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- Dec 15, 2015
- 7 min
This Week In 1990: December 16, 1990
It's that time of year again — when the ARIA charts got ready to close down for the festive period. This week in 1990, the final top 50...
- Dec 8, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: December 9, 1990
What do Pseudo Echo, Wa Wa Nee, Midnight Oil and The Church all have in common? Despite a run of hits in Australia, they all only had one...
- Dec 1, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1990: December 2, 1990
Just like the chart from this week in 1985, there were also clear signs that the Christmas release period was in full effect this week in...
- Nov 24, 2015
- 3 min
This Week In 1990: November 25, 1990
Regular readers will know that there were a number of big hits in 1990 that I couldn't stand — "Joey", "Check Out The Chicken", "All I...
- Nov 17, 2015
- 6 min
This Week In 1990: November 18, 1990
After a slow start in Australia, rap music was off and running in 1990. Two hip-hop singles had already been to the top of the ARIA top...
- Nov 10, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: November 11, 1990
It used to be a proven formula: hit movie plus power ballad equals chart smash. And indeed, this week in 1990, two of the week's new...
- Nov 3, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: November 4, 1990
It's always been the case in music that when one act fades away, another similar artist is waiting in the wings to take its place. And to...
- Oct 27, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: October 28, 1990
It's amazing the difference a remix can make — not only to how good a song sounds but also to its chart performance. There have been...
- Oct 20, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1990: October 21, 1990
They might look like a cross between Fabio and Derek Zoolander but the two guys below are music royalty. Not only were they second...
- Oct 13, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1990: October 14, 1990
Just when I was beginning to despair at the state of the ARIA chart, things took a turn for the better this week in 1990. After a...
- Oct 6, 2015
- 3 min
This Week In 1990: October 7, 1990
As I write this post, I'm sitting on an un-air conditioned train in Sydney on a 35 degree day, and so it's very hard to muster much...
- Sep 29, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: September 30, 1990
It's the rare backing singer who makes the transition to becoming a star in their own right. Luther Vandross, Sheryl Crow and Whitney...
- Sep 22, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1990: September 23, 1990
As the latest seasons of The X Factor continue in both Australia and the UK, a new batch of contestants prepare for what seems to be an...
- Sep 15, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: September 16, 1990
In yesterday's 1985 post, we saw INXS debut at number 5 with "What You Need", the lead single from their Listen Like Thieves album....
- Sep 8, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1990: September 9, 1990
As I take my weekly looks back at the ARIA charts from 1985 and 1990, it's always nice when there's a link between the two — like there...
- Sep 1, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: September 2, 1990
By 1990, image makeovers were not unusual — plenty of stars had traded in their tired old look for a shiny new veneer during the '80s....
- Aug 25, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1990: August 26, 1990
It can happen without warning. One minute, a music act has the world at its feet, racking up hit singles and multi-platinum albums...
- Aug 18, 2015
- 7 min
This Week In 1990: August 19, 1990
It's a question every singer in a group must ask themselves — when's the right time to go solo? Step out on your own too early and fans...
- Aug 11, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: August 12, 1990
And then a new artist comes along, with the vocal range to carry on... right up the chart — but who could have predicted that the female...
- Aug 4, 2015
- 6 min
This Week In 1990: August 5, 1990
This week in 1985, the highest new entry on the ARIA top 50 singles chart was soundtrack hit "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"...
