ARIA CHARTS TURN 30

It’s a massive day for the team at the ARIA today, with their weekly ARIA charts celebrating their 30th anniversary.
The first official ARIA charts were published back in 1983, with Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ atop the singles chart and Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ on top of the first ARIA albums chart.
ARIA has gone on to publish more than 1500 weekly charts comprising 440 No.1 singles and 527 No.1 albums.
ARIA Chairman Denis Handlin was instrumental in the creation of the ARIA charts 30 years ago and has seen them evolve as the music industry changed.
“The ARIA Charts were created for artists, record companies, publishers, songwriters, retailers and fans to know what is going on with music sales right across the country,” he said in a statement. “Over the years as the market has diversified, ARIA has developed a wide range of charts from the National Singles and Albums Charts to country, dance, urban, digital streaming and other genres as a part of its industry information services.
“The history of the singles and albums captured by the ARIA Charts not only represents brilliant recorded music but also the soundtrack to our lives.”
And across the three decades and that soundtrack, there have been a number of incredible achievements by a number of incredible artists. Here are some of the stats that ARIA has revealed to co-incide with today’s anniversary;

YOUNGEST CHART-TOPPERS
Singles: Gabrielle Cilmi – Sweet About Me (2008. 16 years, 6 months, 4 days)
Albums: Miley Cyrus – Breakout (2008. 15 years, 9 months, 23 days)

OLDEST CHART TOPPERS
Singles: Cher – Believe (1999. 52 years, 8 months)
Albums: Bob Dylan – Modern Times (2006. 65 years, 3 months)

MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (SINGLES CHART)
Coolio: Gangsta’s Paradise – 13 weeks (1995/96)
Eminem: Lose Yourself – 12 weeks (2002/03)
Bryan Adams: Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – 11 weeks (1991)
Space Girls: Wannabe – 11 weeks (1996/1997)
Whitney Houston: I Will Always Love You – 10 weeks (1992/93)
Sandi Thom: I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) – 10 weeks (2006)
LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennet & GoonRock: Party Rock Anthem – 10 weeks (2011)

MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (ALBUMS CHART)
Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms – 34 weeks (1985/86)
Adele: 21 – 31 weeks (2011/12)
Delta Goodrem: Innocent Eyes – 29 weeks (2003/04)
John Farnham: Whispering Jack – 25 weeks (1986/87)
Shania Twain : Come On Over – 20 weeks (1999)

AUSTRALIAN ACTS : MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (SINGLES CHART)
Austen Tayshus: Australiana – 8 weeks (1983)
Savage Garden: Truly Madly Deeply – 8 weeks (1997)
Gotye Feat. Kimbra: Somebody That I Used To Know – 8 weeks (2011)
John Farnham: You’re The Voice – 7 weeks (1986)
Pseudo Echo: Funkytown – 7 weeks (1986/87)
Kylie Minogue: Locomotion – 7 weeks (1987)

AUSTRALIAN ACTS : MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (ALBUMS CHART)
Delta Goodrem: Innocent Eyes – 29 weeks (2003/04)
John Farnham: Whispering Jack – 25 weeks (1986/87)
Savage Garden: Savage Garden – 19 weeks (1997)
Icehouse: Man Of Colours – 11 weeks (1987)
Australian Cast: Jesus Christ Superstar – 10 weeks (1992)
Crowded House: Recurring Dream – 10 weeks (1996/97)

MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (SINGLES)
Madonna – 38 weeks
Kylie Minogue – 30 weeks
Black Eyed Peas – 30 weeks
Rihanna – 29 weeks
Eminem – 27 weeks

MOST NO.1 (SINGLES)
Madonna – 10
Kylie Minogue – 10
Black Eyed Peas – 8
Delta Goodrem – 8
Eminem – 7
P!nk – 7

MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (ALBUMS)
John Farnham – 47 weeks
Dire Straits – 35 weeks
Adele – 32 weeks
Jimmy Barnes – 31 weeks
Delta Goodrem – 31 weeks

MOST NO.1 (ALBUMS)
U2 – 11
Madonna – 10
Jimmy Barnes – 9
Bon Jovi – 9
John Farnham – 8

AUSTRALIAN ACTS : MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (SINGLES)
Kylie Minogue – 30 weeks
Guy Sebastian – 15 weeks
Delta Goodrem – 12 weeks
Silverchair – 12 weeks
John Farnham – 11 weeks

AUSTRALIAN ACTS : MOST NO.1 SINGLES
Kylie Minogue – 10
Delta Goodrem – 8
Guy Sebastian – 6
Silverchair – 3
Shannon Noll – 3

AUSTRALIAN ACTS : MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (ALBUMS)
John Farnham – 47 weeks
Jimmy Barnes – 31 weeks
Delta Goodrem – 31 weeks
Savage garden – 25 weeks
The 12th Man – 19 weeks

AUSTRALIAN ACTS : MOST NO.1 ALBUMS
Jimmy Barnes – 9
John Farnham – 8
The 12th Man – 7
Crowded House – 5
Silverchair – 5
Powderfinger – 5

It’s a momentous occasion and we extend our congratulations to the team at ARIA on the milestone.
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