ARIA Charts

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 ceased to be published in 1999).

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 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 charts are published on the ARIA Chart website each Sunday night after 6:00pm, in order for printed release on the Monday. Each chart is dated according to the Monday of the given week.The first number one song of the ARIA charts era was "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys on January 8, 1989. Its current number-one is "So What" by Pink.

Formulation of charts

The ARIA charts are based on data collected from a number of traditional "bricks and mortar" [http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/retail_stores.htm 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, 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. [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, 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, Nick Cave 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. In 2008, however, this was amended to create consistency amongst all accreditation. A Platinum and Gold accreditation are now the same as that appointed to compact discs/digital downloads: 70,000 and 35,000 respectively.

Number-one singles

Pre-2000:
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Number-one albums

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List of Top 50 Australian chart achievements and trivia

ongs with the most weeks at number-one

;14 weeks
* ABBA - "Fernando" (1976)

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

;12 weeks
* Dina Shore - "Buttons and Bows" (1949)
* Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992)
* 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)
* 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 Humperdink - "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-52s - "Love Shack" (1989/90)
* Sinéad 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)

Artists with the most number-one hits

*The Beatles (26)
*Elvis Presley (14)
*Madonna (12)
*Kylie Minogue (10)
*Delta Goodrem (8)
*The Rolling Stones (6)
*ABBA (6)
*Britney Spears (5)
*George Michael (5)
*Olivia Newton-John (5)
*Roy Orbison (5)
*U2 (5)
*Eminem (5)

Artists with the most consecutive number-one hits

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

Artists reaching number-one solely on digital downloads

* Rihanna - "Don't Stop the Music" (2008):Reached number-one in it's fifth week on the chart.
* Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl" (2008):Reached number-one in it's third week on the chart.

ongs making the biggest drop from number-one

*1-24 Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998)
*1-15 Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul" (2005)
*1-10 Avril Lavigne - "Complicated" (2002)
*1-8 Kylie Minogue - "2 Hearts" (2007)
*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 George Michael - "Jesus to a Child" (1996)
*1-5 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)
*1-5 Missy Higgins - "Steer" (2007)

Most number-one singles from a single album

*5 - Delta Goodrem - "Innocent Eyes" (2003)
**"Born to Try"
**"Lost Without You"
**"Innocent Eyes"
**"Not Me, Not I"
**"Predictable"
*3 - Britney Spears - "In the Zone" (2003)
**"Me Against the Music"
**"Toxic"
**"Everytime"
*3 - ABBA - "ABBA" (1975)
**"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
**"Mamma Mia"
**"SOS"
*3 - ABBA - "Arrival" (1976)
**"Fernando"
**"Dancing Queen"
**"Money, Money, Money"
*3 - Kylie Minogue - "Kylie" (1988)
**"Locomotion"
**"I Should Be So Lucky"
**"Got to Be Certain"

Most top five singles from a single album

*5 - Delta Goodrem - "Innocent Eyes" (2003)
**"Born to Try"(#1)
**"Lost Without You"(#1)
**"Innocent Eyes"(#1)
**"Not Me, Not I"(#1)
**"Predictable"(#1)

*5 - P!nk - "I'm Not Dead" (2006/2007)
**"Stupid Girls" (#4)
**"Who Knew" (#2)
**"U and Ur Hand" (#5)
**"Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" (#5)
**"Dear Mr President" (#5)

*5 - Fergie - "The Dutchess" (2006/2007)
**"London Bridge" (#3)
**"Fergalicious" (#4)
**"Glamorous" (#2)
**"Big Girls Don't Cry" (#1)
**"Clumsy" (#3)

ongs that have hit number one by different artists

*"Mona Lisa" by Dennis Day/Nat King Cole (1950) and Conway Twitty (1959)
*"Unchained Melody" by Al Hibbler/Les Baxter (1955) and Righteous Brothers (1990)
*"Can't Help Fallin' in Love" by Elvis Presley (1962) and UB40 (1993)
*"Venus" by Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
*"American Pie" by Don McLean (1972) and Madonna (2000)
*"Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1973) and The Fugees (1996, entitled "Killing Me Softly")
*"Funkytown" by Lipps Inc (1980) and Pseudo Echo (1986)
*"The Power of Love" by Jennifer Rush (1985) and Céline Dion (1993)
*"What About Me" by Moving Pictures (1982) and Shannon Noll (2004)

Number-one single debuts

Pre-2000

* Midnight Oil - "Species Deceases" (EP) (November 27, 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" (June 23, 1996)
* Silverchair - "Freak" (January 26, 1997)
* Hanson - "MMMBop" (June 1, 1997)

2000

* Madonna - "American Pie" (March 5 2000)
* *NSYNC - "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)

2001

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

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)
* Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes" (June 18 2002
* Elvis Presley vs JXL - "A Little Less Conversation" (June 23 2002)
* Avril Lavigne - "Complicated" (August 25 2002)
* Las Ketchup - "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" (October 13 2002)
* Nelly & Kelly Rowland - "Dilemma" (October 20 2002)
* Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (December 8 2002)

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)
* - "Rise Up" (October 19 2003)
* Kylie Minogue - "Slow" (November 9 2003)
* Britney Spears and Madonna - "Me Against the Music" (November 16 2003)
* Guy Sebastian - "Angels Brought Me Here" (November 30 2003)

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 and 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)
* Paulini - "Angel Eyes" (July 2004)
* Missy Higgins - "Scar" (August 8 2004)
* Cosima De Vito - "When the War Is Over"/"One Night Without You" (August 15 2004)
* Nelly and 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)

2005

* Nitty - "Nasty Girl" (January 23 2005)
* Delta Goodrem and 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)

2006

* Chris Brown - "Run It!" (January 22 2006)
* Rihanna - "SOS" (April 23 2006)
* Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "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)

2007

*Hinder - "Lips of an Angel" (January 29 2007)
*Silverchair - "Straight Lines" (March 19 2007)
*Missy Higgins - "Steer" (April 23 2007)
*Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" (June 2 2007)
*Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry" (July 15 2007)
*Sean Kingston - "Beautiful Girls" (September 17 2007)
*Delta Goodrem - "In This Life" (September 24 2007)
*Kylie Minogue - "2 Hearts" (November 19 2007)

Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number-one

* The Beatles (101 weeks)
* Delta Goodrem (44 weeks)
* ABBA (42 weeks)
* Madonna (37 weeks)
* Kylie Minogue (31 weeks)
* Rihanna (23 weeks)

ongs with most weeks at number-two

Eight weeks

* Bryan Adams - "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (1995)

even weeks

* ABBA - "SOS" (1975/1976)
* Phil Collins - "A Groovy Kind of Love" (1988)
* Sonia Dada - "You Don't Treat Me No Good" (1993)
* Ugly Kid Joe - "Cat's in the Cradle" (1993)
* Bon Jovi - "Always" (1994)
* Shania Twain - "That Don't Impress Me Much" (1999)
* Nikki Webster - "Strawberry Kisses" (2001)
* Enrique Iglesias - "Hero" (2001-02)
* Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (2006)

ix weeks

* Kate Ceberano - "Bedroom Eyes" (1989)
* Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" (1994)
* N-Trance - "Stayin' Alive" (1995)
* Everything but the Girl - "Missing" (1996)
* Run DMC - "It's Like That (1997/98)
* Madison Avenue - "Don't Call Me Baby" (1999/2000)
* Eminem featuring Dido - "Stan" (2001)
* 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)
* Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (2006)
* Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape" (2007)
* Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me" (2008)

Five weeks

* Madonna - "Like a Prayer" (1989)
* Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love" (1990)
* Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" (1990)
* Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson - "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1992)
* Janet Jackson - "That's the Way Love Goes" (1993)
* Warren G feat Adina Howard - "What's Love Got To Do With It" (1996)
* No Mercy - "When I Die" (1997)
* Aqua - "Barbie Girl" (1997)
* Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997/98)
* Backstreet Boys - "As Long as You Love Me" (1998)
* Green Day - "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (1998)
* Cher - "Believe" (1998/99)
* The Offspring - "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (1998/99)
* Anastacia - "I'm Outta Love (2000)
* Wheatus - "Teenage Dirtbag" (2000)
* Kelis - "Milkshake" (2004)
* Black Eyed Peas - "My Humps" (2005)
* Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend" (2007)
* Timbaland feat Keri Hilson and D.O.E. - "The Way I Are" (2007/08)

ongs with most weeks at number-three

even weeks

* Crystal Waters - "100% Pure Love" (1994)

ix weeks

* Concrete Blonde - "Joey" (1990)
* Peter André - "Gimme Little Sign" (1993)
* Sisqó - "Thong Song" (2000)
* Usher - "Burn" (2004)
* Flo Rida ft. T-Pain - "Low" (2008)

Five weeks

* Sheryl Crow - "All I Wanna Do" (1994)
* Jann Arden - "Insensitive" (1995)
* Aqua - "Lollipop (Candyman)" (1998)
* Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998)
* Shania Twain - "From This Moment On" (1998)
* Silverchair - "Anthem for the Year 2000" (1999)
* Britney Spears - "Sometimes" (1999)
* Madison Avenue - "Don't Call Me Baby" (1999/2000)
* Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." (2005)
* Christina Aguilera - "Candyman" (2007)

Four weeks

* Roxette - "Dressed for Success"
* Inner Circle - "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" (1993)
* Ace of Base - "All That She Wants" (1993/94)
* Toni Braxton - "You're Makin' Me High" (1996)
* Celine Dion - "Because You Loved Me" (1996)
* Ginuwine - "Pony" (1997)
* Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997/98)
* The Offspring - "Why Don't You Get a Job?" (1999)
* Wheatus - "Teenage Dirtbag" (2000)
* Melanie C feat Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - "Never Be the Same Again" (2000)
* Bomfunk MC's - "Freestyler" (2000)
* Mya - "Case of the Ex" (2001)
* 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)
* Akon feat. Eminem - "Smack That" (2007)
* Alex Gaudino feat Crystal Waters - "Destination Calabria" (2007)
* Good Charlotte - "Dance Floor Anthem" (2007)
* Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (2008)

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. Avril Lavigne's single "Nobody's Home" peaked the position of #31 for 5 weeks.

ongs spending the most weeks in the top ten

Over 19 weeks

* 24 weeks - ABBA - "Fernando" (1976)
* 24 weeks - Guns N' Roses - "November Rain" (1992/93)
* 24 weeks - The Prodigy - "Breathe" (1996/97)
* 22 weeks - TV Rock - "Flaunt It" (2006)
* 21 weeks - Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" (1987/88)
* 21 weeks - Sandi Thom - "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" (2006/07)

19 weeks

* Silverchair - "Tomorrow" (1994)
* The Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?" (2003)
* Flo Rida featuring T-Pain - "Low" (2008)

18 weeks

* ABBA - "Mamma Mia" (1975)
* Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" (1994)
* The Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris" (1998)
* Shania Twain - "From This Moment On" (1998/99)
* Wheatus - "Teenage Dirtbag" (2000)
* Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (2006/07)
* Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E. - "The Way I Are" (2007/08)

17 weeks

* The Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986-87)
* Celine Dion - "Because You Loved Me" (1996)
* Lighthouse Family - "High" (1998)
* Pearl Jam - "Last Kiss" (1999)
* Evanescence - "Bring Me to Life" (2003)
* Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997)
* Green Day - "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (1998)
* Las Ketchup - "Asereje (The Ketchup Song)" (2002)
* Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend" (2007)
* Christina Aguilera - "Candyman" (2007)
* Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize" (2007/2008)
* Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (2007/08)

16 weeks

* George Michael - "Careless Whisper" (1984)
* Kylie Minogue - "Locomotion" (1987)
* Cher - "If I Could Turn Back Time" (1989/90)
* Sonia Dada - "You Don't Treat Me No Good"
* Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997/98)
* Aerosmith - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998)
* Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998)
* Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" (2002)
* 50 Cent - "In da Club" (2003)
* James Blunt - "Goodbye My Lover" (2006)

15 weeks

* ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (1976)
* Samantha Fox - "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" (1986)
* Yazz - "The Only Way Is Up" (1988/89)
* Salt 'N' Pepa - "Let's Talk About Sex" (1991/92)
* Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" (1992)
* The Cranberries - "Zombie" (1994/95)
* Bon Jovi - "Always" (1994/95)
* N-Trance - "Stayin' Alive" (1995)
* Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
* N-Trance feat Rod Stewart - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1997)
* Shania Twain - "You're Still the One" (1998)
* Jennifer Paige - "Crush" (1998/99)
* Madison Avenue - "Don't Call Me Baby" (1999/2000)
* Eminem featuring Dido - "Stan" (2001)
* Delta Goodrem - "Born to Try" (2003)
* 50 Cent - "P.I.M.P." (2003/04)
* Joel Turner - "These Kids" (2004/05)
* Youth Group - "Forever Young" (2006)
* Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (2006)
* Evermore - "Light Surrounding You" (2007)
* Mika - "Grace Kelly" (2007)
* Santana featuring Chad Kroeger - "Into the Night" (2007)

14 weeks

* Boyz II Men - "End of the Road" (1992)
* Merril Bainbridge - "Mouth" (1995)
* Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (1996)
* Elton John - "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997)
* The Offspring - "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (1998/99)
* Savage Garden - "The Animal Song" (1999)
* Lou Bega - "Mambo No. 5" (1999)
* Vanessa Amorosi - "Absolutely Everybody" (1998-2000)
* Shaggy featuring Rikrok - "It Wasn't Me" (2001)
* Lifehouse - "Hanging by a Moment" (2001)
* Nickelback - "How You Remind Me" (2001)
* Nelly feat Kelly Rowland - "Dilemma" (2002/03)
* Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (2002/03)
* Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul - "Baby Boy" (2003)
* Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." (2005)
* James Blunt - "You're Beautiful" (2005)
* Young Divas - "This Time I Know It's for Real" (2006)
* Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)
* Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - "Don't Cha" (2005)
* Akon featuring Eminem - "Smack That" (2006/07)
* Gwen Stefani featuring Akon - "The Sweet Escape" (2007)
* Fall Out Boy - "Thnks fr th Mmrs" (2007)
* Fergie- "Big Girls Don't Cry" (2007)
* Matchbox Twenty - "How Far We've Come" (2007)
* Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me" (2008)

13 weeks

* Paul Lekakis - "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" (1987)
* Mel & Kim - "Respectable" (1987)
* Madonna - "Like a Prayer" (1989)
* Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990)
* The Offspring - "Come Out and Play (1994/95)
* No Doubt - "Don't Speak" (1997)
* Will Smith - "Men in Black" (1997)
* Cher - "Believe" (1998/99)
* The Black Eyed Peas - "Shut Up" (2003/04)
* Mario - "Let Me Love You" (2005)
* Jessica Simpson - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (2005)
* Pink - "Who Knew" (2006)
* Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable" (2006/07)
* Thirsty Merc - "20 Good Reasons" (2007)
* Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" (2007)
* Alicia Keys - "No One" (2007/08)
* The Veronicas - "Untouched" (2008)
* Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown - "No Air" (2008)

Biggest drops inside the top fifty

* Paul "The Chief" Harragon - "That's Gold" (2007) 8-47 (39 places)
* Joel Turner - "Funk U Up" (2005) 13-44 (31 places)
* Kylie Mole - "So Excellent/I Go I Go" (1988) 19-49 (30 places)
* Tomislav Ivčić - "Stop The War in Croatia" (1992) 20-49 (29 places)
* The GetUp Mob - "From Little Things Big Things Grow" (2008) 18-46 (28 places)
* Aqua - "Doctor Jones" (1998) 10-37 (27 places)
* Bobby McFerrin - "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (1989) 20-46 (26 places)
* No Doubt - "Just a Girl" (1996) 14-40 (26 places)
* Steps - "Heartbeat/Tragedy" (1999) 19-45 (26 places)
* Smash Mouth - "Walkin' On the Sun" (1998) 20-46 (26 places)
* Ricki-Lee - "Can't Sing a Different Song" (2008) 8-34 (26 places)
* Kate Alexa - "Somebody Out There" (2006) 21-46 (25 places)
* Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and Steve Forde - "Spirit of the Bush" (2007) 11-36 (25 places)
* Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) 25-49 (24 places)
* Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991) 6-30 (24 places)
* Natalie Imbruglia - "Big Mistake" (1998) 18-42 (24 places)
* Human Nature - "Don't Cry" (1999) 5-29 (24 places)
* Coldplay - "In My Place" (2002) 23-47 (24 places)
* U2 and Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming" (2006) 7-31 (24 places)
* Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" (1998) 1-24 (23 places) ("My Heart Will Go On" returned to the Top 5 soon after the drop)
* The Butterfly Effect - "A Slow Descent" (2006) 9-32 (23 places)
* The Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?" (2003) 16-39 (23 places)
* Spiderbait - "Black Betty" (2004) 23-46 (23 places)
* The Veronicas - "4ever" (2005) 25-48 (23 places)
* Youth Group - "Forever Young" (2006) 26-49 (23 places)
* The Simpsons - "Do The Bartman" (1991) 20-42 (22 places)
* Pearl Jam - "Nothing as It Seems" (2000) 7-29 (22 places)
* Bob the Builder - "Can We Fix It?" (2001) 17-39 (22 places)
* Christina Aguilera featuring Redman - "Dirrty" (2002) 13-35 (22 places)
* Darren Hayes - "So Beautiful" (2005) 25-47 (22 places)
* Indecent Obsession - "Say Goodbye" (1989) 17-38 (21 places)
* Eminem - "Without Me" (2002) 17-38 (21 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)
* Counting Crows - "Accidentally in Love" (2004) 28-49 (21 places)
* Kate Alexa - "All I Hear" (2006) 29-50 (21 places)
* Delta Goodrem - "I Can't Break It To My Heart" (2008) 13-42 (29 places)
* Ricki-Lee - "Wiggle It" (2008) 11-32 (21 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)
* Mariah Carey - "All I Want For Christmas" (1995) 15-100+ (85+ places)
* Nirvana - "About a Girl" (1994) 4-76 (72 places)
* Psycho Teddy - "Psycho Teddy (Do You Really Really Want To?)" - (2008) 5-70 (65 places)
* Marcia Hines and Deni Hines - "Stomp" (2006) 43-100+ (57+ places)
* The Cat Empire - "No Longer There" (2007) 12-58 (46 places)
* DJ Teddy Z - "You Should Be Dancing" (2008) 23-67 (44 places)
* End of Fashion - "The Game" (2006) 13-52 (39 places)
* Bloc Party - "The Prayer" (2007) 20-58 (38 places)
* Silverchair - "If You Keep Losing Sleep" (2007) 16-53 (37 places)

Biggest jumps inside the top fifty

* George Michael - "Too Funky" (1992) 50-8 (42 places)
* No Mercy - "Where Do You Go" (1996) 50-10 (40 places)
* Madonna - "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992) 50-13 (37 places)
* Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (1990) 37-1 (36 places)
* Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (1988) 47-13 (34 places)
* Guns N' Roses - "November Rain" (1992) 41-7 (34 places)
* Crowded House - "Better Be Home Soon" (1988) 36-3 (33 places)
* Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1992) 45-12 (33 places)
* Psycho Teddy - "Psycho Teddy (Do You Really Really Want To?)" (2008) 44-12 (32 places)
* Westlife - "You Raise Me Up" (2006) 40-8 (32 places)
* Ace of Base - "The Sign" (1994) 41-9 (32 places)
* Rihanna feat. Ne Yo - "Hate That I Love You" (2007) 49-18 (31 places)
* Rihanna - "Don't Stop The Music" (2008) 31-1 (31 places)
* ABBA - "Dancing Queen" (1976) 38-8 (30 places)
* Alice Cooper - "Poison" (1989) 49-19 (30 places)
* Kylie Minogue - "Confide in Me" (1994) 31-1 (30 places)
* Merril Bainbridge - "Under the Water" (1995) 46-17 (29 places)
* No Doubt - "Don't Speak" (1995) 50-21 (29 places)
* Boyz II Men - "End of the Road" (1992) 40-13 (27 places)
* The 12th Man - "Bruce 2000 (A Special Tribute)" (2000) 32-5 (27 places)
* Tomislav Ivčić - "Stop the War in Croatia" (1991) 39-13 (26 places)
* The Offspring - "Self Esteem" (1995) 33-7 (26 places)
* Shaggy - "Boombastic" (1996) 37-11 (26 places)
* Five - "Got the Feelin'" (1998) 35-9 (26 places)
* Melanie C feat Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - "Never Be the Same Again" (2000) 33-7 (26 places)
* Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris" (1998) 48-23 (25 places)
* Alicia Keys - "No One" (2007) 37-13 (24 Places)
* Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996) 36-12 (24 places)
* LeAnn Rimes - "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (2001) 26-2 (24 places)
* High School Musical 2 Cast - "What Time Is It?" (2007) 44-20 (24 places)
* Mariah Carey - "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994) 46-23 (23 places)
* ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1977) 40-18 (22 places)
* Green Day - "Warning" (2001) 41-19 (22 places)
* Aqua - "Barbie Girl" (1997) 30-9 (21 places)
* Michael Buble - "Everything" (2007) 40-19 (21 places)
* Brian McFadden - "Like Only a Woman Can" (2008) 36-15 (21 places)
* Metro Station - "Shake It" (2008) 25-4 (21 places)
* Queen - "I Want It All" (1989) 35-15 (20 places)
* Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) 33-13 (20 places)
* Kelly Clarkson - "Never Again" (2007) 50-30 (20 places)
* Sneaky Sound System - "UFO" (2007) 35-15 (20 places)
* Silverchair - "Straight Lines" (2007) 42-22 (20 places)
* Soulja Boy - "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (2008) 33-13 (20 places)
* The Last Goodnight - "Pictures of You" (2008) 26-7 (19 places)
* Vitamin C - "The Itch" (2000) 27-8 (19 places)
* Simple Plan - "Perfect" (2004) 43-24 (19 places)
* Newton Faulkner - "Dream Catch Me" (2008) 47-28 (19 places)
* ABBA - "SOS" (1975) 48-30 (18 places)
* Rod Stewart - "Lost In You" (1988) 50-32 (18 places)
* Madonna - "Vogue" (1990) 19-1 (18 places)
* Pussycat Dolls - "When I Grow Up" (2008) 26-8 (18 places)
* East 17 - "It's Alright" (1993) 25-7 (18 places)

Also of note:
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Lady GaGa - "Poker Face" (2008) 94-26 (68 places)

Albums with most weeks at number-one

;76 weeks
* 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 top ten

;62 weeks (highest ever)
* P!nk - "I'm Not Dead" (2006/2007)

Artists with the most number-one albums

*The Beatles (14)*
*U2 (10)
*Madonna (9)*
*Jimmy Barnes (8)
*The 12th Man (7)
*Rod Stewart (7)
*John Farnham (7)*
*Elton John (7)*
*Bon Jovi (7)
*The Rolling Stones (6)
*Pearl Jam (6)
*Silverchair (5)
*Celine Dion (5)
*Michael Jackson (5)*
*Neil Diamond (5)
*Red Hot Chili Peppers (5)
*Metallica (4)
*ABBA (4)
*Electric Light Orchestra (3)
*Delta Goodrem (3)
*Kylie Minogue (3)
*Powderfinger (3)

References

ee also

*Music of Australia
*List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart

External links

* [http://www.ariacharts.com.au/ ARIA Charts home page]
* [http://www.australian-charts.com/ ARIA Charts with archives from 1989]
* [http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au Oz Net Music Chart (includes archive LINK DEAD)] [NB: The weekly charts are unofficial, although a complete list of official Australian, UK and U.S. #1 singles is to be found on this site, with pre-1988 Australian charts from the Kent Music Report, and before that, the 2UE radio charts; due to this, there are number-one inconsistencies, along with a few errors afterwards.]