Hits of Australia and NZ

The internet really had its say for the music scene this year as we have plenty of memes and songs that otherwise wouldn't have had a prayer in finding success earlier in the decade appearing on this list. It's easy to forget that this was the theme song to Step up 2, a dance flick… Continue reading Australian hits of 2008

This was the last year that reality TV had a stranglehold of the mainstream in the music industry, from here on out, the internet would decide on what becomes popular in the music scene as evidence by some of the entries on this list. This is one of the first hits to make it big… Continue reading Australian hits of 2007

This was the last year that reality TV had a stranglehold of the mainstream in the music industry, from here on out, the internet would decide on what becomes popular in the music scene as evidence by some of the entries on this list. If we were going purely by chart runs, this was the… Continue reading Australian albums of 2007

This is the year where Australia finally incorporated digital sales onto the main charts, although its effects didn't take place until later in the decade as the music landscape in general had completely slowed down this year as evidence by the NZ charts being as slow over there as it was over here. This is… Continue reading Australian hits of 2006

This is the year where Australia finally incorporated digital sales onto the main charts, although its effects didn't take place until later in the decade as the music landscape in general had completely slowed down this year as evidence by the NZ charts being as slow over there as it was over here. If we… Continue reading Australian albums of 2006

This is where digital piracy really harmed the Australian music scene, although at least NZ changed up their charts to prevent this from happening over there. As such the selection of songs on this list will be a bit divisive but as promised, I'll do my best to be nice when talking about each and… Continue reading Australian hits of 2005

This is where digital piracy really harmed the Australian music scene, although at least NZ changed up their charts to prevent this from happening over there. As such the selection of songs on this list will be a bit divisive but as promised, I'll do my best to be nice when talking about each and… Continue reading Australian albums of 2005

This was the year that reality TV took over in Australia and the NZ charts updated their format to conform to modern listening trends, as a result there'll be fewer songs to make it big through artistic merit from here on out. That said, music would continue to thrive for at least another decade before… Continue reading Australian hits of 2004

This was the year that reality TV took over in Australia and the NZ charts updated their format to conform to modern listening trends, as a result there'll be fewer songs to make it big through artistic merit from here on out. That said, music would continue to thrive for at least another decade before… Continue reading Australian albums of 2004

This was a rather slow year in music, I guess because digital piracy had taken full effect in the entertainment industry which harmed the success of certain bands and artists. At least it didn't affect everything in the music industry hence why we still have a solid selection of songs to go through on this… Continue reading Australian hits of 2003