This Week In Pop – 1 October, 2019

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This week, Tones And I's 'Dance Monkey' stays up at #1 on the Singles Chart, while Blink-182 and Liam Gallagher debut new work.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Post Malone ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ – Holding #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a third straight week, Hollywood’s Bleeding becomes the longest-running chart-topper for American rapper Post Malone.
#4: Blink-182 ‘Nine’ – American pop-punk veterans Blink-182 take out their eighth Top Ten album with 'Nine'. Following on from 'California' (#2 July ’16), the trio’s eighth studio album is their third since reforming in 2009 and their second with guitarist Matt Skiba.
#7: Liam Gallagher ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ – Liam Gallagher scores his second solo Top Ten entry with 'Why Me? Why Not.' Coming two years on from 'As You Were' (#9 October ’17), the former Oasis front man’s second solo album features him again collaborating with songwriter/producers Greg Kurstin (Paul McCartney, Beck, Sia) and Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson). The album is #2 on this week’s Vinyl Albums Chart.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Tones And I ‘Dance Monkey’ – Holding #1 for ninth consecutive week, Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ equals the record for most weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart an Australian artist. The singer-songwriter joins Sydney act Justice Crew, who spent nine weeks in the top spot in 2014 with ‘Que Sera’.Her latest achievement comes in the same weekend Tones And I appears as part of the pre-game entertainment at the AFL Grand Final. ‘Dance Monkey’ has now reached #1 in ten countries. All eyes are on next week to see if she can break the ARIA Singles Chart record for an Australian artist.
#4: Marshmello Feat. Kane Brown ‘One Thing Right’ – Marshmello’s ‘One Thing Right’ jumps up two spots to claim a new peak at #4. It’s the track’s twelfth week in the Top 50. It’s the American producer’s sixth Top Ten single.
#5: Blanco Brown ‘The Git Up’ – As it notches up its ninth week in the Top Ten, Blanco Brown’s ‘The Git Up’ cracks the Top Five for the first time, moving up two spots to #5.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'Hollywood's Bleeding' – Post Malone
 2.    'Lover' – Taylor Swift
 3.    'No.6 Collaborations Project' – Ed Sheeran
 4.    'Nine' – Blink-182
 5.    'The Kids Are Coming – EP' – Tones And I
 6.    'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish
 7.    'Why Me? Why Not.' – Liam Gallagher
 8.    'Free Time' – Ruel
 9.    'Diamonds' – Elton John
 10.  'Free Spirit' – Khalid

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'Dance Monkey' – Tones And I
 2.    'Circles' – Post Malone
 3.    'Señorita' – Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello
 4.    'One Thing Right' – Marshmello featuring Kane Brown
 5.    'The Git Up' – Blanco Brown
 6.    'Beautiful People' – Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid
 7.    'Old Town Road' – Lil Nas X
 8.    'Piece Of Your Heart' – MeduZa featuring Goodboys
 9.    'Someone You Loved' – Lewis Capaldi
 10.  'Don't Call Me Angel (Charlie's Angels)' – Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey