Australia falls in love with Olivia Dean

2025 ARIA Awards performer Olivia Dean arrives at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week with The Art Of Loving, while Bliss n Eso and The Living End score top 10 debuts. 

It’s the English singer’s first charted album here and contains the hits Man I Need (steady at #2 on the Singles Chart this week) and Nice To Each Other (up from #16 last week to a new peak of #10). Two other tracks debut: So Easy (To Fall In Love) at #27 and Lady Lady at #41. Olivia will perform at the ARIA Awards on 19 November.

ARIA Award-winning hip-hop group Bliss n Eso land at #3 with The Moon (The Dark Side). It’s their seventh top 10 album and the sequel to The Moon (The Light Side), which spent one week at #1 in April this year. 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. The Moon (The Dark Side) also debuts at #1 on the Australian Albums Chart and #2 on the Vinyl Chart.

Aussie rock legends The Living End are new at #5 with I Only Trust Rock N Roll, their first album in seven years. The winners of six ARIA Awards, the band was formed in 1994 and have seen all eight of their studio albums reach the top 10. They have hit #1 twice, with The Living End in 1998 and State Of Emergency in 2006. They also reached the top 10 with a greatest hits album.

Doja Cat’s Vive debuts at #6. It’s her fifth studio album and fourth to reach the top 20, following Hot Pink (#19 in 2019), Planet Her (#2 in 2021) and Scarlet (#5 in 2023). 

Aussie country singer Brad Cox’s fourth album, Endemic Intelligence In Multiple Dimensions, is new at #7. He reached #12 in 2020 with My Mind’s Projection and #7 in 2023 with Acres. 

Mariah Carey’s 16th studio album, Here For It All, is new at #19. It includes collaborations with Anderson Paak, Kehlani and The Clark Sisters. She has now had 18 top 20 albums, three of which reached the top spot: Music Box in 1993, Daydream in 1995 and Butterfly in 1997.

Melbourne singer Tobiahs enters the Albums Chart for the first time, as To You, By Us (Vol 1) debuts at #38. 

Kylie Minogue’s Tension Tour/Live 2025 is new at #58. Tension hit #1 in September 2023 and Tension II reached the summit in October 2024. The new release is Kylie’s fifth live album to crack the top 50 following Intimate Live, which peaked at #28 in 1998, Showgirl: Homecoming Live (#28 in 2007), Golden Live In Concert (#13 in 2019) and Infinite Disco (#27 in 2022). 

On the Singles Chart, KPop Demon Hunters’ lead track Golden is #1 for the 10th week in a row. It’s the second longest running #1 this year behind Alex Warren’s Ordinary, which spent 17 weeks on top. 

Tate McRae scores the highest debut of the week, as Tit For Tat arrives at #6. It’s her fifth top 10 single; her best performer was Greedy, which peaked at #2 in 2023. 

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac holds at #1 on the On Replay Albums Chart, while Teddy Swims’ Lose Control keeps the #1 spot on the On Replay Singles Chart.