CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop has been looking back at music from the '80s, '90s, 2000s and 2010s since 2012. Run by freelance journalist and content creator Gavin Scott in Sydney, Australia.

21 hours ago
3 min

This Week In 1981: December 6, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending December 6, 1981, including new entries from Sheena Easton and Mondo Rock.

Nov 29
4 min

This Week In 1981: November 29, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending November 29, 1981, including new entries from Men At Work, Doug Ashdown & Sharon O'Neill

Nov 22
5 min

This Week In 1981: November 22, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending November 22, 1981, including new entries from Queen & David Bowie, INXS & Greg Kihn Band.

Nov 8
5 min

This Week In 1981: November 8, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending November 8, 1981, including new entries from Cliff Richard, Icehouse & Christopher Cross.

Nov 1
5 min

This Week In 1981: November 1, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending November 1, 1981, including new entries from Olivia Newton-John, Bill Wyman, Devo & more.

Oct 25
3 min

This Week In 1981: October 25, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending October 25, 1981, including new entries from Vangelis and Commodores.

Oct 18
4 min

This Week In 1981: October 18, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending October 18, 1981, including new entries from Divinyls, Hall & Oates, Gary Wright and more

Oct 11
4 min

This Week In 1981: October 11, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending October 11, 1981, including new entries from Royal Philharmonic Ochestra, Tubes and more.

Oct 4
4 min

This Week In 1981: October 4, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending October 4, 1981, including new entries from Billy Squier, Australian Crawl and Bucks Fizz

Sep 27
5 min

This Week In 1981: September 27, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending September 27, 1981, including new entries from The Rolling Stones, Foreigner and more.

Sep 20
3 min

This Week In 1981: September 20, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending September 20, 1981, including new entries from Debbie Harry, John Denver & Tenpole Tudor.

Sep 13
4 min

This Week In 1981: September 13, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending September 13, 1981, including new entries from Diana Ross & Lionel Richie. Models & more.

Sep 6
4 min

This Week In 1981: September 6, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending September 6, 1981, including new entries from Marcia Hines, Kim Wilde, The Nolans & more

Aug 30
4 min

This Week In 1981: August 30, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending August 30, 1981 including new entries from Swanee, Billy Field and The Moody Blues.

Aug 23
5 min

This Week In 1981: August 23, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending August 23, 1981, including new entries from Kool & The Gang, Ph.D, Lene Lovich and more.

Aug 16
4 min

This Week In 1981: August 16, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending August 16, 1981, including new entries from Stevie Nicks, Get Wet, Ray Parker Jr and more

Aug 9
3 min

This Week In 1981: August 9, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending August 9, 1981, including new entries from Jona Lewie, The Dugites, Marc Hunter and more.

Aug 2
3 min

This Week In 1981: August 2, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending August 2, 1981, including new entries from Adam & The Ants, Champaign, Classix Nouveaux.

Jul 26
3 min

This Week In 1981: July 26, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 26, 1981, including new entries from Renee Geyer, Sunnyboys and Jack Green.

Jul 19
4 min

This Week In 1981: July 19, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 19, 1981, including new entries from Rick Springfield, Stray Cats and more.

Chart Beats has launched its first podcast: A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman, which is working its way through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in chronological order. Each episode, hosts Gavin Scott and Matthew Denby cover a handful of tracks, discussing the stories behind them, debating whether they were as big as they deserved and speaking to some of the talent involved.

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