Cold Chisel claims another No.1 in Australia

Cold Chisel is carving out another leader in Australia album chartas local rock legends soar to No. 1 with 50 Years – The Best.

The career retrospective is Chisel's sixth chart appearance and 18th album top 10 appearance.

Formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1973, Chisel is the original Australian rock band, both a household name and a national treasure. The band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1993 and frontman Jimmy Barnes was inducted as a solo artist in 2005.

With this latest chart topper, Barnes extends his lead as an artist with the all-time collection of ARIA No.

The result is a welcome boost for Barnes, who is recovering from another trip in the operating roomand a cause for celebration for the Australian music industry. 50 Years – The Best is the fourth consecutive ARIA Chart No.1 by an Australian act, following new releases from Lime Cordiale, Tones & I and Amy Shark.

The latest ARIA chart, published on Friday, August 23, marks the longest run for local acts at No.1 since late 2020, when Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue and AC/DC reigned for a combined six weeks, notes ARIA.

You'd have to go back almost a decade to 2015 for the last time four or more different Australian acts ruled the chart in succession. On this occasion, Parkway Drive, triple j Like A Version 11, Boy & Bear, Hillsong and 5 Seconds Of Summer did, for five weeks.

“It's a big day for chart numbers,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd. “Huge congratulations to Cold Chisel for an amazing sixth No.1 and 18th album in the top 10. They are an extremely exclusive club of artists who can rival the band's storied legacy and impact on Australian music over 50 years. Congratulations again to the band, their team and everyone who contributed to such a triumph.”

Coming in at No. 2 is Post Malone with his first collab-stacked country albumF-1 Tris.

It's Posty's seventh top 10 in Australia, after Stoney (No. 5 in 2016), Beerbongs & Bentleys (No. 1 in 2018), Bleeding Hollywood (No. 1 in 2019), Twelve carat toothache (No. 2 in 2022), Austin (No. 2 in 2022) and The Diamond Collection (No. 3 in 2023).

The top three is completed by the former leader of Billie Eilish Hit me hard Hit me softwith 2-3.

Also new to the chart is Falling In Reverse with the American rock band's fifth studio album Popular monster. It reaches No. 8, their equal best position (Just like you also reached No. 8 in 2015).

Meanwhile, Eilish's hit “Birds Of A Feather” sits at No.1 ARIA Singles Chartahead of Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (unchanged at No. 2) and Post Malone with Morgan Wallen's “I Had Some Help,” 5-3.

Finally, the top new release on the ARIA Singles Chart belongs to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, as their duet “Die With A Smile” debuts at No.10.