Welcome to This Week In Pop.
This week, Kanye West claims his fourth #1 album, while The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber hold their #1 single for an eighth week and the likes of Bliss N Eso, Halsey, CHVRCHES and OneRepublic score top ten debuts.
This week's album chartifacts
#1: Kanye West ‘Donda’ – American hip hop superstar Kanye West takes out his fourth ARIA #1 album with 'Donda'. West’s tenth album was released on 29 August after more than a year of delays. The 27-track album includes appearances by Jay-Z, Playboi Carti, The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, Ty Dolla Sign and more. West previously hit #1 on the Albums Chart with 'Yeezus' (#1 June ’13), 'ye' (#1 June ’18) and 'Jesus Is King' (#1 November ’19).#2: Bliss N Eso ‘The Sun’ – Returning with 'The Sun', their first album in four years, Sydney hip hop group Bliss N Eso claim their fifth Top Ten on the ARIA Charts. It’s the follow-up to 'Off The Grid' (#1 May ’17) and includes collaborations with Chillinit, Dizzee Rascal and Kasey Chambers. Their first Top Ten entry was with 'Flying Colours' (#10 May ’08). The Sun tops this week’s ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart.
#3: Halsey ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ – Halsey scores her fourth Top Ten on the ARIA Albums Chart as she releases 'If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power'. The American singer-songwriter’s fourth album is the follow-up to 'Manic' (#2 January ’20). It was produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails and features contributions from Lindsey Buckingham and Dave Grohl.
#6: Chvrches ‘Screen Violence’ – British synth-pop band Chvrches take out their third Top Ten album with 'Screen Violence'. The trio’s fourth album follows 'Love Is Dead' (#7 June ’18) and includes a collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith on the track ‘How Not To Drown’. Chvrches first hit the Top Ten with 'Every Open Eye' (#3 October ’15).
#10: OneRepublic ‘Human’ – OneRepublic return with 'Human', their first album in five years. The American pop band’s fifth album becomes their fourth Top Ten in Australia, following 'Oh My My' (#8 October ’16), 'Native' (#8 September ’13) and 'Dreaming Out Loud' (#4 April ’08). 'Human' includes the single ‘Rescue Me’ (#26 July ’19).
This week's single chartifacts
#1: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber ‘Stay’ – ‘Stay’ by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber remains at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for the eighth week. The longest running #1 single of 2021 joins 5 Seconds Of Summer’s ‘Youngblood’ (#1 May ’18), Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ (#1 August ’11), Savage Garden’s ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ (#1 April ’97) and Austin Tayshus’ ‘Australiana’ (#1 August ’83) in third place for the most weeks at #1 by an Australian artist on the ARIA Singles Chart.#3: Elton John & Dua Lipa ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ – Elton John and Dua Lipa’s collaboration ‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ moves up one spot to hit a new peak at #3. The track equals the peak hit by John’s last duet to hit the Top Ten, ‘Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me’ (#3 January ’92) with George Michael. This week, the track was announced as being part of John’s upcoming 32nd studio album, 'The Lockdown Sessions', set for release in October.
#4: Kanye West ‘Hurricane - Version 2’ – Topping the ARIA Albums Chart with 'Donda', Kanye West hits the Singles Chart with 19 tracks from the project. Top Tens are ‘Hurricane - Version 2’ (#4), ‘Jail’ (#5) and ‘Off The Grid’ (#9).
Top 10 Albums
1. 'Donda' – Kanye West2. 'The Sun' – Bliss N Eso
3. 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' – Halsey
4. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
5. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
6. 'Screen Violence' – CHVRCHES
7. 'F*ck Love (Over You)' – The Kid Laroi
8. 'Happier Than Ever' – Billie Eilish
9. 'Solar Power' – Lorde
10. 'Human' – OneRepublic
Top 10 Singles
1. 'Stay' – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber2. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
3. 'Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)' – Elton John & Dua Lipa
4. 'Hurricane – Version 2' – Kanye West
5. 'Jail' – Kanye West
6. 'Industry Baby' – Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow
7. 'Beggin' – Maneskin
8. 'Good 4 U' – Olivia Rodrigo
9. 'Off The Grid' – Kanye West
10. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
