Miley Cyrus now has her family’s longest-reigning hit on the ARIA Charts.
Miley Cyrus is now the Cyrus clan’s leader.
The US pop star’s “Flowers” (via Columbia/Sony) spent an eighth week at No. 1 on Australia’s chart, breaking Billy Ray’s record set in 1992 with “Achy Breaky Heart,” which ruled the ARIA chart for seven weeks.
Expect “Flowers” to live on; Cyrus’ eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, which includes the two-time platinum single, was released on Friday (March 10).
Meanwhile, ARIA reports that PinkPantheress’ “Boy’s A Liar” (Parlophone/Warner) is “very close behind” at No. 2, with the Weeknd’s “Die For You” (Universal), which features a new assist from Ariana Grande, completing an unchanged podium.
Harry Styles’ third solo album, Harry’s House (Columbia/Sony), debuts at No. 1 for the 10th time in a row on the ARIA Albums Chart. The former One Direction member recently completed a stadium tour in these parts for the domestic leg of his Love On Tour, which was produced by Live Nation.
The effects of those seven trans-Tasman dates can be seen all the way up and down the charts. His sophomore long-player Fine Line drops 5-6, and his debut self-titled holds at No. 12 on the albums chart, while “As It Was,” IFPI’s top global single for 2022, holds at No. 5 on the singles chart; it one of 14 tracks currently impacting the top 100 for the English singer.
On the most recent ARIA Chart, Harry’s House edges out two debut releases. One Day At A Time (Mercury/Universal), Morgan Wallen’s third studio album, is ranked second in the latest survey, released on March 10.
The sprawling 36-track album is the follow-up to 2021’s The Double Album, which has spent over two years on the ARIA Chart and is currently at No. 31.
Ruel takes third place with his first full-length album, 4th Wall (RCA/Sony). The 20-year-old Sydney singer won the ARIA Award for breakthrough artist (now known as the Michael Gudinski breakthrough artist award) in 2018, and his 2019 EP, Free Time, peaked at No. 3 on the national chart.
Finally, Korean boy band NCT 127 debuts at No. 13 with Ay-Yo – The 4th Album Repackage (Virgin Music Australia/Universal); Mornington Peninsula-based four-piece indie act Teenage Dads debuts at No. 28 with the Midnight Driving EP (via MGM); and Melbourne singer-songwriter Jen Cloher debuts at No. 30 with I Am The River, The River Is Me (Inertia).
