Dazzles

Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl (via Republic/Universal) isn’t moving from the spotlight on the ARIA Charts.

After snagging the entire top 12 of the national singles chart last week, Taylor dominates once again with eight of the top 10, led by The Fate Of Ophelia which locks up the top spot for a second week.

Meanwhile, The Life Of A Showgirl enters a second week at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, as Swift completes another chart double.

Across her career, Swift has accumulated 70 weeks on top of the national albums survey, according to ARIA, an accomplishment that has origins dating back in 2010 with Speak Now, which spent one week at the top.

The top new release on the latest ARIA Albums Chart, published Friday, Oct. 17, is Pete Murray’s independently-released Longing (CMI), at No. 5. Longing is the Queensland singer and songwriter’s seventh full-length studio album and first in eight years, three of which reached No. 1 (Feeler in 2003, See The Sun in 2005, Summer At Eureka in 2008).

Another artist from the Sunshine State, Gold Coast singer, songwriter and producer Lyric, bags a debut top 10 with her second EP, The Art Of Falling First (G.Y.R.O.). It’s new at No. 9, and is one of eight homegrown titles on the survey.

Beloved Indigenous rapper, singer and dancer Baker Boy bags a top 20 appearance with his sophomore album, DJANDJAY, new at No. 13. The winner of six ARIA Awards and the recipient of the Young Australian of the Year in 2019, Baker Boy (real name: Danzal Baker) dropped his debut album Gela in 2021, for a No. 3 best.

Meanwhile, former Noiseworks and INXS frontman Jon Stevens snags a top 40 debut with his 11th solo album, Shimmer (Island/Universal). It’s new at No. 30. With Stevens on the mic, Noiseworks scored four top 10 albums, topping the tally in 1991 with Love Versus Money.

Sheppard founding member Amy Sheppard drops in at No. 45 with her debut full-length album, Born To Be Country (EOS/MGM). The Brisbane artist enjoyed a No. 16 peak with her 2022 EP Nothing But Wild, and landed four top 10 albums with Sheppard, including a No. 1 with 2018’s Watching The Sky.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, the highest new entry belongs to BLACKPINK’s Jisoo and former One Direction singer Zayn, as their collaboration “Eyes Closed” (Warner) opens at No. 47. No Australian titles appear in the top 50.