This Week In Pop – 15 May, 2017

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This week, DJ Khaled's 'I'm The One' holds steady at the top of the Singles Chart, Nick Cave debuts in the top ten of the Albums Chart and Ed Sheeran returns to #1 with '÷'.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Ed Sheeran ‘÷’ – After a week in the #2 position, Ed Sheeran’s '÷' returns to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for a ninth week.
#8: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‘Lovely Creatures - The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 - 2014)’ (debut) – This new compilation brings together work from the first 30 years of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ catalogue. It includes tracks from the 15 albums released in that period, beginning with 1984’s 'From Her To Eternity', through to 'Push The Sky Away' (#1 February ’13). The band topped the Albums Chart last year with 'Skeleton Tree' (#1 September ’16).

This week's single chartifacts

#1: DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne ‘I'm The One’ – It’s week two at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for DJ Khaled’s ‘I’m The One’. Since hitting the top spot last week, the single has also gone to #1 in the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, among other territories.
#2: Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber ‘Despacito’ – In its third week in the top 50, ‘Despacito’ has jumped eight spots to sit at #2. It means that both the #1 and #2 songs on this week’s chart include Justin Bieber as a featured artist.

Top 10 Albums

1. '÷' – Ed Sheeran
2. 'Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume 2' Soundtrack
3. 'Damn.' – Kendrick Lamar
4. 'Off The Grid' – Bliss N Eso
5. 'A Tribute To Mario Lanza' – Mark Vincent
6. '24K Magic' – Bruno Mars
7. '25' – Adele
8. ‘Lovely Creatures - The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014)’ – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
9. 'Tina Arena (Greatest Hits & Interpretations)' – Tina Arena
10. '24K Magic' – Bruno Mars

Top 10 Singles

1. 'I'm The One' – DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne
2. 'Despacito' – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
3. 'Galway Girl' – Ed Sheeran
4. 'Shape Of You' – Ed Sheeran
5. 'Humble.' – Kendrick Lamar
6. 'There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back' – Shawn Mendes
7. 'Symphony' – Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson
8. 'Something Just Like This' – The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay
9. 'Sign Of The Times' – Harry Styles
10. 'Stay' – Zedd featuring Alessia Cara