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Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” Returns to No. 1 on ARIA Chart for 21st Week
Olivia Dean’s Man I Need returns to No. 1 on the ARIA Chart for a 21st non-consecutive week as albums see seven new entries led by Melanie C’s Sweat.
Olivia Dean reclaimed the top spot on the ARIA Chart as Man I Need logged its 21st non-consecutive week at No. 1.
Olivia Dean and Kenya Hathaway performs onstage at the Pre-Grammy Gala on January 31, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Gilbert Flores/Billboard
Dean effectively replaced herself at the top. Man I Need climbed back to No. 1, moving up from No. 2, while her duet with Sam Fender, Rein Me In, slipped to No. 2.
Between the two songs, Dean has dominated the ARIA Singles Chart for 24 of the last 25 weeks. The one interruption came late last month when Olivia Rodrigo’s Drop Dead spent a single week at No. 1 before falling to No. 7.
Man I Need now stands as the second-longest reigning No. 1 in ARIA history. Only Tones And I’s Dance Monkey spent more time at the summit, with 24 non-consecutive weeks across 2019 and 2020.
Albums roundup
The latest ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart, published late Friday, May 8, had no new entries. The albums chart told a different story. Seven new releases entered the national albums tally, led by Melanie C’s Sweat, which debuted at No. 5.
Sweat is Mel C’s ninth studio album and her first to reach the ARIA top 10. It outperformed her 1999 solo debut Northern Star, which peaked at No. 32. As a member of the Spice Girls, Mel C has four ARIA top 10 albums, including a No. 1 with Greatest Hits in 2007. ARIA notes that this performance makes Mel C the most successful Spice Girl as a solo artist; Geri Halliwell’s Schizophonic reached No. 22 in 1999.
Also entering the top 10 this cycle was Irish band Kneecap, whose album Fenian debuted at No. 7. It is Kneecap’s first appearance on the ARIA charts.
Other new arrivals on the Top 50 albums list include Kacey Musgraves’ Middle Of Nowhere at No. 17 (Interscope/Universal); Australian country artist Rachael Fahim’s Who You Are at No. 22 (Island/Universal); South Australian hip-hop artist trials with Hendle at No. 24 (Island/Universal); Australian Idol runner-up Harlan Goode’s The Idol Collection at No. 42 (Orchard); and The Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack at No. 50 (Interscope/Universal).
At the top of the albums leaderboard, Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide (Universal) retained the No. 1 position for a second consecutive cycle.
