This Week In Pop – 30 May 2023

Lewis Capaldi
Our eclectic team of writers from around Australia – and some beyond.

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This week, Aussie icon John Farnham takes his 20th top 10 album with the soundtrack to 'John Farnham: Finding The Voice' landing at #2 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

John Farnham first went to #1 with 'Whispering Jack' in 1986, spending 25 weeks at #1.

South Coast band, The Vanns, score a top 10 debut at with their second album 'Last Of Your Kind' at #8, their first appearance on the Albums Chart.

Topping the Albums Chart this week is the much-anticipated debut of Lewis Capaldi's 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent'. It is his second album and first #1 in Australia after his debut album 'Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent' peaked at #7 in 2019.

On the Singles Chart, 'Last Night' by Morgan Wallen spends its seventh week at #1, while fellow American country superstar Luke Combs’ remake of 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman steps up from #7 to #5.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent' – Lewis Capaldi
2. 'John Farnham: Finding The Voice (Music From The Feature Documentary)' – John Farnham
3. 'Take Me Back To Eden' – Sleep Token
4. '-' – Ed Sheeran
5. 'SOS' – SZA
6. 'One Thing At A Time' – Morgan Wallen
7. 'Midnights' – Taylor Swift
8. 'Last Of Your Kind' – The Vanns
9. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
10. 'Hoo Ha!' – Bad//Dreems

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Last Night' – Morgan Wallen
2. 'The Beginning: Cupid' – Fifty
3. 'Flowers' – Miley Cyrus
4. 'Daylight' – David Kushner
5. 'Fast Car' – Luke Combs
6. 'Boy's A Liar' – PinkPantheress
7. 'Kill Bill' – SZA
8. 'Die For You' – The Weeknd
9. 'All My Life' – Lil Durk featuring J. Cole
10. 'Until I Found You' – Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold

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