It's been a long, sweet southern summer for Taylor Swift as the US pop superstar dominates the Australian album chart and sleep hit her “Cruel Summer” rises to No. 1 for the first time.
Newly crowned IFPI Global Recording Artist, earning accolades for a record fourth time, Swift is sweeping the ARIA charts like no artist before her.
For the third time in her career, Swift occupies the entire top 5 of the ARIA Albums charts, a feat no other artist has achieved once (Michael Jackson came closest when he posthumously took the top 3 in 2009). .
In the latest tally, published on Friday, February 23, Swift rules with Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version), Lover, folk (all through Universal), and reputation (Big Machine/Universal), respectively. Midnight becoming her longest reigning No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, with 15 non-consecutive weeks.
In total, TayTay has seven of the top 10, breaking the record for most titles by an artist in the top 10, surpassing her old mark of six.
When Swift was confirmed by the IFPI on Thursday (February 22) as the world's best-selling female artist of 2023, the trade body pointed to the “phenomenon” by which her record-breaking The Eras tour increases engagement across its entire catalog on streaming platforms worldwide.
Lover The track 'Cruel Summer' is IFPI's case study, a song that “was originally released in 2019 but topped the charts around the world four years later.”
It's a good point, well made. Last week, Swift completed a three-night stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and tonight she enters her final stretch The Eras tour of Australia, production tour the borderwith the first of her four consecutive nights at Sydney's Accord Stadium.
Those dates at the MCG totaled more than 288,000 – the most tickets sold by an artist at the towering venue, according to Universal Music Australia.
Too much Taylor Swift isn't enough for her Swifties, as “Cruel Summer” climbs 4-1 to top the ARIA Singles Chart, her 11th leader. This puts her in a tie with Madonna as the artist with the third most No.1 singles in Australia, behind The Beatles (26) and Elvis Presley (14), respectively.
It's Swift's seventh ARIA Chart double, extending her own record.
Also notable on the latest ARIA Singles Chart is the track of Beyonce's country-based “Texas Hold 'Em” (Columbia/Sony). A US record, Bey's new hit flies 38-3 for her 16th solo or duet top 10 appearance in Australia.
Also, Dua Lipa bows at No.12 on the ARIA Chart with “Training Season” (Warner Records), off the British pop artist's upcoming third album.
The top debut on the ARIA Albums Chart belongs to Sydney indie duo Royel Otis with Pratts & Pain (Ourness), new at No. 10. This is a new career-best for pair Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic, after peaking at No. 43 for the 2023 EP Kings of couches. Nominated for the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2023 ARIAs, Royel Otis is currently touring Australia in support of the new LP.
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