Farnsie makes it 20

Aussie icon John Farnham takes his 20th top 10 album with the soundtrack to John Farnham: Finding The Voice landing at #2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, while another legend, Kylie Minogue, edges closer to 50 top 50 singles as Padam Padam (her 49th) debuts at #39.

John Farnham first went to #1 with Whispering Jack in 1986, spending 25 weeks at #1. It is the second best selling album ever in Australia and the highest selling album by an Australian act, reaching 24 times platinum. 

His other chart toppers were Age Of Reason in 1988, Chain Reaction in 1990, Then Again… in 1993, Highlights From The Main Event (with Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow) in 1998, 33 1/3 in 2000, The Last Time in 2002, Highlights from Two Strong Hearts: Live (with Olivia Newton-John) in 2015 and Friends For Christmas (with Olivia Newton-John) in 2016. He has won 20 ARIA Awards and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2003.

South Coast band, The Vanns, score a top 10 debut at with their second album Last Of Your Kind at #8, their first appearance on the Albums Chart. The band begins a three-month tour with the album on 14 July in Wagga Wagga. 

Rounding out the Australian success stories in the top 20 are Adelaide band Bad//Dreems with Hoo Ha! new at #10, and Best Of from Pete Murray, which arrives at #16. But it doesn't stop there, The Answer Is Always Yes by Alex Lahey debuts at #55 while Calm Ya Farm, the seventh studio album by The Murlocs is new at #67.

Topping the Albums Chart this week is the much-anticipated debut of Lewis Capaldi's Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent. It is his second album and first #1 in Australia after his debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent peaked at #7 in 2019; it’s at #30 this week in its 210th week on the chart. Also in noteworthy debuts, Take Me Back To Eden by British rock band Sleep Token debuts at #3, their third album and first to chart.

On the Singles Chart, Last Night by Morgan Wallen spends its seventh week at #1, while fellow American country superstar Luke Combs’ remake of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman steps up from #7 to #5, almost equalling the original’s #4 peak position in 1988.

All My Life by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole jumps from #23 into the top 10 at #9, previously unreleased track Say Yes To Heaven by Lana Del Rey debuts at #20, and Australia’s pop princess Kylie Minogue lands her 49th top 50 single with Padam Padam at #39.

It is the lead single from her upcoming new album Tension, which arrives in September. Kylie has 10 ARIA #1 singles: Locomotion in 1987 (her longest running #1 single, at seven weeks), I Should Be So Lucky in 1987, Got To Be Certain in 1988, Confide In Me in 1994, Spinning Around in 2000, On A Night Like This in 2000, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head in 2001, In Your Eyes in 2022, Slow in 2003 and 2 Hearts in 2007.