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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.

The ARIA charts include:

  • Weekly Top 100 highest selling music singles
  • Weekly Top 100 highest selling music albums
  • Weekly Top 40 highests selling music DVDs
  • Weekly Top 40 highest selling Digital Track
  • 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.

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.

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

In Australia for music videos including Audio Visual DVDs, gold represents 7,500 copies shipped, platinum 15,000.

Number one singles

List of Top 50 Australian chart achievements and trivia

Songs with most weeks at number one

15 weeks

14 weeks

  • ABBA - Fernando (1976)

13 weeks

  • Coolio - Gangstas 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

9 weeks

8 weeks

Artists with the most number one hits

Artists with the most consecutive number one hits

Songs making the biggest drop from number one

Most number one singles from a single album

Number one single debuts

Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one

Songs with most weeks at number two

Seven Weeks

Six Weeks

Five weeks

  • Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby (1999)
  • Kelis - Milkshake (2004)
  • Black Eyed Peas - My Humps (2005)

Songs with most weeks at number three

Six Weeks Four Weeks

Songs spending the most weeks in the top ten

Biggest drop in the Top 50

-also to note Francesca - Way Of The World (2002) 3-100+ (97+ places) Boyz II Men - Pass You By (2000) 13-100+ (87+ places) End Of Fashion - The Game (2006)13 - 50+ (37+ places)

Biggest Gainer

  • Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind '97 (1997) 41-1 (40 places)
  • Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 37-1 (1990) (36 places)
  • Westlife - You Raise Me Up (2006) 40-8 (32 places)
  • Ace Of Base - The Sign 41-9 (1994) (32 places)
  • Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me 31-1 (1994) (30 places)
  • Sugababes - Push The Button 29-5 (2005) (24 places)
  • East 17 - It's Alright 27-6 (1993) (21 places)
  • Silverchair - Tomorrow 27-8 (1994) (19 Places)
  • Gorillaz - Dare 31-12 (2005) (19 places)
  • Radiohead - Creep 40-21 (1993) (19 places)
  • Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha 25-7 (2005) (18 places)

See also

External links

Record charts | Australian music

Listas musicales de Australia (ARIA)

 

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