For the first time ever, the team from ARIA has unveiled a mid-year run-down of the tracks and albums that have been shaking up the Australian charts in the first half of the year.
Not surprisingly, British songstress Adele is in the No.1 position, with the boys from One Direction not too far behind her. Hilltop Hoods, Lana Del Rey and The Black Keys make up positions three, four and five.
Over on the singles side of the draw, it’s all about Carly Rae Jepsen and her international smash ‘Call Me Maybe’, followed by Flo Rida & Sia’s ‘Wild Ones’, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’, Flo Rida’s current No.1 hit ‘Whistle’ and the fun. collaboration with Janelle Monae ‘We Are Young’.
CEO of ARIA Dan Rosen was thrilled to unleash the first edition.
“ARIA is excited to publish a mid-year ARIA Chart for the very first time this weekend. We expect the Chart to spark debate amongst friends, encourage predictions for our End of Year Chart and give music fans a chance to reflect on a big six months of music.
“It is also pleasing to see the large Aussie contingent who are making their presence felt on the ARIA Charts so far in 2012, with all signs pointing towards a huge year for Australian music and our local artists,” he said in a statement.
Here’s the top 50 on both charts;
ARIA MID-YEAR SINGLES CHART
01. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
02. Flo Rida ftg. Sia – Wild Ones
03. Nicki Minaj – Starships
04. Flo Rida – Whistle
05. Fun. ftg. Janelle Monae – We Are Young
06. Matt Corby – Into The Flame EP
07. 360 ftg. Gossling – Boys Like You
08. One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
09. Ed Sheeran – Lego House
10. Skrillex – Bangarang
11. Gym Class Heroes ftg. Neon Hitch – Ass Back Home
12. Coldplay – Paradise
13. Labrinth ftg. Tinie Tempah – Earthquake
14. Timomatic – Set It Off
15. One Direction – One Thing
16. Qwote ftg. Pitbull – Throw Your Hands Up
17. David Guetta ftg. Nicki Minaj – Turn Me On
18. Laurent Wery ftg. SwiftKid – Hey Hey Hey
19. Maroon 5 ftg. Wiz Khalifa – Payphone
20. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
21. LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It
22. Florence & The Machine – Never Let Me Go
23. Katy Perry – Part Of Me
24. Simple Plan – Summer Paradise
25. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
26. Snoop Dogg ftg. Wiz Khalifa & Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free
27. Jason Derulo – Fight For You
28. Hilltop Hoods ftg. Sia – I Love It
29. Drake ftg. Rihanna – Take Care
30. Gotye ftg. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
31. Chris Brown – Turn Up The Music
32. Delta Goodrem – Sitting On Top Of The World
33. Pitbull – Back In Time
34. Train – Drive By
35. Guy Sebastian – Don’t Worry Be Happy
36. Rihanna – Where Have You Been
37. Flo Rida – Good Feeling
38. Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
39. Bruno Mars – Count On Me
40. Avicii – Levels
41. Taio Cruz ftg. Flo Rida – Hangover
42. Timomatic – If Looks Could Kill
43. Pitbull ftg. Chris Brown – International Love
44. Far East Movement ftg. Justin Bieber – Live My Life
45. Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
46. Lloyd ftg. Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne – Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)
47. Ed Sheeran – The A Team
48. Rihanna ftg. Calvin Harris – We Found Love
49. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
50. Reece Mastin – Good Night
ARIA MID-YEAR ALBUMS CHART
01. Adele – 21
02. One Direction – Up All Night
03. Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun
04. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
05. The Black Keys – El Camino
06. Skrillex – Bangarang EP
07. Ed Sheeran – +
08. 360 – Falling & Flying
09. Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans
10. Florence & The Machine – Ceremonials
11. LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking
12. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
13. Foster The People – Torches
14. Bob Seger – Ultimate Hits : Rock And Roll Never Forgets
15. Keith Urban – The Story So Far
16. Gotye – Making Mirrors
17. Nickelback – Here And Now
18. Various – Triple J’s Like A Version Vol.7
19. David Guetta – Nothing But The Beat
20. Kimbra – Vows
21. Boy & Bear – Moonfire
22. Michael Crawford – The Story Of My Life : Ultimate Collection
23. Seal – Hits
24. Whitney Houston – The Ultimate Collection
25. Rihanna – Talk That Talk
26. Cold Chisel – No Plans
27. Reece Mastin – Reece Mastin
28. Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle
29. Adele – 19
30. Lionel Richie – Tuskegee
31. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
32. Rod Stewart – Storyteller : The Complete Anthology
33. Cold Chisel – The Best Of Cold Chisel
34. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
35. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday : Roman Reloaded
36. Jack White – Blunderbuss
37. Skrillex – Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites
38. The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap
39. Whitney Houston – The Essential
40. Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Ultimate Collection
41. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream : The Complete Confection
42. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
43. Rebecca Ferguson – Heaven
44. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
45. Florence & The Machine – Between Two Lungs
46. Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits
47. Madonna – MDNA
48. The Bee Gees – The Ultimate Bee Gees
49. Tim McGraw – Emotional Traffic
50. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
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