CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Mar 3, 20216 min read

This Week In 1996: March 3, 1996

It had taken a while for Take That to break in Australia and the same was true for another boy band from that part of the world —...

Mar 1, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: March 1, 1981

The new decade might have started in 1980, but it took a while for music to move beyond the sounds that had defined the late '70s,...

Feb 25, 20216 min read

This Week In 1996: February 25, 1996

Earlier in the decade, we saw how second generation performers Nelson and Wilson Phillips had achieved major chart success (especially...

Feb 24, 20218 min read

When Big Stars Miss The Top 50: The '80s

Sometimes even the most successful music superstars can have off days. Or flop singles. During the 1980s, some of the biggest recording...

Feb 22, 20214 min read

This Week In 1981: February 22, 1981

French musicians haven't ventured towards the top of the Australian singles chart that often. And over the years, those that have been...

Feb 18, 20214 min read

This Week In 1996: February 18, 1996

Ah, remixes. It's a topic I've covered on more than one occasion in the past, but the power of the remix was never more evident than this...

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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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