ARIA Predictions: Malone-mania sweeps through the Albums and Singles charts

Post Malone is picking up speed on both the Singles and Albums Chart this week. ‘I Fall Apart’ is eyeing a move into the Top 2 from its current position at #4, most likely dislodging Camila Cabello’s former chart-topper ‘Havana’. Meanwhile, soundtrack single ‘Candy Paint’ will make a leap towards the Top 20.

Sitting comfortably at #10 on the Albums Chart with a massive leap from #38, Stoney may well hit the Top 5 this week as Malone-mania continues to take over. It’s difficult to predict who will make way for the rapper with a host of heavy-hitters currently occupying the Top 5. Taylor Swift or Eminem look the most likely to bow out, however.

With no fresh debuts on the Albums Chart this week, we turn our attention to new singles impacting the charts.

Cardi B’s remix of Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic cut ‘Finesse’ is poised to debut in the Top 20 on the Singles Chart. The track is getting some serious commercial radio attention in Australia while sales numbers are telling a similar story.   

The one-and-only Justin Timberlake is a shoo-in for a Top 30 debut this week with ‘Filthy’, JT’s first lead single since ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling!’ peaked at #3 in May 2016. There will be no stopping the singer’s new album Man of the Woods from hitting the Albums Chart summit upon release in early February.

Elsewhere, ‘All The Stars’ by Kendrick Lamar & SZA will make its way into the top half of the Singles Chart, as will G-Eazy’s ‘No Limit’ featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B, with the latter scoring her second debut number in the same week.

TOP PICKS

ARIA Albums Chart

#1. Ed Sheeran - Divide | WMA

#2. Soundtrack - The Greatest Showman | WMA

#3. P!NK - Beautiful Trauma | SME