This Week In Pop – 20 November, 2018

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This week, Ariana Grande leads the Singles Chart while Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's soundtrack for 'A Star Is Born' stays at #1 on the Albums Chart. Imagine Dragons, Midnight Oil, Muse and Architects all debut new work too.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ‘A Star Is Born’ – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s soundtrack to A Star Is Born holds #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a fourth consecutive week. The duo’s track ‘Shallow’ has dropped back to #2 on the Singles Chart.
#4: Imagine Dragons ‘Origins’ (Debut) – With 'Origins', their fourth studio album, American band Imagine Dragons score their fourth #4 peak on the ARIA Albums Chart. The follow-up to 'Evolve' (#4 July ’17) features the singles ‘Natural’ (#28 September ’18) and ‘Bad Liar’ (#35 November ’18).
#5: Midnight Oil 'Armistice Day: Live At the Domain, Sydney' (Debut) – ARIA Hall Of Famers Midnight Oil chronicle their reunion tour with 'Armistice Day: Live At The Domain, Sydney'. Recorded in The Domain in Sydney on 11 November 2017, the album features many of the band’s best-known tracks including ‘The Dead Heart’ (#4 August ’86), ‘Beds Are Burning’ (#6 September ’87) and ‘Blue Sky Mine’ (#8 March ’90). Midnight Oil have also previously charted with the live albums 'Scream In Blue' (#3 May ’92) and 'The Real Thing' (#7 July ’00).
#7: Muse 'Simulation Theory' (Debut) – Returning with eighth studio album, 'Simulation Theory', British rock band Muse take out a fifth entry in the ARIA Top Ten. The album is the follow-up to 'Drones' (#1 June ’15). Muse have also previously topped the chart with 'Black Holes And Revelations' (#1 July ’06) and 'The Resistance' (#1 September ’09).
#8: Architects ‘Holy Hell’ (Debut) – British metalcore band Architects take out a second Top Ten entry with 'Holy Hell'. The group’s eighth album comes two years on from 'All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us' (#2 June ’16) and is the first to be released without founding member and main songwriter Tom Searle, who passed away in August 2016.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Ariana Grande ‘Thank U, Next’ – Moving up one spot from its debut position, ‘Thank U, Next’ becomes Ariana Grande’s second #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Grande first hit #1 in April of this year, when she topped the chart with ‘No Tears Left To Cry’.
#3: Halsey ‘Without Me’ – Halsey’s ‘Without Me’ continues its steady climb up the chart. In its sixth week in the Top 50, it’s moved up a further spot to grab another new peak at #3.
#6: Post Malone & Swae Lee ‘Sunflower’ – Notching up a fourth week in the chart, Post Malone and Swae Lee take out a new peak at #6 with ‘Sunflower’.
#10: Billie Eilish ‘When The Party’s Over’ – After two weeks out of the Top Ten, Billie EIlish’s ‘When The Party’s Over’ returns to its previous peak position.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'A Star Is Born' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 2.    'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Queen
 3.    'Greatest Hits' – Queen
 4.    'Origins' – Imagine Dragons
 5.    'Armistice Day: Live At The Domain, Sydney' – Midnight Oil
 6.    'The Platinum Collection' – Queen
 7.    'Simulation Theory' – Muse
 8.    'Holy Hell' – Architects
 9.    'Laps Around The Sun' – Ziggy Alberts
 10. 'The Beatles' – The Beatles

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'Thank U, Next' – Ariana Grande
 2.    'Shallow' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 3.    Without Me' – Halsey
 4.    'Shotgun' – George Ezra'
 5.    'Happier' – Marshmello & Bastille
 6.    'Sunflower' – Post Malone & Swae Lee
 7.    'Eastside' – Benny Blanco featuring Halsey & Khalid
 8.    'Be Alright' – Dean Lewis
 9.    'Body' – Loud Luxury
 10. 'When The Party's Over' – Billie Eilish