Festival Run Sees London Grammar Surge Into ARIA Albums Top 5

11 January 2014 | 7:00 pm | Staff Writer

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On the back of several festival appearances and a few headline shows, British indie trio London Grammar have surged back into the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Their debut album If You Wait bumped up to fourth position, all the way from last week's 34th placing, on the back of the band's slots at Falls, Field Day and Southbound, plus their Sydney and Melbourne dates. It was a stronger bump than that predicted in the midweek figures.

Beyoncé maintained first position for another week with her self-titled, surprise album, while pop singer Katy Perry kept hold of her second spot with her latest record Prism. 2013 star Lorde held onto third with her debut Pure Heroine.

Fellow Aus tourist, Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow saw his new album Post Tropical debut at 25 and The Secert Life Of Walter Mitty soundtrack also entered in the chart for the first time at 34.

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There were a few re-entries in the mix this week too. Future Music Festival-bound Rudimental and their LP Home moved back into 35, while Aussie legends Cold Chisel had their compilation The Live Tapes Vol 1: Hordern Pavilion, April 18th, 2012 re-enter at 38. Fellow Australian Russell Morris rounds out the top 40 with his 2013 release Sharkmouth.

In the ARIA Singles Chart, Pharrell's Happy was again the number one song of the week, while Jason DeRulo's Trumpets also held onto second. Reggae pop outfit Magic! came in at third once again with Rude and John Legend's love anthem All Of Me ranked fourth for another week also.

Rudimental had another push this week, in the shape of their song Free with Emeli Sande and Nas, while Aussie DJ - and Avicii support act - Joel Fletcher had the sixth biggest single of the week with Swing featuring Savage. London Grammar's track Strong also pushed up from 22 to 11. Bliss N Eso's My Life (featuring Ceekay Jones) crashed the top 50, moving from 64 to 46.

Debuts this week came from Tiesto's Red Lights (29), James Blunt's Heart To Heart (31), Demi Lovato's Let It Go (36) and Indina Menzel's Let It Go (38). Lovato and Menzel's different versions of the Frozen soundtrack song are joined lower in the top 100 by two more tracks from the Disney animated film: star voice actor Kristen Bell lands at 66 with Do You Want To Build A Snowman? and Bell joins Menzel at 86 with For The First Time In Forever.