Taylor Swift, Hozier dominate Australian charts

Taylor Swift returns to the Australian zenith character albumt with Loverwhile Hozier bags a sweet No. 1 single.

As Swifties waited, and waited, for its release Department of Tormented Poetsthat fell at midnight, many in Australia turned to her catalog.

Lover (via Universal) rebounds 4-1 for a third straight week at No. 1 and first time at the top since 2019.

by Swift Lover leads a top three ahead of SZA warning sign (RCA/Sony), with 13-2, and Swift's recorded LP 1989 (Taylor Edition), by 5-3, respectively. SZA's sophomore album launches as her Australian tour kicks off Friday April 19 with a concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, in production Living Nation.

Further down the ARIA Chart, published late Friday, is Linkin Park's fourth compilation Paper cuts (Warner), new at No. 7. The numetal favorites have previously topped the national rankings with the 2000s Hybrid theory2007 Minutes to midnight and 2010 A thousand suns.

It is also new to the national survey We Still Don't Trust You (Universal/Sony), the second collaborative album by Future and Metro Boomin. It's new in No. 15, and its sequel We Still Don't Trust Youwhich recently bowed out at No.2.

On the ARIA Singles Chart, Hozier scores his first No. 1 with “Too Sweet” (Columbia/Sony), going 2-1.
“Too Sweet” is Hozier's second top 10 appearance on the Australian chart, after his signature song “Take Me To Church” reached No. 2 in 2013. “Too Sweet” also climbed to No. 1 in the UK earlier this month, for Hozier's first captain there.

According to ARIA, Hozier is the fourth solo male artist to top the Australian chart this year, following US artists Jack Harlow (“Lovin On Me”), Noah Kahan (“Stick Season”) and Benson Boone (“Beautiful Things” “).

“Beautiful Things” (via Warner) sinks 1-2 in the final frame, while UK EDM producer Artemas holds onto third place with “I Like The Way You Kiss Me” (10K/ADA).

The top new debut on the ARIA Singles Chart belongs to American pop singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter, whose 'Espresso' reaches No. 7. 'Espresso' (Island/Universal) is the follow-up to 'Feather', which peaked at No. 22 in 2023.

Also making an ARIA Chart debut is Dua Lipa's 'Illusion' (Warner UK), new at No.21.
“Illusion” is the third single from the British pop star's upcoming third studio album Radical Optimismfollowed by “Houdini” (No. 7 top) and “Training Session” (No. 12).