This Week In Pop – 9 January, 2019

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This week, the soundtrack to 'Bohemian Rhapsody' tops the Albums Chart while Post Malone's 'Sunflower' hits #1 on the Singles Chart for the first time.

This week's album chartifacts

#1: Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)’ – The soundtrack to Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' lands at #1 in its eleventh week in the ARIA Top 50 Album Chart.
#8: Post Malone ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’ – In its thirty-sixth week in the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart, Post Malone’s 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' jumps eleven spots back up the chart to #8. 
#9: George Ezra ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ – 'Staying At Tamara’s' by English singer, songwriter, and musician George Ezra leaps back up the chart to #9. The album originally peaked at #7 in April of 2018.
#10: Drake ‘Scorpion’ – 'Scorpion' is the fifth studio album by Canadian rapper Drake. It heads back up the chart, jumping twenty-one spots to #10.

This week's single chartifacts

#1: Post Malone & Swae Lee ‘Sunflower’ – In its 11th week in the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart, Post Malone and Swae Lee’s ‘Sunflower’ hits #1 for the very first time.
#2: Ava Max ‘Sweet But Psycho’ – American artist Ava Max continues her ascent of the Singles Chart with ‘Sweet But Psycho’. This week, the track has climbed one spot to a new peak of #2.
#6: Post Malone ‘WOW’ (Debut) – American rapper Post Malone scores another ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart debut with his latest release ‘WOW’ at #6. This becomes the American Rapper’s seventh Top Ten appearance on the ARIA Chart as a lead artist.

Top 10 Albums

 1.    'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Queen
 2.    'A Star Is Born' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 3.    'The Greatest Showman' Soundtrack
 4.    'Greatest Hits' – Queen
 5.    'The Platinum Collection' – Queen
 6.    'The Greatest Showman: Reimagined' Soundtrack
 7.     '÷' – Ed Sheeran
 8.    'Beerbongs & Bentleys' – Post Malone
 9.    'Staying At Tamara's' – George Ezra
 10. 'Scorpion' – Drake

Top 10 Singles

 1.    'Sunflower' – Post Malone & Swae Lee
 2.    'Sweet But Psycho' – Ava Max
 3.    'Thank U, Next' – Ariana Grande
 4.    'Shotgun' – George Ezra
 5.    'Without Me' – Halsey
 6.    'WOW' – Post Malone
 7.    'Shallow' – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
 8.    'Nothing Breaks Like A Heart' – Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus
 9.    'Eastside' – Benny Blanco featuring Halsey & Khalid
 10. 'Sicko Mode' – Travis Scott & Drake