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AUSSIE acts account for more than half of the top 10 performers in this week's albums chart, but none have managed to end Eminem's nine-week stranglehold on number one.

It's a different story on the singles chart, with British musician Taio Cruz finally ending the rapper's six-week reign there.

Australian Idol winner Stan Walker's second album From The Inside Out entered the album chart at number two, but the Aussie star could not budge the veteran rapper to secure outright glory.

Melbourne electro-pop group Miami Horror just made it in at number 10 with their new album Illumination, joining fellow Aussies Bliss N Eso, Angus and Julia Stone, Washington and Birds of Tokyo for a stellar week on the albums chart.

On the singles chart, Eminem's grip on the top spot with his single Love The Way You Lie featuring Rihanna, has ended, with Cruz, who was in Australia recently for a promotional tour, finally bumping him from number one.

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Cruz's success has continued around the world, with his new single Dynamite also blasting straight to the top of the UK singles chart on Sunday. In the US, the single has peaked at No 2, where it's being kept from the top spot by Eminem.

Australian country music star Adam Brand just missed out on making the top 10 in the albums chart but smashed the country chart, with his new album It's Gonna Be Ok debuting at number one.

Brand beat country legends The Dixie Chicks, whose compilation album The Essential opened at number three, and fellow Aussie Adam Harvey whose album Best So Far spent its first week at number five on the chart.