Was surprised Australia of all places has no chart thread considering it's so open to British and American music :o So now we have one:

 

Top Singles - 10/03/2014

TW (LW) WC ARTIST - TITLE

 

01 (01) 13 Pharrell Williams - Happy

02 (02) 05 Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

03 (06) 06 Sara Bareilles - Brave

04 (27) 02 David Guetta Feat. Skylar Grey - Shot Me Down

05 (04) 15 A Great Big World Feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something

06 (05) 08 Kim Cesarion - Undressed

07 (03) 02 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

08 (08) 07 Cash Cash Feat. Bebe Rexha - Take Me Home

09 (07) 17 Joel Fletcher Feat. Savage - Swing

10 (09) 17 John Legend - All Of Me

 

11 (10) 07 American Authors - Best Day Of My Life

12 (11) 15 Avicii - Addicted To You

13 (14) 07 Aloe Blacc - The Man

14 (NE) 01 Nathaniel - You're Beautiful

15 (12) 06 Rihanna - Jump

16 (13) 16 Rudimental Feat. Emeli Sandé & Nas - Free

17 (NE) 01 Coldplay - Magic

18 (18) 14 Jason Derülo - Trumpets

19 (24) 04 Neon Jungle - Braveheart

20 (16) 03 Lily Allen - Air Balloon

 

21 (17) 17 Magic! - Rude

22 (21) 06 Eminem Feat. Nate Ruess - Headlights

23 (31) 10 Idina Menzel - Let It Go

24 (19) 09 OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself

25 (34) 02 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love

26 (NE) 01 Pitbull Feat. G.R.L. - Wild Wild Love

27 (20) 21 London Grammar - Strong

28 (22) 08 Shakira Feat. Rihanna - Can't Remember To Forget You

29 (40) 03 Peking Duk Feat. Nicole Millar - High

30 (26) 21 Pitbull Feat. Ke$ha - Timber

 

31 (23) 14 MKTO - God Only Knows

32 (38) 30 Katy Perry - Roar

33 (30) 46 Vance Joy - Riptide

34 (25) 11 Tiësto - Red Lights

35 (15) 39 INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

36 (28) 19 Eminem Feat. Rihanna - The Monster

37 (37) 03 Major Lazer Feat. Pharrell Williams - Aerosol Can

38 (29) 06 Beyoncé Feat. Jay-Z - Drunk In Love

39 (83) 02 Jason Derülo - Stupid Love

40 (32) 25 Avicii - Hey Brother

 

Top Albums

TW (LW) WC ARTIST - TITLE

 

01 (01) 80 INXS - The Very Best

02 (NE) 01 Pharrell Williams - G I R L

03 (09) 19 Katy Perry - Prism

04 (04) 10 Soundtrack - Frozen

05 (24) 65 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox

06 (02) 16 Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways

07 (12) 41 Rudimental - Home

08 (16) 25 Avicii - True

09 (NE) 01 Hillsong United - The White Album [Remix Project]

10 (07) 18 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

 

11 (NE) 01 ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron

12 (11) 23 Lorde - Pure Heroine

13 (08) 04 The John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood

14 (13) 26 Arctic Monkeys - AM

15 (03) 93 INXS - Kick

16 (15) 12 Beyoncé - Beyoncé

17 (14) 26 London Grammar - If You Wait

18 (05) 02 Beck - Morning Phase

19 (10) 05 Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke

20 (43) 15 One Direction - Midnight Memories

 

21 (20) 52 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

22 (06) 07 Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes

23 (31) 02 Soundtrack - Love Child

24 (17) 26 INXS - Live At Wembley Stadium 1991

25 (25) 69 Flume - Flume

26 (29) 39 OneRepublic - Native

27 (28) 19 John Legend - Love In The Future

28 (41) 60 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist

29 (65) 168 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

30 (32) 20 James Blunt - Moon Landing

 

31 (19) 30 Rüfüs - Atlas

32 (26) 45 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits

33 (56) 23 Haim - Days Are Gone

34 (36) 41 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

35 (38) 06 Australian Crawl - The Greatest Hits

36 (30) 32 Disclosure - Settle

37 (22) 14 A Day To Remember - Common Courtesy

38 (73) 37 Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey - The Great Country Songbook

39 (40) 05 MKTO - MKTO

40 (27) 11 Dolly Parton - The Very Best Of Dolly Parton

And Swedish music apparently looking at the #6!

And Swedish music apparently looking at the #6!

Basically, Australians will listen to anything. It astounds me that 'Jump' by Rihanna was a top 5 here :lol:

Wow gawd James I said I was gonna start an Australian chart thread. Maybe I'll make an NZ one instead.

I can hijack the thread for you to be the owner if you like :lol: Would actually not complain about someone else doing it.

nah

 

work bitch

 

will set up an nz thread tomorrow ~

Basically, Australians will listen to anything. It astounds me that 'Jump' by Rihanna was a top 5 here :lol:

And yet, thanks to bad timing, 5xPlatinum selling "Diamonds" could only peak at #6 :lol:

Aussies would listen to anything as long as it says "made in America". Being a Kylie fan for instance, during the Aphrodite promotions there (she did a bunch of news interviews and perfs on 2 shows), they never mentioned her being the 1st female artist to score #1s in 4 decades in the UK...no. All they were blabbing on about is Aphrodite going top 20 on the US Billboard chart.

 

Infact in the last couple of years, I'm surprised British artists don't have to break it in the US to make it to the Aus charts as Mumford and Sons, Passenger, Naughty Boy and Rudimental have all demonstrated. And now that Clean Bandit song is doing well too (and deservedly so, I love it!).

Again, sorry for dragging Kylie back to the topic, but another example is when a Kylie song doesn't do well and everyone's like "oh she doesn't do well here anymore because she needs to promote". I often want to ask them why a JLo or a Britney would do well as they hardly promote there! It's sad they live in denial that they're a US-wannabe country when it comes to taste in popular culture.

Aussies would listen to anything as long as it says "made in America". Being a Kylie fan for instance, during the Aphrodite promotions there (she did a bunch of news interviews and perfs on 2 shows), they never mentioned her being the 1st female artist to score #1s in 4 decades in the UK...no. All they were blabbing on about is Aphrodite going top 20 on the US Billboard chart.

 

Infact in the last couple of years, I'm surprised British artists don't have to break it in the US to make it to the Aus charts as Mumford and Sons, Passenger, Naughty Boy and Rudimental have all demonstrated. And now that Clean Bandit song is doing well too (and deservedly so, I love it!).

Again, sorry for dragging Kylie back to the topic, but another example is when a Kylie song doesn't do well and everyone's like "oh she doesn't do well here anymore because she needs to promote". I often want to ask them why a JLo or a Britney would do well as they hardly promote there! It's sad they live in denial that they're a US-wannabe country when it comes to taste in popular culture.

To be honest I agree with a lot of this. Australia is very... "culturally weak" in that they kind of just take in stuff from other countries constantly rather than contributing themselves. They remind me of Ireland in that way, except Ireland is a lot more affected by Britain of course. I mean singles by American artists often take off in Australia before they do in the US, I swear sometimes Katy Perry singles go to #1 on Australian iTunes about a week after they're announced :lol:

Braveheart top 20 :cheer:

 

I love how all these chart threads start popping up now! The Netherlands need one tho :kink:

To be honest I agree with a lot of this. Australia is very... "culturally weak" in that they kind of just take in stuff from other countries constantly rather than contributing themselves. They remind me of Ireland in that way, except Ireland is a lot more affected by Britain of course. I mean singles by American artists often take off in Australia before they do in the US, I swear sometimes Katy Perry singles go to #1 on Australian iTunes about a week after they're announced :lol:

I don't so much "blame" Ireland because they are geographically close to the UK. But Australia's fascination for the US never ceases to amaze me. By that yardstick, I quite like the NZ charts - they seem so much more, erm "independent". Didn't even Gwyneth Paltrow have a huge hit in Aus in the early part of the century? :D :lol:

I don't so much "blame" Ireland because they are geographically close to the UK. But Australia's fascination for the US never ceases to amaze me. By that yardstick, I quite like the NZ charts - they seem so much more, erm "independent". Didn't even Gwyneth Paltrow have a huge hit in Aus in the early part of the century? :D :lol:

 

Two with her cover versions of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" with Huey Lewis [#1] & Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" [#3]. Mostly because the "Duets" movie was huge there. :lol:

I love the Aussie charts but they're so odd :lol: especially the certifications, I know they're based on shipments but everything goes at least Platinum I swear!

I love the Aussie charts but they're so odd :lol: especially the certifications, I know they're based on shipments but everything goes at least Platinum I swear!

Only a few fanbase-heavy and/or local artists get physical releases anymore so it's not really due to shipments :P The sales thresholds are just really low, I guess it's like if Platinum in the UK was around 125k. It's at least useful to have them like this since actual sales figures are almost never released, but they're still far from perfect as they don't tick over automatically; rather labels have to request/apply for them in some way which means updating is often belated (eg Trumpets going from no cert -> 3x Platinum recently), and occasionally suspicious overcertifications.

Top Singles - 17/03/2014

TW (LW) WC ARTIST - TITLE

 

01 (01) 14 Pharrell Williams - Happy

02 (02) 06 Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

03 (04) 03 David Guetta Feat. Skylar Grey - Shot Me Down

04 (03) 07 Sara Bareilles - Brave

05 (NE) 01 Taylor Henderson - When You Were Mine

06 (17) 02 Coldplay - Magic

07 (05) 16 A Great Big World Feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something

08 (06) 09 Kim Cesarion - Undressed

09 (07) 03 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

10 (16) 17 Rudimental Feat. Emeli Sandé & Nas - Free

 

11 (08) 08 Cash Cash Feat. Bebe Rexha - Take Me Home

12 (13) 08 Aloe Blacc - The Man

13 (09) 18 Joel Fletcher Feat. Savage - Swing

14 (10) 18 John Legend - All Of Me

15 (25) 03 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love

16 (11) 08 American Authors - Best Day Of My Life

17 (39) 03 Jason Derülo - Stupid Love

18 (12) 16 Avicii - Addicted To You

19 (NE) 01 Iggy Azalea Feat. Charli XCX - Fancy

20 (29) 04 Peking Duk Feat. Nicole Millar - High

 

21 (NE) 01 Jessica Mauboy - Never Be The Same

22 (19) 05 Neon Jungle - Braveheart

23 (15) 07 Rihanna - Jump

24 (26) 02 Pitbull Feat. G.R.L. - Wild Wild Love

25 (18) 15 Jason Derülo - Trumpets

26 (20) 04 Lily Allen - Air Balloon

27 (22) 07 Eminem Feat. Nate Ruess - Headlights

28 (21) 18 Magic! - Rude

29 (23) 11 Idina Menzel - Let It Go

30 (53) 03 The Chainsmokers - #SELFIE

 

31 (14) 02 Nathaniel - You're Beautiful

32 (30) 22 Pitbull Feat. Ke$ha - Timber

33 (24) 10 OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself

34 (32) 31 Katy Perry - Roar

35 (28) 09 Shakira Feat. Rihanna - Can't Remember To Forget You

36 (27) 22 London Grammar - Strong

37 (34) 12 Tiësto - Red Lights

38 (42) 09 Miley Cyrus - Adore You

39 (66) 02 Christina Perri - Human

40 (31) 15 MKTO - God Only Knows

 

Top Albums

TW (LW) WC ARTIST - TITLE

 

01 (02) 02 Pharrell Williams - G I R L

02 (01) 81 INXS - The Very Best

03 (03) 20 Katy Perry - Prism

04 (NE) 01 Lea Michele - Louder

05 (04) 11 Soundtrack - Frozen

06 (07) 42 Rudimental - Home

07 (05) 66 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox

08 (12) 24 Lorde - Pure Heroine

09 (08) 26 Avicii - True

10 (06) 17 Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways

 

11 (10) 19 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

12 (NE) 01 Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything

13 (14) 27 Arctic Monkeys - AM

14 (13) 05 The John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood

15 (NE) 01 Buried In Verona - Faceless

16 (21) 53 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

17 (17) 27 London Grammar - If You Wait

18 (15) 94 INXS - Kick

19 (16) 13 Beyoncé - Beyoncé

20 (38) 38 Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey - The Great Country Songbook

 

21 (18) 03 Beck - Morning Phase

22 (NE) 01 Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction

23 (NE) 01 Lior - Scattered Reflections

24 (09) 02 Hillsong United - The White Album [Remix Project]

25 (23) 03 Soundtrack - Love Child

26 (NE) 01 Calling All Cars - Raise The People

27 (26) 40 OneRepublic - Native

28 (29) 169 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

29 (33) 24 Haim - Days Are Gone

30 (NE) 01 Planetshakers - Endless Praise

 

31 (22) 08 Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes

32 (25) 70 Flume - Flume

33 (41) 25 Jason Derülo - Tattoos

34 (28) 61 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist

35 (47) 07 Gabrielle Aplin - English Rain

36 (27) 20 John Legend - Love In The Future

37 (30) 21 James Blunt - Moon Landing

38 (31) 31 Rüfüs - Atlas

39 (34) 42 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

40 (96) 27 The Rolling Stones - GRRR!

Lea Michele so high. :o

 

Nice to see Peking Duk top 20. Good alternative dance song. :D

 

Paloma charting well on albums without a hit too.

It's her highest charting album in Oz, Fall to Grace could only make #49 so it's a good improvement :D I actually see potential in 'Can't Rely On You' though, currently #122 on iTunes which isn't *bad*!

Unfortunately Can't Rely On You is actually on its way out. It peaked at #64 last week, I think it's her only charting hit here though.

Wow at Never Be The Same already matching the peak of To The End Of The Earth and smashing Beautiful's peak in the debut week! I won't get myself too hyped up for it peaking any higher but it's still #23 on iTunes. I think she should have released this or Kiss Me Hello over Beautiful as the third single, much as I love it.