This Week In Pop – 21 January, 2021

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This week, Barry Gibb tops the Albums Chart for the first time as a solo artist, and Olivia Rodrigo's debut single hits #1.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Barry Gibb ‘Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook’ – The legendary Barry Gibb takes out his first ever solo #1 on the ARIA Charts as he debuts in the top of the Albums Chart with 'Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook'. Gibb’s third solo album and the follow-up to 'In The Now' (#3 October ’16) sees him teaming up with country stars to reimagine songs from the Bee Gees’ canon such as ‘Words’, ‘Jive Talkin’’, ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, ‘Run To Me’, ‘Too Much Heaven’ and more.
#2: Morgan Wallen ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ – American country artist Morgan Wallen makes his ARIA Top 50 debut with second album, 'Dangerous: The Double Album'. The two-disc set comes two years on from Wallen’s debut 'If I Know Me' which was #1 on the Country Albums Chart in the US.
#6: Passenger ‘Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted’ – English singer-songwriter Passenger releases his 13th studio album, 'Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted'. The follow-up to 2020’s 'Patchwork', it’s the first Passenger album to appear in the ARIA Top 50 since 'Runaway' (#7 September ’18) and was recorded in his home studio in Brighton, England. Among Passenger’s six Top Ten albums, he topped the chart with 'Young As The Morning Old As The Sea' (#1 October ’16).

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Olivia Rodrigo ‘Drivers License’ – American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo debuts at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with her first single, ‘Drivers License’. The 17-year-old Californian has previously acted in the series 'Bizaardvark' and 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series'. She contributed the track ‘All I Want’ to the latter’s soundtrack. Rodrigo becomes the first artist to debut at #1 with their debut single since Harry Styles’ ‘Sign Of The Times’ (#1 April ’17).
#7: Tones And I ‘Fly Away’ – Moving up one spot, Tones And I’s ‘Fly Away’ equals the peak reached by ‘Never Seen The Rain’ (#7 December ’19), becoming the ARIA Award winner’s joint second-highest chart entry. The record-breaking ‘Dance Monkey’ was #1 on the 2020 ARIA End Of Year Australian Singles Chart announced this week.
#9: SZA ‘Good Days’ – After debuting at #38 last week, SZA climbs up the chart 29 spots to hit #9 with ‘Good Days’. It becomes the American neo-soul artist’s first solo entry in the Top Ten. She previously hit #2 when she collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on ‘All The Stars’ in February 2018.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook' – Barry Gibb
2. 'Dangerous: The Double Album' – Morgan Wallen
3. 'Evermore' – Taylor Swift
4. 'Fine Line' – Harry Styles'PWR/UP' – AC/DC
5. 'F*ck Love (Savage)' – The Kid Laroi
6. 'Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted' – Passenger
7. 'Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon' – Pop Smoke
8. 'What You See Ain't Always What You Get' – Luke Combs
9. 'Plastic Hearts' – Miley Cyrus
10. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Drivers License' – Olivia Rodrigo
2. 'Without You' – The Kid Laroi
3. 'Mood' – 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior
4. 'Levitating' – Dua Lipa
5. 'Head & Heart' – Joel Corry, MNEK
6. 'Anyone' – Justin Bieber
7. 'Fly Away' – Tones And I
8. 'So Done' – The Kid Laroi
9. 'Good Days' – SZA
10. 'Positions' – Ariana Grande