CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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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...

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...

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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.