones And I’s “Dance Monkey,” which clocked up 24 non-consecutive weeks in 2019 and 2020. That record is beginning to look shaky.
The latest ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart, published late Friday, May 8, is notable for the absence of any new titles. The same can’t be said for the national albums tally, which features no less than seven new releases, led by Melanie C’s Sweat (Virgin Music Group/Inertia) at No. 5.
Sweat is Mel C’s ninth studio album and first to crack the ARIA top 10, besting her debut solo album from 1999, Northern Star, which peaked at No. 32. As a member of the Spice Girls, she bagged four top 10 albums, including a chart-topper in 2007 with Greatest Hits.
With that debut, Mel C (aka Sporty) is the most successful of the Spice Girls as a solo artist, ARIA reports. The next best Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger), who reached No. 22 back in 1999 with Schizophonic.
Also entering the top 10 this week is Kneecap with Fenian (Heavenly/Inertia). It’s new at No. 7, for the Irish band’s first appearance on the ARIA charts.
The latest top 50 features new arrivals from American country star Kacey Musgraves (Middle Of Nowhere at No. 17 via Interscope/Universal), Australian country artist Rachael Fahim (Who You Are at No. 22 via Island/Universal), South Australian hip-hop artist trials (Hendle at No. 24 via Island/Universal), Australian Idol runner-up Harlan Goode (The Idol Collection at No. 42 via Orchard) and The Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack (No. 50 via Interscope/Universal).
At the top of the leaderboard is Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide (Universal), which holds onto top spot for the second consecutive cycle.
