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Mar 11, 20156 min read

This Week In 1990: March 11, 1990

After the terrible effort we saw last tme, the ARIA top 50 singles chart more than made up for it this week in 1990. With eight new...

Mar 4, 20153 min read

This Week In 1990: March 4, 1990

I'm just going to get this out of the way at the start — this week in 1990 was a terrible one on the ARIA chart as far as I was...

Feb 25, 20154 min read

This Week In 1990: February 25, 1990

For some musical acts, chart success is a breeze, while others have to slog away making slow progress towards their first top 40 hit....

Feb 18, 20156 min read

This Week In 1990: February 18, 1990

After last week's rock-fest, order was restored this week in 1990 on the ARIA singles chart with the new releases coming from a more...

Feb 11, 20155 min read

This Week In 1990: February 11, 1990

Just when the ARIA chart was starting to look diverse, along comes a big old rock week. Yep, there's not a house synth or rap beat among...

Feb 4, 20154 min read

This Week In 1990: February 4, 1990

Second chances don't come along that often — but this week in 1990, several songs were given another opportunity to become hits on the...

Jan 28, 20153 min read

This Week In 1990: January 28, 1990

What an odd collection of songs we have to talk about this week! Some pop, some dance, some Aussie rock and the debut of an artist who...

Jan 21, 20154 min read

This Week In 1990: January 21, 1990

I've always been more a fan of pop singers than rock chicks — and the divide between the two grew ever wider in the 1990s with less...

Jan 14, 20155 min read

This Week In 1990: January 14, 1990

One of the most exciting things about the Australian charts from 1990 onwards is that information about positions 51 to 100 is readily...

Jan 7, 20154 min read

This Week In 1990: January 7, 1990

Happy New Year, chart fans. This week in 1990, it was not only a new year but also the dawn of a new decade on the ARIA chart. Of course,...

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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.

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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.