NRL & AFL Grand Final Headliners To Play For #1 On ARIA Albums Chart

The AFL and NRL grand finals are just a few days away and it looks like both of its pre-show headlining acts will be having a match-up of their own this weekend.

According to midweek figures, The Killers new album, Wonderful Wonderful, is the favourite to take out top spot on the ARIA Albums chart, alongside fellow US artist Macklemore's Gemini.

Both LP's are expected to debut in the top three and duke it out for #1, which will be announced before The Killers take to the stage at the MCG on Saturday and Macklemore at ANZ Stadium on Sunday.

Macklemore is hunting down his first-ever #1 album in Australia with Gemini, his first record since splitting from Ryan Lewis, while The Killers could secure their second top-charting album since their 2004 debut offering, Hot Fuss, which peaked at #1.

Meanwhile, Aussie favourites British India and King Parrot are gunning for top ten debuts with their respective albums, Forgetting The Future and Ugly Produce, as is music legend Van Morrison with his 37th studio album, Roll With The Punches.

Other album debuts this week include The Bronx' seventh self-titled (top 20), Fergie's Double Dutchess (top 30), Enter Shikari's The Spark and Cradle Of Filth's Cryptoriana — The Seductiveness Of Decay (both top 40), Cut Copy's Haiku From Zero and Sleeping With Sirens' Gossip (both top 50).

Over on the Singles chart, Sam Smith will again be pressed to hold top spot with his hit track, Too Good At Goodbyes by two songs set to climb up into the top three. 

Post Malone's Rockstar, featuring 21 Savage, will challenge for #1 after it debuted at #8 last week, while Macklemore's Glorious, featuring Skylar Grey, is also a contender.

Expect to see another of Macklemore's tracks, Good Old Days, featuring Kesha, to debut in the top 40.