It’s a candy second for Lime Cordiale, because the Australian indie-rock outfit debuts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart with Enough Of The Sweet Talk (by way of Chugg Music/MGM).

It’s the second chief for Lime Cordiale, following their second and most up-to-date studio album, 14 Steps To A Better You from 2020. Earlier releases embrace debut Permanent Vacation and the Cordi Elba EP, their collaboration with British actor and DJ Idris Elba.

Signed to legendary live performance promoter Michael Chugg’s label Chugg Music, Lime Cordiale nabs a slice of chart historical past — and breaks an extended drought for homegrown artists.

Enough Of The Sweet Talk is the primary Australian No. 1 this yr on the ARIA Albums Chart, and it’s the primary ever recipient of the Australian #1 Album Award, that are handed out from this week to the best-selling homegrown singles and albums, an accolade that salutes “outstanding examples of local success week-in, week-out,” says ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd.

The final Australian album to steer the nationwide chart was Troye Sivan’s Something to Give Each Other from October 2023.

Also new to the albums chart high 10 is Empire Of The Sun with Ask That God (EMI), debuting at No. 10. It’s the electronic-pop act’s fourth album and fourth look within the high 10 after Walking On A Dream (No. 6 in 2008), Ice On The Dune (No. 3 in 2013) and Two Vines (No. 7 in 2016). Comprised of Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore, Empire of the Sun has collected eight ARIA Awards.

Meanwhile, Ghost scores a high 20 debut with Rite Here Rite Now (Concord/Universal), the companion to the Swedish rock band’s live performance movie of the identical identify. It’s new at No. 12.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, printed Friday, Aug. 2, Shaboozey logs one other week at No. 1 with “A Bar Song (Tipsy) (by way of Empire).

The highest new entry on the newest tally belongs to Post Malone and Luke Combs with their nation tag-team “Guy For That” (Universal), new at No. 18. “Guy For That” is the third monitor lifted from Posty’s upcoming album F-1 Trillion, due out Aug. 16. The lead monitor from it, “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallen, logged one week at No. 1 in May, and at the moment lifts 4-3, one place behind Billie Eilish’s “Birds Of A Feather” (Interscope/Universal), holding at No. 2.

The inaugural Australian #1 Single Award goes to The Kid LAROI’s “Girls” (Columbia/Sony), which dips 18-25 on the all-genres ARIA Singles Chart.