ARIA Charts
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The ARIA charts is the main Australian music sales chart 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 chart dated Week Ending 26/6/1988 onwards. Prior to this, from mid 1983, they had licensed the Kent Report chart which continued to be used by the Australian Music Report after this date until it ceased production in 1999. On January 31, 2006, ARIA announced the formation of an alliance with Motorola Mobile Devices Australia, under which Motorola would become the official sponsor of the ARIA Chart, including naming rights.[1]
The ARIA charts include:
- Weekly Top 100 highest selling music singles
- Weekly Top 100 highest selling music albums
- Weekly Top 40 highest selling music DVDs
- Weekly Top 50 highest selling physical singles
- 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 charts are published on the ARIA Chart website each Sunday.
[edit] 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 October 8, 2006, the official ARIA singles chart included online data as well as physical sales, and is now considered the "official" singles chart for the official radio countdown on NOVA.
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.[2][3] However, after a five month absence, Brazin reportedly re-commenced contributing sales figures to the ARIA Charts on November 26, 2006.[4]
[edit] ARIA awards
There are numerous award 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 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, 5,000 members of the general public, and are watched by almost 2 million people via Network Ten's broadcast.
The awards are broadcast nationally on commercial TV and relayed via PAY TV to international audiences.
"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 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.
[edit] ARIA Certification
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 1988 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.
Gold | Platinum |
35,000 | 70,000 |
Gold and Platinum certifications are given solely for the number of albums stocked by retailers. Large record companies will often ship large quantities of stock to outlets to achieve a "Gold" or "Platinum" status, thus creating some sort of hype around the artist.
According to undercover.com.au, Australian Idol 2 winner Casey Donovan's debut sold less than 35,000 (at HMV stores Australia wide), however 210,000 copies were sent to stockists.
Gold and Platinum certifications bear next to no relevence to the amount actually bought by consumers.
In Australia for music videos including Audio Visual DVDs, gold represents 7,500 copies shipped, platinum 15,000.
[edit] Number one singles
- List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
- List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s
- List of number-one singles in Australia during the 2000s
[edit] List of Top 50 Australian chart achievements and trivia
[edit] Songs with most weeks at number one
15 weeks
- The Beatles - "Hey Jude" (1968)
14 weeks
13 weeks
- Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995)
12 weeks
- Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (2002)
11 weeks
- Normie Rowe & The Playboys - "Que Sera Sera"
- Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991)
- Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (1996)
10 weeks
- Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley" (1958)
- Daddy Cool - "Eagle Rock" (1971)
- ABBA - "Mamma Mia" (1975)
- Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992)
- Sandi Thom - "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (2006)
9 weeks
- 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)
- Eiffel 65 - "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (1999)
- Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (1999)
- Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)
8 weeks
- Racey - "Lay Your Love on Me" (1979)
- The B-52s - "Love Shack" (1989)
- Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
- Michael Jackson - "Black or White" (1991)
- 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 - "Angel" (2001)
- Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal" (2001)
- Rihanna - "SOS" (2006)
[edit] Artists with the most number one hits
- The Beatles (23)
- Elvis Presley (18)
- Madonna (10)
- Kylie Minogue (9)
- Delta Goodrem (7)
[edit] Artists with the most consecutive number one hits
- The Beatles - 7
- Delta Goodrem - 6 (2002-2004)
[edit] Songs making the biggest drop from number one
- 1-33 Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998)
- 1-15 Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul" (2005)
- 1-10 Avril Lavigne - "Complicated" (2002)
- 1-7 Kylie Minogue - "In Your Eyes" (2002)
- 1-6 Nelly - "My Place/Flap Your Wings" (2004)
- 1-6 Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise" (1996)
- 1-6 Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" (1991)
- 1-6 Kylie Minogue - "Spinning Around" (2000)
- 1-5 Ratcat - "Don't Go Now" (1991)
- 1-5 Shannon Noll - "Learn to Fly" (2004)
- 1-5 Guy Sebastian - "Out with My Baby" (2004)
[edit] Most number one singles from a single album
- 5 - Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes (2003)
- 3 - Britney Spears - In the Zone (2003)
- 3 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie (1987)
[edit] Number one single debuts
[edit] Pre-2000
- Midnight Oil - Species Deceases (EP) (1985)
- Kylie Minogue - "Got to Be Certain" (July 10, 1988)
- U2 - "The Fly" (November 3, 1991)
- Meat Loaf - "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" (September 5, 1993)
- U2 - "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (July 9, 1995)
- George Michael - "Jesus to a Child" (January 21, 1996)
- Metallica - "Until It Sleeps" (June 2, 1996)
- The Fugees - "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (June 23, 1996)
- Silverchair - "Freak" (January 26, 1997)
- Hanson - "MMMBop" (June 1, 1997)
[edit] 2000
- Madonna - "American Pie" (March 5, 2000)
- 'N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye" (March 12, 2000)
- Bardot - "Poison" (April 16, 2000)
- Madison Avenue - "Who the Hell Are You" (June 11, 2000)
- Kylie Minogue - "Spinning Around" (June 25, 2000)
- Madonna - "Music" (August 27, 2000)
- Kylie Minogue - "On a Night like This" (September 17, 2000)
- U2 - "Beautiful Day" (October 15, 2000)
[edit] 2001
- Scandal'us - "Me, Myself & I" (April 22, 2001)
- Shaggy & Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent - "Angel" (June 3, 2001)
- Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You out of My Head" (September 16, 2001)
[edit] 2002
- Kylie Minogue - "In Your Eyes" (January 27, 2002)
- Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" (February 3, 2002)
- Scott Cain - "I'm Moving On" (May 12, 2002)
- Eminem - "Without Me" (May 26, 2002)
- Holly Valance - "Kiss Kiss" (June 9, 2002)
- Elvis Presley vs JXL - "A Little Less Conversation" (June 23, 2002)
- Las Ketchup - "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" (October 13, 2002)
- Nelly & Kelly Rowland - "Dilemma" (October 20, 2002)
- Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (December 8, 2002)
[edit] 2003
- Delta Goodrem - "Lost Without You" (March 9, 2003)
- t.A.T.u. - "All the Things She Said" (March 16, 2003)
- Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body" (May 11, 2003)
- R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)" (July 13, 2003)
- Dido - "White Flag" (September 21, 2003)
- Australian Idol: The Final 12 - "Rise Up" (October 19, 2003)
- Kylie Minogue - "Slow" (November 9, 2003)
- Britney Spears & Madonna - "Me Against the Music" (November 16, 2003)
- Guy Sebastian - "Angels Brought Me Here" (November 30, 2003)
[edit] 2004
- Shannon Noll - "What About Me" (February 1, 2004)
- Guy Sebastian - "All I Need Is You" (February 29, 2004)
- Britney Spears - "Toxic" (March 14, 2004)
- Usher, Ludacris & Lil' Jon - "Yeah!" (March 28, 2004)
- Frankee - "F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)" (June 13, 2004)
- Britney Spears - "Everytime" (June 27, 2004)
- Shannon Noll - "Learn to Fly" (July 11, 2004)
- Missy Higgins - "Scar" (August 8, 2004)
- Cosima De Vito - "When the War Is Over/One Night Without You" (August 15, 2004)
- Nelly & Jaheim - "My Place/Flap Your Wings" (August 29, 2004)
- Guy Sebastian - "Out with My Baby" (October 3, 2004)
- Delta Goodrem - "Out of the Blue" (October 17, 2004)
- Eminem - "Just Lose It" (November 7, 2004)
- Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (November 14, 2004)
- Casey Donovan - "Listen with Your Heart" (December 5, 2004)
- Anthony Callea - "The Prayer" (December 19, 2004)
[edit] 2005
- Nitty - "Nasty Girl" (January 23, 2005)
- Delta Goodrem & Brian McFadden - "Almost Here" (March 13, 2005)
- Anthony Callea - "Rain / Bridge over Troubled Water" (March 20, 2005)
- Snoop Dogg feat. Justin Timberlake & Charlie Wilson - "Signs" (May 1, 2005)
- Black Eyed Peas - "Don't Phunk With My Heart" (May 22, 2005)
- Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" (May 29, 2005)
- Backstreet Boys - "Incomplete" (June 19, 2005)
- Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together" (June 26, 2005)
- Akon - "Lonely" (July 10, 2005)
- Crazy Frog - "Axel F" (July 24, 2005)
- 2Pac & Elton John - "Ghetto Gospel" (August 21, 2005)
- Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha" (August 28, 2005)
- Shannon Noll - "Shine" (October 2, 2005)
- Madonna - "Hung Up" (November 13, 2005)
- Black Eyed Peas - "My Humps" (November 20, 2005)
- Kate DeAraugo - "Maybe Tonight" (December 4, 2005)
- Lee Harding - "Wasabi/Eye of the Tiger" (December 18, 2005)
[edit] 2006
- Chris Brown - "Run It!" (January 22, 2006)
- Rihanna - "SOS" (April 23, 2006)
- Shakira - "Hips Don't Lie" (June 18, 2006)
- Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (August 20, 2006)
- U2 and Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming" (November 12, 2006)
- Damien Leith - "Night of My Life" (December 3, 2006)
[edit] Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one
- The Beatles (101 weeks)
[edit] Songs with most weeks at number two
[edit] Seven weeks
- Shania Twain - "That Don't Impress Me Much" (1999)
- Nikki Webster - "Strawberry Kisses" (2001)
- Enrique Iglesias - "Hero" (2001-02)
- Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (2006)
[edit] Six weeks
- Eminem - "Without Me" (2002)
- Las Ketchup - "Asereje (The Ketchup Song)" (2002)
- Delta Goodrem - "Born to Try" (2003)
- Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?" (2003)
- Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (2004)
- TV Rock - "Flaunt It" (2006)
[edit] Five weeks
- Madison Avenue - "Don't Call Me Baby" (1999)
- Kelis - "Milkshake" (2004)
- Black Eyed Peas - "My Humps" (2005)
- Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (2006)
[edit] Songs with most weeks at number three
[edit] Six Weeks
[edit] Five Weeks
- Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." (2005)
[edit] Four Weeks
- Bob the Builder - "Can We Fix It?" (2001)
- Las Ketchup - "Asereje (The Ketchup Song)" (2002)
- Holly Valance - "Kiss Kiss" (2002)
- Sophie Ellis Bextor - "Murder on the Dancefloor" (2002)
- Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey - "I Know What You Want" (2003)
- Delta Goodrem - "Lost Without You" (2003)
- Young Divas - "This Time I Know It's for Real" (2006)
- Bob Sinclar feat. Gary Pine - "Love Generation" (2006)
Also 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.
[edit] Songs spending the most weeks in the top ten
- 24 weeks - The Prodigy - "Breathe" (1996/97)
- 24 weeks - Guns N' Roses - "November Rain" (1992/93)
- 22 weeks - TV Rock - "Flaunt It" (2006)
- 20 weeks - Silverchair - "Tomorrow" (1994)
- 19 weeks - The Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?" (2003)
- 18 weeks - Shania Twain - "From This Moment On" (1998/99)
- 18 weeks - Sandi Thom - "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (2006)
- 17 weeks - Savage Garden - "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (1997)
- 17 weeks - Evanescence - "Bring Me to Life" (2003)
- 16 weeks - 50 Cent - "In da Club" (2003)
- 16 weeks - James Blunt - "Goodbye My Lover" (2006)
- 15 weeks - Yazz - "The Only Way Is Up" (1988/89)
- 15 weeks - Delta Goodrem - "Born to Try" (2003)
- 15 weeks - Youth Group - "Forever Young" (2006)
- 15 weeks - Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (2006)
- 14 weeks - Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul - "Baby Boy" (2003)
- 14 weeks - Savage Garden - "The Animal Song" (1999)
- 14 weeks - James Blunt - "You're Beautiful" (2005)
- 14 weeks - Young Divas - "This Time I Know It's for Real" (2006)
- 14 weeks - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)
- 14 weeks - Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - "Don't Cha" (2006)
- 13 weeks - Mario - "Let Me Love You" (2005)
- 13 weeks - P!nk - "Who Knew" (2006)
- 13 weeks - Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel like Dancin'" (2006)
[edit] Biggest drop in the Top 50
- End of Fashion - "The Game" (2006) 13-52 (39 places)
- Aqua - "Doctor Jones" (1998) 10-37 (27 places)
- Steps - "Heartbeat/Tragedy" (1999) 19-45 (26 places)
- Smash Mouth - "Walkin' On the Sun" (1998) 20-46 (26 places)
- Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" (1991) 6-30 (24 places)
- U2 feat. Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming" (2006) 7-31 (24 places)
- Kate Alexa - "Somebody Out There" (2006) 21-46 (25 places)
- Human Nature - "Don't Cry" (1999) 5-29 (24 places)
- The Butterfly Effect - "A Slow Descent" (2006) 9-32 (23 places)
- The Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?" (2003) 16-39 (23 places)
- Youth Group - "Forever Young" (2006) 26-49 (23 places)
- Madonna - "Hollywood" (2003) 16-37 (21 places)
- Freestylers - "Push Up" (2004) 14-35 (21 places)
- Lethbridge - "In My Room" (2004) 12-33 (21 places)
- Kate Alexa - "All I Hear" (2006) 29-50 (21 places)
- Chloe - "Crash" (2005) 15-35 (20 places)
- Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes" (2005) 12-31 (19 places)
- Sarah Connor - "Bounce" 21-40 (2004) (19 places)
- Usher, Ludacris & Lil' Jon - "Yeah!" (2004) 20-39 (19 places)
Also to note:
- Francesca - "Way of the World" (2002) 3-100+ (97+ places)
- Boyz II Men - "Pass You By" (2000) 13-100+ (87+ places)
- Nirvana - "About a Girl" (1994) 4-76 (72 places)
[edit] Biggest Gainer
- Elton John - "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight" (1997) 41-1 (40 places)
- Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) 37-1 (36 places)
- Westlife - "You Raise Me Up" (2006) 40-8 (32 places)
- Ace of Base - "The Sign" (1994) 41-9 (32 places)
- Kylie Minogue - "Confide in Me" (1994) 31-1 (30 places)
- Five - "Got The Feelin'" (1998) 35-9 (25 places)
- Sugababes - "Push the Button" (2005) 29-5 (24 places)
- East 17 - "It's Alright" (1993) 27-6 (21 places)
- Silverchair - "Tomorrow" (1994) 26-9 (17 places)
- Gorillaz - "DARE" (2005) 31-12 (19 places)
- Radiohead - "Creep" (1993) 40-21 (19 places)
- Madonna - "Vogue" (1990) 19-1 (18 places)
- The Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha" (2005) 25-7 (18 places)
- Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) 33-13(20 places)
- Boyz II Men - "End of The Road" (1992) 40-13(27 places)
- Green Day - "Warning" (2001) 41-19(22 places)
also of note: 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.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/news-Australias-official-music-charts.htm
- ^ http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2006/may06/20060519_aria.html
- ^ http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,19186936-7484,00.html
- ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ipHMutq58FEX3rN%2F%2BwEUmag%3D%3D,
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- ARIA Charts home
- ARIA Charts with archives from 1989
- Oz Net Music Chart (includes archive) [NB: These charts are not official, although the list of Australian/UK/US #1 singles is]