News 18 April 2025

Bliss n Eso see the Light at #1

Marshall Hamburger breaks the top 50

Bliss n Eso see the Light at #1

Sydney hip hop trio Bliss n Eso fly onto the ARIA Albums Chart at #1 this week with The Moon (The Light Side).The Moon (The Light Side) is Bliss n Eso’s fourth chart-topper. The winners of two ARIA Awards, they have racked up six top 10 albums. They reached #10 in 2008 with Flying Colours, #1 in 2010 with Running On Air, #1 in 2013 with Circus In The Sky, #1 in 2017 with Off The Grid and #2 in 2021 with The Sun.

Bon Iver score their fourth top 10 album, as Sable, Fable arrives at #4. They went to #2 in 2011 with Bon Iver, #2 in 2016 with 22, A Million and #8 in 2019 with I,I.

Lady Gaga’s Coachella performance and the release of ticket sales for her Australian tour later this year push Mayhem back up the chart from #14 to #6. It debuted at #1 last month, spending one week on top. 

Australian Idol’s 2025 winner, Marshall Hamburger, is new at #50 with The Idol Collection. It’s the first album by an Idol winner to reach the top 50 right after the season ended since 2009, when Stan Walker’s Introducing peaked at #3. The most successful Idol is Guy Sebastian, the winner of the first season in 2003, who has had 10 top 10 albums, including three that reached #1.

On the Singles Chart, it’s four weeks in a row at #1 for Alex Warren’s breakthrough hit, Ordinary, and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars return to the top five with their #2 peaking hit Die With A Smile, up from #9 to #4.