Olivia Rodrigo, Glass Animals Crowned on Australia’s Year-End Charts

She’s just 18, she’s got her driver’s license and, in 2020, Olivia Rodrigo was the queen of Australia’s charts.

The California teen enjoyed a stunning breakthrough last year with a string of hit songs and her debut full-length album, Sour.

Based on new data published by charts compiler ARIA, Sour was 2021’s most popular album in the land Down Under, and two songs from it landed in the top 10 of the year-end top singles chart.

Over the course of the year, Sour logged eight weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, more than any other album in 2021, to rule the ARIA End Of Year Albums Chart.

The pop singer’s debut LP album also launched two Australian No. 1 singles in “Drivers License” (6 weeks) and “Good 4 U,” both appearing in the top tier of the ARIA End Of Year Singles Chart, at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively.

Sour holds off the challenge of Adele’s 30 and The Kid LAROI’s F*ck Love (Over You), to lead a top 10 albums survey dominated by international artists.

LAROI, the Sydney-raised, Los Angeles-based singer and rapper, is the only homegrown artist to appear on the albums tally top 10, and he appears twice in the end-of-year singles survey, with “Stay” featuring Justin Bieber (at No. 2) and “Without You” with Miley Cyrus (No. 4).

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