This Week In Pop – 4 May 2021

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This week, Justin Bieber returns to the top of the Albums Chart and Lil Nas X spends another week atop the Singles Chart.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Justin Bieber ‘Justice’ – Justin Bieber’s 'Justice' returns to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for a third week. It becomes the most weeks the Canadian star has spent at #1 on the Albums Chart, taking over from 'My World' (#1 May ’10). Four tracks from 'Justice' are in the Singles Chart Top 50 this week: ‘Peaches’ (#3), ‘Hold On’ (#18), ‘Anyone’ (#30) and ‘Holy’ (#43).

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Lil Nas X ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ – ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ by Lil Nas X holds #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week. This week it claimed a Gold accreditation. The track has so far notched up four straight weeks at #1 in the UK.
#4: The Weeknd ‘Save Your Tears’ – After five weeks out of the Top Ten, The Weeknd’s ‘Save Your Tears’ jumps up 15 spots to hit a new peak at #4. Originally peaking at #6 in February/March, the resurgence of the single comes after the release of a remix featuring Ariana Grande.
#5: Doja Cat Feat. SZA ‘Kiss Me More’ – In its third week on the chart, Doja Cat’s ‘Kiss Me More’ moves from #8 to #5. It sits one spot below here career peak set with ‘Say So’ (#4 March ’20).

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Justice' – Justin Bieber
2. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
3. 'Fearless (Taylor's Version') – Taylor Swift
4. 'Californian Soil' – London Grammar
5. 'Fine Line' – Harry Styles
6. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd
7. 'F*ck Love (Savage)' – The Kid Laroi
8. 'Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon' – Pop Smoke
9. 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish
10. 'What You See Ain't Always What You Get' – Luke Combs

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' – Lil Nas X
2. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
3. 'Peaches' – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar, Giveon
4. 'Save Your Tears' – The Weeknd
5. 'Kiss Me More' – Doja Cat featuring SZA
6. 'Astronaut In The Ocean' – Masked Wolf
7. 'Rapstar' – Polo G
8. 'The Business' – Tiesto
9. 'Deja Vu' – Olivia Rodrigo
10. 'Without You' – The Kid Laroi