Gang Of Youths' 'The Positions' Makes Top-Five ARIA Charts Debut

Stalwart Sydneysiders Gang Of Youths have made good on midweek potential and then some, achieving the highest new entry across both the ARIA Charts this week after their debut studio full-length, The Positions, made its first appearance on the Albums ladder at #5.

Gang Of Youths lead a pack of close-together new entrants, with Alabama Shakes' Sound & Color not far off the local lads, coming in at #6, while Stan Walker's Truth & Soul nips at both their heels, earning #7 on debut. The next crop of newbies comes a little further down the list, led by Dallas Frasca (Love Army, #29) and Passion Pit (Kindred, #30), with Nana Mouskouri (Happy Birthday Tour, #41), Patrizio Buanne (Viva La Dolce Vita, #44) and Dr Hook (Timeless, #50) rounding out the contingent of this week's notable full-length debutantes.

Even the strongest of the fresh faces couldn't quite crack the Albums-chart top four, however, which are led by Grammy winner Sam Smith and In The Lonely Hour, which steps back up from #5 last week to pole position now, knocking off last week's top-placeholder Lee Kernaghan, whose Spirit Of The Anzacs drops to #2. The Furious 7 soundtrack and Ed Sheeran's X remain unmoved at #3 and #4. Last week's silver medallist, The Wombats' Glitterbug, falls out of the top five to the next major bracket checkpoint, dropping eight spots to #10 for its second week on the charts.

David Guetta, with help from Nicki Minaj and Afrojack, takes the top debut placing on this week's Singles Chart, with Hey Mama stepping out just inside the top 30, at #27. Nearly 15 songs separate Guetta and his nearest new entrant, as Kygo (featuring Conrad) eases in at #42 with Firestone, just a few spots higher than third-best Singles debut Nobody Love, by Tori Kelly (#45).

Despite the middle-pack debuts, there is still plenty of interesting activity throughout the Singles ladder this week: it's a busy one for re-entries (Paloma Faith re-enters at #48 with Only Love Can Hurt Like This; Sam Smith back at #38 and #50 with Stay With Me and I'm Not The Only One) and strong movement  alike — Walk The Moon leap up 12 places with Shut Up & Dance (#5, from #17); Charlie Puth rises 11 spots to #14 with Marvin Gaye, featuring Meghan Trainor; Hold My Hand, by Jess Glynne, is also up by 11 places, hitting #16 this week; Rachel Platten's Fight Song makes a seven-spot leap to #25; and James Bay makes a healthy eight-place jump up to #26 with Let It Go.

The top two, however — respectively, Wiz Khalifa's See You Again, featuring Charlie Puth, and Major Lazer's Lean On, featuring M and DJ Snake — remain unmoved, though this week's bronze-getter, Wasn't Expecting That by Jamie Lawson, does a solid job of fighting its way to #3 up from #7 last week. Jason Derulo's Want To Want Me, meanwhile, holds strong at #4.