Welcome to This Week In Pop.
This week, Ed Sheeran storms onto the ARIA Albums Chart at #1 with 'Play'.
All of his albums have reached the summit, giving him a grand total of 46 weeks at #1 (his 2017 album '÷' accounts for 27 of those weeks). Add in special edition albums and his recent greatest hits collection and Ed has racked up more than 1,200 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart.
Twenty One Pilots are new at #2 with 'Breach', their eighth studio album. They have cracked the top 10 four times before, with 'Blurryface' (#7 in 2015), 'Trench' (#1 for one week in 2018), 'Scaled And Icy' (#3 in 2021) and 'Clancy' (#1 for one week in 2024).
On the Singles Chart, 'Golden' from 'KPop Demon Hunters' holds at #1 for the eighth week in a row, while Sombr scores his third top 10 hit, as '12 To 12' climbs from #13 to #6. He hit #2 with 'Undressed' earlier this year and #3 with 'Back To Friends', the latter sits at #7 this week. His debut album, 'I Barely Know Her', sits at #5.
Top 10 Albums
1. 'Play' – Ed Sheeran2. 'Breach' – Twenty One Pilots
3. 'KPop Demon Hunters' – Soundtrack
4. 'Man's Best Friend' – Sabrina Carpenter
5. 'I Barely Know Her' – sombr
6. 'You'll Be Alright, Kid' – Alex Warren
7. 'Short n' Sweet' – Sabrina Carpenter
8. 'SWAG' – Justin Bieber
9. 'So Close To What' – Tate McRae
10. 'I'm The Problem' – Morgan Wallen
Top 10 Singles
1. 'Golden' – Rei Ami, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Huntrx, Ejae, Audrey Nuna2. 'Man I Need' – Olivia Dean
3. 'Ordinary' – Alex Warren
4. 'No Broke Boys' – Disco Lines, Tinashe
5. 'Soda Pop' – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
6. '12 To 12' – Sombr
7. 'Back To Friends' – Sombr
8. 'Your Idol' – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, KPop Demon Hunters Cast
9. 'Tears' – Sabrina Carpenter
10. 'Daisies' – Justin Bieber
