Olivia Dean nabs her first chart double in Australia, as “Man I Need” retains top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart and its parent The Art Of Loving (via Universal) returns to the top of the albums tally.
“Man I Need” leads the national survey for a fourth consecutive week, while, after nine weeks, her sophomore collection The Art Of Loving returns to the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart, up 2-1.
Dean’s performance of “Man I Need” at the 2025 ARIA Awards last month helped fuel the English singer’s hot chart run, and a fuller set the following evening at Sydney’s Fleet Steps left fans wanting more.
They’ll get what they want. Dean returns next October for the The Art of Loving tour, an east coast arena jaunt produced by Handsome Tours and Laneway Presents.
“Man I Need” leads three Dean cuts in the top 10, ahead of “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” (at No. 6), and “Nice To Each Other” (No. 8), both unmoved week-on-week.
Christmas is just around the corner, and Kylie Minogue is helping Aussies slip into the festive mood with Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) (Warner Music), which drops in at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The 10th anniversary edition of Kylie Christmas features four newly-minted tracks, including “Hot In December,” “This Time Of Year,” “Office Party” and “XMAS,” an Amazon Music Original.
The Princess of Pop is a superstar in her homeland, with 21 top 10 albums, including nine leaders, to go with 17 ARIA Awards. In 2011, Kylie was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame by former prime minister Julia Gillard, and she’s recognized as the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time.
Christmas means summer in Australia. And summer means touring. Australians have no shortage of options on the live circuit right now, as Lady Gaga, AC/DC, Lewis Capaldi, Kendrick Lamar, sombr and others travel through.
Gaga’s ongoing stadium tour, her first visit to these parts in 11 years, sends her latest album, Mayhem (Interscope/Universal), up 17-5. Mayhem logged one week at the top of the leaderboard in March this year, for her fifth No. 1.
Meanwhile, Lamar’s GNX (Interscope/Universal) improves 21-7, and leads the ARIA Vinyl Chart. GNX topped the all-genres albums chart for one week in December 2024 and returned to the summit for a second non-consecutive week in February this year.
Two live recordings crash the top 40 on the latest chart, published Friday, Dec. 12. Olivia Rodrigo’s Live From Glastonbury (A BBC Recording) (Interscope/Universal) debuts at No. 11, and just misses out on giving the U.S. pop phenom her third top 10 album following Sour (2021) and Guts (2023), both of which hit No. 1.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bow at No. 22 with Live God (PIAS/Inertia), recorded during the alternative rock legends’ 2024 European tour. Cave has collected seven ARIA Awards, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007 and has two No. 1 albums with the Bad Seeds (Push The Sky Away in 2013 and Skeleton Tree in 2016).
Sydney producer, DJ and singer Alison Wonderland’s Ghost World (EMI) opens its account at No. 42.
No new releases impact the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart, and just one homegrown recording appears on the current frame, Tame Impala’s “Dracula” (Columbia/Sony), down 33-40. Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker opened for Justice’s arena tour, which wrapped last Sunday, Dec. 7 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, and he joined the French electronic act on stage each night for a performance of their Grammy Award-winning number “Neverender.”
