{"id":176251,"date":"2025-08-01T06:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/01\/michael-clifford-scores-solo-aria-top-10-debut-with-sidequest\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T06:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:08:31","slug":"michael-clifford-scores-solo-aria-top-10-debut-with-sidequest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/01\/michael-clifford-scores-solo-aria-top-10-debut-with-sidequest\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Clifford Scores Solo ARIA Top 10 Debut With \u2018Sidequest\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tMichael Clifford has officially joined his 5 Seconds of Summer bandmates in the ARIA Albums Chart <\/a>history books.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Aussie guitarist\u2019s debut solo album Sidequest<\/em> lands at No.\u202f10 on the ARIA Albums Chart<\/a> dated Aug. 1, marking his first chart entry as a solo artist. Clifford is the second 5SOS member to score a top 10 solo debut this year, following Calum Hood\u2019s Order Chaos Order<\/em>, which hit No.\u202f1 in June.<\/p>\n

\n\tClifford\u2019s milestone comes after more than a decade with 5SOS, the chart-conquering Australian band whose five studio albums \u2014 5 Seconds of Summer<\/em> (2014), Sounds Good Feels Good<\/em> (2015), Youngblood<\/em> (2018), Calm<\/em> (2020), and 5SOS5<\/em> (2022) \u2014 all peaked at No.\u202f1 in Australia. The band has also collected six ARIA Awards and countless global accolades.<\/p>\n

\n\tSidequest<\/em>, which Clifford described as a \u201clove letter to video games, fantasy, and finding your own path,\u201d marks a stylistic shift from his 5SOS output. The album includes the previously released singles \u201cPotion,\u201d \u201cHaunted Player,\u201d and \u201cHealing Light,\u201d and was met with praise from fans who\u2019ve followed Clifford\u2019s creative evolution both within the band and beyond.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album\u2019s release week was bolstered by Clifford\u2019s press run across Australian radio and Twitch gaming channels, where he discussed the album\u2019s nostalgic influences and independent production. Clifford recorded most of Sidequest<\/em> in his home studio in Los Angeles, collaborating with producers including Zakk Cervini (Bring Me the Horizon, Poppy) and Pete Wentz on select tracks.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere on the ARIA Albums Chart, Tim Minchin\u2019s Time Machine<\/em> debuted at No.\u202f4, his second solo project to chart after 2020\u2019s Apart Together<\/em> (No.\u202f3). Fellow Aussie act Folk B***h Trio landed at No.\u202f19 with their debut Now Would Be a Good Time<\/em>, while The Dreggs entered at No.\u202f63 with The Art Of Uncommon Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver on the Singles Chart, \u201cGolden,\u201d the lead track from the KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> soundtrack, climbs from No.\u202f2 to No.\u202f1 this week, becoming the fourth K-pop song to top the Australian charts. Three other songs from the album are also in the top 10: \u201cYour Idol\u201d (No.\u202f4), \u201cSoda Pop\u201d (No.\u202f5), and \u201cHow It\u2019s Done\u201d (No.\u202f7).<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, the recent triple j Hottest 100 countdown of all-time Australian songs sent several classics back into the charts \u2014 including Crowded House\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d (No.\u202f22), INXS\u2019 \u201cNever Tear Us Apart\u201d (No.\u202f28), and Hilltop Hoods\u2019 \u201cThe Nosebleed Section,\u201d which scored a new chart peak at No.\u202f31.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Michael Clifford has officially joined his 5 Seconds of Summer bandmates in the ARIA Albums Chart history books. The Aussie guitarist\u2019s debut solo album Sidequest lands at No.\u202f10 on the ARIA Albums Chart dated Aug. 1, marking his first chart entry as a solo artist. Clifford is the second 5SOS member to score a top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}