CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Mar 22, 20215 min read

This Week In 1981: March 22, 1981

Last week , we saw Sheena Easton make her debut on the Australian top 50 with a song that set the women's rights movement back a decade...

Mar 17, 20214 min read

This Week In 1996: March, 17 1996

As well as obsessively following the Australian top 50, I've always paid a lot of attention to the UK chart. I can't say I've been as...

Mar 15, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: March 15, 1981

As I write this, massive Women's March 4 Justice protests are occuring around Australia demanding "an end to the issues of sexism,...

Mar 10, 20214 min read

This Week In 1996: March 10, 1996

The Osmonds. The Jacksons. The Pointer Sisters. Hanson. Jonas Brothers. Haim. Music history is littered with groups consisting purely of...

Mar 8, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: March 8, 1981

Last week, we saw dandy highwayman Adam Ant make his Australian top 50 debut, and this week in 1981, there were new entries from another...

Mar 7, 202111 min read

Max Sharam: "I lost my way a bit"

Released in late-1994, Max Sharam's bold debut single, "Coma", became a top 20 hit on the ARIA chart and ranked in the top 10 of that...

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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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