Bad Seeds, good debut

Sabrina Carpenter’s first #1 album, Short n’ Sweet, holds on top for a second week, while Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds return with their 19th charted album, Wild God, new at #2. 

It’s the legendary Aussie band's 14th  top 10 album. They took the #1 spot with Push The Sky Away in 2013 and Skeleton Tree in 2016, while their most recent studio album, Ghosteen, peaked at #2 in 2019.

Nick Cave’s collaboration with Warren Ellis, Carnage, reached #2 in 2021, as part of Grinderman, Nick climbed to #9 in 2010 with Grinderman 2. Nick has won eight ARIA Awards for his solo or group work and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007. 

The most-talked-about band of the last week, Oasis, land at #10 with the 30th anniversary edition of their first album Definitely Maybe. The announcement of their reunion concerts next year also sends (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? racing back up the chart from #71 to #27.

Definitely Maybe peaked at #23 in 1994. Oasis have charted nine top 50 albums here, hitting #1 in 1996 for five weeks with (What’s The Story) Morning Glory and for one week in 1997 with Be Here Now. Their last studio album, Dig Out Your Soul, peaked at #5 in 2008. 

On the Singles Chart, it’s also the second week at #1 for Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste, while her former #1 Espresso is at #2. Thanks to Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste, Sabrina has been at #1 for five weeks so far in 2024, more than any other female artist. Please Please Please is at #4 and she also scores a fourth top 10 hit this week, as Bed Chem advances from #11 to #10.