Passenger Storms To #2 On ARIA Chart

25 March 2013 | 9:52 am | Scott Fitzsimons

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English singer/songwriter Passenger has stormed to number two on the ARIA Singles Chart this week, with his track Let Her Go bulleting in its second week in the top 50.

A regular Australian visitor, the track recently shot to number one in Germany and Australian listeners have been following that momentum, promoting it from last week's debut of 23. The track originally charted nearly 12 months ago exactly, when it managed to dip its toes at position 90. It was beaten to the top spot by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton's Can't Hold Us, as was predicted in midweek figures.

Pink featuring Nate Ruess' Just Give Me A Reason, Mtko's Thank You and Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko's Stay rounded out the top five.

Justin Timberlake managed enough scans to give him the number one album this week, with The 20/20 Experience accredited gold (35,000 sales) in its first week. Birds Of Tokyo's March Fires slips to fifth as Bon Jovi's What About Now is bumped to second.

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Timberlake's comeback was the only real debut of note at the top of the charts, although Laura Mvula's Sing To The Moon managed 33 and Bob Evans' Familiar Stranger landed at 34.

Bruce Springsteen's acclaimed national tour has pushed new compilation Collection: 1973-2012 up to eight and latest album Wrecking Ball back into the top 50 at 16.