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Dune Rats And Ocean Grove Are Both Gunning For Their First ARIA #1 Album

Staff Writer

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The top spot on the ARIA Albums chart this week is primed to come down between two Aussie favourites.

Brissy's Dune Rats are the front-runners for #1 on the chart with their second LP, The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit, but they'll be seriously contested by Melbourne outfit Ocean Grove's debut effort, The Rhapsody Tapes.

Midweek figures suggest that both bands will debut in the top three, so just who will come out on top is anyone's guess right now, though they'll both have to fend off the Trolls soundtrack which finished at #1 last week.

Other albums debuting this week include Big Sean's I Decided., Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra and Jules Buckley's Classic House, Elbow's Little Fictions (all top ten), the Dear Evan Hansen Broadway soundtrack (top 20), Sampha's Process (top 25) and Kari Jobe's The Garden (top 40). 

You should also expect to see Ed Sheeran's second LP, X, make its way back into the top ten on the back of his current Aussie promotional tour, while Guns N' Roses' and Bruce Springsteen's respective Greatest Hits efforts should crack the top 20 as they tour throughout Australia. 

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Over on the Singles chart, it's likely to be another week at #1 and #2 for Sheeran's Shape Of You and Castle On The Hill, while Gold Coast's Amy Shark will look to maintain third spot with her breakout single, Adore.

New tracks debuting on the chart this week come from Australia's own Sia with Never Give Up and Imagine Dragons' Believer and both are likely to place in the top 40.