It's Official: Tones & I Now Holds The Aussie ARIA Record For Longest Streak At #1

In absolutely huge news, Tones & I has made ARIA chart history with her track Dance Monkey, recording the longest streak at #1 on the ARIA Singles chart for an Australian artist.

After tying Justice Crew's record for nine weeks (achieved back in 2014 with Que Sera) last week, the Byron Bay-based artist today sets a new record at ten weeks. 

She is now on track to become the longest-running solo female artist at #1, a record shared by Whitney Houston and Sandi Thom, both of whom had ten-week runs at the top.

To claim the all-time record on the ARIA Singles chart, Tones & I will need to spend 16 weeks at #1 to surpass Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You.

Flume's Rushing Back featuring Vera Blue also debuts on the Singles chart today at #20. 

Over on the Albums chart, The Beatles have re-entered the chart at #2 with the reissue of their iconic record Abbey Road for its 50th anniversary, The album originally debuted at #1 when it was released in 1969. 

They concede to second place behind Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding but come in ahead of Ed Sheeran's No 6 Collaborations Project (#3) and Taylor Swift's Lover (#4).

Locally, Queensland's Busby Marou land a #5 debut with their album The Great Divide and Sydney indie-rockers Boy & Bear come in at #7 with their new LP, Suck On Light.

Other album debuts this week include DaBaby's Kirk (#11), Complete's Death Rail (#12), Steel Panther's Heavy Metal Rules (#13), Hermitude's Pollyanarchy (#18), Opeth's In Cauda Venenum (#20) and Hellyeah's Welcome Home (#25).