This Week In Pop – 14 February, 2019

Welcome to This Week In Pop.

This week, Ariana Grande chalks up three weeks at #1 with '7 Rings' and Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper return to the top of the Albums Chart.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Soundtrack ‘A Star Is Born’ – After five weeks at #2, the soundtrack to 'A Star Is Born' returns to #1 on the Albums Chart for a tenth week. The album has spent 18 weeks in the Top 50, all of that situated in the Top Three.
#6: Billie Eilish ‘Dont Smile At Me’ – In its 20th week in the Top 50, Billie Eilish’s 'Dont Smile At Me' hits the Top Ten for the first time at #6. The debut EP by the American singer-songwriter previously peaked at #13 in January.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Ariana Grande ‘7 Rings’ – ‘7 Rings’ by Ariana Grande holds #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a third week. The single’s parent album, 'Thank U, Next', should make an impact on next week’s chart following its release over the weekend.
#3: Billie Eilish ‘Bury A Friend’ (Debut) – American singer songwriter Billie Eilish scores her biggest hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Bury A Friend’. The track is the third single from Eilish’s recently-announced forthcoming debut album, 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?', which is set for release in March. Her previous peak was with the collaboration with Khalid, ‘Lovely’ (#5 July ’18).
#7: Sam Smith & Normani ‘Dancing With A Stranger’ – After two weeks at #10, the duet between Sam Smith and Normani, ‘Dancing With A Stranger’, jumps three spots to land a new peak at #7.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'A Star Is Born' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 2.    'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Queen
 3.    'Greatest Hits' – Queen
 4.    'The Greatest Showman' Soundtrack
 5.    'The Platinum Collection' – Queen
 6.    'Don't Smile At Me' – Billie Eilish
 7.    'Amo' – Bring Me The Horizon
 8.    'Graffiti U' – Keith Urban
 9.    'Beerbongs & Bentleys' – Post Malone
 10.  '÷' – Ed Sheeran

Top 10 Singles

 1.    '7 Rings' – Ariana Grande
 2.    'Sunflower' – Post Malone & Swae Lee
 3.    'Bury A Friend' – Billie Eilish
 4.    'WOW' – Post Malone
 5.    'Sweet But Psycho' – Ava Max
 6.    'Without Me' – Halsey
 7.    'Dancing With A Stranger' – Sam Smith & Normani
 8.    'Sicko Mode' – Travis Scott & Drake
 9.    'Nothing Breaks Like A Heart' – Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus
 10.  'Shallow' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper