This Week In Pop – 22 February, 2018

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This week, 'The Greatest Showman' soundtrack continues its #1 reign and The Wombats and Hockey Dad both debut in the top ten.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Soundtrack ‘The Greatest Showman’ – 'The Greatest Showman' soundtrack notches up its seventh consecutive week at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
#2: Soundtrack ‘Black Panther: The Album’ (debut) – The Kendrick Lamar-curated 'Black Panther: The Album' becomes this week’s highest debut on the Albums Chart. The soundtrack to the Marvel film 'Black Panther' features contributions from Lamar, as well as 2 Chainz, Khalid, Vince Staples, Anderson Paak, James Blake and more.
#4: Soundtrack ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ (debut) – The soundtrack to third and final film in the 'Fifty Shades' series becomes the film series’ third album to chart in the top ten. 'Fifty Shades Freed' follows on from 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' (#1 February. ’15) and 'Fifty Shades Darker' (#1 February ’17).
#5: The Wombats ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’ (debut) – The Wombats score their third top ten entry with 'Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life'. It’s the British trio’s fourth album and comes three years on from 'Glitterbug' (#2 April ’15). The Wombats also hit the top ten with 'The Wombats Proudly Present... This Modern Glitch' (#2 May ’11).
#6: Hockey Dad ‘Blend Inn’ (debut) – Wollongong surf rock band Hockey Dad makes their top 50 debut with 'Blend Inn'. Following on from 2016’s 'Boronia', it’s the duo’s second album and was recorded in Seattle. 'Blend Inn'’s lead single ‘Homely Feeling’ landed at #54 in the recent Triple J Hottest 100.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Drake ‘God’s Plan’ – It’s week three at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for Canadian rapper Drake and his track ‘God’s Plan’.
#2: Rudimental Feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen ‘These Days’ – Jumping two spots to #2 this week, ‘These Days’ takes over from ‘Feel the Love’ (#3 July ’12) as Rudimental’s highest Singles Chart peak.
#5: Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‘All The Stars’ – In its sixth week in the top 50, Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s collaboration ‘All The Stars’ cracks the top ten for the first time at #5. Its new peak comes in the same week its parent album 'Black Panther: The Album' debuts at #2.
#9: Dua Lipa ‘IDGAF’ – Climbing two spots to #9, ‘IDGAF’ becomes Dua Lipa’s third top ten on the ARIA Singles Chart. She’s previously hit the top ten with ‘Be The One’ (#6 May ’16) and ‘New Rules’ (#2 September ’17).

Top 10 Albums

1. 'The Greatest Showman' Soundtrack
2. 'Black Panther: The Album' Soundtrack
3. '÷' – Ed Sheeran
4. 'Fifty Shades Freed' Soundtrack
5. 'Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life' – The Wombats
6. 'Blend Inn' – Hockey Dad
7. 'Man Of The Woods' – Justin Timberlake
8. 'Stoney' – Post Malone
9. 'Beautiful Trauma' – P!nk
10. 'Revival' – Eminem

Top 10 Singles

1. 'God's Plan' – Drake
2. 'These Days' – Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen
3. 'I Fall Apart' – Post Malone
4. 'Meant To Be' – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
5. 'All The Stars' – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
6. 'Perfect' – Ed Sheeran
7. 'River' – Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran
8. 'Finesse' – Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B
9. 'IDGAF' – Dua Lipa
10. 'Never Be The Same' – Camila Cabello