Welcome to This Week In Pop.
This week, Billie Eilish rules the charts (particularly the Singles Chart), sitting at #1 for both of them.
This week's album chartifacts
#1: Billie Eilish ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ (Debut) – Billie Eilish debuts at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'. It’s the American singer-songwriter’s debut album and is her second appearance on the chart after peaking at #6 in February with EP 'Dont Smile At Me'. 12 of the album’s 14 tracks are in the Top 50 on this week’s ARIA Singles Chart, including ‘Bad Guy’, which has debuted at #1.#2: Hilltop Hoods ‘The Great Expanse’ – 'The Great Expanse', the record-breaking sixth #1 album for Adelaide’s Hilltop Hoods jumps back up to #2 in its sixth week in the Top 50 following its release on vinyl.
#6: I Prevail ‘Trauma’ – American metalcore band I Prevail take out a new peak on the Albums Chart with 'Trauma'. The Michigan metalcore band’s second album is their second Top Ten entry after 'Lifelines' (#8 October ’16).
#10: Devin Townsend ‘Empath’ – Prolific Canadian musician Devin Townsend releases his 18th studio album, 'Empath'. It equals Townsend’s highest chart peak, previously reached with 'Transcendence' (#10 September ’16), the final album by the Devin Townsend Project.
This week's single chartifacts
#1: Billie Eilish ‘Bad Guy’ (Debut) – American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish makes it a #1 double on this week’s ARIA Charts as she debuts at #1 on the Singles Chart with ‘Bad Guy’ and at the top of the Albums Chart with 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'. ‘Bad Guy’ is Eilish’s first #1 single in Australia and is one of eight tracks from the album to debut in this week’s Top 50.#3: Billie Eilish ‘Bury A Friend’ – As well as the eight debuts on this week’s chart, four Billie Eilish tracks have jumped up the chart and claimed new peaks: ‘Bury A Friend’ (#3), ‘Wish You Were Gay’ (#5), ‘When The Party’s Over’ (#7) and ‘You Should See Me In A Crown’ (#16).
Top 10 Albums
1. 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' – Billie Eilish2. 'The Great Expanse' – Hilltop Hoods
3. 'A Place We Knew' – Dean Lewis
4. 'Thank U, Next' – Ariana Grande
5. 'Greatest Hits' – Queen
6. 'Trauma' – I Prevail
7. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Queen
8. 'A Star Is Born' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
9. 'The Platinum Collection' – Queen
10. 'Empath' – Devin Townsend
Top 10 Singles
1. 'Bad Guy' – Billie Eilish2. 'Sucker' – Jonas Brothers
3. 'Bury A Friend' – Billie Eilish
4. 'WOW' – Post Malone
5. 'Wish You Were Gay' – Billie Eilish
6. 'Sunflower' – Post Malone & Swae Lee
7. 'When The Party's Over' – Billie Eilish
8. 'All The Good Girls Go To Hell' – Billie Eilish
9. '3 Nights' – Dominic Fike
10. 'Xanny' – Billie Eilish
