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(Top) 1 1940s–1990s. 2 2000s. 3 2010s. 4 2020s. 5 See also. 6 References. ... based on the Kent Music Report; Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) official ...
This is a comprehensive listing which highlights significant achievements and milestones in Australian music chart history, based upon Kent Music Report and Australian Recording Industry Association. Songs with the most weeks at number one
Kylie Minogue holds the record for the most number-one songs by an Australian artist. This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Australia's singles chart since 1956. Artists who reached number one on either or both the Australian Music Report (AMR) and Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) singles charts are ...
Top 5 singles by Australian and New Zealand artists "Better the Devil You Know" – Kylie Minogue "Mona" – Craig McLachlan and Check 1–2 "I Need Your Body" – Tina Arena "Crying in the Chapel" – Peter Blakeley "Lay Down Your Guns" – Jimmy Barnes "Show No Mercy" – Mark Williams; Other hits
Other hits Songs peaking at number two included "Fortunate Son" / "Down on the Corner" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Smiley" by Ronnie Burns, "I Thank You" by Lionel Rose, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel, "Knock, Knock Who's There?" by Liv Maessen, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by Melanie, "Spill the Wine ...
Other hits Songs peaking at number two included "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston, "If I Had a Girl" by Rod Lauren, "What in the World's Come Over You" by Jack Scott, "Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" by Brian Hyland, "I Found a New Love" / "Defenceless" by Lonnie Lee, "Please Don't Tease" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, "Peter Gunn" by ...
The source for this decade is the "Kent Music Report". These charts were calculated in the 1990s in retrospect, by David Kent , using archival data. Note: during the 1950s, often more than one version of a particular song by different artists charted at the same time, thus more than one artist may be listed for a song.
ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of the Kent Music Report (re-branded the Australian Music Report in 1987) chart between June 1983 and early June 1988. [1] ARIA conducted its own chart survey, for the first time, on 6 June 1988, producing a top 50 chart as a test-run.