CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Dec 17, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: December 17, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. As 2014 comes to an end, so too does our look back at the ARIA top...

Dec 10, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: December 10, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. What would the Australian pop music scene have been without...

Dec 3, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: December 3, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. As the world headed towards the 1990s, Australia found itself at a...

Nov 26, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: November 26, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Everything old was new again on the ARIA chart this week in 1989,...

Nov 19, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: November 19, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. In the almost two-and-a-half years that I've been writing this...

Nov 12, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: November 12, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. There's a lot to be said for going out on top — but unfortunately...

Nov 5, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: November 5, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. It was a good week for cover versions this week in 1989, with three...

Oct 29, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: October 29, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Pop music has always been a fairly fickle business — and that was...

Oct 22, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: October 22, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. I'm sure someone has a record of how many times this happened in...

Oct 15, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: October 15, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. One minute, you're barely scraping into the top 40; the next,...

Oct 8, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: October 8, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Earlier in the '80s, medleys had been big business on the...

Oct 1, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: October 1, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Everybody loves a comeback, and this week in 1989, two artists that...

Sep 24, 20143 min read

This Week In 1989: September 24, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Sometimes it pays off for an artist to make a dramatic departure...

Sep 17, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: September 17, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Over the years, rap and R&B artists have caused a lot of...

Sep 10, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: September 10, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Some weeks, the new entries on the ARIA singles chart from 1989...

Sep 3, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: September 3, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Singers emerging from TV shows might seem like a relatively recent...

Aug 27, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: August 27, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Back in 1989, the concept of the B-side was still alive and well....

Aug 20, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: August 20, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. This week in 1989, a duo with braided hair based in Germany...

Aug 13, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: August 13, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Not many artists can lay claim to releasing 100 singles in their...

Aug 6, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: August 6, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Success can be a fleeting thing, especially in pop music. One...

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A Journey Through Aussie Pop is shining a light on classic Australian pop artists and releases from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman is working its way through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in chronological order.

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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.