Boards of Canada drought-busting album Inferno (via Warp/Inertia) has been warmly received in Australia, where it opens its account at No. 3 on the ARIA Chart for the week’s top debut.
That podium finish is the Scottish electronic duo’s career best position and first top 10 appearance, easily eclipsing the No. 24 peak of their last album, Tomorrow’s Harvest, released back in 2013, some 13 years ago. Inferno is this week’s best-seller on wax, taking out top spot on the ARIA Vinyl Chart.
Boards of Canada, brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin, were in a two-way joust on the midweek U.K. chart with Paul McCartney’s The Boys of Dungeon Lane (Capitol/Universal). On the latest all-genres ARIA Chart, published late Friday, June 5, McCartney’s new album bows at No. 5 on the Albums Chart. It’s one of McCartney’s 18 top 10 appearances on Australia’s albums chart, ARIA reports, two of which went all the way to No. 1: Wings’ Red Rose Speedway and Band On The Run, both in 1973. As part of the Beatles, the two-time Rock Hall-inducted legend has scooped more than a dozen ARIA No. 1 albums.
Also new to the chart is Florida rock band Shinedown, with EI8HT (Atlantic/Warner), their eighth studio collection. It’s new at No. 7.
The top new homegrown release belongs to Amber Lawrence, whose Suburban Cowgirl (ABC/Orchard) starts at No. 18. Lawrence, the reigning female artist of the year at the Country Music Awards of Australia, one of her six Golden Guitar Awards, peaked at No. 5 with her last album, 2022’s Living for the Highlights.
South Korean girl group Aespa enjoys a career best result with Lemonade (Virgin/Universal), their second studio album. It’s new at No. 24. Until now, Aespa’s best result had been No. 55 with 2022’s Girls. Further down the list, Aussie singer Chloe Parche bags a top 40 appearance her latest EP Sitting Next To Nellie (AWAL), new at No. 34, and Devin Townsend is close behind with The Moth (Century Media/Sony), new at No. 36.
At the top of the leaderboard, meanwhile, is Drake’s Iceman (Republic/Universal), which bounces 2-1 for its second non-consecutive reign.
The ARIA Singles Chart has some country flair as Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” (Sony) bags the No. 1 spot for its third non-consecutive week. “Choosin’ Texas” lifts 2-1.
The top new debut belongs to Ariana Grande with “Hate That I Made You Love Me” (Republic/Universal), arriving at No. 2. “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” the first track from her forthcoming eighth studio album, Petal, becomes Grande’s 31st top 20 single. All up, her career tally includes four ARIA No. 1 singles: “No Tears Left To Cry” (2018), “Thank U, Next” (2018), “7 Rings” (2019) and “Positions” (2020).
“Hate That I Made You Love Me” is the only debutant on the latest frame, one that features two Australian made tracks: Tame Impala’s platinum-certified “Dracula” (down 6-7 via Columbia/Sony) and G Flip’s “Bed on Fire” (up 48-33, a new peak, via AWAL).
