Amy Shark makes it three consecutive No. 1s in Australia with Sunday Sorrow (Sony).
The Gold Coast-bred singer-songwriter cruises to the top of the ARIA Chart, published on Friday, August 16 with Sunday Sorrowher fourth studio effort.
Her debut album in 2012, It's a happy cityreleased under the name Amy Cushway, did not chart, ARIA notes. As Amy Shark, she roared to No. 1 for a week in 2018 with Monster of loveand led the search in 2021 for two weeks with Cry forever.
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“Words can't explain how much this No. 1 means to me,” he comments. “Sunday Sorrow it's been three years in the making and I'm so glad you all love it as much as I do. Today is a day I will never forget.”
Sunday Sorrow completes a trilogy of No.1s for domestic acts on the national chart (following records from Lime Cordiale and Tones & I), burying a 10-month dry spell.
It is also one of four Australian albums to debut in the top 20, for “Australian music's most successful week of 2024”, ARIA claims.
“Huge congratulations to Amy, her team and her incredibly dedicated fans on a third No.1 album and a career that continues to reach new heights,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd.
“Amy topping the chart marks three Australian weeks at No.1, plus four domestic debuts in the top 15 is an incredible result that our entire industry should be proud of. What a week for Ausmusic.”
These domestic hits include Grinspoon's eighth studio album, Whatever it is (Universal), new at No. 3; The 26th studio album by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Flight b741 (VMG/UMA), new at No. 8; and First Nations hip-hop collective 3%, new at No. 12.
Meanwhile, Filipino-British singer-songwriter Beabadoobee reaches her first top 10 in Australia with This is how tomorrow moves (Dirty Hit/Universal), new at No. 6. That beats No. 19 for its 2022 release Beatopia. Finally, DICE rolls in at No. 27 with Midnight Zoo (VMG/UMA), the debut album from the Perth, Australia quartet.
On the ARIA Singles Chart, Billie Eilish earns her third solo No. 1 as “Birds Of A Feather” soars, 2-1. Eilish replaces herself at the top as her guest appearance on Charli XCX's “Guess” sinks 1-3.
Eilish previously ruled the chart for two weeks in 2019 with “Bad Guy” and three weeks with 2023's “What Was I Made For.” Eilish's third and final studio LP, Hit hard and soft (Interscope/Universal), holds at No. 2.
Finally, as Marvel Deadpool & Wolverine divides the global box-office, one of the songs from its Top 40 soundtrack strengths: NSYNC's “Bye Bye Bye” (Jive/Sony). Released in 2000, the song initially spent five weeks at No. 1. Thanks to its timing with the superhero smash's bloody opening scene, “Bye Bye Bye” returns to the chart at No. 20.
