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Thundamentals' Tuka Scores Top Ten Debut In Albums Chart

An awesome finish.

He was predicted to crack the top ten in the ARIA Albums Chart and Aussie hip-hop artist Tuka has done just that with his latest solo album,  Life Death Time Eternal debuting at #6 this week. 

It is no doubt an incredibly impressive result for the rapper's third studio album, who also features as one-third of popular Aussie group, Thundamentals — check out our review of the album here

Meanwhile, also debuting on the charts this week is Splendour 2015 act Years & Years, whose debut album Communion finished just one spot ahead of Tuka at #5.

And for a third straight week Aussie legends John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John topped the Albums Chart again with their live concert album, Two Strong Hearts, while Meghan TrainorEd Sheeran and Taylor Swift again retained second, third and fourth spots respectively. 

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Over on the Singles Chart, Trainor has yet another reason to celebrate as her hit song, Like I'm Gonna Lose You featuring John Legend again took out the #1 position, while Candian singer The Weeknd climbed one spot to #2 with his popular track, Can't Feel My Face.

Aussie dance duo Peking Duk's new tune, Say My Name featuring Benjamin Joseph also debuted this week, finishing up in the #29 position.