Sia Stays Dominant Atop Australian Indie Albums Chart

Decorated Australian chanteuse Sia continues to be the premier force on the weekly Carlton Dry Independent Music Charts, claiming the top two spots on the Albums chart as well as two top-five entries in the Singles rankings.

With respect to full-lengths, Sia's new LP This Is Acting stays in place at #1, with previous effort 1000 Forms Of Fear stepping up one spot to hit #2 this week, sending The Jezabels' Synthia down to #3. They're not the only appearances from the Chandelier hitmaker, however; her Best Of... compilation is also inside the top 10, albeit down a rung at #9.

Also turning in back-to-back entries (for the second week running, too) are Sticky Fingers, whose Land Of Pleasure is consistent at #12, with Caress Your Soul falling from #11 to #13, maintaining the streak, at least. Bec & Sebastian offer up the week's only debut entry on the Albums chart with their self-titled EP, stepping out on the halfway mark, at #10, but they're flanked by a series of re-entries from Citizen Kay (With The People, back at #11), Courtney Barnett (The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas, back at #15) and Sheppard (Bombs Away, a surprise return at #17).

The Brissy-bred indie-poppers also re-enter the Singles stakes this week with breakthrough single Geronimo, seemingly back from nowhere for its 83rd week on the chart, at #20. Aside from Joel Adams, who makes his debut onto the list at #6 with Please Don't Go, it's the closest thing we see to a new face in a week largely dominated by incumbent entries; Sia's two top-five entries come at #2 (Cheap Thrills) and #4 (Alive), with additional showings at #10 (Chandelier) and #12 (Elastic Heart).

Electro-whizz Flume retains his spot at the top of the pile with Never Be Like You (ft. Kai) — he reappears at #11 with Smoke & Retribution ft. Vince Staples & Kucka, too — while The Rubens enjoy a boost to their over-performing Hoops, up two spots to #3 this week in a place-trade with Tim Minchin, whose Come Home (Cardinal Pell) drops to #5.

Finally, surprising nobody, Vance Joy puts in a noteworthy effort for another week, walking away with three spots in the top 20, for Fire & The Flood (#7, up from #11), Straight Into Your Arms (#9, down from #6) and Riptide (#15, down from #14). Marcus Marr & Chet Faker, too, put in multiple entries, with The Trouble With Us stepping up two rungs to hit #8 in its 19th week, and the pair's Work EP remaining in the list, just, at #19.