This Week In Pop – 30 March 2022

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This week, it's the first #1 album for Charli XCX. Meanwhile, Glass Animals make it ten weeks at #1 on the Singles Chart.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Charli XCX ‘Crash’ – Charli XCX scores her first #1 album on the ARIA Chart, debuting in the top spot with 'Crash'. The British pop singer-songwriter’s fifth album comes two years on from 'how i'm feeling now' (#37 May ’20) and becomes her second Top Ten after 'Charli' (#7 September ’19). 'Crash' includes collaborations with Christine and the Queens, Caroline Polachek and Rina Sawayama.
#2: Ed Sheeran ‘=’ – Ed Sheeran’s fifth studio album, '=' (#1 November ’21), climbs six spots back up to #2 following the announcement of his Australian tour to be held in February/March 2023. '÷' (#1 March ’17) moves from #17 to #8.
#7: Vanessa Amorosi ‘City Of Angels’ – Vanessa Amorosi makes her first ARIA Albums Chart Top 50 appearance since 2009, debuting at #7 with 'City Of Angels'. The follow-up to 2020’s 'The Blacklisted Collection', 'City Of Angels' is Amorosi’s seventh studio album. She last appeared on the chart with 'Hazardous' (#7 November ’09). This is Amorosi’s fourth Top Ten album.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Glass Animals ‘Heat Waves’ – ‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals makes it ten weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It comes as the long-running hit claims its third week at #1 in the US. Four other tracks have spent a total of ten weeks at #1: Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ (#1 December ’92), Sandi Thom’s ‘I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)’ (#1 September ’06) and LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’ (#1 April ’11) and Elton John & Dua Lipa’s ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ (#1 November ’21).
#8: Dave ‘Starlight’ – British hip hop artist Dave moves up three spots to #8 with ‘Starlight’. It becomes his first Top Ten entry on the ARIA Singles Chart. To date, the track has spent two weeks at #1 in the UK.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Crash' – Charli XCX
2. '=' – Ed Sheeran
3. 'Encanto' – Soundtrack
4. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
5. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
6. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
7. 'City Of Angels' – Vanessa Amorosi
8. '÷' – Ed Sheeran
9. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
10. '30' – Adele

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
2. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
3. 'Stay' – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
4. 'Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)' – Elton John & Dua Lipa
5. 'Shivers' – Ed Sheeran
6. 'Where Are You Now' – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott
7. 'ABCDEFU' – Gayle
8. 'Starlight' – Dave
9. 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' – Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz
10. 'That's What I Want' – Lil Nas X