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\n\tTaylor Swift\u2019<\/a>s The Life Of A Showgirl<\/em> (via Republic\/Universal) continues to twirl on the ARIA Charts, as it enters a fifth consecutive week at No. 1 on the national albums survey, while \u201cThe Fate Of Ophelia\u201d retains top spot on the singles tally.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Fate Of Ophelia\u201d is Swift\u2019s 13th chart leader in Australia and, with five weeks in the penthouse, it\u2019s her second longest leader after 2022\u2019s \u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d which logged six weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n \n\tThe top debut on the latest ARIA Albums Chart<\/a>, published Friday, Nov. 7, belongs to Florence + The Machine<\/a>, as the British alternative pop outfit\u2019s sixth album, Everybody Scream<\/em> (Polydor\/Universal) opens its account at No. 4. All of Florence\u2019s albums have cracked the ARIA top 10, including No. 1s for Ceremonials <\/em>(in 2011), and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful<\/em> (2015).<\/p>\n \n\tPowderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning returns to the top 10 thanks to the 20th anniversary edition of Tea & Sympathy<\/em> (Dew Process\/Universal), his debut solo album. Tea & Sympathy<\/em> re-enters at No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and leads the Australian Albums Chart, the Vinyl Chart and the On Replay Albums Chart.<\/p>\n \n\tThe veteran Brisbane singer collected the most entries in triple j\u2019s Hottest 100 of Australian music<\/a> countdown in July, with four total songs, including three with Powderfinger and his solo number \u201cWish You Well\u201d (at No. 57), lifted from Tea & Sympathy<\/em>, a chart-topper following its release in late 2005.<\/p>\n \n\tAlso new to the chart is Vitriol<\/em> (GYRO), the debut from Western Australia rock outfit Cloning. It\u2019s new at No. 12, arriving ahead of a national tour that gets underway later this month.<\/p>\n \n\tRadiohead is back in the headlines, as they prepare for another U.K. tour later in the year. The Rock Hall-inducted British alternative rock act is back in the charts, too, as Hail To The Chief Live Recordings 2003-2009 <\/em>(via XL) appears at No. 15. The studio version of Hail To The Chief<\/em> was released in 2023, hitting No. 2.<\/p>\n \n\tParamore singer Hayley Williams impacts the chart with her independently-released solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party<\/em>, new at No. 24. The project is an unusual one<\/a>, which collects and repackages the songs Williams dropped earlier this year across her artist pages and on streaming services.<\/p>\n \n\tClose behind is Frankston, Victoria indie rock band the Belair Lip Bombs, which cracks the chart for the first time with Again<\/em> (Third Man Records\/RK), their sophomore set. It\u2019s new at No. 25, and is one of eight homegrown recordings on the ARIA top 50. The Belair Lip Bombs are the first Australian band to sign with Jack White\u2019s Nashville-based Third Man Records.<\/p>\n \n\tFurther down the list, Brisbane nu-metal band Headwreck just misses out on a top 40 berth with Attitude Adjustment<\/em> (Ditto). The debut collection drops in at No. 43, for Headwreck\u2019s first appearance on the ARIA Charts.<\/p>\n