Hilary Duff timed her comeback to perfection, as Luck… Or Something (via Atlantic/Warner) debuts at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Luck… Or Something arrives at the summit of the Australian albums tally, published Friday, Feb. 27, for her fourth top 10 appearance and first leader. Previously, the singer, songwriter and actor landed at No. 6 with 2004’s Hilary Duff, at No. 3 with 2005’s Most Wanted, and at No. 4 with 2015’s Breathe In Breathe Out, her most recent album.
Duff’s sixth studio album is the best-seller on vinyl this past week, ARIA reports.
With Duff making the best possible start, Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving (Universal) dips 1-2, while award-winning Queensland singer and songwriter Tom Busby completes the podium with the independently-released Rockhampton Hangover, his debut solo album. It’s new at No. 3. Busby is part of the blues and roots duo Busby Marou, which went all the way to No. 1 in 2017 with Postcards From The Shell House, and to No. 5 with Farewell Fitzroy (from 2013) and The Great Divide (2019).
Also new to the national tally is Mumford & Sons’ sixth studio album, Prizefighter (Island/Universal), which punches its way to No. 5. It’s Mumford’s sixth straight top 10 studio album, a tally that includes a No. 1 with 2009’s Sigh No More.
Meg Mac, the talented Australian singer and songwriter extends her streak of top 10 appearances to four, as It’s My Party (EMI) opens its account at No. 6. Mac hit No. 2 in 2017 with Love Blows, No. 9 in 2019 with Hope and topped the chart for one week with 2022’s Matter Of Time.
Baby Keem (No. 13 with Ca$ino via Columbia/Sony), Megan Moroney (No. 20 with Cloud 9 via Columbia/Sony), and Sydney artists Above, Below (No. 35 with the independently-released I Guess It Was Nowhere) and Maya-A (No. 46 with Goodbye (If You Call That Gone) via Sony) all crack the ARIA Top 50.
Olivia Dean may have lost her albums chart crown, but she completes a rare singles chart troika with “Man I Need” (unchanged at No. 1), “Rein Me In” (her collaboration with Sam Fender, up 6-2 for a new peak) and “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” (down 2-3), respectively. With that effort, she joins an exclusive club of recording artists who’ve locked up the top 3, including The Beatles, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and former The Voice Australia winner Karise Eden.
“Man I Need” has lorded over the ARIA Chart for 15th straight weeks and draws level with Ed Sheeran’s 2017 hit “Shape Of You” as the third longest-running No. 1 single in these parts. Alex Warren’s” Ordinary” (from 2025) and The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (2021-22) are tied in second place with 17-week reigns. The all-time champ is Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey,” which led for 24 non-consecutive weeks in 2019-20).
Following the announcement of a national arena tour this October, Tame Impala enjoys a new high with “Dracula” (Columbia/Sony), up from 23-21. It’s the only homegrown recording in the top 50.
