Australia’s latest chart week was pitched as a fight of two heavyweights. In one corner, Taylor Swift’s incumbent, The Life Of A Showgirl (via Republic/Universal). And in the other, Tame Impala’s long-awaited Deadbeat (Columbia/Sony).

When the results were called, Swift’s Showgirl had packed enough glitter to retain the crown, and nab another chart double.

The Life Of A Showgirl retains top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart for a third successive week. According to ARIA, nine of her 14 leaders have logged at least three cycles at the summit, including Red (three weeks), 1989 (nine weeks), Lover (three weeks), Folklore (four weeks), Evermore (four weeks), Midnights (16 weeks), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (14 weeks) and The Tortured Poets Department (eight weeks).

Kevin Parker slides in at No. 2

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