CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

The phrase "jump the shark" is usually employed in relation to the moment when TV shows go from awesome to awful, but it could equally be...

As you scan down the list of songs making their presence felt on the ARIA chart this week in 1992, let me assure you that I am talking...

Some singers have the worst luck — and the female vocalist behind the highest new entry on the ARIA top 50 this week in 1984 is a case in...

Ever since the days of Elvis Presley, pop music and sex have been inextricably linked. But by 1992, we'd come a long way from gyrating hips being deemed offensive. This week that year, an artist who'd become known for pushing the envelope on notions of decency debuted with a song that made no secret of its sexual agenda. Madonna's boldest image change yet went down (sorry!) a storm The sexually charged track debuted in a week that saw two more music superstars who'd broken th

We all have those songs we can't stand. Sometimes it's an irrational, inexplicable hatred — it just rubs you up the wrong way. Sometimes, it's "Agadoo" . And as much as I love music from the '80s, that decade was also responsible for some horrors, like "Don't Worry Be Happy" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" . I have a very different type of feeling when I hear this song This week in 1984, one of my least favourite songs by an Australian act debuted on the ARIA singles chart.

Welcome to another instalment of Once Were Hitmakers . That's right, our flashback to the ARIA chart from this week in 1992 features a...

It must suck to be a celebrity with a sibling who's more famous than you are. No matter what you do, it's always going to be overshadowed...

1992 really was a year for big ballads — and they didn't come much bigger than the song making its debut on the ARIA chart this week that...

This time last week , we were reminiscing about a major hit from a man in full make-up and an eye-catching outfit. This week, we look...

Seven years is a long time between chart hits. Eight years is even longer. But for the pair of singers behind the most successful new...

It seems kind of appropriate with everything that's going on in Australia in 2017 for this week's flashback to the ARIA chart of 1984 to...

Last week , we saw one-hit wonders Riff arrive on the ARIA top 50 and this week in 1992, another one-time hit-maker debuted with a song...

In 1984, U2 were just another up-and-coming band. They'd already had a couple of minor hits in Australia, but were years away from...

It was a pretty eclectic week on the ARIA top 50 this week in 1992, with a diverse range of songs making their debut — truly something...

After a few busy weeks on the ARIA chart, things quietened down this week in 1984 with only two new entries to the top 50 — both by...

Sometimes there's nothing better than a good ballad. Other music trends may come and go, but a heartfelt slow song can connect with...

Some big singles were released in 1984 — songs that would sell millions of copies around the world and come to define the decade as a...

It was theoretically a superstar collaboration in an era before such things happened all the time. But in Australia, the two main singers...

There were some big names behind the new entries on the ARIA singles top 50 this week in 1984. You had a male artist who'd topped the...

Like reggae music, country isn't a genre you find on the ARIA top 50 singles chart that often — but when a country (or reggae) song does...