Triple J Score Top Ten Chart Debut With Charity Christmas Single

After a massive campaign in the latter part of this week, triple j have managed to crack the top ten on the ARIA singles chart with their charity Christmas song Christmas Number One.

The song, which is being sold on iTunes with all proceeds going to the Red Cross, was floundering midweek, but a major promotional push from the youth network has seen it soar into ninth position, making it the highest debut on this week's singles chart. It did one better on the digital chart, debuting at number eight.

Pharrell Williams continues his monumental 2013 by debuting one spot lower than triple j, his Happy track hitting tenth spot in its first week on the charts. It's Williams first solo hit since Angel in '06 - lifted from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, it's his third appearance in the top 10 this year, following two number one hits as a featured guest on Daft Punk's Get Lucky and Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. Much-loved frequent visitors Rudimental are the only other act to enter the chart for the first time this week, their song Free, which features Emeli Sande and Nas, debuts at 26 this week.

Looking outside of the top 40, Bliss N Eso entered at 74 with My Life, Canberra's The Aston Shuffle managed 81st position with Tear It Down and the much hyped Tkay Maidza finally hits the charts with Brontosaurus (featuring Bad Cop) following its official release through Create/Control.

In its 23rd week on the ARIA album charts, Michael Buble's Christmas returns to the number one position this week for its tenth week on top of the charts over the past three years. It's the first time an album has topped the ARIA Albums chart in three consecutive years. Buble pushes reality TV star Taylor Henderson into second spot and One Direction's Midnight Memories into third, while Human Nature's The Christmas Album scoots up one spot to number four.

The only debuts on the album charts this week come from 14-year-old X-Factor contestant Jai Waetford, whose self-titled EP is at 21 and indie-hip hop sensation/Community star Childish Gambino whose Because The Internet record sneaks into the chart in 37th position in its first week on the charts (it debuts at ten in the Digital Albums chart, the week's highest new entry) - Gambino's last album Camp peaked at 99. Looking a little further down the charts, Gurrumul Yunupingu and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's His Life & Music entered at 48 in its first week.

The biggest drop of the week in the top 40 comes from A Day To Remember, who weren't able to maintain the strong figures that had their Common Courtesy LP in 13th spot in its first week; it has dropped all the way back to 38th position this week.