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Black Keys Tops ARIA Album Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Black Keys have topped Australia’s ARIA chart with their ‘Turn Blue’ album.

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Black Keys, Michael Jackson Fight It Out For No 1 Album MIDWEEK SALES

by Gavin Ryan

After debuting at No.1 this week with their second ARIA chart-topping single, Justice Crew should retain the top spot this coming weekend with “Que Sera”.

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Disney Frozen At Top Of ARIA Albums Chart

by Gavin Ryan

The Disney soundtrack for “Frozen” holds for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, and in doing so becomes the longest run for an animated feature at the top of the Australian charts.

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Chet Faker Stays No 1 ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

Chet Faker holds for a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart with “Built on Glass”, which becomes the first Aussie studio album since “The Sapphires” (20-27 August, 2012) soundtrack to hold for more than one week at the top.

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Sheppard Geronimo Spends Third Week At No. 1 ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

Sheppard stay atop the Australian Singles chart for a third week with “Geronimo”.

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Sheppard Spend Second Week At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Brisbane six-piece Sheppard retain their No.1 position on the ARIA Singles chart this week as “Geronimo” also claims Gold (●) in sales in its fourth week in the charts.

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Sheppard Land At No 1 On ARIA Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

We have a new No.1 single in Australia, Brisbane act Sheppard with their second release “Geronimo”, which lives up to its namesake, and leaps up seventeen places to land at the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart this week.

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Pharrell Williams Happy Returns As Australia’s No 1 Song

by Gavin Ryan

Returning for a twelfth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart is “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, which now becomes the equal longest running No.1 this century alongside Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” (Dec. 2002).

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Pharrell Williams Happy Becomes Longest Running No 1 Artist Of The Decade ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams is atop the ARIA Singles Chart for an eleventh week with his Oscar nominated track “Happy”, which is also spending a twelfth week a the top of the New Zealand charts, plus the song is now the longest running No.1 for this decade.

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Pharrell Williams Is Happy With Top Album In Australia ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams climbs to No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week with his second album “G I R L”, now that his album has had a full week of sales (and the price dropped in some places to under $12), and thanks to his recent appearances at The Future Music Festival.

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Pharrell Williams Happy Becomes Equal Longest No 1 Hit Of The Decade ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” stays put for a tenth week at the top of the ARIA Singles chart, becoming the equal longest running No.1 for this decade, and it is now tied in equal second for longest running for this century.

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Pharrell Williams Vs INXS On Next Chart MIDWEEK SALES

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams’ shows last week at Future Music Festival and his many media interviews around the country seem to have cemented him at the top of the Australian charts for a possible tenth week with his infectious track “Happy”.

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Pharrell Williams Stays Happy On Australian Chart ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

With Pharrell Williams in the country this past week for the Future Music Festival, his appearance at The Oscars on Monday night here (U.S.A. on their Sunday), and the release of his new album “G I R L” (new at No.2), he stakes his ninth week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with

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Pharrell Williams Set For No 1 Album And Single MIDWEEK SALES

by Gavin Ryan

With Pharrell Williams in the country this week for the Future Music Festival, plus his appearance at The Oscars over the weekend, and not mention his new album GIRL being released at the start of the week, it looks likely that he will holding for a ninth week at No.1 in Australia with his song

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INXS Spend Third Week At Number One On ARIA Albums

by Gavin Ryan

INXS hold for a third week at No.1 with their “Very Best of” collection, becoming their second longest running chart-topping album behind “The Swing” (TW-34) which stayed atop for five weeks from April 1984.

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Pharrell Williams Spends 8th Week On Top Of ARIA Singles

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams holds for an eighth non-consecutive week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with “Happy”, the song also climbing to the top of the US chart this week too.

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INXS Become First Aussie Act To Have No 1 and 2 ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

INXS stay put at No.1 with their compilation “The Very Best”, as the second part of the mini-series ‘INXS: Never Tear us Apart’ screened last Sunday night on Channel 7.

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ARIA Singles: Pharrell Williams Is Still Happy At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

For a seventh week, Pharrell Williams is “Happy” at the top of the ARIA Singles chart, with the track now being re-certified 4x▲ Platinum in sales.

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Garry Gary Beers, INXS - Photo by Ros O'Gorman

INXS In Reality Is Number One ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

INXS climb to the No.1 spot with their compilation “The Very Best”, which hits the chart pinnacle in its 77th week within the Top 100, the longest climb to the top on the ARIA Albums chart, ever!

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ARIA Singles: Pharrell Williams Happy Returns To Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams is back at number one on the ARIA Singles chart.

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ARIA Albums: MKTO Debuts At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

MKTO has topped the ARIA Australian album chart.

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ARIA Singles: A Great Big World Lands Number One Song

by Gavin Ryan

A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera has replaced Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ at the top of the ARIA singles chart.

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MTKO Predicted For No 1 Album

by Gavin Ryan

MKTO look like having a number one debut album in Australia over this weekend while Pharrell could be struggling to keep the top of the singles chart with Christina Aguilera giving him competition.

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ARIA Albums: Bruce Springsteen High Hopes Is Number One

by Gavin Ryan

The eighteenth studio album for Bruce Springsteen entitled “High Hopes” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming only his third No.1 album in Australia and his first No.1 in almost nineteen years.

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Midweek Music Report: Bruce Springsteen Battles Frozen

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen ‘High Hopes’ and the Frozen soundtrack are the favourites for number one album this week.

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ARIA Albums: Beyoncé Stays On Top

by Gavin Ryan

For the third consecutive week, the self-titled fifth album for Beyonce holds onto the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart, whilst Katy Perry’s “Prism” is on hold at No.2 for a fourth straight week, and seventh appearance at No.2 overall (it did spend one week at the top upon debut in November 2013).

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ARIA Singles: Pharrell Happy At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

“Happy” to be at No.1 in Australia on ARIA for a third week is Pharrell Williams, but he should be elated now as last week the track hit Platinum, this week it’s 2x▲ Platinum in sales.

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ARIA Singles: Pharrell Stays Put At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams is “Happy” at retaining the No.1 for a second week in Australia, plus he’ll also be extremely joyous about achieving a ▲ Platinum sales certification too.

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Midweek Chart: Beyoncé Holds Top Spot On Album Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Beyonce looks set to hold onto top ARIA album spot in Australia while Pharrell looks equally comfortable to maintain the top of the ARIA singles chart, reports Gavin Ryan.

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Katy Perry Tops ARIA 2013 Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Katy Perry ‘Roar’ was the biggest selling song in Australia in 2013.

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Not One Australian Song Released In 2024 Made The ARIA Top 100 of 2024

The ARIA end of year chart has been revealed and it is another embarrassment for Australian artists. Not one Australian song released in 2024 made the Top 100. Just three Australian artists made the ARIA Top 100 albums for 2024. They were Cold Chisel, The Kid Laroi and INXS.

January 14, 2025

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