CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Aug 2, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: August 2, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending August 2, 1981, including new entries from Adam & The Ants, Champaign, Classix Nouveaux.

Jul 26, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: July 26, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 26, 1981, including new entries from Renee Geyer, Sunnyboys and Jack Green.

Jul 19, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: July 19, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 19, 1981, including new entries from Rick Springfield, Stray Cats and more.

Jul 12, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: July 12, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 12, 1981, including new entries from The Bureau, Elton John and Donnie Iris.

Jul 5, 20216 min read

This Week In 1981: July 5, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending July 5, 1981, including new entries from Duran Duran, Bucks Fizz, Men At Work and more.

Jun 28, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: June 28, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending June 28, 1981, including new entries from Rupert Hine and Grover Washington

Jun 21, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: June 21, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending June 21, 1981, with new entries from Mental As Anything, The Pointer Sisters and more.

Jun 14, 20216 min read

This Week In 1981: June 14, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending June 14, 1981, including new entries from Devo, Stars On 45, Sheena Easton and more.

Jun 7, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: June 7, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 chart for the week ending June 7, 1981, including new entries from Billy Field, George Harrison and more.

May 31, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: May 31, 1981

So far in our journey back through the Australian top 50 singles charts of 1981, we've seen the top 50 debuts of several big British...

May 24, 20216 min read

This Week In 1981: May 24, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles for the week ending May 24, 1981, including new entries from Shakin' Stevens, Kim Carnes and more.

May 17, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: May 17, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending May 17, 1981, including new entries from Kim Wilde, Spandau Ballet and more

May 10, 20213 min read

This Week In 1981: May 10, 1981

Recap of the Australian top 50 singles chart for the week ending May 10, 1981, with new entries from Jimmy & The Boys and Christopher Cross.

May 3, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: May 3, 1981

I've talked about the musical changing of the guard in 1981 already, and this week that year, the Austalian chart welcomed another key...

Apr 26, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: April 26, 1981

Soundtrack singles sometimes have a very tenuous link to the film they are purportedly from; albums (especially those "inspired by"...

Apr 19, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: April 19, 1981

Men wearing make-up was nothing new in popular music in 1981. In the '70s alone, artists as diverse as David Bowie, Skyhooks and KISS had...

Apr 12, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: April 12, 1981

Earier this year, Maroon 5's Adam Levine announced, "There's no bands anymore." Whether or not you agree with his summation of the 2021...

Apr 5, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: April 5, 1981

Where would popular music be if the course of true love always ran smooth? Lacking a substantial amount of classic songs, that's for...

Mar 29, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: March 29, 1981

Barbra Streisand, Irene Cara and Diana Ross had all already done it. Cher, Tina Turner, Madonna and Whitney Houston would also do it in...

Mar 22, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: March 22, 1981

Last week, we saw Sheena Easton make her debut on the Australian top 50 with a song that set the women's rights movement back a decade or...

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Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop has been looking back at music from the '80s, '90s, 2000s and 2010s since 2012. Run by freelance journalist and content creator Gavin Scott in Sydney, Australia.