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ARIA Album Chart: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ Is Back At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” regains its No.1 spot in Australia for a sixth overall week.

Tagged as: 00s, ARIA, Australian charts, Midnights, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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ARIA Albums: Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train Is The No 1 Album in Australia

by Gavin Ryan

Returning to the chart this week and taking out the No.1 slot is “Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train” set, scoring a new peak in the process.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, Paul Kelly, rock

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ARIA Album Chart: Nickelback and Disturbed Have Top 10 Debuts

by Gavin Ryan

Racking up five weeks at No.1, the Taylor Swift “Midnights” album achieves ▲Platinum in sales, its first sales certification.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Disturbed, music industry, Nickelback

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ARIA Awards Trainwreck Pulled Less Viewers On Nine Than Last Year On YouTube

by Paul Cashmere

The trainwreck that was the 2022 ARIA Awards last night had more viewers on YouTube last year than on Channel 9 last night.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Awards, Australia, Baker Boy

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Bruce Springsteen Only The Strong Survive

ARIA Album Chart: Top 10 Debuts From Bruce Springsteen and Louis Tomlinson

by Gavin Ryan

Equalling the longest continual run at No.1 in 2022 is “Midnights” by Taylor Swift, spending a fourth week at the top of the Australian Album Charts.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Bruce Springsteen, Louis Tomlinson, pop, Taylor Swift

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Australia’s Album Chart: Taylor Swift ‘Midnights’ No 1, The Beatles ‘Revolver’ No 2

by Gavin Ryan

For only the fifth time this year an album has held onto the No.1 spot for a second week, as Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” ticks away at the top of the ARIA Album Charts.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, pop, rock, Taylor Swift, The Beatles

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Australian Album Chart: The 1975 ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The fifth studio album for English act The 1975 called “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” becomes their third No.1 Album in Australia this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975

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Australian Album Chart: Slipknot ‘The End, So Far’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

US heavy metal band Slipknot see their seventh studio album “The End, So Far” become their fourth consecutive No.1 Album in Australia.

Tagged as: 90s, ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, metal, Slipknot, The End So Far, USA

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The Long and Short of It ‘Midnight Choir’ Tops ARIA Country Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Long and Short of It have debuted at number one on the ARIA Country Chart.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, ARIA, Australia, country, David Baird, Patsy Toop, The Long and Short of It

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Australian Charts: Harry Styles ‘Harry’s House’ Becomes ARIA’s 800th Number One Album

by Gavin Ryan

The third Harry Styles album “Harry’s House” becomes his third successive No.1 Album in Australia this week, plus all thirteen tracks land within the Top 15 on the singles chart.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, ARIA, Australian charts, Gavin Ryan, Harry Styles, Harry's House, pop

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INXS and Cold Chisel Had Two Of The Biggest Australian Albums Of 2021

by Paul Cashmere

INXS ‘The Very Best’ and Cold Chisel ‘The Best of Cold Chisel: All For You’ both made ARIA’s Top 10 Australian Albums of 2021.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian albums, Cold Chisel, INXS, music industry

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Nirvana Nevermind 30th anniversary edition

Nirvana, Queen, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac Dominate Australian Vinyl Chart of 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Very few artists “popped” into the ARIA Top 10 vinyl albums of 2021. The end of year chart features Nirvana with two places, Queen at no 5, and 40+ year old albums by Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd in the Top 10.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Fleetwood Mac, music industry, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Queen, vinyl

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Australian Albums : Adele ’30’ Remains At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Adele’s fourth album “30” remains the No.1 Album in Australia for the first week of sales in 2022.

Tagged as: Adele, ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop

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The ARIA Chart, It Has Become A Joke

by Paul Cashmere

A funny thing happens when you eliminate streaming from the ARIA sales figures. The manufactured pop machine disappears.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Mariah Carey, music industry, The Kid Laroi, Top 40

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Australian Bird Collective Songs of Disappearance

Australian Bird Calls ‘Songs Of Disappearance’ Goes Up The Chart

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s most unusual hit of 2021 got even bigger this week. The Australian Bird Calls ‘Songs of Disappearance’ actually increased in sales in its second week moving up the ARIA Chart from number 5 to number 3.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian Bird Calls, nature, Songs of Disappearance

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Australian Charts: ABBA Voyage Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

ABBA returns to the No.1 spot in Australia with their ninth studio album “Voyage”, their first new material in forty years, and now their fifth chart-topping album locally.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ARIA, Australia, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Denis Handlin AM, Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Australasia

ARIA Withdraws Denis Handlin Industry Icon Award

by Paul Cashmere

ARIA has withdrawn the Industry Icon Award given to Sony Chairman Denis Handlin in 2014.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Denis Handlin, music industry, Sony Music

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Announcement: ARIA Reveal Music Teacher Of The Year Award Nominees

by Announcement

ARIA is excited to announce the nominees for the 2021 ARIA Music Teacher Award.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Awards, Australia, music industry, Music Teacher of the Year

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Master’s Apprentices Have A Top 10 Album

by Paul Cashmere

Masters Apprentices are back in the Top 10. ‘Choice Cuts’ is the number 10 vinyl this week on ARIA’s Vinyl Chart.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Glenn Wheatley, Jim Keays, Masters Apprentices, rock

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Art Music Awards Finalists Announced

by Announcement

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre are excited to announce the finalists for the 2021 Art Music Awards, to be held on Tuesday 17 August in Melbourne. Finalists include Holly Harrison, Yitzhak Yedid, Cathy Milliken, Ed Kuepper and many more.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, ARIA, Australia, music industry, PPCA

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Australian Albums: Olivia Rodrigo ‘Sour’ Returns To No 1

by Gavin Ryan

After one week away from the top spot, Olivia Rodrigo retakes the No.1 ARIA Albums position with her debut album “SOUR”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, Olivia Rodrigo, pop

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Announcement: Music Industry Welcomes Covid-19 Support Packages

by Announcement

APRA AMCOS, ARIA and PPCA welcome the announcements yesterday from both the Federal and New South Wales Governments providing Covid-19 support packages through both Services Australia and Service NSW.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, ARIA, Australia, music industry, PPCA

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Australian Albums: Olivia Rodrigo Spends Fifth Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

It’s a fifth week atop both charts for teenager Olivia Rodrigo with her track “Good 4 U” and it’s parent album “SOUR”, which is newly Gold (●) in sales.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, Olivia Rodrigo, pop

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Australian Albums: Olivia Rodrigo Spends Four Weeks At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

It’s a fourth week of Olivia Rodrigo holding the top of both the Singles and Albums Charts with her “Good 4 U” track and her “SOUR” album.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, Olivia Rodrigo, pop

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Australian Charts: Olivia Rodrigo Spends Third Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Olivia Rodrigo remains for a third week at No.1 in Australia with her debut album “SOUR”, while she also retains the No.1 singles spots again with “Good 4 U”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, Olivia Rodrigo, pop

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Australian Charts: Olivia Rodrigo Spends Second Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

“SOUR” by Olivia Rodrigo remains the No.1 Album in Australia for a second week, becoming the third artist (and female act) to hold for two consecutive weeks at the top during 2021.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, Olivia Rodrigo, pop

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Michael Gudinski celebrates 40 years of Mushroom, Photo Ros O'Gorman

ARIA Announces Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist Award

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

ARIA has announced it will rename its award for Breakthrough Artist to the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist Award.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Awards, Australia, Michael Gudinski, music industry

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Australian Charts: Illy has the Number One Album with ‘The Space Between’

by Gavin Ryan

Just like last week, it’s a one-two entry to the ARIA Albums Chart this week, with the sixth studio album for local rapper Illy called “The Space Between” entering at No.1, becoming his second successive chart-topper locally.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, ARIA, Australia, Illy, rap, The Space Between

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Australian Charts: Taylor Swift ‘evermore’ Spends Another Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift secures a fourth straight week at No.1 with her ninth album “evermore”, which equals the four weeks her eighth set “folklore” (TW-7) achieved in August of 2020.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, pop, Taylor Swift, USA

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Announcement: ARIA, PPCA, Arts Council Reveal First Nations Grand Recipients

by Announcement

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in partnership with the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts today announced the grant recipients of the First Nations Sound Recording Partnership.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australia Council, Dan Rankine, Daniel Wilfred, indigenous, Jess Hitchcock, Luke Riches, Miiesha Young, music industry, PPCA, The Struggling Kings, trials

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Missy Higgins AWITG on Sunday 19 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Artists Missy Higgins Skipped Over For The ARIA Hall of Fame

Missy Higgins released her debut album ‘The Sound of White’ in 2004 and yes it was huge. It was a number one album that year and she had two more number one albums in a row. A position in the ARIA Hall of Fame is warranted. But for FFS ARIA, how about these artists first:

August 18, 2024

Not One Australian Song of 2023 Made The ARIA End of Year Top 100

Once again, ARIA has proven itself a disgrace with a complete lack of attention to Australian artists in 2023. Not one Australian song released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Singles and only one Australian album released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Albums.

January 12, 2024

Why Are The ARIA Awards Full Of Acts Who Can’t Even Make The ARIA Chart?

The nominations for the 2023 ARIA Awards have been announced and once again the glaring failures of the ARIA Chart disconnect with Australian acts and music consumers couldn’t be more obvious.

September 21, 2023

The ARIA Chart Is Something To Get ‘Angry’ About

The Rolling Stones 'Angry' debuted at 329 on the ARIA chart this week. Flop? Not really. It is another example of the how irrelevant the ARIA chart has become. It irrelevance is also having a negative impact on the perspective of Australian artist's success.

September 18, 2023

Australian Album Chart Report 1 September 2023

The fifth album for Powderfinger "Vulture Street" returns to the chart at #1 this week as a deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition.

September 1, 2023

Australian Album Chart Report for 25 August 2023

The 'Barbie The Album' soundtrack regained the #1 spot in Australia this week.

August 25, 2023

Australian Album Chart Report 18 August 2023

The second studio album for local singer and percussionist G Flip called "Drummer" debuts at #1 on both the ARIA Albums and Vinyl Sales chart this week.

August 18, 2023