This Week In Pop – 3 April, 2019

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This week, Dean Lewis hits number one on the Albums Chart and Jonas Brothers stay on top of the Singles Chart for a third week.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Dean Lewis ‘A Place We Knew’ (Debut) – Sydney’s Dean Lewis debuts at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with 'A Place We Knew'. The ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter’s debut album comes two years on from the EP, 'Same Kind Of Different' (#27 May ’17) and includes the #1 single ‘Be Alright’ (#1 September ’18).
#7: Bryan Adams ‘Shine A Light’ – Following the end of his Australian tour, Canadian rock veteran Bryan Adams hits the Top Ten with 'Shine A Light'. Adams’ 14th studio album originally debuted at #21 at the beginning of March. It becomes his sixth Top Ten album in Australia.
#10: Mötley Crüe ‘The Dirt Soundtrack’ (Debut) – Glam metal veterans Mötley Crüe return to the chart with 'The Dirt Soundtrack'. As well as tracks that appear in the band’s Netflix biopic, there are four new tracks, including a cover of Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin’ and ‘The Dirt (Est. 1981)’, which features rapper Machine Gun Kelly (who plays Crüe drummer Tommy Lee in the movie).

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Jonas Brothers ‘Sucker’ – ‘Sucker’ gives American siblings the Jonas Brothers a third consecutive week at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
#5: Dominic Fike ‘3 Nights’ – Dominic Fike’s ‘3 Nights’ continues its climb up the Singles Chart. In its eleventh week in the Top 50, it’s up three spots to #5.
#10: Dean Lewis ‘7 Minutes’ – As he tops the Albums Chart with 'A Place We Knew', Sydney singer-songwriter Dean Lewis snares a second Top Ten entry with ‘7 Minutes’. The track jumps up seven spots in its tenth week on the chart.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'A Place We Knew' – Dean Lewis
 2.    'Thank U, Next' – Ariana Grande
 3.    'Greatest Hits' – Queen
 4.    'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Queen
 5.    'A Star Is Born' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 6.    'The Platinum Collection' – Queen
 7.    'Shine A Light' – Bryan Adams
 8.    'The Great Expanse' – Hilltop Hoods
 9.    'The Greatest Showman' Soundtrack
 10. 'The Dirt Soundtrack' – Motley Crue

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'Sucker' – Jonas Brothers
 2.    'WOW' – Post Malone
 3.    'Sunflower' – Post Malone & Swae Lee
 4.    '7 Rings' – Ariana Grande
 5.    '3 Nights' – Dominic Fike
 6.    'Dancing With A Stranger' – Sam Smith & Normani
 7.    'Talk' – Khalid
 8.    'Shallow' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 9.    'Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored' – Ariana Grande
 10. '7 Minutes' – Dean Lewis