This Week In Pop – 22 May, 2019

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This week, P!nk stays on top on the Albums Chart while Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber release new single 'I Don't Care' and make it to #1.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: P!nk ‘Hurts 2B Human’ – It’s week three at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for P!nk’s 'Hurts 2B Human'. The American artist’s previous album 'Beautiful Trauma' spent six weeks in the top spot.
#3: Lee Kernaghan ‘Backroad Nation’ (Debut) – Australian country star Lee Kernaghan takes out a tenth Top Ten entry on the ARIA Albums Chart with 'Backroad Nation'. The singer-songwriter’s 17th studio album is his first since 'The 25th Anniversary Album' (#2 April ’17). Kernaghan first hit the Top Ten with '1959' (#9 July ’95). He spent four weeks at #1 with 'Spirit Of The Anzacs' (#1 March ’15).
#10: David Campbell ‘Back In The Swing’ – Moving up four spots to #10 in its third week in the Top 50, Back In The Swing becomes David Campbell’s fifth Top Ten on the ARIA Albums Chart.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber ‘I Don’t Care’ (Debut) – Teaming up for the single ‘I Don't Care’, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts. The track becomes Sheeran’s fifth #1 single in Australia after ‘Sing’ (#1 May ’14), ‘Thinking Out Loud’ (#1 October ’14), ‘Shape Of You’ (#1 January ’17) and ‘Perfect’ (#1 December ’17); it’s Bieber’s third #1.
#7: Lewis Capaldi ‘Someone You Loved’ – In the week before his debut album, 'Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent', was released, Lewis Capaldi jumps five spots with ‘Someone You Loved’. The track previously peaked for two weeks at #10.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'Hurts 2B Human' – P!nk
 2.    'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish
 3.    'Backroad Nation' – Lee Kernaghan
 4.    'Farewell' – The Seekers
 5.    'A Place We Knew' – Dean Lewis
 6.    'Free Spirit' – Khalid
 7.    'Beerbongs & Bentleys' – Post Malone
 8.    'Bohemian Rhapsody' Soundtrack
 9.    'Chip Tooth Smile' – Rob Thomas
 10. 'Back In The Swing' – David Campbell

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'I Don't Care' – Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber
 2.    'Old Town Road' – Lil Nas X
 3.    'Bad Guy' – Billie Eilish
 4.    'If I Can't Have You' – Shawn Mendes
 5.    '3 Nights' – Dominic Fike
 6.    'Me!' – Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie
 7.    'Someone You Loved' – Lewis Capaldi
 8.    'SOS' – Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc
 9.    'Sucker' – Jonas Brothers
 10. 'Sunflower' – Post Malone & Swae Lee