Tash Sultana Lands First Ever #1 Album With 'Terra Firma': 'I'm Just Really Lost For Words'

Tash Sultana's new album, Terra Firma, has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums chart, giving the Melbourne artist their first ever top charting local album. 

Sultana's follow-up to 2018 debut record Flow State (which peaked at #2 on the list) also hit #1 on the Vinyls chart this weekend. 

“I’ve had the most incredible, emotional and overwhelming week after releasing Terra Firma and I’m just really lost for words that it’s number one. Like I really am lost for words," Sultana said.

"I was really unsatisfied with the work I’ve done in the past prior to Terra Firma and my mission for this record was to try to be better than I was the day before, the month before, the year before.

"I produced, arranged, composed, co-engineered and played everything on this record and did it all in my own studio. This was my mission, my entire soul, the air in my lungs and to have it received this way is so much more than I ever expected. I feel seen. I feel heard in a way I’ve been trying to communicate for a long time.

"Thank you to my family, my friends, MY FANS, my management, thank you to my Sony Music family, Denis & Marietta, thank you ARIA, thank you Richard Stolz, Matt Corby, Dann Hume, Jerome Farah, Josh Cashman  & Andrei Eremin. Thank you world.”

Check out all of the ARIA chart results here.

Sultana joined The Green Room With Neil Griffiths podcast last week to chat about the new album and why they would "never have released all of that music that I had in the past" prior to Terra Firma.

Listen to the full The Green Room podcast with Sultana on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (below) or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts.

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