ARIA Charts: The Travis train finally arrives at Utopia - stopping at platform #1

Travis Scott is back in a big way this week as Utopia takes the #1 position on the ARIA Albums Chart, while the Singles Chart has a new #1 with Billie Eilish.

After the half-decade wait, Utopia is Scott’s second #1 album here after Astroworld hit the top spot in 2018. The highly-anticipated album includes guest vocals from Beyonce, Playboy Carti, 21 Savage, Future, SZA, Sampha, Bon Iver and more; while the producers include James Blake, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Metro Boomin.

An enormous 18 tracks from the 19-track album debut on the singles chart this week, led by Meltdown at #6, featuring Drake whose verse on the track showed no mercy. 

Following at #2 is the debut of Austin by Post Malone, his fifth studio album and the first to not feature any guest appearances. He went to #1 here in 2018 with Beerbongs & Bentleys and again in 2019 with Hollywood’s Bleeding. Austin also sees Posty return to #17 with The Diamond Collection, which peaked at #14 earlier this year.

On the Singles Chart, the Barbie-effect continues as Billie Eilish climbs from #2 to #1 with What Was I Made For?, marking the first single from the Barbie soundtrack to reach #1. It’s her second chart-topper here and 15th top 10: Bad Guy spent two weeks at #1 in 2019.

Two other songs from Barbie are in the top five: Barbie World by Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Aqua holds at #3, while Dua Lipa’s Dance The Night steps up from #6 to #4.

The late Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U also returns to the chart at #62; it hit #1 in 1990 for eight weeks and was the best-selling single of the year. It was her only top 10 hit in Australia, apart from appearing on Band Aid 30’s remake of Do They Know It’s Christmas, which reached #3 in 2014.

2023 ARIA Chart Toppers

Singles
January 2 Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You
January 9 Sam Smith & Kim Petras Unholy
January 16 SZA Kill Bill
January 23 Miley Cyrus Flowers
January 30 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 6 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 13 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 20 Miley Cyrus Flowers
February 27 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 6 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 13 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 20 Miley Cyrus Flowers
March 27 Miley Cyrus Flowers
April 3 Miley Cyrus Flowers
April 10 Miley Cyrus Flowers
April 17 Morgan Wallen Last Night
April 24 Morgan Wallen Last Night
May 1 Morgan Wallen Last Night
May 8 Morgan Wallen Last Night
May 15 Morgan Wallen Last Night
May 29 Morgan Wallen Last Night
June 5 Morgan Wallen Last Night
June 12 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
June 19 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
June 26 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
July 3 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
July 10 Olivia Rodrigo Vampire
July 17 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
July 24 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
July 31 Central Cee & Dave Sprinter
August 7 Billie Eilish What Was I Made For?

Albums
January 2 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 9 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 16 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 23 Taylor Swift Midnights
January 30 SZA SOS
February 6 Sam Smith Gloria
February 13 Taylor Swift Midnights
February 20 Paramore This Is Why
February 27 P!nk Trustfall
March 6 Harry Styles Harry’s House
March 13 Harry Styles Harry’s House
March 20 Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation
March 27 Morgan Wallen One Day At A Time
April 3 Lana Del Ray Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
April 10 Melanie Martinez Portals
April 17 Cub Sport Jesus At The Gay Bar
April 24 Metallica 72 Reasons
May 1 Morgan Wallen One Thing At A Time
May 8 Peach PRC Manic Dream Pixie
May 15 Ed Sheeran –
May 29 Lewis Capaldi Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent
June 5 Taylor Swift Midnights
June 12 Foo Fighters But Here We Are 
June 19 Niall Horan The Show
June 26 The Teskey Brothers The Winding Way
July 3 Kerser A Gift & A Kers
July 10 Taylor Swift Midnights
July 17 Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
July 24 Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
July 31 Barbie The Album
August 7 Travis Scott Utopia

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