Lorde Means Business In US Chart Hold

25 October 2013 | 1:55 pm | Staff Writer

Havana Brown up to two in US dance charts

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New Zealand teenager Lorde is telling the US market she's here to stay while Australian DJ Havana Brown is up to two in the US dance charts this week.

With yet another week at the top of the Billboard Singles chart, Lorde's breakout single Royals is at #1 on the Hot 100 and has now spent 16 weeks in the chart. The tracks also tops the Pop Songs, Hot Rock Songs, On-Demand Songs, Radio Songs, Rock Digital and the Rock Streaming charts.

Her album Pure Heroine is still in the album top ten as well, down to seven this week after debuting at three, three weeks ago. Her The Love Club EP is at 106, down from 69.

Seattle's The Head & The Heart, distributed locally by Inertia, have scored a good result for themselves, debuting at ten with Let's Be Still. The album was the last ever feature album for Dig Music under the ABC banner (it's now controlled by triple j) and scored the position in a tough week of debuts – Pearl Jam went to number one with Lightning Bolt, Paul McCartney to three with New and The Avett Brothers to five with Magpie & The Dandelion.

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Further down Keith Urban's chart-topping Fuse is at 42, down from 30, while Passenger's All The Little Lights continues its slow climb, hitting a new peak at 96 in its 12th week. The UK singer/songwriter is also signed to Inertia and has solid ties with Australia.

Megachurch Hillsong Young & Free's We Are Young & Free dropped to 165 this week from 89 last week.

HAVANA BROWN CLIMBS TO #2

Australian DJ Havana Brown is up to two in the Dance/Club Play chart with Flashing Lights, only behind Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams' Lose Yourself To Dance. Empire Of The Sun jump seven spots to by 17 with DNA while Iggy Azalea's Work appears to have peaked in the same chart, it's down to 20 this week having previously hit a high of five.

In the Dance/Electronic Songs chart Brown's Flashing Lights has cracked the top 25 and sits at 24 this week after seven weeks or charting. Again, Empire Of The Sun's DNA is not far behind, up five positions to 28.