Beyoncé lassos the Australian chart title as Cowboy Carter debut at No. 1.
Cowboy Carter (via Columbia/Sony) gives Bey her fourth lead at ARIA diagramNEXT Beyoncé in 2013, Lemonade in 2016 and Renaissance in 2022.
According to ARIA, it's the first country album by a woman to reach No. 1 (excluding new releases of Taylor Swift's country LPs) since 2017, when homegrown artist Kasey Chambers spent a week atop the chart with dragonfly (in January) and Shania Twain Now spent a week on top (in October).
Powered by cowboy carter, Beyoncé's global hit “Texas Hold 'Em” rebounds 7-2 on the ARIA Singles Chart, equaling a top spot at No. 2. Miley Cyrus' “II Most Wanted” album is the week's highest single debut at No. 16 , and Bey's reinterpretation of the Dolly Parton standard “Jolene” reaches No. 24. Parton's original reached No. 99 in these parts in 1974, ARIA reports, while Olivia Newton-John's rendition reached No. .29 two years later, in 1976.
Beyoncé's latest LP leads a top four on the ARIA Chart, published on Friday April 5, dominated by US female solo artists: Ariana Grande's Eternal sunshine and Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor Edition) and Loverrespectively (all via Universal).
Further down the list, Australian duo the Pierce Brothers reaches No. 14 with their third studio album, Everything is bigger than me (Ditto Music). It is the Melbourne act's sixth appearance on the ARIA Chart, including a top 10 since 2015 Into The Dirt (No. 10) and of 2017 The records were ours (No. 9). Everything is bigger than me is the only Australian recording in the ARIA Top 40. The next LP from the land Down Under is the soundtrack Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story (at No. 46 via Bloodlines/UMA), the documentary about the life and career of the late Mushroom Group founder, which premieres next week on Australian TV.
Meanwhile, BTS star J-Hope (real name: Jung Ho-seok) tops the chart at No. 62 with EP Hope On The Street Vol. 1. J-Hope reached No. 13 in 2018 with The world of hope and No. 27 in 2022 with Jack in the box.
Over the ARIA Singles ChartBenson Boone's “Beautiful Things” (Warner Records) logs a fifth week at No. 1, ahead of Bey's “Texas Hold 'Em” and Djo's “End Of Beginning” (AWAL), respectively.
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