CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Jul 30, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: July 30, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. As I sat down to write this week's look back at the ARIA chart from...

Jul 23, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: July 23, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. You don't see so many of them these days, but in 1989, cover...

Jul 16, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: July 16, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. I've just realised it's been just over two years since I started...

Jul 9, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: July 9, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Movie soundtracks were big business in the 1980s — and so was the...

Jul 2, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: July 2, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. It was a bit of weird week on the ARIA top 50 singles chart this...

Jun 25, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: June 25, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. A few months ago, I looked at politics in music, and while overseas...

Jun 18, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: June 18, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Girl power was in full force on the ARIA singles chart this week in...

Jun 11, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: June 11, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. It's been a long time since 1989 and a lot has happened to the band...

Jun 4, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: June 4, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. At the moment, I'm in the middle of counting down my favourite...

May 28, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: May 28, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Regular readers of my weekly trip back to the ARIA charts from 1989...

May 21, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: May 21, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. So far this year, we've looked back on some of 1989's biggest hits...

May 14, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: May 14, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. In the pre-internet dark ages, it was not unusual for Australia to...

May 7, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: May 7, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. It was hardly "War", "Fight The Power" or "We Shall Overcome", but...

Apr 30, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: April 30, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Every boy band needs a bad boy member — and this week in 1989, the...

Apr 23, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: April 23, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. In 1999, there was a highly publicised chart battle in the UK...

Apr 16, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: April 16, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. I wonder if ARIA actually received complaints about the top 50...

Apr 9, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: April 9, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. There are some songs that get covered over and over, in a variety...

Apr 2, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: April 2, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Every so often, Australia takes an artist or song to their hearts...

Mar 26, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: March 26, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. There's no doubt rock was the favoured genre in Australia...

Mar 19, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: March 19, 1989

It wasn't every week that the biggest female artist on the planet released a brand new single — but this week in 1989, the Queen of Pop...

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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.