It's been a long time coming for Bliss N Eso, but the hip hop trio finally took out the #1 spot on the ARIA album chart this week with fourth album, Running on Air, after ten years in the game.

Bliss N Eso's ascension sees them topple Eminem's Recovery from the top spot after a six week rein.

The band's second album, Day of the Dog, became the first Australian hip hop album to debut in the ARIA top 50, landing at #43 in the chart back in 2006. That's when punters first started to take note of the Bliss N Eso juggernaut.

It wasn't until the release of 2008's Flying Colours -- which debuted in the top ten of the ARIA album chart and saw the boys take home an ARIA award -- that Australians began to embrace the brilliance of Bliss N Eso.

Four huge singles resulted from Flying Colours, followed by appearances at every music festival worthy of a mention, a North American tour and an appearance before 80 000 at Melbourne's Sound Relief event, announcing to the world that Bliss N Eso had well and truly arrived.

The release of Running on Air and resulting #1 is icing on the cake for the Bliss N Eso team.

"We were rehearsing for our new show when we got the news on Friday night about the sales and chart position," MC Eso explained to NovaFM.com.au earlier today.

"The three of us were huddled around the phone when we got the call from Matt and Adam at Illusive and the result was hard to comprehend. It just reinforces that if you believe, you can achieve."

Bliss N Eso are currently on tour across Australia. Running on Air is available now.

Bliss N Eso tour dates:
Friday 13 August - Palace Theatre, Melbourne - SOLD OUT
Thursday 19 August - Enmore Theatre, Sydney - SOLD OUT
Friday 20 August - The Tivoli, Brisbane - SOLD OUT
Saturday 21 August - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide

This piece originally appeared on NovaFM.com.au on 09/08/2010