Delta Goodrem Stops Blink-182's Comeback Album Hitting #1 On ARIA Chart

Pop queen Delta Goodrem has claimed the throne on the ARIA Albums Chart this week with her fifth record Wings Of The Wild picking up #1, blocking yet another #1 debut for pop punk icons Blink-182, who came in at #2 with their newest, California.

California's respectable #2 debut matches the band's last album Neighbourhoods and 2001's Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, both of which stopped just shy of #1.

Boy band In Stereo came in at #3 with The Speed Of Sound with Christine & The Queens rounding out the top ten debuts with their self-titled at #8.

Other debuts this week include Christian group Hillsong United's Of Dirt And Grace — Live From The Land coming in at #12, Diesel's Americana at #15, Josh Pyke & Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Live At The Sydney Opera House at #27, Eric Clapton's live Crossroads Revisited: Selections From The Crossroads Guitar Festivals at #30, Brisbane soul singer Grace with FMA at #32 (also debuting at #42 on the UK Albums Chart), Bat For Lashes with The Bride at #40, Maxwell's Blacksummers'night at #49 and Snoop Dogg's Coolaid at #51.

After that there's a colossal drop-offs for debuts, with young up-and-comer E^ST sneaking in at #96 with her new EP, Get Money!. 

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, the week's highest debut was Fergie's MILF$ at #26, with the highest local debut at #80 with SAFIA's Over You. On the UK Singles Chart, Melbourne band Cookin' On 3 Burners with Kungs remains at #2 with This Girl, Drake refusing to budge from the #1 spot with One Dance. Meanwhile on the US's Billboard 200, NZ act Broods has debuted at #52 with Conscious.