INXS Go Number One As Six Albums Chart

With the INXS: Never Tear Us Apart mini-series dominating the ratings this week, INXS nostalgia went into overdrive in Australia. Within 24 hours of part one screening last Sunday night, eight INXS albums made their way into the iTunes top 20.

By mid-week INXS were battling with John Butler Trio for this week's number one chart position. With the INXS series the week's most-talked about TV viewing, nostalgia won out and the one-time Australian arena heroes took their Very Best Of to number one (it's their fourth Australian number one album, their first since 1990's X) ahead of Butler's Flesh And Blood - it settled for the week's higest debut position at number two (having already charted in the US this week).

INXS also experienced a resurgence in sales for back catalogue releases: 1987's Kick re-enters at seven; Live At Wembley Stadium 1991 debuts at 17; 1982's Shabooh Shoobah re-enters at 41; 1984's The Swing re-enters at 43; and 1985's Listen Like Thieves re-enters at 53.

In the singles chart INXS have seven tracks back in the listings: Never Tear Us Apart (1988) climbs from 45 to 16 (it originally peaked at 14); Need You Tonight (1987) is in at 33; New Sensation (1988) at 56; Original Sin (1984) at 61; By My Side (1991) at 67; Beautiful Girl (1993) at 77; and Don't Change (1982) at 92.

However, the avalanche of INXS sales didn't stop a slew of new releases entering the albums chart. Those landing behind John Butler Trio include: Neil Finn' s Dizzy Heights at six; Broken Bells' After The Disco in at 14; Queensland's Prepared Like A Bride land their Overcomer debut at 30; Bombay Bicyle Club' s So Long See You Tomorrow enters at 36; while The Dead Daisies, featuring one-time INXS singer Jon Stevens, debut at 42 with their self-titled release. And, the five unexpected INXS chart placings mean that UK psych-gazers Temples miss a top 50 debut as their Sun Structures set lands at 55.

In the Singles Chart, Pharrell Williams reclaims the top spot with Happy dislodging A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera's Say Something collab, to spend a sixth week at number one. The top-selling local track remains Joel Fletcher's EDM anthem Swing, as it slips to fourth position. The only new Australian entry this week is Chet Faker's Talk Is Cheap at 82.