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AT RETAIL ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Black Dub – Black Dub
Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas II You
Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas II You (CD/DVD)
Kate Ceberano – Merry Christmas (2010 Version)
Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
The Dirty Heads – Any Port In A Storm
Josh Groban – Illuminations
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh
Human Nature – The Essential
Human Nature – Vegas : Songs From Sin City
Norah Jones – …Featuring
Ronan Keating – Duet
Kid Rock – Born Free
Annie Lennox – A Christmas Cornucopia
Little Red – Listen To Little Red
Reba McEntire – All The Women I Am
Metallica – Six Feet Down Under Part II EP
Shawn Mullins – Light You Up
New Boyz – Too Cool To Care
No Doubt – ICON
Pink – Greatest Hits… So Far!!!
Pink – Greatest Hits… So Far!!! (Deluxe Edition)
Puddle Of Mudd – ICON
Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory Of Loss
Rihanna – Loud
Rihanna – Loud (CD/DVD)
Short Stack – This Is Bat Country
Short Stack – This Is Bat Country (Limited Edition)
Thirty Seconds To Mars – This Is War (Deluxe Edition)
Keith Urban – Get Closer
Various – 100% Hits : 20th Anniversary Edition
Various – 100% Hits : Best Of Summer 2010
Various – 101 ‘00s Hits
Various – Cover Me In Country
Various – Floorfillers
Various – He Will Have His Way
Various – Hit Country Christmas Album
Various – Soundwave 2011
Various – Studio 3, Volume 1
Various – Tales To Tell
Various – Ultimate R&B 2010 (2CD/DVD)
Weezer – Death To False Metal
Young Guns – All Our Kings Are Dead

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Comments

  1. Hey Anonymous,

    Not sure why, but everything is much more expensive in Australia. On our trip to London last year, we were shocked as to how cheap everything was – food, clothing, transport, music…

    The auspOp team

  2. Oops, you’re right indeed. For some reason, I thought that the Aussie price for one song was equalled to the US & UK price. I understand why you’re angry now.

    Since you have close links to record companies & the music industry in general, do you know why there’s such a huge gap between the aussie & US price?

  3. Hey Anonymous,

    While we agree about your digital albums price comment, we cannot disagree with you more re: your comment “The singles price is the same for everyone in the world, not only for Australia.”
    In the United States, they pay just $1.29 for their digital singles (and with the Aussie dollar at parity with its US counterpart, $2.19 for our digital singles is highway robbery).
    In the UK, they pay just 99 pence. On current exchange rates, that’s $1.62 Australian, again way less than our $2.19 standard price.
    We’re being completely gouged.

    The auspOp team

  4. There’ve always been dirges that have topped the charts in the past, even when the music industry was in a healthy state. What about the Mambo No 5, Macarenas, Las Ketchup & Bob The Builders who topped the chart when the music industry was in a healthy state.

    The quality of #1’s clearly have no link with the state of the music industry.

    As for the songs’ price on iTunes. Well, it doesn’t shock me as much as the price of the albums but nobody seems to complain about it.
    The albums price on iTunes is probably the reason why digital albums sales can’t increase and set off the decline in physical sales.
    The singles price is the same for everyone in the world, not only for Australia.

  5. Anonymous #4,

    We totally agree – we’re being totally ripped off for digital songs in Australia. Completely and utterly.
    That said, that the dirge that is Black Eyed Peas’ new single has made it to No.1 says a lot about the state of the industry.

    And Anonymous #6 and #7,

    See our second newest post ‘Colour Us Confused’…

    The auspOp team

  7. I managed to get most of the ones I wanted. Cheryl Cole, JB keep saying it is out on the 19th so not sure what is going on there. It seems they are still recieving stock from Couriers today so it’ll hit shelves late but I asked and they went and found the ones I wanted.

  8. We’re hearing that Universal Music have only shipped out Mariah and Rihanna this morning to avoid early (Thursday night) purchases. The only problem with that is that some bigger department stores (such as Big W, K-Mart and Target) won’t have it until Monday. Lost weekend sales :(

    Try this afternoon though, UMA have said that JB Hi Fi and Sanity should have them by 1 or 2pm.

  9. If you go too early they’re generally not on the shelves but you can ask they will have it behind the counter. I’m going now to collect them all…awesome!

  10. Can I just say that there are just 2 songs inside the Top 25 itunes chart as of right now that are $1.69. They are Bruno Mars ‘Grenade’ and The Black Eyed Peas ‘The Time (Dirty Bit). The other 23 are priced at $2.19. Pathetic.