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APRA's Top 30 Australian songs was a list created by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 2001, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. [1] A panel of 100 music personalities were asked to list the "ten best and most significant Australian songs of the past 75 years".
The Beatles scored 26 number-one hits in Australia, more than any other artist. Elvis Presley holds the record for the most number-one songs by a male solo artist with 12. Taylor Swift holds the record for the most number-one songs by a female artist with 12. Kylie Minogue holds the record for the most number-one songs by an Australian artist.
List of highest-certified singles in Australia, according to ARIA's accreditations Accreditation Certified units Title Performer nationality Artist Year released 22× Platinum 1,540,000 "Mr. Brightside" US: The Killers: 2005 [4] "Somebody That I Used to Know" Australia, New Zealand: Gotye featuring Kimbra: 2011 [4] "Uptown Funk" UK, US: Mark ...
3 Artists with the most consecutive number-one songs 4 Longest climb to No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart 5 Longest climb to No. 1 on the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart (1983-present)
This is a list of number-one singles in Australia from the Kent Music Report era to its current ARIA Charts. 1940s–1990s. 1940s | ...
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Australia's albums chart from 1965 to the present. Jimmy Barnes holds the record for the most number-one albums with 15. The Beatles hold the record for the most number-one albums for a band with 14. Taylor Swift holds the record for most number-one album among female artists ...
According to ARIA certifications, Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf is the best-selling album of all time in Australia, with twenty-five times platinum; Whispering Jack by John Farnham is the second-best-selling album and best-selling album for any local artist, with twenty-four times platinum; and Shania Twain's Come On Over holds record for the ...
Australian musicians and performers have produced a wide variety of popular music which has been commercially successful on the international scene. [2] [3] However, success at the Grammy Awards has been quite rare for Australian musicians. The first Australian to win a Grammy was Joan Sutherland in 1961.