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Tones & I Is Just One Week Away From Rewriting ARIA Chart History

'Dance Monkey' does it again.

This week she's tied with Ed Sheeran, next week she could rewrite the ARIA chart books. 

Tones & I's Dance Monkey has charted at #1 on the Singles list for the 15th-straight week, equalling the record held by Sheeran's Shape Of You in 2017. If the Byron Bay-based songwriter stays at top spot for a 16th time next week, she will stand alone with the record for the longest streak on the ARIA Singles chart in its entire history.

If that wasn't already a big-enough deal, Dance Monkey has also stayed at #1 on the UK Singles chart for six-straight weeks and seems to be cruising along. 

According to Official Charts, Dance Monkey this week racked up over nine million streams and 11,450 downloads (its highest weekly downloads so far) to keep local favourite Dua Lipa's new single, Don't Start Now, at #2.


Meanwhile Tones' August-released debut EP, The Kids Are Coming, has jumped up to #5 on the Albums chart, finishing behind Kanye West's JESUS IS KING which has again topped the list. 

Other album debuts this week include Archie Roach's Tell Me Why (#7), Jeff Lynne's ELO's From Out Of Nowhere (#12), Miranda Lambert's Wildcard (#19), Bob Dylan's Travelin' Thru, 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol 15 (#21), Michael Kiwanuka's Kiwanuka (#39), The Seekers' We Wish You A Merry Christmas (#50), the Charlie's Angels soundtrack (#58) and Yelawolf's Ghetto Cowboy (#60).

Over on the Singles chart, Lipa's Don't Start Now has debuted at #8.

Check out all of this week's chart standings here.

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