Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Flies to No. 1 In Australia – Billboard

Following his demise final Thursday (Jan. 20) on the age of 74, Meat Loaf levels a chart-topping return within the land Down Below, making historical past within the course of.

Meat Loaf’s best-seller Bat Out Of Hell (Sony) hits No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, for its ninth non-consecutive week on the summit.

The traditional rock LP initially spent eight weeks within the prime spot between June and August 1978, en path to locking-up 25 platinum certifications.

In line with ARIA, 2,269 weeks have handed since Bat Out Of Hell final appeared at No. 1, now the longest hole in Australian charts historical past, simply passing the Grease soundtrack which beforehand had the document with 657 weeks between No. 1s, from November 1978 to June 1991.

Additionally this week, the sequel Bat Out Of Hell II: Again Into Hell (USM/UMA) makes a return to the albums chart, at No. 37. Again Into Hell hit No. 1 in September 1993.

Following Triple J Hottest 100 countdown final Saturday (Jan. 22), a string of artists get pleasure from a chart bump.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, The Child Laroi and Justin Bieber’s “Keep” (Columbia/Sony) returns to No. 1 for a fifteenth non-consecutive week, and joins Ed Sheeran’s “Form Of You” (January 2017) as joint-second on the record of most weeks atop the ARIA Singles Chart (Tones And I’s “Dance Monkey” is the all-time chief, at 24 weeks).

“Keep” got here in at No. 2 within the triple j Hottest 100, powering “Keep” to a 3-1 raise on the ARIA Chart, doing so 14 weeks after it final logged time on the summit.

The music that landed above “Keep” on the nationwide community’s ballot, The Wiggles’ cowl of Tame Impala’s “Elephant” (ABC/Orchard), blasts in at No. 10, for the youngsters’s entertainers first look on the ARIA Singles Chart High 50. The Wiggles’ earlier singles chart peak was No. 80 for his or her cowl of Daddy Cool’s “Eagle Rock” again in March 2003.

Due to their look within the Hottest 100, tunes by Rüfüs Du Sol, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, bbno$, Vance Pleasure, Olivia Rodrigo, Spacey Jane and Lil Nas X rush the chart — or influence it for the primary time. 

Lastly, Charlie Puth lights up the High 40 along with his newest quantity, “Gentle Change” (Atlantic/Warner). It’s new at No. 24, for the U.S. artist’s first look on the singles survey since December 2017, when “How Lengthy” peaked at No. 17.