CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

Some artists start their careers with massive success and then it's all downhill from there. Others begin big and just keep getting...

There are some songs you know will be hits eventually. All it takes is the right version by the right performer at the right time — like the remake that debuted on the ARIA singles chart this week in 1993. Big hat, big hit for Dannii Minogue this week in 1993 For the singer in question, it was her biggest single since her debut offering three years earlier, while for the song itself, it became a long overdue chart success in Australia. This week in 1993, another cover version

Back in 1993 when the release of a new album wasn't preceded by a dripfeed of tracks in the weeks prior, getting the order of singles right was crucial in setting up a successful album campaign. And no one knew that better than Janet Jackson, whose lead single from her then-current album had given her the first Australian chart-topper of her career. Things might have been very different if Janet Jackson had gone with "If" as lead single As she arrived with the album's second

What a difference three years makes. In 1990, countless R&B songs that had been big hits in the US made little to no impact in Australia....

Music acts remake songs for all sorts of reasons. This week in 1993, Australia's favourite British boy band debuted on the ARIA chart...

This week in 1993 on the ARIA singles chart, two instances of a common problem for musicians occured: the less successful follow-up to a...