INXS First Ever Australian Act To Hold Top 2 Albums On Chart

Australian rock icons INXS have held onto the number one spot, and gained the number two position as well, in the ARIA Albums Chart this week following the finale of their TV miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart.

Their best of The Very Best retains its top spot while their album Kick rises to second. Kick first charted in 1987 when it debuted at #2 and then spent another few weeks at #2 in 1988, never quite cracking the top spot. It would have been quite remarkable to see the record soar to #1 26 years later, but they've kept themselves out of that record – and by some way. There is a significant difference in sales between the top two spots.

They do rack up one record this week though, they are the first Australian act to ever have the first two albums on the ARIA Albums Chart and the first act to do so since Michael Jackson's death in 2009. They also held at 17 with Live At Wembley while The Swing climbed further from 43 to 25, Shabooh Shoobah moved up from 41 to 33 and Listen Like Thieves re-entered the top 50 at 36.

In the Singles Chart, INXS' Never Tear Us Apart reached its highest ever chart position in Australia. It originally peaked at 14 in September 1988 but this week climbed from 16 to 11. Need You Tonight also continued to climb, this week moving from 33 to 28.

As predicted, the highest debut this week was I Killed The Prom Queen's Beloved debuting at six, their highest ever position on the album chart, while Chvrches' The Bones Of What You Believe jumped from 45 to 16. On tour Dolly Parton has two albums in the top 21, with new album Blue Smoke at seven and The Very Best Of Dolly Parton jumping 17 spots to 21.

Other debuts came from Eric Church with The Outsiders at 23, †††'s ††† (Crosses) at 43, Issues' Issues at 50, Paul Rodgers' The Royal Sessions at 92, The Lion King's Original Broadway Cast at 97 and Katy B's Little Red at 100.

In the ARIA Singles Chart Pharrell has indeed kept the top spot with Happy, while Lily Allen's Air Balloon debuts at 15, Will Sparks' Catch at 22 and Peking Duk's High at 40.

Chet Faker's album single Talk Is Cheap jumped from 82 to 34 in its second week.