Chart highlights at a glance
- Queens of the Stone Age opens at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with Perfecth, which also tops the vinyl chart.
- Nickelback debuts at No. 3 with Everything Under The Sun, extending the band’s total to 10 ARIA top 10 albums.
- Australian releases from Eddie Perfect and Fanny Lumsden open at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.
- ARIA Singles Chart leader Tate McRae remains at No. 1 for a third consecutive week with “Housewife.”
Queens of the Stone Age (via Matador/Remote Control) make a No. 1 debut on the ARIA Albums Chart with Perfecth, giving the U.S. rock act the top spot.
QOTSA leads the latest chart with Perfecth, its ninth studio album. It is the band’s seventh top 10 appearance and its third No. 1, following 2013’s …Like Clockwork and 2017’s Villains. Perfecth is also the week’s best-selling vinyl release, reaching No. 1 on ARIA’s Vinyl Chart.
Nickelback enters the chart at No. 3 with Everything Under The Sun (Virgin Music Group/Inertia), the band’s 11th studio album. Nickelback now has 10 ARIA top 10 albums, including the 2011 best-seller Here And Now, which spent one week at No. 1.
Australian actor, singer and comedian Eddie Perfect earns a career-best result with Beetlejuice (Live At The Regent Theatre Melbourne), which opens at No. 5 on the latest chart, published Friday, Nov. 6. It is Perfect’s first appearance in the ARIA top 50; he reprised the title role in the Australian production of Beetlejuice The Musical the previous year.
Australian country artist Fanny Lumsden debuts at No. 6 on the ARIA Chart with her new album Traditions. The entry is Lumsden’s third consecutive top 10 appearance and a new career high. Traditions is her fifth studio album, and Lumsden is a two-time ARIA Award winner.
Gretta Ray reaches a career high with Heartsong (EMI), the Melbourne-born singer-songwriter’s third studio album. The release debuts at No. 11, surpassing the peak of her 2021 debut, Begin To Love Around, and the No. 17 peak of 2023’s Positive Spin. Ray returned to the chart after a five-week hospital stay in 2024 following a severe illness: infective endocarditis, a rare, life-threatening disease that can damage the heart.
U.S. singer Dominic Fike also enters the chart with his third album, How To Quit Smoking (Columbia/Sony), at No. 22. That debut surpasses the No. 34 peak of his 2020 collection What Could Possibly Go Wrong and the No. 25 peak of 2023’s Sunburn.
Moog, one of the Australian creators of the Mighty Car Mods YouTube channel, enters the top 40 with Shift at No. 40. The automotive series was launched by Marty and Moog and has almost 4 million subscribers on YouTube.
On the ARIA Singles Chart, Tate McRae holds No. 1 for a third consecutive week with “Housewife.” Tame Impala’s “Dracula” (Columbia/Sony) rises from No. 20 to No. 13 after Halloween.
What were the biggest new entries on the ARIA Albums Chart?
Queens of the Stone Age debuted at No. 1 with Perfecth, while Nickelback opened at No. 3 with Everything Under The Sun. Eddie Perfect and Fanny Lumsden entered at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.
The chart’s highest new entry was Perfecth at No. 1.
Which artists reached career highs on the chart?
Eddie Perfect, Fanny Lumsden and Gretta Ray each scored a career-best chart result with their latest releases. Their albums reached No. 5, No. 6 and No. 11, respectively.
Career highs on this chart came from three artists with new album entries.
Who leads the ARIA Singles Chart?
Tate McRae remains at No. 1 for a third consecutive week with “Housewife.” Tame Impala’s “Dracula” climbed from No. 20 to No. 13.
“Housewife” by Tate McRae leads the ARIA Singles Chart.
