This Week In Pop – 11 January 2022

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This week, Adele reaches her seventh atop the Albums Chart. Elton John and Dua Lipa return to #1 on the Singles Chart.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Adele ‘30’ – Adele’s dominance continues for a seventh straight week, topping the ARIA Albums Chart with '30', her fourth album. '30' is now one week off equaling the run at #1 by Adele’s previous album, '25' (#1 November ’15).
#6: Soundtrack ‘Encanto’ – After debuting at #29 last week, the soundtrack to Disney’s 'Encanto' races up the chart to hit #6. The Lin-Manuel Miranda-composed album includes songs sung in both English and Spanish. Two of its tracks have hit this week’s Top 50: ‘We Don't Talk About Bruno’ (#20) and ‘Surface Pressure’ (#44).
#7: Radiohead ‘Kid A Mnesia’ – 'Kid A Mnesia', the reissue of Radiohead’s turn of the century albums – 'Kid A' (#2 October ‘00) and 'Amnesiac' (#2 June ‘01) – re-enters the chart at #7 on the back of a surge in vinyl sales. It returns to #1 on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart after debuting at the top of that chart in mid-November.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Elton John & Dua Lipa ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ – After dropping back to #4 last week due to the Christmas surge, Elton John and Dua Lipa return to take out sixth week at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’. This week marks the track’s 20th consecutive week in the Top Five, having been there since w/c 30/8/2021.
#8: Acraze Feat. Cherish ‘Do It To It’ – After dropping to #21 last week, Acraze’s ‘Do It To It’ jumps back up to a new peak at #8, one spot above its previous high.

Top 10 Albums

1. '30' – Adele
2. '=' – Ed Sheeran
3. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
4. 'Red (Taylor's Version)' – Taylor Swift
5. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
6. 'Encanto' – Soundtrack
7. 'Kid A Mnesia' – Radiohead
8. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
9. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
10. 'Justice' – Justin Bieber

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)' – Elton John & Dua Lipa
2. 'Stay' – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
3. 'ABCDEFU' – Gayle
4. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
5. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
6. 'Shivers' – Ed Sheeran
7. 'Easy On Me' – Adele
8. 'Do It To It' – Acraze featuring Cherish
9. 'Industry Baby' – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
10. 'Where Are You Now' – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott