Ed Sheeran Blocks Stone Sour From First-Ever #1 Aus Album

UK superstar Ed Sheeran's reign on the ARIA Albums Chart has claimed its latest victim, stopping Stone Sour's new album from debuting at #1.

The Corey Taylor led group - set to tour Australia in August - were unable to knock Sheeran's long-reigning ÷ (Divide) from #1, with their latest effort, Hydrograd, debuting at #2.

Hydograd is now the band's highest placing album in Australia, outdoing 2013's House Of Gold & Bones, which peaked at #4.

After debuting at #1 upon release, Lorde's Melodrama stays in the Top 5 (#3), next to Katy Perry's early June LP Witness, which received a bump to #4 this week following an Australian tour announcement.

Other debuts on this week’s Albums Chart include Calvin Harris’ Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, which rounds out the Top 5, Tex, Don & Charlie’s You Don’t Know Lonely (#14), and releases from Josh Pyke, Superfruit and Lany.