Billie’s back on top

Billie Eilish returns to #1 with Hit Me Hard And Soft for the fifth non-consecutive week on this week’s ARIA Albums Chart, while Eves Karydas debuts at #23 to mark her first time in the top 50. 

Billie spent eight non-consecutive weeks on top in 2019-20 with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and two weeks in 2021 with Happier Than Ever.  

American country star Zach Bryan arrives at #3 with his fifth studio album, The Great American Bar Scene. Born in Japan and raised in Oklahoma, he reached #54 here in 2022 with American Heartbreak and #2 in 2023 with Zach Bryan. His new album includes collaborations with John Mayer and Bruce Springsteen. The lead single, Pink Skies, peaked at #12 in June and is at #16 this week.  

Cairns-born singer-songwriter Eves Karydas scores #23 with Burnt Tapes. Her first album, Summerskin, peaked at #75 in 2018.

On the Singles Chart, it’s two weeks on top for Shaboozey’s A Bar Song (Tipsy), while Sabrina Carpenter holds at #2 with Espresso and #3 with Please Please Please: both of which have been to #1. 

Billie Eilish holds at #4 with Birds Of A Feather and Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us rebounds from #9 to its previous peak of #5. 

Morgan Wallen lands his fifth top 50 single, as Lies Lies Lies debuts at #35. His tally includes two chart-toppers: Last Night, which spent eight weeks at #1 in 2023, and I Had Some Help with Post Malone, which spent one week at #1 in May this year and is at #6 this week.