Coldplay Hold Down ARIA #1 For Another Week

British rockers Coldplay have held onto the top spot in the ARIA Albums Chart for the second consecutive week with their latest record Ghost Stories.

As predicted in midweek figures, the Chris Martin-led outfit, who recently announced another show for their upcoming Aus promo tour, held out fellow Brit, soulful singer-songwriter Sam Smith, whose first album In The Lonely Hour debuted at two. The Frozen soundtrack and Michael Jackson's Xscape stayed strong in third and fourth respectively, while Mariah Carey's uniquely titled Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse debuted at five.

Several Aussie albums experienced upward chart action this week too, including current world-beater Iggy Azalea, whose LP The New Classic pushed up from 12 into seventh. Singer-songwriter Russell Morris also enjoyed a chart rise - his record Van Diemen's Land moved from 24 to 15 while Brisbane rockers Violent Soho's Hungry Ghost did jump a few places as expected, if only slightly from 30 to 26. Folk singer Kim Churchill scored the highest local debut of the week - his album Silence/Win entered at 32.

Other debuts this week included: Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again (14); The Fault In Our Stars soundtrack (19); Cher Lloyd - Sorry I'm Late (23); KISS - KISS 40 (31); The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (34).

Over to the ARIA Singles Chart and urban-dance group Justice Crew once again scored number one through their current hit Que Sera, while chilled out German act Milky Chance stayed in second with Stolen Dance.

Mr Probz' track Waves pushed in to third (from eighth) and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Sia scored fourth place this week with her current anthem Chandelier. And Iggy Azalea has featured again in the top echelon of singles - Fancy, with Charli XCX on vocals, moved from nine to six and her collaboration with US pop starlet Ariana Grande, Problem, landed at eight.

Aus The X-Factor alum Dani Im enjoyed an impressive move up the chart via her latest single Super Love - it jumped from 25 to 16, while brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone just missed out on a top 50 debut with their new track Heart Beats Slow in at 56.

Top single debuts came this week from: Sigma - Nobody To Love (21); One Direction - You & I (23); Emeli Sande - Clown (34); Nicki Minaj - Pills N Potions (37).