The Weeknd, Harry Styles and Tones And I have taken out the top spots for ARIA’s 2020 End of Year Charts.
The Weeknd’s hit single ‘Blinding Lights’ clinched number one for the Top 10 ARIA Singles of 2020 and held its position for a total of 11 weeks – longer than any other single that year – since its charting in November 2019.
‘Blinding Lights’ was followed by SAINt JHN‘s ‘Roses’, Dua Lipa‘s ‘Don’t Start Now’ and Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’.
For Top 10 Australian singles, Tones And I took out three spots in the list with ‘Dance Monkey’, ‘Never Seen The Rain’ at number one and two respectively, and ‘Bad Child’ at eight.
Other songs which made it on the list include Flume‘s ‘Rushing Back’ featuring Vera Blue, The Rubens‘ ‘Live In Life’ and Sam Fischer‘s ‘This City’.
Harry Styles came out on top for the Top 10 ARIA Albums of 2020 with his sophomore album ‘Fine Line’. While it debuted at number one and only held that position for a week, it remained in the Top 10 for 48 weeks in total.
Other runner-ups for the category included Taylor Swift‘s surprise album ‘folklore’, Billie Eilish‘s ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, AC/DC‘s comeback record ‘Power Up’, and Luke Combs‘ ‘What You See Is What You Get’.
AC/DC beat out Tame Impala‘s ‘The Slow Rush’ for the top spot on ARIA’s Top 10 Australian Albums, followed by ‘Music From The Home Front’, the compilation album commemorating both ANZAC Day and frontline workers combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find the full list of 2020 ARIA Chart winners at the ARIA website.