This Week In Pop – 12 July 2021

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This week, Ed Sheeran takes the top spot on the Singles Chart for another week and Jimmy Barnes makes history, claiming his 13th #1 album.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Jimmy Barnes ‘Flesh And Blood’ – Homegrown icon Jimmy Barnes has made history on this week’s ARIA Chart by claiming his 13th #1 album with 'Flesh And Blood'. Barnes’ record-breaking album is his 20th solo studio effort and follows 'My Criminal Record', which reached #1 in June 2019 and gave him the ARIA record for most #1 albums – beating out Madonna and U2 with 11 chart-toppers each. He becomes the first Australian solo act to have #1 albums in every decade since the 1980s. On his success, Barnes said: “I don’t take any of this for granted. Firstly, I’d like to thank all the people who are still willing to listen to my new music after all these years. I hope they get as much pleasure from listening to it as I get from making it. I’m also deeply grateful to Warren and the whole staff at Bloodlines and the Mushroom Group. Michael loved to call them 'the A Team' and they’ve certainly shown that yet again with all their hard work promoting Flesh And Blood. I also want to thank my brother-in-law Mark Lizotte for writing most of the songs on the album with me and, lastly, I’d like to thank my Jane and our beautiful family for continuing to inspire me, and for being such a huge part of this record.”

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Ed Sheeran ‘Bad Habits’ – Ed Sheeran holds #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second straight week with ‘Bad Habits’. Since debuting in the top spot here last week, the single has also taken out #1s in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK. Of Sheeran’s previous chart-toppers, ‘Shape of You’ (#1 January ‘17) spent the most time at #1, notching up 15 weeks.
#3: Maneskin ‘Beggin’ – Italian band Maneskin move up three spots to claim a new peak at #3 with ‘Beggin’. It’s peaked at #4 in New Zealand and #7 in the UK. Maneskin’s other recent chart entry, ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’, also has a new peak, climbing six to #15.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Flesh And Blood' – Jimmy Barnes
2. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
3. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
4. 'Call Me If You Get Lost' – Tyler, The Creator
5. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
6. 'All I Know So Far: Setlist' – P!nk
7. 'Justice' – Justin Bieber
8. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
9. 'F*ck Love (Savage)' – The Kid Laroi
10. 'Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon' – Pop Smoke

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
2. 'Good 4 U' – Olivia Rodrigo
3. 'Beggin' – Maneskin
4. 'Kiss Me More' – Doja Cat featuring SZA
5. 'Levitating' – Dua Lipa
6. 'Save Your Tears' – The Weeknd
7. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
8. 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' – Lil Nas X
9. 'Astronaut In The Ocean' – Masked Wolf
10. 'Deja Vu' – Olivia Rodrigo