Billie Eilish Powers No.1 in Australia with 'Hit Me Hard And Soft'

Billie Eilish is on top in the land Down Under with Hit with hard and softwhile 10 tracks from it influence the ARIA Top 50 Singles chart.

Hit with hard and soft (via Interscope/Universal) debuts at No. 1 at ARIA Albums Chart, posted on Friday, May 24, giving Eilish a perfect three-out-of-three. The debut of the US pop phenomenon When we all fall asleep, where do we go? recorded eight non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2019-20 and tracking Happier than ever spent two weeks at the top in 2021.

Eilish lunches with album track “Lunch,” which reaches No. 5 on the national singles chart for the week's top debut. It is his 15th top five hit in Australia, a list that includes two No.1s (“Bad Guy” in 2019 and “What Was I Made For?” in 2023).

Eilish's third LP beats Taylor Swift's Department of Tormented Poets (Universal), with 2-1, while Olivia Rodrigo Offal (Geffen/Universal) completes the ARIA Chart podium, holding at No. 3.

Much-loved Australian rock act Hoodoo Gurus are back on the charts together Stoneage Romeos (Universal), their debut album enjoying the 40th anniversary treatment. Stoneage Romeos re-enters the ARIA Chart at No. 8, surpassing its original position of No. 29 in 1984. This is the band's seventh appearance in the ARIA Hall of Fame Top 10. The Hoodoo Gurus will play the classic album in its entirety when they return to the road this November and December for the national tour tour/” target=”_blank”>Back to Stoneage tourproduced by Empire Touring.

Meanwhile, new releases from Slash (Orgy Of The Damned at No. 14 via Gibson/Sony) and Zayn (Room under the stairs at Universal's No. 16) crack the top 20.

Over the ARIA Singles ChartTommy Richman wins his first Australian singles leader with “Million Dollar Baby” (Conc), 2-1.

The singer-songwriter is the fourth act to score their first No.1 this year, following Noah Kahan, Benson Boone and Sabrina Carpenter, ARIA reports.

Country rounds out the top three, with Post Malone and Morgan Wallen's “I Had Some Help” (Universal) falling 1-2 and Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (EMP) at No. 3.