This Week In Pop – 14 November, 2019

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This week, Kanye West and Tones And I hold their #1 positions, meanwhile Dua Lipa and Archie Roach enter the Top Ten.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Kanye West ‘Jesus Is King’ – Kanye West holds #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a second week with 'Jesus Is King'. The album becomes the first by West to spend more than one week at #1 in Australia.
#7: Archie Roach ‘Tell Me Why’ – Archie Roach makes the Top Ten with 'Tell Me Why'. It is his first Top Ten album in his 39-year career. The collection is a companion piece to his memoir of the same name featuring a mix of re-recordings, covers and new tracks. This is Roach’s third album to land on the ARIA Top 50 Chart, following 'Let Love Rule' (#24 November ‘16) and 'Into The Bloodstream' (#49 October ‘12).
#8: Shawn Mendes ‘Shawn Mendes’ – Currently touring Australia, Shawn Mendes jumps up five spots to #8 with his self-titled third album. The album has now spent ten weeks in the Top Ten since it debuted at #1 in June 2018.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Tones And I ‘Dance Monkey’ – Spending its 15th week in the top spot, ‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones and I equals the record for most weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, tying the record set by Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’ in 2017. It is the first time an Australian has held this record since 1983, the year the ARIA Charts began.
#3 Regard ‘Ride It’ – After two weeks at #4, ‘Ride It’ by Regard moves to a new peak at #3. The remix of Jay Sean’s 2008 hit is experiencing a second life thanks to a surge in popularity on social platform TikTok.
#8 Dua Lipa ‘Don’t Start Now’ – Fresh from being announced as a performer at the 2019 ARIA Awards, Dua Lipa returns to the ARIA Charts with ‘Don’t Start Now’, the first single from her forthcoming second album. This marks the fourth entry into the Singles Chart Top Ten as a lead artist by the English singer. Her highest peak was with ‘New Rules’ (#2 September ’17).

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'Jesus Is King' – Kanye West
 2.    'Hollywood's Bleeding' – Post Malone
 3.    'No.6 Collaborations Project' – Ed Sheeran
 4.    'Lover' – Taylor Swift
 5.    'The Kids Are Coming – EP' – Tones And I
 6.    'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish
 7.    'Tell Me Why' – Archie Roach
 8.    'Shawn Mendes' – Shawn Mendes
 9.    'HILDA' – Jessica Mauboy
 10.  'Pony' – Rex Orange County

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'Dance Monkey' – Tones And I
 2.    'Circles' – Post Malone
 3.    'Ride It' – Regard
 4.    'Memories' – Maroon 5
 5.    'Lose You To Love Me' – Selena Gomez
 6.    'Good As Hell' – Lizzo
 7.    '10,000 Hours' – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
 8.    'Don't Start Now' – Dua Lipa
 9.    'Hot Girl Bummer' – blackbear
 10.  'Never Seen The Rain' – Tones And I