CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

Recap of the ARIA top 50 for the week ending July 7, 1996, including new entries from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Joan Osborne and more.

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 5, 1981, including new entries from Duran Duran, Bucks Fizz, Men At Work and more.

Recap of the ARIA top 50 for the week ending June 30, 1996, including new entries from Crowded House, After 7, Monique Brumby and more.

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending June 28, 1981, including new entries from Rupert Hine and Grover Washington

Recap of the ARIA top 50 for the week ending June 23, 1996, including new entries from Fugees, Mark Morrison, Ash, Kadoc and more.

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending June 21, 1981, with new entries from Mental As Anything, The Pointer Sisters and more.

Recap of the ARIA top 50 for the week ending June 16, 1996, including new entries from Larry Mullen & Adam Clayton, Oasis, Madonna and more.

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending June 14, 1981, including new entries from Devo, Stars On 45, Sheena Easton and more.

Recap of the ARIA top 50 singles chart for the week ending June 9, 1996, including new entries from TLC, Boyzone and more.

Recap of the Australian top 50 chart for the week ending June 7, 1981, including new entries from Billy Field, George Harrison and more.

Recap of the ARIA top 50 singles chart for the week ending June 2, 1996, including new entries from No Doubt, Metallica and more.

So far in our journey back through the Australian top 50 singles charts of 1981, we've seen the top 50 debuts of several big British...

Recap of the ARIA top 50 singles chart for the week ending May 26, 1996, including new entries from Bryan Adams, Powderfinger and more.

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles for the week ending May 24, 1981, including new entries from Shakin' Stevens, Kim Carnes and more.

Recap of the ARIA top 50 singles chart for the week ending May 19, 1996, including new entries from Pet Shop Boys, Fugees, The Cure and more

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending May 17, 1981, including new entries from Kim Wilde, Spandau Ballet and more

Recap of the ARIA singles chart for the week ending May 12, 1996, including new entries from Gina G, Celine Dion, Eternal & Chynna Phillips.

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending May 10, 1981, with new entries from Jimmy & The Boys and Christopher Cross.

Every so often, a TV show comes along and turns into much more than just a series people watch in their lounge rooms. This week in 1996, the first of two chart hits involving the theme tune of an enormously successful sci-fi series debuted on the ARIA singles chart. Australia couldn't get enough of anything to do with Scully and Mulder Like The Simpsons and Twin Peaks before it, the series was a pop culture phenomenon in the '90s, leading to a catchphrase of two, fan fiction,

I've talked about the musical changing of the guard in 1981 already, and this week that year, the Austalian chart welcomed another key...