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Tones & I Just Tied For The Record Of Longest-running #1 Single From An Aussie Act

Staff Writer

A very, very big deal!

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Byron Bay artist Tones & I is now tied for the record of longest-running #1 single from an Aussie act after claiming her ninth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with Dance Monkey. 

The track is now tied with Justice Crew and their song Que Sera, which claimed the record back in 2014. 

If Tones & I, real name Toni Watson, claims the top spot again next week (for a total of ten weeks at #1), she’ll not only claim the record, but also be on track to be the longest-running solo female artist at #1, a record shared by Whitney Houston and Sandi Thom, both of whom had 10 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.

The track's success continues around the globe, having peaked at #1 in Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden and securing a top ten spot on the UK charts today. 


Dance Monkey is just one of three tracks in the top 40 for Tones & I at present, with Never Seen The Rain at #25 and Johnny Run Away at #37. 

Looking at the Singles Chart overall, Post Malone's Circles maintains its #2 spot as does Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello's Senorita at #3. One Thing Right by Marshmello (feat. Kane Brown) moves from #6 to #4 and Blanco Brown's The Git Up hits #5. 

Maroon 5's Memories represents the only new entry on the chart this week, coming in at #32.

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Over on the ARIA Albums Chart, Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding and Taylor Swift's Lover hold their spots at #1 and #2 respectively, while Ed Sheeran's No.6 Collaborations Project moves up to #3. 

Blink-182's Nine makes its debut at #4, Tones & I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming moves up to #5, Billie Eilish's WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? hits #6, while Liam Gallagher's Why Me? Why Not debuts at #7. Australian act Ruel moves down the chart from #3 to #8 with Free Time. 

Additional debuts to this week's chart includes Australia's Jetty Road's Because We Can (#25), As I Lay Dying's Shaped By Fire (#27) and Zac Brown Band's The Owl (#29).