THE BRAT IS BACK – CHARLI XCX CLAIMS #1 ALBUM WITH MUSIC, FASHION, FILM

Charli xcx does it again, debuting her latest LP Music, Fashion, Film at #1 on the Top 40 this week. It’s the artist’s second #1 album, along with the phenomenon that was 2024’s BRAT. Over on the Singles Chart, listeners keep ‘Choosin’ Texas’ – and Ella Langley in peak position, as she has been almost every week since first topping the Chart in mid-May.

Fat Papi and prodshushy prove their Aotearoa Singles Chart #1 wasn’t a fluke, holding onto the top spot for a second week with viral TikTok hit ‘Freaked Out’. Six60 grab the lead again on the Aotearoa Albums Chart with Right Here Right Now, as Gin Wigmore drops down to #4 with Beautiful Mess after entering the Chart at #1 last week. Emerging Pōneke soul star Romi Wrights enters the Chart at #10 with her long-awaited debut album, Andy.

This week’s Hot 40 is topped by KATSEYE, who claims their third Hot #1 of 2026 (and all time) with ‘Animal’. Corrella’s latest track ‘Not I’ jumps to #1 on the local Hot Chart, with unofficial mayor of Whanganui Anthonie Tonnon hot on their heels at #2 with his first new single since dropping the Taite Music Prize-winning album Leave Love Out Of This in 2021. Tonnon has been shopping the disco-tinged ‘Executive Assistant’ around key centres as a CD single, with a full-length release also on the horizon.

TAWAZ, Stan Walker and Hone continue to lead the Tukutahi Tiketike 10 Te Reo Māori this wiki, with ‘Mānawa Maiea Matariki’ feat. HERA, Hops, Neps and Rani.