Chet Faker Back On Top Of Carlton Dry Independent Music Charts

Chet Faker's recent Hottest 100 win is still having ripple effects across the industry, with the Built On Glass album-maker seeing his acclaimed full-length return to the top spot on this week's Carlton Dry Independent Music Charts.

His pole position resurgence is not the only appearance for the ubiquitous troubadour, however; Thinking In Textures jumps up three places to hit #11 this week, while his recent iTunes Session recording is back in the top 20 at #12. Celebrated rap trio the Hilltop Hoods also put in another strong effort, their Walking Under Stars slipping down a peg to #2 while The Hard Road re-enters down the list at #16.

Sia's 1000 Forms Of Fear remains a strong contender, rounding out the top three full-lengths for the week, just ahead of Vance Joy's Dream Your Life Away (#4) and Countdown (#5). The previous seven days also see re-entries for Lee Kernaghan — Big Ones Greatest Hits is back at #13 — The Kite String Tangle (Vessel EP, #18) and The Angels, whose Greatest Hits Live re-charts to close out the top 20 albums for the week.

It's a similar story in the Singles stakes, where Sia's Elastic Heart remains unmoved from its dominant position last week, though St Faker's Talk Is Cheap leaps up seven spots in the wake of his Hottest 100 win to take #2. Gold and 1998, also by Faker, earn #10 (another big leap, from #19) and #14 this week respectively. Fellow countdown high-performers Peking Duk also see a couple of tracks on the list — Take Me Over, featuring SAFIA, is at #4, while High sits at #6 in its 50th week on the ladder.

The Hilltop Hoods also put in a big effort for singles this time at bat, with Cosby Sweater (#3), The Nosebleed Sector (#17) and Won't Let You Down (#20) all making the cut. And, of course, we can't forget Vance Joy — Mess Is Mine has been on the list for 27 weeks now and is still comfortably in the top 20, at #16, while Riptide — now 50 weeks strong on the ladder — drops four places to #18.