Glass Animals' Hottest 100 Topping Track Has Knocked 'Drivers License' From #1 Spot

It's been a big start to 2021 for Glass Animals with the UK group taking out another huge achievement in Australia this weekend. 

Just over month after their single Heat Waves took out triple j's Hottest 100 of 2020, the track has claimed the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart. 

The single has been in the Top 50 for the past 12 weeks, taking out the #2 position behind Olivia Rodrigo’s mega-hit Drivers License. 

Glass Animals are the first British group to top the chart since Clean Bandit's run with Rockabye in 2016 and 2017, and are also the first band to take out the #1 since The Jonas Brothers in March 2019. 

"Can’t believe this. This was never the intention when we started this album... the goal was to write some songs that maybe made someone feel less alone for a moment when they needed it," said frontperson Dave Bayley of the achievement. 

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"Thats what my favourite songs do for me at least. The messages, kind words, art and other creative responses to this album have gone beyond all of our wildest dreams. That makes this number one endlessly meaningful.

"Australia - you have been home to many firsts for us - and this is another one. Thank you, we miss you, and we will be there asap. I actually have the dates pencilled in my calendar. We will celebrate together then. x”

Bayley told The Music about how the track came about (and Johnny Depp's surprise involvement in it) ahead of the release, read the feature here.

The Hottest 100 bolstering the Singles Chart is by no means a new trend, with last year seeing a huge influx of artists re-emerging on the chart following the countdown. See the list here.

Looking at the wider chart, Drivers License has now moved down to #2, The Kid LAROI's Without You moves up to #3 (from #4 last week), Lil Tjay & 6lack's Calling My Phone lands at #4 and Tiësto's The Business rounds out the Top 5. 

Cardi B's latest single, Up, claims its highest placing on the chart to date, moving up to #12 from #19, while Amy Shark's Love Songs Ain't For Us feat. Keith Urban has made its debut at #22. 

Emerging Australian rapper Masked Wolf's global success has also continued to surge on the back of his hit song, Astronaut In The Ocean, which has landed at #25 this week. Read the full story here.