Top 20 ARIA Chart Debuts For Old And New Guard Alike

In a week that saw Ed Sheeran's X stay atop the charts and Disney's Frozen soundtrack ascending once more to the giddy heights of second place, the true tales of interest on the ARIA Charts this week come from an Aussie musician at the beginning of his career and from one who's been around the block a few times but has proven he still has fuel in the tank.

Yes, renowned country entertainer John Williamson has made the week's highest debut on the ARIA Albums Chart, with the veteran troubadour's Honest People making a respectable entry at #11. It leads the pack of newbies for the week, ahead of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Hypnotic Eye (#30) and Lowborn from Anberlin (#32) — both of which step out substantially ahead of Neon Jungle's Welcome To The Jungle, which scrapes into the Top 50 at #48.

On the Singles Chart, ascendant young singer-songwriter Troye Sivan makes his expected Top 20 entry at #16, his Happy Little Pill proving to be doing great business for the up-and-comer.

Additional first appearances come from Jessie J with Bang Bang, faturing Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, which managed to enter just outside the Top 20 at #22, with The Script's Superheroes not far behind at #25, Klingande's Jubel landing at #41, Splendour alumnus Lily Allen's As Long As I Got You is at #45, and Lil Jon's Bend Ova, featuring Tyga, also makes it into the Top 50 at #48.

Interestingly, Katy Perry only manages a #54 debut for her new single This Is How We Do.

At the pointy end of the charts, big movement comes from Meghan Trainor and her single All About That Bass, which steps up to #3 from #36 last week, beaten out by GRL's Ugly Heart at #2 (#4 last week) and incumbent top-placegetter Only Love Can Hurt Like This, by Paloma Faith.

It's My Birthday, from The Voice coach will.i.am featuring Cody Wise, clocks in at #4, with the Top 5 singles being rounded out by fellow coach Joel Madden and his brother Benji — The Madden Brothers — and their do-over track We Are Done.

In the album stakes, resilient Brissy popsters Sheppard sit comfortably behind Frozen and Sheeran this week, with Bombs Away hanging in at #3 after managing to stay at its peak of #2 last week, while Paloma Faith's A Perfect Contradiction leaps up from #15 to hit #4 this week, just pipping out apparent more-than-five-second-of-famers 5 Seconds Of Summer, whose self-titled full-length jumps two places to #5 this week.

In the ARIA Club Chart, upcoming local Stereosonic guest Nicky Night Time holds the top spot for a fifth week with Everybody Together.