Boy & Bear Land #1 Album With Harlequin Dream

Sydney's Boy & Bear have topped the ARIA Albums Chart this weekend with second album Harlequin Dream.

Going one better than their debut Moonfire, the album sold slightly less the 2011 debut but it was able to hold out Pink's The Truth About Love at two and Fleetwood Mac's 25 Years – The Chain at three.

It is a strong result for the band, who are looking like they're avoiding the proverbial 'second album syndrome'. As well as being strong contenders for ARIA Awards (they won five on the back of Moonfire) their album tour dates are selling well and they'll feature on the festival cycle.

The result was predicted in mid-week figures after pre-orders put the album in a strong position.

With Boy & Bear's debut there are now four local artists in the top ten. Rufus' Atlas drops from one to four in its second week, with Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey's The Great Country Songbook at six (up four spots) and Dead Letter Circus and nine.

American country singer Luke Bryan was the second highest debut at 19 with Crash My Party with Earl Sweatshirt's Doris entering at 23. Elvis Presley's Elvis At Stax debuted at 43.

The second highest re-entry of the week was late Australian country legend Slim Dusty, whose The Very Best Of Slim Dusty was re-released and debuted at its highest ever point of 17. The album first charted in 1998 and has since entered in 1999, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Slim's new compilation The Son Of Noisy Dan managed 87, behind The Idea Of North's Smile (86) and Diana Corcoran's Love & Therapy (85).

In the ARIA Singles Chart Katy Perry's Roar jumped to the top spot in its first full week of sales. It's the third Aussie number one from Perry after I Kissed A Girl and California Gurls. Lana Del Rey and Cedric Gervais' Summertime Sadness jumped ten positions to four, while Jessie J's It's My Party debuted at 20. As predicted, Bag Raiders' Shooting Stars moved into the top 50 at 38.