Welcome to This Week In Pop.
This week, Tones And I's 'Dance Monkey' continues its reign, while Jessica Mauboy, Alter Bridge, Horrorshow, and Foals release new music.
This week's album chartifacts
#1: Jessica Mauboy ‘HILDA’ – Jessica Mauboy claims her second solo #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with 'HILDA'. Mauboy’s fourth studio album is the first since 'Beautiful' (#3 October ’13). Every song on the album was co-written by Mauboy; a career first. 'HILDA' features the single ‘Little Things’ (#25 August ’19).#6: Various ‘Triple J Like A Version 15’ – The 15th edition of Triple J’s 'Like A Version' series of albums becomes the tenth in the series to hit the ARIA Top Ten. Coming a year on from 'Like A Version 14' (#6 October ’18), the compilation features covers performed by the likes of Amy Shark, Adrian Eagle, Holy Holy, Thelma Plum, Vance Joy, The Presets, Cub Sport, Parcels, Lily Allen, The Wombats and more. Editions 9-13 in the 'Like A Version' series all hit #1.
#7: Alter Bridge ‘Walk The Sky’ – Releasing their sixth album, 'Walk The Sky', Alter Bridge make their second appearance in the ARIA Top Ten. 'Walk The Sky' is the American band’s follow-up to 'The Last Hero' (#6 October ’16) and becomes their fifth album to chart in the ARIA Top 50.
#9: Horrorshow ‘New Normal’ – Sydney’s Horrorshow score their third Top Ten on the Albums Chart with 'New Normal'. The hip hop duo’s fifth album comes a little over two years on from 'Bardo State' (#4 March ’17). To date, their highest peak on the chart has been with 'King Amongst Men' (#2 August ’13). 'New Normal' has debuted at #1 on this week’s ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart.
#10: Foals ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2’ – British band Foals release their second album of 2019 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2'. The album is the second half of a project that also included previous release 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1' (#11 March ’19). Foals topped the chart with third album 'Holy Fire' in 2013.
This week's single chartifacts
#1: Tones And I ‘Dance Monkey’ – Tones And I maintains her hold on the #1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for 13th consecutive week with ‘Dance Monkey’, and also reaches 5x Platinum. The track joins ‘Old Town Road’ by Lil Nas X (2019), ‘Despacito’ by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (2017) and ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ by Coolio (1995/1996) at equal second in the list of most weeks spent at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. ‘Dance Monkey’ only trails Ed Sheeran’s 'Shape Of You' (2017), which was #1 for 15 weeks.#4: Regard ‘Ride It’ – Claiming a second week in the Top Ten, Regard’s remix of Jay Sean’s ‘Ride It’ moves up two spots to hit a new peak at #4. In the UK, it’s so far peaked at #2, being held off the top spot by Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’.
#8: blackbear ‘Hot Girl Bummer’ – blackbear’s ‘Hot Girl Bummer’ jumps two spots to snare a new peak at #8. Originally thought to be a play on Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Hot Girl Summer’, blackbear has stated that the song was written about the hashtag trend #hotgirlsummer.
Top 10 Albums
1. 'HILDA' – Jessica Mauboy2. 'Hollywood's Bleeding' – Post Malone
3. 'No.6 Collaborations Project' – Ed Sheeran
4. 'Lover' – Taylor Swift
5. 'The Kids Are Coming – EP' – Tones And I
6. 'Triple J Like A Version 15' – Various
7. 'Walk The Sky' – Alter Bridge
8. 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish
9. 'New Normal' – Horrorshow
10. 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2' – Foals
Top 10 Singles
1. 'Dance Monkey' – Tones And I2. 'Circles' – Post Malone
3. 'Memories' – Maroon 5
4. 'Ride It' – Regard
5. '10,000 Hours' – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
6. 'Highest In The Room' – Travis Scott
7. 'One Thing Right' – Marshmello featuring Kane Brown
8. 'Hot Girl Bummer' – blackbear
9. 'Someone You Loved' – Lewis Capaldi
10. 'Never Seen The Rain' – Tones And I
