This Week In Pop – 1 March 2022

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This week, Midnight Oil score their sixth #1 album while Elton John and Dua Lipa hit double figures at #1 on the Singles Chart.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Midnight Oil ‘Resist’ – Australian music icon Midnight Oil claim their sixth #1 album on the ARIA Charts as they debut in the top spot this week with 'Resist'. It’s the 13th studio album from the 2006 ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees. Their previous album, 'The Makarrata Project' (#1 November ’20) - with First Nations Collaborators - earned the band five ARIA Award nominations in 2021, including Album Of The Year. Midnight Oil have previously hit #1 with the albums 'Red Sails In The Sunset' (#1 November ’84), 'Diesel And Dust' (#1 August ’87), 'Blue Sky Mining' (#1 March ’90) and '20,000 Watt RSL - The Midnight Oil Collection' (#1 October ’97). 'Resist' is the second Australian #1 album on the ARIA Charts in 2022. Midnight Oil said: "Thanks to everyone who’s supported 'Resist' - we greatly appreciate it - but we’re shocked that INXS and ourselves are among only four Australian Artists with top 40 albums this week. What year is it again? We’ve been fortunate to have some great media support, particularly from the ABC and Triple M, but clearly the federal government needs to introduce better local content rules - and better enforcement of those rules - across all platforms to make sure that the next generation of local artists get a fair go."

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Elton John & Dua Lipa ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ – Elton John and Dua Lipa’s collaboration ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ hits its tenth week at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Three other tracks have spent a total of ten weeks at #1: Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ (#1 December ’92), Sandi Thom’s ‘I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)’ (#1 September ’06) and LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’ (#1 April ’11).
#5: Ed Sheeran ‘Bad Habits’ – In its 35th week in the Top 50, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ climbs three spots to #5. The move by the former #1 comes off the back of the release of a new version which sees Sheeran collaborating with hard rock band Bring Me the Horizon. The artists performed a version of the track together at the 2022 BRIT Awards.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Resist' – Midnight Oil
2. 'Encanto' – Soundtrack
3. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
4. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
5. '30' – Adele
6. '=' – Ed Sheeran
7. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
8. 'Dawn FM' – The Weeknd
9. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
10. 'Justice' – Justin Bieber

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)' – Elton John & Dua Lipa
2. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
3. 'Stay' – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
4. 'ABCDEFU' – Gayle
5. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
6. 'Where Are You Now' – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott
7. 'Shivers' – Ed Sheeran
8. 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' – Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz
9. 'That's What I Want' – Lil Nas X
10. 'Industry Baby' – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow