This Week In Pop – 17 April 2025

Welcome to This Week In Pop.

This week, Ball Park Music rack up their first #1 album, as 'Like Love' debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, while Aussie metal band Thornhill come in at #4.

Ball Park Music have released eight studio albums, seven of which have reached the top 10. Three peaked at #2: 'Puddinghead' in 2014, 'Ball Park Music' in 2020 and 'Weirder & Weirder' in 2022.



Thornhill arrive at #4 with 'Bodies'. Their debut album, 'The Dark Road', stopped at #20 in 2019, while 'Heroine' peaked at #3 in 2022.

On the Singles Chart, Alex Warren makes it three weeks in a row at #1 with 'Ordinary', while Drake hits the top five with 'Nokia', up from #10 to #5.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Like Love' – Ball Park Music
2. 'Short n' Sweet' – Sabrina Carpenter
3. 'So Close To What' – Tate McRae
4. 'Bodies' – Thornhill
5. 'Preacher's Daughter' – Ethel Cain
6. 'Eternal Sunshine' – Ariana Grande
7. 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' – Billie Eilish
8. '+-=÷x (Tour Collection)' – Ed Sheeran
9. 'SOS' – SZA
10. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Ordinary' – Alex Warren
2. 'APT.' – Rose, Bruno Mars
3. 'Pink Pony Club' – Chappell Roan
4. 'That's So True' – Gracie Abrams
5. 'Nokia' – Drake
6. 'Messy' – Lola Young
7. 'Birds Of A Feather' – Billie Eilish
8. 'Beautiful Things' – Benson Boone
9. 'Die With A Smile' – Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars
10. 'Anxiety' – Doechii