Welcome to This Week In Pop.
This week, it’s seven straight weeks at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for the 'KPop Demon Hunters' soundtrack, making it the longest running #1 album of 2025.
Royel Otis arrive at #5 with their second full-length album, 'Hickey'. Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic reached #10 with 'Pratts & Pain' in 2024 and collected four ARIA Awards that year, including Best Rock Album and Best Group.
Another K-pop entrant, Stray Kids, debut at #4 with 'Karma', marking the boy band’s seventh top 20 appearance in Australia. It follows 'Noeasy' (#14 in 2021), 'Maxident' (#4 in 2022), '5-Star' (#2 in 2023), 'Rock-Star' (#2 in 2023), 'Ate' (#2 in 2024) and 'Hop' (#4 in 2024).
Laufey’s 'A Matter Of Time' steps onto the chart in the #2 spot. It’s the Icelandic singer’s third album and second chart appearance: she reached #6 in 2023 with 'Bewitched'. Following closely behind is Deftones’ 10th studio album, 'Private Music', which debuts at #3.
Sombr’s debut album 'I Barely Know Her' is new at #6. The New Yorker has scored three top 20 singles this year: 'Undressed', which peaked at #2, 'Back To Friends' which reached #3 and '12 To 12', which climbs to #15 this week.
American country star Lainey Wilson reaches a new chart peak as the deluxe edition of 'Whirlwind' enters at #8.
John Fogerty returns with another greatest hits album, as 'Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years' enters at #9 (it contains his versions of CCR hits).
Rounding out the top 10 debuts, is the 10th anniversary edition of Tyler, The Creator’s 'CHERRY BOMB' enters at a new peak of #10. It reached at #13 in 2015.
On the Singles Chart, 'Golden' from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack holds at #1 for the fifth week in a row. The album is home to five of the top 10 singles this week.
Top 10 Albums
1. 'KPop Demon Hunters' – Soundtrack2. 'A Matter Of Time' – Laufey
3. 'Private Music' – Deftones
4. 'KARMA' – Stray Kids
5. 'Hickey' – Royel Otis
6. 'I Barely Know Her' – sombr
7. 'You'll Be Alright, Kid' – Alex Warren
8. 'Whirlwind' – Lainey Wilson
9. 'Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years' – John Fogerty
10. 'Cherry Bomb (10th Anniversary Edition)' – Tyler, The Creator
Top 10 Singles
1. 'Golden' – Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna2. 'Ordinary' – Alex Warren
3. 'No Broke Boys' – Disco Lines, Tinashe
4. 'Soda Pop' – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
5. 'Your Idol' – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
6. 'Daisies' – Justin Bieber
7. 'How It's Done' – Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
8. 'What It Sounds Like' – Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
9. 'Back To Friends' – Sombr
10. 'Free' – Rumi, Jinu, Ejae, Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
