Gavin Ryan

Marcia Hines, Dan Sultan Lead New Music Releases For W/C April 4 2014

by Gavin Ryan

Marcia Hines ‘Amazing’ and Dan Sultan’s ‘Blackbird’ are the major album releases for the week.

Tagged as: Dan Sultan, Marcia Hines, new music releases

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5 Seconds Of Summer Wobbly For Next Week Chart

by Gavin Ryan

5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) will most likely be a one-week wonder after last week’s no 1, as it looks like either a return to the top spot for Pharrell, or the ever patient Clean Bandit.

Tagged as: 5 Seconds of Summer, midweek sales

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5 Seconds Of Summer Tops English Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Local Sydney based four piece all-male group 5 Seconds of Summer whose average age is 18 years old, have jumped to No.1 in Australia and New Zealand, plus they have debuted at the top of the English and Irish charts this week.

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INXS Topples Kylie Minogue For No 1 Album ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

INXS take back the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart with their now five week running collection “The Very Best”, which becomes the first album this year to retake the top spot, and the first since Michael Buble’s “Christmas” did so in mid December of 2013.

Tagged as: ARIA Charts, INXS, Kylie Minogue

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5 Seconds Of Summer Bumps Pharrell From Top Of ARIA Singles

by Gavin Ryan

5 Seconds Of Summer have the number one song in Australia.

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New Music Releases For W/C March 28 2014

by Gavin Ryan

New Releases for week commencing Friday 28th March, 2014 (unless otherwise noted below)

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Skrillex Set To Knock Kylie From Top Of Chart MIDWEEK REPORT

by Gavin Ryan

Skrillex could end up with the number one album in Australia this week while Gabrielle Aplin is up for number one single.

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Kylie Minogue Debuts At No 1 ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

Kylie Minogue debuts at No.1 with her twelfth studio album and now fourth No.1 album “Kiss Me Once”, which is her first chart-topping album in just under six-and-a-quarter years.

Tagged as: ARIA Charts, Kiss Me Once, Kylie Minogue

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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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Elton John Classic Reissue Leads New Releases For W/C March 21, 2014

by Gavin Ryan

Elton John’s classic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, now with added Ed Sheeran, leads the weeks music releases this week.

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Kylie Vs Skrillex In Midweek Chart Battle

by Gavin Ryan

With sales now going towards Pharrell’s album, his ten-week running No.1 song “Happy” looks set to relinquish the top of the Australian charts this coming weekend to a song that has been waiting to take over for the past three weeks, the current No.2 single “Rather Be” by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne.

Tagged as: Kylie Minogue, midweek sales, Skrillex

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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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New Music Releases For W/C March 14, 2014

by Gavin Ryan

Kylie Minogue, Morgan Evans and Sunnyboys all release albums this week. Wendy Matthews and Marcia Hines have new singles.

Tagged as: Kylie Minogue, Morgan Evans, new releases, Sunnyboys

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

INXS Keeps Pharrell Williams From No 1 ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

INXS score a fourth week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with the collection “The Very Best”, and in the process the album becomes the longest running No.1 album for 2014.

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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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Elbow, Jason Singh Tops New Releases For W/C March 7, 2014

by Gavin Ryan

Elbow top the album releases this week while former Taxiride frontman Jason Singh tops the single releases.

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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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Pharrell Williams Leads New Releases For W/C February 27, 2014

by Gavin Ryan

Pharrell Williams leads this week’s new music releases with ‘G I R L’.

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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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Beck, Harvest Festival 2012: Photo Ros O'Gorman

Beck Leads New Music Releases For W/C February 21, 2014

by Gavin Ryan

Beck has the biggest album of the week in this week’s new releases list.

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Midweek Sales: INXS Continue To Dominate Albums And Singles

by Gavin Ryan

INXS look like having the number one album again this week with thanks to the Never Tear Us Apart TV documentary.

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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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New Releases For W/C February 14, 2014

by Gavin Ryan

New Releases for week commencing Friday 14th February, 2014 (unless otherwise noted below).

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INXS Set To Dominate Australian Chart

by Gavin Ryan

The INXS mini-series aired its first half last Sunday night to 2 million+ viewers, which has stimulated most of their albums this week, plus their current No.45 single “Never Tear us Apart” could leap into the higher end of the Top 30 this weekend.

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