Gang Of Youths Score Debut #1 Album As Aussies Invade Top Ten Of ARIA Chart

Gang Of Youths have defied the odds (and Ed Sheeran), today picking up their first ever #1 album on the ARIA Albums chart with Go Farther In Lightness.

The Sydney outfit beat out Aussie legend Paul Kelly and last week's top-charting album, Life Is Fine, and Ed Sheeran's ÷ (Divide), which charted at #2 and #3 respectively, just ahead of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Sketches Of Brunswick East which smashed midweek predictions to debut at #4.

Check out our feature story on Gang Of Youths here.

Meanwhile, fellow Sydney band Thy Art Is Murder scored their highest placing on the Albums chart, with Dear Desolation debuting at #5. 

US heavyweights Brand New and Welsh pop-punkers Neck Deep also cracked the top ten this week, with Science Fiction charting at #6 and The Peace & The Panic at #8.

Other albums debuting on the chart this week include Grizzly Bear's Painted Ruins (#26), Steven Wilson's To The Bone (#30) and Everything Everything's A Fever Dream (#68).

Over on the Singles chart, Pink has held onto the top spot with What About Us, while Justin Bieber & BloodPop®'s Friends has debuted at #2.