Chart Wrap: Smith Street Band debut high

Hot 100 Ed Sheeran still holds the #1 position with Thinking Out Loud three weeks after taking it from Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off, which still sits at #2. Echosmith sees their track Cool Kids return to #3 after a brief drop to #5 last week. At #4 is Calvin Harris & John Newman’s Blame. which has been stuck in the #3-#5 range for eight weeks now. The Script’s Superheroes reaches a new peak at #5 up from #8, as does The Magician’s Sunlight featuring Years & Years, which is at #8 up from #13. Jessica Mauboy’s Can I Get A Moment just manages to break the Top 10 this week as well, landing at #10 from #19. Some notable movers this week are Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding with Outside climbing to #13 from #26, one of this week’s most moved tracks and only on its second week in the chart. Watermat’s Bullit moves up to #61 from #94 and Charli XCX’s Break The Rules is up at #53, 38 places higher than its previous spot at #91 - it’s this week’s most moved track. Notable debuts within the Top 50 come from Parra For Cuva & Anna Naklab’s Wicked Games, which enters at #37 after its first week at radio. Taylor Swift’s Blank Space also enjoys a strong debut at #49, all after less than a week of airplay. ARIA Singles Sheeran also enjoys more time at the top of the ARIA Singles chart this week with Thinking Out Loud holding the top spot for a fourth week now. #2 also sees Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off, although this time it has moved up from #3 and is yet to fall out of the Top 5. Meghan Trainor’s Lips Are Movin makes #3 this week. It comes after debuting at #7 last week and becomes Trainor’s second Top 3 single in 2014. Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding’s Outside breaks the Top 10 this week, landing at #8 from last week’s #14 - his eighth Top 10 single. Hilltop Hoods also crack the Top 10 bracket after an impressive jump form #17 to #9 with Cosby Sweater. The chart also bears witness to some high debuts. At #29 is the latest single from Taylor Swift, Blank Space. #36 sees a new entry from Imagine Dragons with I Bet My Life and James Blunt also enjoys a strong debut at #38 with When I Find Love Again. ARIA Albums The ARIA Albums chart sees a very similar Top 2 with Taylor Swift’s 1989 holding #1 and Human Nature’s Jukebox sitting at #2, the same position both tracks debuted at last week. #3 sees a new debut from Calvin Harris with Motion, his fourth studio album and also his second to break the Top 5 bracket of the Albums chart. Hilltop Hoods’ #1 charting album Walking Under Stars re-enters the Top 10 landing at #8 from #12 and Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour is moving very close to doing the same, stopping at #11, up from #14. In what is its 70th week in the ARIA Top 50, Foo Fighters’ Greatest Hits has re-entered the chart at #15, no doubt as a result of the swathe of press the band has had with the announcement of their Australian tour next year, on top of their upcoming eighth studio album Sonic Highways. Annie Lennox’s Nostalgia debuts at #16 this week whilst The Smith Street Band’s Throw Me In The River enters at #18. For the rundown in full, subscribe to the charts.