This Week In Pop – 31 May 2022

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This week, it's Harry's world. Harry Styles breaks a Singles Chart record and claims the top spot on both charts. Flume gets a top three debut.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Harry Styles ‘Harry’s House’ – British superstar Harry Styles claims his third #1 album on the ARIA Charts as he debuts in the top spot with 'Harry's House'. The follow-up to 'Fine Line' (#1 December ’19) features the #1 single ‘As It Was’ (#1 April ’22). All of the album’s 13 tracks appear in the Top 15 on this week’s ARIA Singles Chart. Styles first hit #1 in Australia with his self-titled debut (#1 May ’17). This week, 'Fine Line' has moved to #4 and Harry Styles is up to #9. 'Harry’s House' also tops the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart, while 'Harry Styles' is at #2 and 'Fine Line' sits at #4.
#3: Flume ‘Palaces’ – Flume scores his third ARIA Top Three entry as he debuts at #3 with 'Palaces'. Featuring the single ‘Say Nothing’ (#16 February ’22). It’s the Sydney producer’s first album since 'Skin' (#1 June ’16), which won eight ARIA Awards in 2016, including Album Of The Year and Best Dance Release. Between albums, Flume released the mixtape 'Hi This Is Flume' (#11 April ’19). Palaces features contributions from Damon Albarn, MAY-A, Emma Louise, Caroline Polachek and more.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Harry Styles ‘As It Was’ – Topping the Albums Chart with 'Harry’s House', Harry Styles also picks up a sixth week at #1 on the Singles Chart with ‘As It Was’. On top of this, the other twelve tracks from the English artist’s third album have all entered this week’s chart: ‘Late Night Talking’ (#2), ‘Matilda’ (#3), ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’ (#4), ‘Little Freak’ (#6), ‘Daylight’ (#8), ‘Grapejuice’ (#9), ‘Satellite’ (#10), ‘Cinema’ (#11), ‘Daydreaming’ (#12), ‘Love Of My Life’ (#13), ‘Keep Driving’ (#14) and ‘Boyfriends’ (#15). Styles becomes the first artist to have 13 songs inside the Top 15 in one week.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Harry's House' – Harry Styles
2. 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers' – Kendrick Lamar
3. 'Palaces' – Flume
4. 'Fine Line' – Harry Styles
5. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
6. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
7. 'Dance Fever' – Florence + The Machine
8. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
9. 'Harry Styles' – Harry Styles
10. 'Come Home The Kids Miss You' – Jack Harlow

Top 10 Singles

1. 'As It Was' – Harry Styles
2. 'Late Night Talking' – Harry Styles
3. 'Matilda' – Harry Styles
4. 'Music For A Sushi Restaurant' – Harry Styles
5. 'First Class' – Jack Harlow
6. 'Little Freak' – Harry Styles
7. 'About Damn Time' – Lizzo
8. 'Daylight' – Harry Styles
9. 'Grapejuice' – Harry Styles
10. 'Satellite' – Harry Styles