Billie Eilish Returns to No. 1 on ARIA Albums Chart

Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Arduous and Mushy returns to the highest of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, reclaiming the No. 1 place for the primary time since mid-July.

The album, which beforehand spent 5 non-consecutive weeks on the summit in 2024, surged again to the highest following her sold-out Australian tour dates.

The document completed 2024 because the No. 2 album of the yr in Australia and continues to be a powerful performer throughout streaming and bodily codecs, now clocking in six non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 since its launch.

Blackpink’s Lisa makes a powerful debut at No. 5 along with her first solo album, Alter Ego. The challenge options collaborations with Raye, Doja Cat, Future, Rosalia, Tyla, and Megan Thee Stallion. Lisa is the second member of Blackpink to land a solo album within the ARIA High 10 prior to now 4 months—Rosé’s Rosie peaked at No. 2 in December and is at the moment at No. 45. In the meantime, fellow bandmate Jennie simply dropped her debut album, Ruby, which is about to make its chart debut subsequent week.

The highest 5 albums on this week’s ARIA Albums Chart are all by feminine artists. Following Eilish at No. 1, Tate McRae’s So Shut To What holds regular at No. 2, Sabrina Carpenter’s Quick n’ Candy is at No. 3, SZA’s SOS climbs to No. 4, and Lisa’s Alter Ego debuts at No. 5.

Architects additionally make an impression this week with The Sky, The Earth & All Between, debuting at No. 8. The British metalcore band has a powerful Australian following, with For These That Want to Exist reaching No. 1 in 2021.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Rosé and Bruno Mars’ collaboration “APT” extends its reign at No. 1 for a thirteenth non-consecutive week. The observe is now tied with Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Outdated City Highway” (2019) because the longest-running duet at No. 1 prior to now 5 years. The all-time document for longest-running duet on the ARIA Singles Chart stays The Child LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Keep,” which dominated for 17 weeks between 2021 and 2022.

With Eilish reclaiming the highest spot and Lisa making a serious solo debut, feminine artists proceed to dominate the ARIA charts this yr.