The Temper Trap and Drake lead Australia's albums and singles charts

The Australian four-piece scores a 2nd No.1 album, and the Canadian rapper nabs a fifth week at the top.
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The Temper Trap have scooped their second chart topping album in Australia.

The rock quartet from Melbourne faced competition from Adele's 25, but their third studio album Thick as Thieves went straight in at the top. The album peaked at Number 81 here in the UK.

MORE: The Temper Trap's full UK chart history

The Temper Trap are the only new entry in the Top 5, which is completed by Adele's 25 (2), Jimmy Barnes' Soul Searchin' at 3, Beyoncé's Lemonade (4) and Meghan Trainor's Thank You at 5.

Garbage are the next highest new entry with Strange Little Birds at 9, Honey Bones by Dope Lemon at 11 and Nick Jonas' Last Year Was Complicated at 13.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Drake returns to Number 1 after a two-week absence to notch a fifth week at the top. Only Lukas Graham have been Number 1 in Australia in 2016 for a longer period, eight weeks to Drake's five.

Calvin Harris' longest reigning Aussie Number 1 This Is What You Came For featuring Rihanna slips to 2, Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop The Feeling stays static at 3, Meghan Trainor's Me Too is at 4 and Drake and Rihanna's Too Good rounds out the Top 5 (5).

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