ARIA Charts

history

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June 1988. Prior to this, from mid-1983, ARIA had licensed the 'Kent Music Report' (which was later renamed as the 'Australian Music Report', until it stopped being published in 1999).

The ARIA charts include:

  • Weekly Top 100 highest selling music
  • Weekly Top 100 highest selling music albums
  • Weekly Top 40 highest selling music DVDs
  • Weekly Top 50 highest selling physical singles
  • Weekly Top 50 highest selling physical albums
  • Weekly Top 40 highest selling digital tracks
  • Weekly Top 40 highest selling "urban" releases
  • Weekly Top 20 highest selling dance releases
  • Weekly Top 20 highest selling country releases
  • Weekly Top 50 highest DJ spins by registered DJs
  • Yearly Top 100 End of Year charts profiling the year in music

The top 5 singles and albums are firstly published in News Limited newspapers each Sunday. All charts, in full, are then published on the ARIA Chart website each Sunday night at 6:30pm, in order for printed release the next day. Each chart is dated according to the Monday of the given week. The website and printed lists are shortened versions of the full chart, with only the top 50 singles and albums shown as well as only the top 40 digital tracks. The ARIA Report lists the charts listed above in full and is available via paid e-mail subscription each week. These reports are uploaded to the Pandora Archive periodically.

Formulation of charts

The ARIA charts are based on data collected from a number of traditional "bricks and mortar" »retailers around Australia. Both the Top 40 Digital Track Chart and the Top 100 Singles Chart include data from online retailers including iTunes and BigPond music. As of 8 October 2006, the official ARIA singles chart included online data as well as physical sales. In 2006, it was announced that the Brazin retailing group, comprising major retailers HMV, Sanity and Virgin music/DVD stores would no longer contribute sales data to the ARIA charts.»http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2006/may06/20060519_aria.html[http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,19186936-7484,00.html Split rocks chart | NEWS.com.au Entertainment] However, after a five month absence, Brazin reportedly re-commenced contributing sales figures to the ARIA Charts on 26 November 2006.[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ipHMutq58FEX3rN%2F%2BwEUmag%3D%3D Brazin Data Returns To Aus Charts]

ARIA Awards

There are numerous awards and events for Australian chart topping artist and groups that include:

The ARIA No.1 Chart Awards have been an event on the Australian music industry's calendar for the past 3 years. The Awards were established in 2002 as a means of acknowledging Australian recording artists, and their record labels, who attained the coveted No.1 position on the ARIA album and singles chart

The ARIA Music Awards recognise excellence and innovation in all genres of Australian music. The very first ARIA Awards took place at Sydney's Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in front of 500 industry guests, on the 2 March 1987. Nineteen years later, the ARIAs are held in front of 2,500 industry guests and 5,000 members of the general public. Up until 2008, the ARIA Awards were screened on Network Ten for many years. As of 2009, they air on the Nine Network, although the ratings of the 2009 ARIA Awards were well down on previous years.

"The ARIAs have always been, first and foremost, a showcase for local artists across a broad range of genres, produced by ARIA record company members. They are the highlight of the Australian music industry's calendar, covering a diverse range of talent over 28 categories". Denis Handlin, Chairman of ARIA.

The ARIA Hall of Fame has been an important part of the ARIA Awards since 1988. Traditionally taking place during the ARIA Awards ceremony, a diverse range of artists have been inducted into the Hall of Fame including AC/DC, Dame Joan Sutherland, Olivia Newton-John, Johnny O'Keefe, Paul Kelly, John Farnham, INXS, Slim Dusty, Jimmy Little, Nick Cave, Midnight Oil and more.

In July 2005, ARIA staged the inaugural ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame event, which was introduced to honour the growing number of legendary performers, producers, songwriters and others who have had an impact on music culture in Australia. In the past, time constraints had prevented any more than one or two artists from being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at each ARIA Awards, resulting in a lengthy waiting list of worthy recipients.

While ARIA intends to maintain a Hall of Fame segment within the ARIA Awards presentation, the ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame will become an annual stand-alone event that continues to honour those whose musical achievements have had A significant impact in Australia and around the world.

ARIA certifications

A music single or album qualifies for a platinum certification if it exceeds 70,000 copies shipped to retailers and a gold certification for 35,000 copies shipped. The amount of trade sales to earn a Gold or Platinum accreditation was reduced to these amounts in 1989 after previously being 100,000 copies for platinum and 50,000 copies for gold. Originally applied to LP records, this ARIA certification is now most commonly awarded for compact disc sales and legal digital downloads.

For music DVDs (formerly videos), a Gold accreditation originally represented 7,500 copies shipped, with a Platinum accreditation representing 15,000 units shipped.

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Number-one singles

Pre-2000:

2000s:

Number-one albums

List of Top 50 Australian chart achievements and trivia

Songs with the most weeks at number-one

;13 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Hey Jude" (1968)
  • Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995/96)

    • ;12 weeks
  • Dinah Shore - "Buttons and Bows" (1949)
  • Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (2002/03)

    • ;11 weeks
  • Wings - "Mull of Kintyre" (1977/78)
  • Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991)
  • Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (1996/97)

    • ;10 weeks
  • The Platters - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1959)
  • Daddy Cool - "Eagle Rock" (1971)
  • ABBA - "Mamma Mia" (1975)
  • Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992/93)
  • Sandi Thom - "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" (2006)

    • ;9 weeks
  • Nat "King" Cole - "Too Young" (1951)
  • Johnnie Ray - "Just Walkin' in the Rain" (1956/57)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz" (1967)
  • Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta - "You're the One That I Want" (1978)
  • USA for Africa - "We Are the World" (1985)
  • Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
  • Hanson - "MMMBop" (1997)
  • Aerosmith - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998)
  • Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (1999)
  • Eiffel 65 - "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (1999/00)
  • Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)
  • Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry" (2007)

    • ;8 weeks
  • Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters - "Quicksilver" (1950)
  • Frank Weir - "The Happy Wanderer" (1954)
  • Doris Day - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1956)
  • Perry Como - "Round and Round" (1957)
  • Bing Crosby & Nat "King" Cole - "Around the World" (1957)
  • Paul Anka - "Diana" (1957)
  • Perry Como - "Catch a Falling Star" (1958)
  • The Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley" (1958)
  • Bill Haley & His Comets - "Joey's Song" (1959)
  • The Beatles - "I Feel Fine" (1965)
  • The Beatles - "Help!" (1965)
  • Normie Rowe & The Playboys - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1965)
  • Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (1966)
  • The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine" (1966)
  • George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord" (1971)
  • Hot Butter - "Popcorn" (1972)
  • Michael Jackson - "Ben" (1972)
  • Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be a Hero" (1974)
  • Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died" (1974)
  • Pilot - "January" (1975)
  • ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (1976)
  • Racey - "Lay Your Love on Me" (1979)
  • Split Enz - "I Got You" (1980)
  • Joe Dolce Music Theatre - "Shaddup You Face" (1980)
  • Austen Tayshus - "Australiana" (1983)
  • Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984)
  • The B-52's - "Love Shack" (1989/90)
  • SinĂ©ad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
  • Michael Jackson - "Black or White" (1991/92)
  • Meat Loaf - "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (1993)
  • The Cranberries - "Zombie" (1994)
  • No Doubt - "Don't Speak" (1997)
  • Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997)
  • Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5" (1999)
  • Shaggy featuring Rayvon - "Angel" (2001)
  • Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal" (2001)
  • Rihanna - "SOS" (2006)
  • Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize" (2007/2008)
  • Lady GaGa - "Poker Face" (2008/2009)
  • Kesha - "TiK ToK" (2009)

    • Artists with the most number-one hits

    Artists with the most consecutive number-one hits

    • The Beatles - 7
    • Delta Goodrem - 6 (2002-2004)
    • ABBA - 6 (1975-1976)

    Artists reaching number-one digital downloads

    ">14 weeks
  • ABBA - "Fernando" (1976)

    • ;13 weeks
  • The Beatles - "Hey Jude" (1968)
  • Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995/96)

    • ;12 weeks
  • Dinah Shore - "Buttons and Bows" (1949)
  • Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (2002/03)

    • ;11 weeks
  • Wings - "Mull of Kintyre" (1977/78)
  • Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991)
  • Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (1996/97)

    • ;10 weeks
  • The Platters - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1959)
  • Daddy Cool - "Eagle Rock" (1971)
  • ABBA - "Mamma Mia" (1975)
  • Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992/93)
  • Sandi Thom - "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" (2006)

    • ;9 weeks
  • Nat "King" Cole - "Too Young" (1951)
  • Johnnie Ray - "Just Walkin' in the Rain" (1956/57)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz" (1967)
  • Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta - "You're the One That I Want" (1978)
  • USA for Africa - "We Are the World" (1985)
  • Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
  • Hanson - "MMMBop" (1997)
  • Aerosmith - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998)
  • Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (1999)
  • Eiffel 65 - "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (1999/00)
  • Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)
  • Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry" (2007)

    • ;8 weeks
  • Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters - "Quicksilver" (1950)
  • Frank Weir - "The Happy Wanderer" (1954)
  • Doris Day - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1956)
  • Perry Como - "Round and Round" (1957)
  • Bing Crosby & Nat "King" Cole - "Around the World" (1957)
  • Paul Anka - "Diana" (1957)
  • Perry Como - "Catch a Falling Star" (1958)
  • The Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley" (1958)
  • Bill Haley & His Comets - "Joey's Song" (1959)
  • The Beatles - "I Feel Fine" (1965)
  • The Beatles - "Help!" (1965)
  • Normie Rowe & The Playboys - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1965)
  • Nancy Sinatra - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (1966)
  • The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine" (1966)
  • George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord" (1971)
  • Hot Butter - "Popcorn" (1972)
  • Michael Jackson - "Ben" (1972)
  • Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be a Hero" (1974)
  • Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died" (1974)
  • Pilot - "January" (1975)
  • ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (1976)
  • Racey - "Lay Your Love on Me" (1979)
  • Split Enz - "I Got You" (1980)
  • Joe Dolce Music Theatre - "Shaddup You Face" (1980)
  • Austen Tayshus - "Australiana" (1983)
  • Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984)
  • The B-52's - "Love Shack" (1989/90)
  • SinĂ©ad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
  • Michael Jackson - "Black or White" (1991/92)
  • Meat Loaf - "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (1993)
  • The Cranberries - "Zombie" (1994)
  • No Doubt - "Don't Speak" (1997)
  • Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997)
  • Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5" (1999)
  • Shaggy featuring Rayvon - "Angel" (2001)
  • Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal" (2001)
  • Rihanna - "SOS" (2006)
  • Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize" (2007/2008)
  • Lady GaGa - "Poker Face" (2008/2009)
  • Kesha - "TiK ToK" (2009)

    • Artists with the most number-one hits

    Artists with the most consecutive number-one hits

    • The Beatles - 7
    • Delta Goodrem - 6 (2002-2004)
    • ABBA - 6 (1975-1976)

    Artists reaching number-one digital downloads

    Reached number-one in its fifth week on the chart after jumping from #31. :Reached number-one in its third week on the chart. :Debuted at number-one. :Reached number-one in its sixth week on the chart.
    • The Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
    :Reached number-one in its seventh week on the chart.
    • Kesha - "TiK ToK" (2009)
    : Reached number-one in its third week on the chart.

    Songs making the biggest drop from number-one

    Songs making the biggest jump into number-one

    Most number-one singles from a single album

    Most top five singles from a single album

    • 4 - Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (2007/2008/2009)

    • 3 - Savage Garden - "Savage Garden" (1997)
      • "I Want You" (#4)
      • "To the Moon and Back" (#1)
      • "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (#1)

    Songs that have hit number one by different artists

    Number-one single debuts

    Pre-2000

    2000

    2001

    • Scandal'us - "Me, Myself & I" (22 April 2001)
    • Shaggy and Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent - "Angel" (3 June 2001)
    • Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You out of My Head" (16 September 2001)

    2002

    2003

    2004

    2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    No songs debuted at number one during 2008. It has been suggested this is because of the availability of digital music, enabling listeners to purchase tracks from albums before the track may be released as a single.

    2009

    2010

    • Jason DerĂĽlo - "In My Head" (21 February 2010)

    Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number-one

    Songs with most weeks at number-two

    Eleven weeks

    Eight weeks

    Seven weeks

    Six weeks

    Five weeks

    Songs with most weeks at number-three

    Seven weeks

    Six weeks

    Five weeks

    Four weeks

    Also to note, Sophie Ellis Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor" spent a further 6 weeks at number 4. On the other hand, Mario's world wide smash "Let Me Love You" spent only 1 week at number 3, but 8 weeks at number 4. The Gorillaz hit "Feel Good Inc." spent 4 weeks at number 4, as did Sash!'s 2000 hit, "Adelante".

    Songs spending the most weeks in the top ten

    Over 19 weeks

    19 weeks

    18 weeks

    17 weeks

    16 weeks

    15 weeks

    14 weeks

    13 weeks

    Songs that made the biggest drop in the top fifty

    Also making the biggest drop in the Top 100:
    • Nirvana - "About a Girl" (1994) 4-76 (72 places)
    • Mariah Carey - "All I Want For Christmas" (1995) 15-100+ (85+ places)
    • Killing Heidi - "Live Without It" (2000) 18-51 (33 places)
    • Boyz II Men - "Pass You By" (2000) 13-100+ (87+ places)
    • Francesca - "Way of the World" (2002) 3-100+ (97+ places)
    • Delta Goodrem - "Born to Try" 36-96 (60 places)
    • Britney Spears - "Everytime" (2004) 29-69 (40 places)
    • Marcia Hines and Deni Hines - "Stomp" (2006) 43-100+ (57+ places)
    • End of Fashion - "The Game" (2006) 13-52 (39 places)
    • "Love 2 Love" - "James Kannis" (2006) 35-100+ (65+ places)
    • The Cat Empire - "No Longer There" (2007) 12-58 (46 places)
    • Bloc Party - "The Prayer" (2007) 20-58 (38 places)
    • Silverchair - "If You Keep Losing Sleep" (2007) 16-53 (37 places)
    • DJ Teddy Z - "You Should Be Dancing" (2008) 23-67 (44 places)
    • Psycho Teddy - "Psycho Teddy (Do You Really Really Want To?)" - (2008) 5-70 (65 places)
    • Beyonce - "If I Were a Boy" (2009) 41-61 (20 places)
    • U2 - "Get On Your Boots" (2009) 26-62 (36 places)
    • Madonna - "Celebration" (2009) 40-84 (44 places)
    • Backstreet Boys - "Straight Through My Heart" (2009) 54-99 (45 places)
    • Ricki-Lee - "Dont Miss You" (14 September 2009) 24-87 (63 places)

    Songs that made the biggest jump in the top fifty

    • ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (1976) 38-8 (30 places)
    • ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1977) 40-18 (22 places)
    • Crowded House - "Better Be Home Soon" (1988) 36-3 (33 places)
    • Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (1988) 47-13 (34 places)
    • Bananarama - "I Want You Back" (1988) 49-21 (28 places)
    • Alice Cooper - "Poison" (1989) 49-19 (30 places)
    • Queen - "I Want It All" (1989) 35-15 (20 places)
    • Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1980) 48-21 (27 places)

    Also making the biggest jump in the Top 100:

    • Silverchair - "Pure Massacre" (1995) 92-2 (90 places)
    • Green Day - "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (1998) Charted for two weeks at #50, exited the top 50, and re-entered at #13 two weeks later.
    • Destiny's Child - "Soldier" (2005) 63-3 (60 places)
    • KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See" (2006) debuted at #39 and spent three weeks in the top 50 and eventually exited the charts. The following year it was re-released and re-entered in the #15 spot.
    • The Presets - "My People" (2008) 52-14 (38 places) Charted in the first half of 2008, but due to the Presets' dominance at the 2008 ARIA Charts Awards, their smash hit "My People" re-entered the ARIA Top 50 in October 2008. In addition, "This Boy's in Love" re-entered the chart at No.50.
    • Amy Winehouse - "Rehab" (2007-2008), Charted at number 60 in 2007, but after Winehouse won 5 Grammy Awards the song re entered inside the top 50, at number 39, in 2008.
    • Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - "No Air" (2008) 57-16 (41 places)
    • Lady GaGa - "Poker Face" (2008) 94-26 (68 places)
    • Taylor Swift - "Love Story" (2009) 100-38 (62 places)
    • BeyoncĂ© - "Halo" (2009) 92-29 (63 places)
    • Katy Perry - "Thinking Of You" (2009) 80-57 (23 places)
    • Pussycat Dolls - "Bottle Pop" (2009) 81-52 (29 places)
    • Coldplay - "Life in Technicolor II" (2009) 99-63 (36 places)
    • Lady GaGa - "LoveGame" (2009) 92-41 (51 places)
    • Missy Higgins - "More Than This" (2009) - 93-52 (41 places)
    • Lily Allen - "Not Fair" (2009) - 69-36 (33 places)
    • Duffy - "Rain on Your Parade" (2009) - 95-69 (26 places)
    • Kings of Leon - "Manhattan" (2009) - 98-71 (27 places)
    • Eminem - "Beautiful" (2009) - 100-47 (53 places)
    • Eva Simons - "Silly Boy" (2009) - 88-55 (33 places)
    • Sam Clark - "Broken" (2010) - 100-50 (50 Places)
    • Queen - "We are the Champions" (1978) - 79-45 (34 places)
    • Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1976) - 72-49 (23 places)
    • Queen - "Radio Gaga" (1984) - 93-54 (39 places)

    Self-replacement at number one

    Non-English language number-one songs

    • "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno (Italian - October 25, 1958 for seven weeks)
    • "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese - July 13, 1963 for two weeks)
    • "99 Luftballons" by Nena (German - April 2, 1984 for five weeks)
    • "La Bamba" by Los Lobos (Spanish - September 28, 1987 for seven weeks)
    • "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los del RĂ­o (English/Spanish - August 31, 1996 for nine weeks)

    Albums with most weeks at number-one

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  • Soundtrack - The Sound of Music (1965/66/67)

    • ;34 weeks
  • Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985/86)

    • ;30 weeks
  • The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967/68)

    • ;29 weeks
  • Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1973/74)
  • Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes (2003/04)

    • ;28 weeks
  • Original Australian Broadway cast - Hair (1969)

    • ;25 weeks
  • John Farnham - Whispering Jack (1985/86/87)

    • ;20 weeks
  • Shania Twain - Come on Over (1998/99

    • Albums with most weeks in charts (since 1988)»http://australian-charts.com/bestall_a.asp

    • 162 weeks Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006/2007/2008/2009)
    • 146 weeks Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997/1998/1999/2000)
    • 117 weeks Live - Throwing Copper (1994/1995/1996/1997)

    Artists with the most number-one albums

    Simultaneously occupying the top three positions

    For the first time in ARIA chart history, Michael Jackson occupied the first three spots of the Albums Chart, after his death.

    See also

    References

    External links

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