CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Aug 7, 20133 min read

This Week In 1988: August 7, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. Sometimes it takes a while for a song to become a hit — and in the...

Jul 31, 20133 min read

This Week In 1988: July 31, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. It had a been a while since a comedy record had entered the...

Jul 24, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: July 24, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. When I started looking back at the ARIA charts from decades past,...

Jul 17, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: July 17, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I've often heard it said that kids buy singles and adults buy...

Jul 10, 20133 min read

This Week In 1988: July 10, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. It had only happened once before, but this week in 1988, Kylie...

Jul 3, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: July 3, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. This week in 1988, the new-look ARIA chart was into its second...

Jun 26, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: June 26, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. This week in 1988, it was a time of great change for the ARIA...

Jun 19, 20133 min read

This Week In 1988: June 19, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. This week in 1988, it was one of those times when pretty much...

Jun 12, 20133 min read

This Week In 1988: June 12, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. I've just returned from three weeks in Europe and besides it...

Jun 5, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: June 5, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. The '80s were a great time for Australian bands having...

May 29, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: May 29, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. Music and controversy often go hand in hand, and this week in 1988...

May 22, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: May 22, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. It was a real mixed bag this week in 1988 on the Australian singles...

May 15, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: May 15, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. In the digital age, the theory is that you can buy any song you...

May 8, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: May 8, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. As exciting a year as 1988 was for new music and emerging genres,...

May 1, 20135 min read

This Week In 1988: May 1, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. You couldn't have asked for two songs more diametrically opposed...

Apr 24, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: April 24, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. If you're a regular reader (there are a couple of you, right?),...

Apr 17, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: April 17, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. What the hell was going on in 1988? Hot on the heels of...

Apr 10, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: April 10, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. In 1988, if a song was a big enough hit in the US and/or UK,...

Apr 3, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: April 3, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. There's not much in music that's as exciting as when a new teen pop...

Mar 27, 20134 min read

This Week In 1988: March 27, 1988

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2013. Updated in 2018. The biggest problem I have putting this ARIA recap together each...

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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.