Missy Higgins is back on top act 2 (from Eleven/EMI), the debut album ranked No. 1 on the Australian album charts.
Higgins’ first full-length record in six years, act 2 Her fourth career leader opens at No. 1 on the ARIA rankings released on Friday, September 13.
act 2 Higgins’ breakthrough debut arrives 20 years on white voicewhich dominated in seven non-consecutive cycles.
her second grade group on a clear night (from 2007) and the third series Old Lazer Dazzles (2012) also tops the list, while ounce (2014), south pain (2018) and full control (2022) all broke into the top three.
“I’m so happy and so grateful. This album means so much to me and I just want to say a huge thank you to all the fans. I’m so touched,” she commented when her album topped the ARIA charts . “I think I wanted this number one more than any other album. It’s been 20 years white voice Number one, so I feel like the luckiest person to still be doing what I do. Thank you so much. This means the world to me.
With this feat, the Melbourne singer-songwriter becomes the seventh Australian artist in history to have a No. 1 album in at least ten consecutive years.
act 2 It is the fifth local album to reach No. 1 in the past two months, including records by Lime Cordiale, Tones And I, Amy Shark and Cold Chisel.
Higgins will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on November 20 during the annual ARIA Awards Ceremony at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.
Also new to the national rankings are ten dayss (Atlantic/Warner), created by prolific British electronic music producer Fred Again. this is better than a USB Starting from June this year, the highest ranking was fourth.
Looking further down, legendary Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour ranks sixth with: Lucky and weird (Leg/Sony), his fifth solo album.
This is the follow-up The sound of lockwhich reached number two in 2015. According to ARIA, as a member of Pink Floyd, he had 20 albums in the ARIA Top 50, including wish you were Here (1975), wall (1979), Shi Zhong (1994) and pulse (1995).
As a member of Pink Floyd, he has had 20 top 50 albums and wish you were Here 1975, wall 1979, Shi Zhong 1994 and pulse 1995 (their best-selling series, dark side of the moonreaching second place in 1973).
On the ARIA singles chart, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” (Island/Universal) tops the charts, ahead of Billie Eilish’s “Birds Of A Feather” (Interscope/Universal) and Lady Gaga’s “Die With A Smile” featuring Bruno Mars ” (Warner/Universal), respectively.