This Week In Pop – 22 June 2021

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This week, Olivia Rodrigo is atop the Albums and Singles Charts for a fourth week, while King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard claim their fourth #2 album.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Olivia Rodrigo ‘SOUR’ – 'SOUR' by Olivia Rodrigo is #1 for a fourth straight week on the ARIA Albums Chart. All eleven of the album’s tracks occupy the ARIA Top 50 with ‘Good 4 U’ the highest at #1 and ‘Hope Ur OK’ the lowest at #48.
#2: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard ‘Butterfly 3000’ – Melbourne’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard take out their 13th top ten on the ARIA Albums Chart as they release their second studio album of the year, 'Butterfly 3000'. The follow-up to 'L.W.' (#4 May ’21) becomes the group’s fourth album to peak at #2.
#3: Polo G ‘Hall Of Fame’ – Polo G scores a new ARIA Albums Chart peak as he debuts at #3 with 'Hall Of Fame'. The American rapper’s third album becomes his second top ten after 'The Goat' (#10 May ’20). 'Hall Of Fame' includes a host of guests including The Kid Laroi, Lil Wayne, DaBaby, Roddy Ricch, Nicki Minaj and more. The album features the Top Ten single ‘Rapstar’ (#4 April ’21).
#5: Garbage ‘No Gods No Masters’ – Alt-rock veterans Garbage score their seventh top ten album with 'No Gods No Masters'. It’s the follow-up to 'Strange Little Birds' (#9 June ’16) and continues the quartet’s run of having all of their studio albums crack the Top Ten in Australia from their self-titled debut (#4 October ’96) onward.
#6: Spacey Jane ‘Sunlight’ – Spacey Jane race back up the chart from #29 to #6 with their debut album, 'Sunlight'. The former #2 from the Perth band returns to the top ten following the release of the Limited Deluxe Multi-Colour Vinyl Box Set edition.
#10: Sly Withers ‘Gardens’ – Perth indie-punk band Sly Withers take out their first entry in the ARIA top 50 as they debut at #10 with 'Gardens'. The group’s second album comes five years on from their self-titled debut and features the singles ‘Cracks’, ‘Bougainvillea’ and ‘Clarkson’.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Olivia Rodrigo ‘Good 4 U’ – For the fourth consecutive week, Olivia Rodrigo holds the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart with ‘Good 4 U’. The American singer-songwriter has spent a total of ten weeks at the top of the Singles Chart in 2021, having held #1 for six straight weeks with debut single ‘Drivers License’ (#1 January ’21).
#3: The Weeknd ‘Save Your Tears’ – In its 13th week in the top ten, ‘Save Your Tears’ by The Weeknd moves up two spots to claim a new peak at #3. It’s the second-highest charting single from 'After Hours' (#1 March ’20) after ‘Blinding Lights’ (#1 March ’20).

Top 10 Albums

1. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
2. 'Butterfly 3000' – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
3. 'Hall Of Fame' – Polo G
4. 'All I Know So Far: Setlist' – P!nk
5. 'No Gods No Masters' – Garbage
6. 'Sunlight' – Spacey Jane
7. 'Evermore' – Taylor Swift
8. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
9. 'Dreamers Are Waiting' – Crowded House
10. 'Gardens' – Sly Withers

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Good 4 U' – Olivia Rodrigo
2. 'Kiss Me More' – Doja Cat featuring SZA
3. 'Save Your Tears' – The Weeknd
4. 'Body' – Russ Millions & Tion Wayne
5. 'Deja Vu' – Olivia Rodrigo
6. 'Levitating' – Dua Lipa
7. 'Traitor' – Olivia Rodrigo
8. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
9. 'Astronaut In The Ocean' – Masked Wolf
10. 'Without You' – The Kid Laroi with Miley Cyrus