CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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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...

Mar 12, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: March 12, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. I always thought that if I ever became a recording artist, I would...

Mar 5, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: March 5, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Politics and rock music have always gone hand in hand — and that...

Feb 26, 20143 min read

This Week In 1989: February 26, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Timing is everything — and that's especially the case when it comes...

Feb 19, 20146 min read

This Week In 1989: February 19, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. There's something to be said for quitting while you're ahead....

Feb 12, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: February 12, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. One thing I failed to mention a couple of weeks ago when it was the...

Feb 5, 20144 min read

This Week In 1989: Febraury 5, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. There have been some dud weeks on the ARIA chart, but the top 50...

Jan 29, 20143 min read

This Week In 1989: January 29, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Less than a year after it last had a major makeover, the ARIA chart...

Jan 22, 20143 min read

This Week In 1989: January 22, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Who doesn't love a comeback story? This week in 1989, an artist...

Jan 15, 20145 min read

This Week In 1989: January 15, 1989

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. Christmas 2013 might already seem like a distant memory for us in...

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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.