This Week In Pop – 14 April 2022

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This week, Red Hot Chili Peppers score their seventh #1 album, meanwhile Harry Styles debuts a new single at #1 and Confidence Man make the top ten of the Albums Chart.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Unlimited Love’ – American funk rock veterans Red Hot Chili Peppers pick up their seventh #1 album on the ARIA Charts as they debut in the top spot with 'Unlimited Love'. The Californian group’s twelfth studio album is the follow-up to 'The Getaway' (#1 June ‘16) and is their first album to feature guitarist John Frusciante since 'Stadium Arcadium' (#1 May ‘06). Red Hot Chili Peppers have also previously held #1 with 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' (#1 April ‘92), 'One Hot Minute' (#1 September ‘95), 'Californication' (#1 June ‘99), 'By The Way' (#1 July ‘02), 'Stadium Arcadium' (#1 May ‘06) and 'The Getaway' (#1 June ’16).
#2: Olivia Rodrigo ‘SOUR’ – In its 46th week in the Top 50, Olivia Rodrigo’s 'SOUR' climbs up three spots to #2. It comes following the American artist’s triumph at this week’s Grammy Awards, where she won three trophies including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album.
#5: Harry Styles ‘Fine Line’ – With ‘As It Was’ hitting #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, Harry Styles has had a swift climb up the Albums Chart. His second album 'Fine Line' is up 11 spots to #5, while his self-titled debut has re-entered the Top 50 at #23.
#7: Confidence Man ‘Tilt’ – Confidence Man grab their first ARIA Top Ten entry, debuting at #7 with Tilt. The Brisbane electro-pop act’s second album comes four years on from 'Confident Music For Confident People' (#31 April ’18).

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Harry Styles ‘As It Was’ – British pop superstar Harry Styles claims his second solo #1 single on the ARIA Charts with ‘As It Was’. The track is the first to come from Styles’ forthcoming third album, Harry’s House, set for release on 20 May. It’s the singer-songwriter’s first new entry on the chart since ‘Falling’ (#35 December ’19) and ‘Golden’ (#39 November ’20) hit the chart in the same week in December 2019. Harry Styles’ first hit #1 with his debut solo single ‘Sign Of The Times’ (#1 April ’17). His previous single ‘Watermelon Sugar’ (#5 July ’20) has re-entered the chart at #44.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Unlimited Love' – Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
3. 'Higher' – Michael Buble
4. '=' – Ed Sheeran
5. 'Fine Line' – Harry Styles 6. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
7. 'Tilt' – Confidence Man
8. 'Mainstream Sellout' – Machine Gun Kelly
9. 'Encanto' – Soundtrack
10. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd

Top 10 Singles

1. 'As It Was' – Harry Styles
2. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
3. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
4. 'Stay' – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
5. 'Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)' – Elton John & Dua Lipa
6. 'Where Are You Now' – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott
7. 'Shivers' – Ed Sheeran
8. 'ABCDEFU' – Gayle
9. 'Starlight' – Dave
10. 'Industry Baby' – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow