Noah Kahan reaches first No.1 in Australia with 'Stick Season'

As the calendar turns to February, Australia is in wand season.

Noah Kahan earns his first Australian No. 1 single as 'Stick Season' (via Universal) climbs 2-1 on ARIA chartpublished on Friday, February 2nd. “Stick Season” gets there in its 15th week on the tally.

Last month, Kahan completed his tour we will all be here foreverwhich included dates in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth — his first trip to Australia since 2019. According to Universal Music Australia representatives, Kahan played to more than 50,000 people on the tour, produced by Live Nation, and made his television debut on Channel 7's free-to-air breakfast Sunrisefor a studio performance of the hit single.

Kahan has even more. Next Friday, February 9, the Season Stick (Forever)the “final pieces” of its launch strategy, says a UMG spokesperson, following its launch Stick Season album in 2022 and, in late July 2023, Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever).

It's the middle of summer in Australia, another heatwave where heatwaves or thunderstorms are predicted for every day. The warmer months here never go by without an edition of Triple J's Hottest 100 poll, which counted down last week and saw Doja Cat's 'Paint The Town Red' (RCA/Sony) crowned winner.

A number of Hottest 100 entries enjoy bumps on the ARIA Chart, led by “Paint The Town Red,” up 10-6.

Also, Aussie EDM producer Dom Dolla's flashes the cash with “Saving Up” (Sony), which vaults 44-11 on the ARIA Chart. “Saving Up” came in at No. 3 on triple j's poll, which garnered 2,355,870 votes. This result is easily Dom's highest charting single in Australia, eclipsing the No.32 best for “Rhyme Dust”. After crashing to No. 4 on the Hottest 100 poll, “Rhyme Dust” re-enters the ARIA Chart this week at No. 41.

G Flip had a record-breaking result, with seven of their songs appearing on the Hottest 100. Less than a week later, G Flip's former No. 1 LP Drummer (Future Classic/Universal) returns at No. 42.

There is no animated Taylor Swift from his top ARIA Albums Chartlike Taylor's 1989 (Taylor Edition) (via Universal) holds at No. 1 for a 13th straight week. If it logs another week at No. 1, at the latest Taylor edition he would tie me up Midnight as her longest-running album in Australia, with 14 weeks.

According to ARIA, Swift racks up 55 total weeks at No. 1 across 12 albums, starting with Speak now in 2010.

The album's top debut is Smile's Wall of Eyes (XL/Inertia), new at No.7. It's the second album from Radiohead's side project, following 2022 A light to attract attentionwhich reached No. 15 on the ARIA Chart.