Believe It Or Not, The 'Suicide Squad' Soundtrack Just Beat Bernard Fanning To #1

Though newly-released Hollywood blockbuster Suicide Squad has been thrown from pillar to post by critics, the film has blown up the box office and it appears the music featured in it is also making a huge impact on audiences as the official soundtrack has taken out the #1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart this week. 

The soundtrack, which includes tracks from Eminem, Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco and Australia's own Grace, to name a few, has beaten Aussie heavyweight Bernard Fanning to top spot, whose third solo album Civil Dusk has debuted at #2. 

The placing comes on the back of the Powderfinger's last two offerings, 2005's Tea & Sympathy and 2013's Departures, which both peaked at #1.

The Suicide Squad and Fanning albums push previous chart topper Human Nature down to #3, while Sydney songwriter Montaigne's debut LP Glorious Heights has impressively blasted on the chart to land at #4.

Meanwhile, US Christian rock outfit Skillet have made their first ever appearance in the ARIA top 50 with their tenth studio album, Unleashed, which has debuted at #7.

Other debuting albums this week include the two-CD collection of Elvis Presley recordings, Way Down In The Jungle (#9), DJ Snake's Encore (#10), Dustin Tebbutt's First Light (#13), the 50th celebration Play School album (#27),  Storm The Sky's Sin Will Find You (#30), Jack Carty's Home State (#36), Dinosaur Jr's Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not (#38), the new Alan Jackson compilation Genuine (#41) and Alex Lloyd's Acoustica (#45).

Moving on to the Singles Chart, despite debuting at #2 last week, The Chainsmokers' Closer featuring Halsey has pushed its way up to top spot, marking the US duo's first #1 in Australia, while Major Lazer's Cold Water featuring Justin Bieber and MØ goes down to #2.

DJ Snake's Let Me Love You, also featuring the Biebs, has debuted at #3. 

Two new songs from the Suicide Squad soundtrack have also charted this week, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, X Ambassadors, Ty Dolla $ign and Logic's Sucker For Pain (#17) and Skrillex and Rick Ross' Purple Lamborghini (#39).

Aussie artist David Lowy's band The Dead Daisies have also cracked the UK charts, with their third LP Make Some Noise debuting on the Top 100 at #35.