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Michael Buble Moves Another 66,119 Christmas Albums

by Paul Cashmere

The final ARIA chart of 2012 saw another 66,119 Michael Buble ‘Christmas’ albums go to good homes across Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Christmas, Michael Buble, Pink

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Michael Buble Christmas Is Australia’s Final No. 1 Album Of 2012

by Gavin Ryan

The information from this current chart is based on sales over the Christmas period, with sales data used from Friday 21st December up until midnight Thursday 27th of December, so Michael Buble’s “Christmas” album holding for a fourth week at No.1 was a pretty good chance of occurring.

Tagged as: ARIA, Christmas, John Travolta, Michael Buble, Olivia Newton-John, Rod Stewart

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Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Have Final No. 1 Song Of 2012

by Gavin Ryan

The last ARIA Singles chart for 2012 sees Macklemore and Ryan Lewis remain at No.1 with their “Thrift Shop” escapades.

Tagged as: ARIA, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop

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Michael Buble Spends Christmas At Number One In Australia

by Gavin Ryan

Michael Buble holds at No.1 for a third straight week on the ARIA Albums chart, becoming the eighth non-consecutive week that his “Christmas” album has spent at the top (five weeks last Xmas, three {so far} this year).

Tagged as: ARIA, Christmas, Michael Buble

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Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Spend 4th Week On Top Of ARIA Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Thrift Shop for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis holds for a fourth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming the fourth longest running number one song for the year, but if it stays atop for a fifth week it will tie for third longest of the year.

Tagged as: ARIA, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop

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Michael Buble Christmas Is Australia’s Biggest Selling Album

by Gavin Ryan

It’s beginning to look a lot like a Michael Buble “Christmas” again this year, as his 2011 No.1 album is at the top again this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Christmas, Michael Buble

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Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Spend Third Week Atop ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a third week in their “Thrift Shop”, and they are joined within the Top 50 by his next single here “Same Love”, which is twenty places to No.45, with further success for his album too, “The Heist” which jumps up thirteen places to No.17

Tagged as: ARIA, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop

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Michael Buble Christmas Is Back On Top Of ARIA Albums Chart

by Gavin Ryan

This time last year the ARIA Albums chart saw their biggest seasonal album in Michael Buble’s “Christmas” spending five weeks at the top (all of December 2011 and the first week of January 2012), and now this week the album leaps back to the No.1 spot in Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Christmas, Michael Buble

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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Stay Number One On ARIA Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a second week with their first hit here “Thrift Shop”, but another Mac song enters the Top 100, his previous overseas hit “Same Sex” debuting at 65, and the album they both hail from “The Heist” enters the ARIA Albums Chart at No.30 this

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Mandawuy Yunipingu Rushed To Hospital

by Paul Cashmere

Yothu Yindi singer Mandawuy Yunupingu has been rushed to hospital after collapsing at his home in the Northern Territory today.

Tagged as: ARIA, Manduway Yunupingu, Yothu Yindi

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Macklemore Tops ARIA Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Macklemore moves up to the No.1 spot in Australia with his first track to chart here, “Thrift Shop”, replacing X-Factor winner Samantha Jade after just one week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, she’s down to No.2 this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Macklemore, Samantha Jade, X-Factor

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Led Zeppelin Has Highest ARIA Debut Of The Week

by Paul Cashmere

Led Zeppelin has claimed the highest debut album of the week this week on Australia’s ARIA chart.

Tagged as: ARIA, Gavin Ryan, Led Zeppelin

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One Direction Spend Second Week Topping ARIA Album Chart

by Gavin Ryan

One Direction stay atop the ARIA Albums Chart this week with their second album “Take Me Home”, achieving 2xPlatinum, doubling itself from last weeks debut. But with her 42nd (and counting) show for her 2013 Australian tour announced last week, Pink rises back up to No.2 with “The Truth About Love”, racking up its tenth

Tagged as: ARIA, Led Zeppelin, One Direction, Pink

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Samantha Jade Tops ARIA Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

X-Factor 2012 winner Samantha Jade debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart this week with the pop-dance track “What You’ve Done to Me”, selling/downloading gold in its first three days of release (released 9:30pm Tuesday 20th November).

Tagged as: ARIA, Midnight Oil, One Direction, Psy, Samantha Jade

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One Direction Take Me Home Debuts At 1 On ARIA

by Gavin Ryan

One Direction’s second album “Take Me Home” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart to give them two No.1 albums in the same year, plus the new set enters the chart with a Platinum accreditation.

Tagged as: ARIA, music news, One Direction, Robbie Williams, Rolling Stones

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Swedish House Mafia Maintains Top Of ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

The Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin and their track “Don’t You Worry Child” hold onto the ARIA No.1 Singles position for a second week, whilst PSY is still knocking at the door of the top spot with his “Gangnam Style”, which holds at No.2 for another week and picks up a sixth Platinum accreditation.

Tagged as: ARIA, Psy, Swedish House Mafia, X-Factor

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Taylor Swift Red Blocks Pink And Stays ARIA Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift holds for a third week at No.1 with her “Red” album, and turning around and climbing back up to No.2 is P!nk and “The Truth About Love”, whilst last weeks No.2 debut of “Child of the Universe” for Delta Goodrem is down one place to No.3, giving us an all female Top 3

Tagged as: ARIA, Pink, Robbie Williams, Sarah Blasko, Taylor Swift

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Swedish House Mafia Replace PSY On ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

The fifth Swedish act to hit No.1 in Australia occurs this week, as the DJ trio Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin climbs to No.1 with the single “Don’t You Worry Child”. We join England, the US Dance Chart and their home country Sweden; where it has been No.1 for the past five weeks, as

Tagged as: ARIA, Of Monsters And Men, Psy, Swedish House Mafia

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PSY Tops ARIA Singles For 6th Week

by Gavin Ryan

PSY’s sixth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with “Gangnam Style” elevates the song to equal second longest running chart-topper for 2012, matching the six weeks achieved by “Wild Ones” for Flo Rida and Sia (Jan/Feb) and then “Battle Scars” for Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco (Aug/Sept).

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ARIA Goes From Pink To Red With Taylor Swift Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Take the white out of pink and you get “Red”! So this week Taylor Swift’s fourth album “Red” debuts at No.1 to become her second No.1 album and her second No.1 debut, as her last album “Speak Now” debuted at the top on 8th of November in 2010.

Tagged as: ARIA, Guy Sebastian, Paul Kelly, Pink, Reece Mastin, Taylor Swift

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PSY Gangnam Style Still Goes Gangbusters On ARIA

by Gavin Ryan

A fifth week atop the ARIA Singles Chart for PSY’s “Gangnam Style”, and another new sales certification in the process, making it five weeks at the top and now five x Platinum. Plus “Gangnam Style” is now the third equal longest running No.1 of the year, below is a list of the longest running chart-toppers

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Yothu Yindi Announced as 2012 ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee

by Claire Hennekam

The ARIA board have something special planned for next month’s ARIA Awards in Sydney, when eight time ARIA Award winners, Yothu Yindi, will be inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame, with some very special guests expected to join them on stage.

Tagged as: ARIA, Hall of Fame, Yothu Yindi

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Pink Spends 5th Week At Number One On ARIA

by Gavin Ryan

Pink not only stays at No.1 for a fifth consecutive week with “The Truth About Love”, but she also picks up a four x Platinum certification, and the album is now the equal third longest running chart-topper for the year. So far the list looks like this…

Tagged as: ARIA, Bertie Blackman, Lisa Mitchell, Martha Wainwright, Pink

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PSY Tops ARIA Singles Chart For Third Week

by Gavin Ryan

PSY is spending a third week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with his smash song “Gangnam Style”, and with him in the country this coming week (starting with an X-Factor appearance on Monday night), he will most likely be at the top again next week.

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ARIA Announce ARIA WEEK

by Paul Cashmere

ARIA have announced plans for the first-ever ARIA Week, a week of live music performances in Sydney around the ARIA Awards.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Week, Dan Rosen, Denis Handlin

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Pink Outsells Muse By More Than Double

by Paul Cashmere

Pink managed to outsell everyone in her path this week with her ‘The Truth About Love’ album in its third week selling more than double Muse ‘The 2nd Law’ in its first week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Grinspoon, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Pink, Something For Kate

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Pink Holds Off Muse From Top Of ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

P!nk’s promo tour of Australia last week has helped her to maintain a third consecutive week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with her “The Truth About Love” album.

Tagged as: ARIA, Muse, Pink, The Truth About Love

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PSY Gangham Style Stays At No 1 On ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

PSY fights off three high debuts this week to stay at No.1 for a second week on the ARIA Singles Chart with his now 2x Platinum single “Gangnam Style”, which could remain there for several more weeks as he is due in Australia from October 15th for a promo tour.

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Guy Sebastian PSY Fi’d Off Top Of ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Park Jae-sang is better known as the South Korean K-Pop artist PSY, who moves up to No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with his first hit here “Gangham Style”, the song turning over to Platinum in sales within its third week on the charts, and we are now the tenth country around the planet to

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Pink The Truth About Love Is Fastest Seller Of 2012

by Paul Cashmere

The new Pink album ‘The Truth About Love’ is officially the fastest selling album of 2012 in Australia with 74,293 units being sold in the first week on sale.

Tagged as: ARIA, Clare Bowditch, Gavin Ryan, Pink, The Killers, The Rubens

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ARIA Chart Positions Project A 2025 Australian Artist Chart Disgrace

ARIA’s first six months of published music charts are projecting that Australian artist chart figures for 2025 will be a disaster. All that recent fluff about changing the chart formula looks like just ‘deck chairs being rearranged on the Titanic’ based on how Australian artists have performed on the ARIA chart so far in 2025.

July 13, 2025

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