CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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This Week In 1992: August 23, 1992

In 1988 and most of 1989, Bobby Brown struggled to convince Australian audiences to join the new jack swing party that was sweeping the...

Aug 23, 20175 min read

This Week In 1984: August 19, 1984

You wouldn't get away with it today. If a new band wanted to call themselves The Avengers or Justice League, I'm sure lawyers would...

Aug 19, 20174 min read

This Week In 1992: August 16, 1992

As we've seen over the past few years, Australia was slow to embrace hip-hop — and when we did so, it was often only the highly...

Aug 16, 20174 min read

This Week In 1984: August 12, 1984

It's funny how many career-defining moments almost never happen. This week in 1984, a single debuted that would completely revitalise a...

Aug 12, 20174 min read

This Week In 1992: August 9, 1992

In the five-plus years I've looked back at the ARIA charts of the 1980s and '90s, I've written about all sorts of songs. Often in the...

Aug 9, 20175 min read

This Week In 1984: August 5, 1984

It only ran for 20 episodes, but ABC music drama Sweet And Sour looms large in my memories of the mid-'80s. For one thing, it had an...

Aug 5, 20174 min read

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A Journey Through Aussie Pop is shining a light on classic Australian pop artists and releases from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman is working its way through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in chronological order.

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