Jay-Z Takes Week's Highest Debut On ARIA Chart But It's Still Really The Ed Sheeran Show

Jay-Z has made the week's highest debut on the ARIA Albums Chart with his 13th studio full-length, 4:44, coming in at #3, unable to unseat long-time #1 placeholder Ed Sheeran, whose ÷ (Divide) remains atop the pile for another week. 

In-between, New Zealand songstress Lorde gains ground by moving up a rung for her album Melodrama to reach #2, while US rockers Haim fall the other side of Mr Carter with Something To Tell You entering this week at #4.

Brissy foursome The Jungle Giants make the highest debut for any Australian artist this week, landing just outside the top 10 at #11 with their third album, Quiet Ferocity, several steps ahead of their nearest fellow debutante of any stripe in 21 Savage, whose Issa Album steps out at #42.

Edgar Wright's new film, Baby Driver, seems to be everywhere right now, and that includes on the ARIA chart, as its soundtrack joins the list of new faces just inside the top 50 at #47. The final two new entries for the week come from In Stereo — Day In, Day Out emerges at #54 — and Split Enz, sliding in at #91 with Live, Alive Oh.

Somewhat notably, all but two of the tracks below that album are re-entries, with artists finding their way back into the top 100 including The Wiggles (The Wiggles Nursery Rhymes, #94), Flume (Skin, #95), Queen (The Platinum Collection, #97) and SZA (Ctrl, #99), among others.

Meanwhile, in the more glacial Singles ladder, the top four tracks remain unchanged (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's Despacito ft Justin Bieber is #1 again) and nine of the top 10 tunes made up the top 10 last week.

The highest-placing new single comes from resurgent chanteuse Kesha, whose Praying (which features the voices of Sydney outfit All Our Exes Live In Texas) makes a solid landing for a top-20 finish at #19. Also new this week are Zedd & Liam Payne (Get Low, #39), Teddy Cream (Horses, #55) and Demi Lovato (Sorry Not Sorry, #90).