Taylor Swift is the queen of Christmas in Australia as 1989 (Taylor’s Model) retains the chart title for an eighth consecutive week.
With that feat, 1989 (Taylor’s Model) (by way of Common) is the longest operating No. 1 album of 2023, outpointing Swift’s personal Midnights, which led for seven non-consecutive weeks between January and July, ARIA reviews.
Swift accomplished unprecedented sweeps on the ARIA Albums Chart throughout the yr, and doubled up on each important tallies. The U.S. pop star’s gross sales and streaming motion ought to attain fever pitch in February 2024 when Swift’s The Eras Tour visits Australia for seven sold-out stadium reveals, produced by Frontier Touring.
In the meantime, Australian various rock favorites Violent Soho return to the ARIA Chart at No. 2 with Hungry Ghost (I Oh You/Common), their third album. The LP roars up the survey due to a tenth anniversary reissue, which eclipses its earlier peak of No. 6, throughout a run when Hungry Ghost logged greater than a yr within the prime 50. Violent Soho, which introduced an indefinite hiatus in 2022, has reigned over the ARIA Albums Chart twice: with 2016’s Waco and 2020’s The whole lot Is A-OK.
Finishing Australia’s albums chart podium is Swift’s Midnights, up 4-3; whereas Michael Bublé’s double-diamond licensed Christmas (Reprise/Warner) shines on the nationwide tally, up 8-4. Christmas first hit No. 1 in 2011 and logged 15 weeks on the summit, throughout six stints, ARIA reviews.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” (Atlantic/Warner) completes a sixth-straight week at No. 1, handing the Louisville rapper honors as the primary new artist in six years to reign over Australia’s chart throughout the week of Christmas.
With Harlow’s hit getting all of the love, Mariah Carey’s “All I Need For Christmas Is You” (Columbia/Sony) is denied a sixth consecutive Christmas No. 1; it’s up 3-2 on the ARIA Chart, printed Friday, Dec. 22, forward of Tate McRae’s “Grasping” (down 2-3 by way of RCA/Sony), Wham’s “Final Christmas” (up 5-4 by way of Sony) and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Round The Christmas Tree” (up 9-5 by way of Warner/Common), respectively.
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