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SON & WATER MAKE WAVES WHILE OLIVIA'S SHIP SAILS ON
Olivia Dean does it again, taking out the top spots on both the Top40 Singles and Albums Charts with Man I Need and The Art Of Loving respectively. She's held the double a remarkable 20 weeks now, off and on, since the album dropped in September 2025.
BTS ARE BACK WITH A BANG – ARIRANG LANDS AT #1, OLIVIA DEAN CONTINUES TO TOP SINGLES CHART
Korean boy band BTS go straight to the top of the Top 40 Albums Chart with their latest release, ARIRANG. It’s the act’s fifth NZ #1 album, and their first to drop since all seven members completed their mandatory South Korean military service.
She's Back! Olivia Dean Resumes Lead on Top 40 Charts
Olivia Dean resumes the lead on the Top 40 Charts this week (Albums and Singles) after a brief step to the side for Harry Styles and his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. last week.
SON & WATER MAKE WAVES WHILE OLIVIA'S SHIP SAILS ON
Olivia Dean does it again, taking out the top spots on both the Top40 Singles and Albums Charts with Man I Need and The Art Of Loving respectively. She's held the double a remarkable 20 weeks now, off and on, since the album dropped in September 2025.
Hamilton-based Son & Water, aka singer Daimond Porima-Ferguson and his father, Kiwi reggae legend Jamey Ferguson (co-founder of Katchafire), have been on quite the chart run in the last year. With five Aotearoa Top20 and one Te Reo Māori Top10 appearances since January 2025, they add another this week with their reggae-infused take on The Eagles' classic Hotel California. The song tops both the Hot40 Singles and Aotearoa Hot20 Singles, and enters the Aotearoa Top20 at #2, just behind fellow reggae champions Hori Shaw and Te Wehi who return to the top spot with Ready To Ride.
Elsewhere, The Beths shoot up the charts as they wrap up their national tour. Straight Line Was A Lie is back to #2 just behind chart-toppers Six60 who notch a seventh week at #1, while three of The Beths' earlier albums return to the local Catalogue Albums Chart.
Check out David Shanhun and Shimna Higgins who make their Aotearoa Top20 Albums debut with their live album of folk, recorded at the very cool House With No Nails near Matamata.
Te Matatini And Te Kuru Marutea chalk up another week atop the Tukutahi Tiketike 10 Te Reo Māori with their song Kei Wareware I A Tātou.
