This Week In Pop – 9 August 2021

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This week, Billie Eilish scores her second #1 album, while The Kid Laroi/Justin Bieber 'Stay' at #1 for a fourth week and Prince and The Wolfe Brothers get top ten debuts.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Billie Eilish ‘Happier Than Ever’ – American pop superstar Billie Eilish takes out her second ARIA #1 album as she debuts in the top spot with 'Happier Than Ever'. Eilish’s second studio album is the follow-up to 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' (#1 April ’19), which spent eight weeks at #1 and topped the 2019 ARIA End Of Year Albums Chart.
#5: Prince ‘Welcome 2 America’ – The legendary vault of Prince gets cracked open again to release 'Welcome 2 America'. Recorded in 2010 by the late, great singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer but shelved before its planned release, it’s the first complete previously unreleased Prince studio album to come out posthumously. Previous posthumous releases to chart include 'Piano & A Microphone 1983' (#33 October ’18) and 'Originals' (#18 July ’19).
#6: The Wolfe Brothers ‘Kids On Cassette’ – The Wolfe Brothers take out their third Top Ten entry as they debut at #6 with 'Kids On Cassette'. The Tasmanian country rock duo’s fifth album is the follow-up to 'Country Heart' (#9 April ’18) and becomes their highest Albums Chart peak. They first hit the Top Ten with 'This Crazy Life' (#10 June ’16).

This week's single chartifacts

#1: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber ‘Stay’ – For the fourth consecutive week, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber hold #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with their collaboration ‘Stay’. In the past week, The Kid Laroi hit #1 on the Billboard 200 in the US with 'F*ck Love' (#1 February ‘21). He became the first Australian solo act to top that chart since Sia debuted at #1 in July 2014 with '1000 Forms Of Fear'.
#6: Billie Eilish ‘Happier Than Ever’ – Debuting at #1 on the Albums Chart with second album, 'Happier Than Ever', American star Billie Eilish scores five debuts in this week’s Top 50. The highest debut is with the album’s title track at #6. It’s joined by ‘Getting Older’ (#35), ‘Oxytocin’ (#38), ‘Billie Bossa Nova’ (#40) and ‘I Didn’t Change My Number’ (#45). ‘NDA’ and ‘Lost Cause’ have re-entered the chart at #36 and #46, respectively.

Top 10 Albums

1. 'Happier Than Ever' – Billie Eilish
2. 'SOUR' – Olivia Rodrigo
3. 'F*ck Love (Over You)' – The Kid Laroi
4. 'Planet Her' – Doja Cat
5. 'Welcome 2 America' – Prince
6. 'Kids On Cassette' – The Wolfe Brothers
7. 'Future Nostalgia' – Dua Lipa
8. 'Justice' – Justin Bieber
9. 'Love Signs' – The Jungle Giants
10. 'The Highlights' – The Weeknd

Top 10 Singles

1. 'Stay' – The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
2. 'Bad Habits' – Ed Sheeran
3. 'Good 4 U' – Olivia Rodrigo
4. 'Beggin' – Maneskin
5. 'Industry Baby' – Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow
6. 'Happier Than Ever' – Billie Eilish
7. 'Kiss Me More' – Doja Cat featuring SZA
8. 'Heat Waves' – Glass Animals
9. 'Levitating' – Dua Lipa
10. 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' – Lil Nas X