This Week In Pop – 17 October, 2018

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This week, George Ezra chalks up four weeks on top while Twenty One Pilots debut at #1 and Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper chart with the soundtrack for 'A Star Is Born'.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Twenty One Pilots ‘Trench’ (Debut) – Twenty One Pilots take out their first #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with 'Trench'. The American duo’s fifth studio album is the follow-up to breakthrough release 'Blurryface' (#7 August ’16). It’s a concept album based around a walled city named Dema. Twenty One Pilots will be touring Australia in support of the album in December.
#3: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper ‘A Star Is Born’ (Debut) – The soundtrack to the 2018 remake of 'A Star Is Born' hits this week’s Albums Chart. The album features tracks performed and written by the film’s stars, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, as well as writing contributions from Mark Ronson, Lukas Nelson, Jason Isbell and Dianne Warren, among others. One track from the soundtrack, ‘Shallow’, has debuted at #25 on this week’s Singles Chart. Lady Gaga last appeared on the Albums Chart with 'Joanne' (#2 October ’16).
#7: Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ – After dropping out of the Top Ten last week for the first time since January, the 'Greatest Showman' soundtrack moves back up five spots this week to #7, hitting its 41st week in the Top Ten.

This week's single chartifacts

#1. George Ezra ‘Shotgun’ – English singer-songwriter George Ezra tops the ARIA Singles Chart for a fourth straight week with ‘Shotgun’. Ezra has just announced he’ll play a run of Australian dates in January/February 2019.
#4: Marshmello & Bastille ‘Happier’ – ‘Happier’ by Marshmello and Bastille moves up one more spot to score a new peak at #4. It equals the previous Singles Chart peaks of both acts: Marshmello hit #4 in April of this year with his collaboration with Anne-Marie, ‘Friends’, while Bastille reached #4 in June 2013 with ‘Pompeii’.
#7: Dynoro ‘In My Mind’ – Lithuanian producer Dynoro jumps up six spots to hit the Top Ten for the first time with debut chart entry, ‘In My Mind’. It’s based on the 2012 track, also called ‘In My Mind’, released by Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay, which peaked at #29.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'Trench' – Twenty One Pilot
 2.    'Kamikaze' – Eminem
 3.    'A Star Is Born' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 4.    'Dancing Queen' – Cher
 5.    '÷' – Ed Sheeran
 6.    'Scorpion' – Drake
 7.    'The Greatest Showman' Soundtrack
 8.    'The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You' – Cold Chisel
 9.    'Beerbongs & Bentleys' – Post Malone
 10. 'Sweetener' – Ariana Grande

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'Shotgun' – George Ezra
 2.    'Eastside' – Benny Blanco featuring Halsey & Khalid
 3.    'Be Alright' – Dean Lewis
 4.    'Happier' – Marshmello & Bastille
 5.    'I Love It' – Lil Pump & Kanye West
 6.    'Promises' – Calvin Harris & Sam Smith
 7.    'In My Mind' – Dynoro
 8.    'Body' – Loud Luxury
 9.    'Better' – Khalid
 10. 'Rise' – Jonas Blue