This will be the earliest year I'll be covering on this site, mainly because A: I don't have much love for music made prior to this year and B: this is where the southern hemisphere began tracking the popular music of their respective countries. This was the second single to be released on Abba's self-titled… Continue reading Australian hits of 1975
This year was where certain artists dominated the mainstream, in Australia they were Abba, Sherbet and the Bay city rollers. This had an impeccable run on the Australian charts back in the day, an impressive fourteen weeks at number one which has only recently been topped by less fondly remembered songs. To think this was… Continue reading Australian hits of 1976
This year was where certain artists dominated the mainstream, in Australia they were Abba, Sherbet and the Bay city rollers. Even though this live album was released in 1972 and thus would've otherwise failed to appear on this site as I'm not going that far back in my retrospectives, it was nonetheless popular enough during… Continue reading Australian albums of 1976
Disco hadn't quite reached its peak yet, however it was a rising star this year along the likes of soft rock and rock operas. Were it not for a live album from Neil Diamond from earlier in the decade, this would've been the most successful album of the 70's in Australia, I'm glad it is… Continue reading Australian albums of 1977
Disco hadn't quite reached its peak yet, however it was a rising star this year along the likes of soft rock and rock operas. This might be a bit of an anomaly for my American readers as this was never released as a single over there for some reason, for everyone else this remains the… Continue reading Australian hits of 1977
Disco was a huge draw this year in music, however there was also a ton of rock opera and easy listening for people who weren't into shaking their groove thing. Were it not for a live album from Neil Diamond from earlier in the decade, this would've been the most successful album of the 70's… Continue reading Australian albums of 1978
Disco was a huge draw this year in music, however there was also a ton of rock opera and easy listening for people who weren't into shaking their groove thing. People are divided on Grease to this day, on the one hand there's people who think it's a timeless classic complete with catchy as hell… Continue reading Australian hits of 1978
This was when disco was at its peak, despite there being an apparent backlash in America due to its oversaturation. Now this is a sellout track I feel is an improvement over the previous catalogue from the band in question, then again, I'm a huge sucker for disco so perhaps there's a bit of bias… Continue reading Australian hits of 1979
This was when disco was at its peak, despite there being an apparent backlash in America due to its oversaturation. Well regardless of how you feel about this theatrical adaptation of the Broadway show set in the 50's (I personally love it) there's no denying that the soundtrack left a mark on audiences back in… Continue reading Australian albums of 1979
The final year of the 90's, this year seemed more interested in celebrating the biggest hits of the century rather than promoting new music. This was the bestselling album of the 90's worldwide, although it sort of cheated for this accomplishment by being released twice in the latter half of the decade. The first time… Continue reading Australian albums of 1999
Hits of Australia and NZ 