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ARIA Singles: Wiz Khalifa Charlie Puth See You Again No 1 For 6 Weeks

Notching up a sixth consecutive week at No.1 are Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth with their ‘Furious 7’ song “See You Again”, plus the track has sold enough now to be newly certified 2x▲Platinum in sales, with seven of the Top 10 tracks all scoring new certs this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian charts, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa

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ARIA To Launch Streaming Chart This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) will launch a new music chart based on streaming.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian Recording Industry Association, music news, streaming chart

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ARIA Albums: Sam Smith Holds On To Top Spot In Australia

by Gavin Ryan

Sam Smith spends a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart with his album “In the Lonely Hour”’ although the cancellation of his tour due to ill health during the mid-week saw him play one of his two Sydney shows before having to unfortunately pull-out.

Tagged as: Album Chart, ARIA, Australia, music news, Sam Smith

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ARIA Singles: Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth Spends 4th Week at No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth are No.1 for a fourth week atop the ARIA Singles chart with their collaboration “See You Again”, which is now at the top in 55 countries this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Charlie Puth, Furious 7, music news, See You Again, singles chart, Wiz Khalifa

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ARIA Albums: Sam Smith Has The Number One Album In Australia

by Gavin Ryan

Sam Smith takes the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart for the first time with his debut album “In the Lonely Hour”, the set helped by his national tour starting the 25th of April and it jumps up four places after having spent 48 weeks on the charts and this is the sets 37th

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Albums, Australian music chart, In The Lonely Hour, music news, Sam Smith

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ARIA Singles: Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth Spend Third Week On Top

by Gavin Ryan

Holding for a third week on top of the ARIA Singles chart is the song from the ‘Furious 7’ soundtrack by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth entitled “See You Again”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian music chart, Charlie Puth, singles, Wiz Khalifa

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ARIA Singles: Wiz Khalifa See You Again Is No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Wiz Khalfia has the number one song in Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian charts, music news, singles, Wiz Khalifia

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ARIA Singles: Major Lazer Has No 1 Song

by Gavin Ryan

US DJ and producer Major Lazer (better known as Diplo) lands his first No.1 single in Australia this week, as his dance track “Lean On” featuring Danish singer M0 and French artist DJ Snake jumps up three places to land at the top of the ARIA Singles chart.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA singles, Australia music chart, Diplo, Lean On, Major Lazer, music news

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ARIA Albums: Kendrick Lamar Soars, Madonna Stiffs

by Gavin Ryan

Kendrick Lamar has the debuted at number one on the ARIA Chart but Madonna has had a spectacular fall.

Tagged as: albums, ARIA, Kendrick Lamar

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ARIA ALBUMS: 50 Shades Of Grey No 1 For Third Week

by Gavin Ryan

Holding for a third week at the top of the ARIA Albums chart is the Soundtrack to the current national No.1 film “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

Tagged as: 50 Shades of Grey, Album Chart, ARIA, music news

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ARIA Singles: Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do Is No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Ellie Goulding claims her first No.1 single in Australia this week with “Love Me Like You Do”, her song from the current No.1 album “Fifty Shades of Grey”, as it jumps up three places to claim the top spot on this weeks ARIA Singles Chart.

Tagged as: 50 Shades of Grey, ARIA, charts, Ellie Goulding, singles

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ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift 1989 Spends 9th Week On Top

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift notches up a ninth non-consecutive week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart with her set “1989”.

Tagged as: 1989, ARIA, music news, Taylor Swift

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ARIA Singles: Omi Cheerleader Stays On Top

by Gavin Ryan

Jamaican artist Omi holds for a third straight week atop the ARIA Singles chart with his remixed version of “Cheerleader”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Jamaica, music charts, OMI

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Australia’s Music Streaming Consumption Doubled for 2014

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Music Industry received a boost in revenue from streaming services in 2014 with ARIA reporting licensing revenue more than doubled for the year.

Tagged as: 2014, ARIA, music news

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Michael Bublé Christmas Creates ARIA Chart Record

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Bublé and his festive album “Christmas” returns to the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week, and in doing so for the fourth time in four years, creates history as the first album EVER to return to the No.1 spot (after leaving the chart) four separate times.

Tagged as: 00s, ARIA, Australia, Canada, Christmas, Michael Buble, pop

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ARIA Singles: Mark Ronson And Bruno Mars Are No. 1

by Gavin Ryan

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars have the number one song in Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, music news

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One Direction Four Is ARIA No 1 Album

by Gavin Ryan

One Direction debut at No.1 with their fourth album entitled “Four”, which also enters on Gold (●) sales, plus its becomes their fourth consecutive No.1 album in Australia, a first for an overseas act.

Tagged as: Album charts, ARIA, music news, One Direction

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Triple J Beats Pink To Top Of ARIA Chart

by Gavin Ryan

Triple J land their second No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart as “Like a Version Volume 10” debuts at the top this week, and fifty-one weeks ago (28-Oct-13) Volume 9 did the same thing by entering at the top of the ARIA Chart.

Tagged as: ARIA, Like A Version, triple j

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Ed Sheeran Grabs Another Week On Top Of ARIA Albums

by Gavin Ryan

Ed Sheeran is again at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week with “x”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Ed Sheeran, music news

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Jimmy Barnes Scores 10th No 1 ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

Jimmy Barnes debuts at No.1 with his new album/collection “30:30 Hindsight”, entering the charts on sales of Gold ● and becoming his TENTH No.1 album since his debut solo set climbed to the top in early October 1984.

Tagged as: albums, ARIA, Australia, Jimmy Barnes, music news, rock

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Taylor Swift Shake It Off Still No 1 ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift spends a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with her second chart-topping song here “Shake it off”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, charts, music news, Taylor Swift

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Ariana Grande Debuts At No 1 On ARIA Albums

by Gavin Ryan

The second album for US singer Ariana Grande entitled “My Everything” leaps into the ARIA Albums Chart at No.1 this week.

Tagged as: albums, ARIA, Ariana Grande, Australia, music news, pop

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Hilltop Hoods Maintain Number One Album Spot ARIA CHARTS

by Gavin Ryan

The Hilltop Hoods maintain their No.1 position on the ARIA Albums Chart this week with their fourth chart-topping set “Walking under Stars”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, charts, Hilltop Hoods, music news

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Meghan Trainor Stays At No 1 In Australia ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

Meghan Trainor maintains her No.1 position on the ARIA Singles Chart with “All About That Bass”.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA singles, Australia, Meghan Trainor, music news

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Ed Sheeran Multiplies His No 1 Album Performance ARIA ALBUMS

by Gavin Ryan

Ed Sheeran holds at No.1 for a third (non-consecutive) week with his second album “x”, which also racks up a ▲Platinum certification in its sixth week on the charts.

Tagged as: 10s, ARIA, Australia, charts, Ed Sheehan, music news, pop, rock, UK, X

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Paloma Faith Set For Australian Chart Onslaught MIDWEEK REPORT

by Gavin Ryan

Paloma Faith looks set to retain the No.1 singles position she achieved this past week with “Only Love Can Hurt like This”, plus it looks like a female onslaught within the Top 5 this coming weekend.

Tagged as: 2014, ARIA, midweek chart, music news, Paloma Faith

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Paloma Faith Leaps At No 1 ARIA SINGLES

by Gavin Ryan

Paloma Faith has the number one song in Australia this week.

Tagged as: 2014, ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, music news, Only Love Can Hurt like This, Paloma Faith, pop

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Sheppard Stand A Chance At No 1 Album This Week MIDWEEK REPORT

by Gavin Ryan

Sheppard’s ‘Bomb’s Away’ stands a chance at popping up to no 1 this week and Paloma Faith looks like having the number one single.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Bombs Away, midway sales, music news, Paloma Faith, pop, Sheppard

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Robin Thicke Departs Australian Top 500

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Thicke ‘Paula’ has dropped out of the Top 500 album chart in Australia after its second week on sale.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music news, Music sales, Paula, Paula Patton, pop, Robin Thicke, USA, Weird Al Yankovich

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Madden Brothers Looks Set To Maintain Top Spot MIDWEEK SALES

by Gavin Ryan

The Madden Brothers could hold for a second week with “We Are Done”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Madden Brothers, music charts, pop

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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