This is my personal favourite year in music, mainly due to how diverse the music industry had become both when it comes to the type of people allowed in the mainstream but also due to how many older artists were able to make it big this year due to the popularity of many charity events… Continue reading Australian hits of 1985
By far the most colourful year in music, this was when MTV became such a cultural juggernaut that artists began prioritising their music videos over their music which resulted in some of the wackiest imagery one could conjure up from around this time. As far as the world is concerned, this is the biggest album… Continue reading Australian albums of 1984
By far the most colourful year in music, this was when MTV became such a cultural juggernaut that artists began prioritising their music videos over their music which resulted in some of the wackiest imagery one could conjure up from around this time. There was a lot of controversy surrounding this theme song to the… Continue reading Australian hits of 1984
This was the year where cultural barriers seemed to have been broken down, it didn't matter if you were a musician of colour, part of the LGBT community or anything else, everyone seemed to have a shot at scoring massive success this year regardless of who they were. Now normally I'm not the biggest fan… Continue reading Australian hits of 1983
This was the year where cultural barriers seemed to have been broken down, it didn't matter if you were a musician of colour, part of the LGBT community or anything else, everyone seemed to have a shot at scoring massive success this year regardless of who they were. As far as the world is concerned,… Continue reading Australian albums of 1983
This was the official year for two things in the music industry, the first of course being the rise of MTV as it officially launched late in the previous year. The second was the rise of the second British invasion in America due to many of the earliest music videos coming from UK artists which… Continue reading Australian albums of 1982
This was the official year for two things in the music industry, the first of course being the rise of MTV as it officially launched late in the previous year. The second was the rise of the second British invasion in America due to many of the earliest music videos coming from UK artists which… Continue reading Australian hits of 1982
This was the year of MTV, or at least it was towards the end of the year as in the meantime we have some (in my opinion) truly bizarre trends to tie us over from the (supposed) death of disco to the colourful new wave era. This is the album which broke so many records… Continue reading Australian albums of 1981
This was the year of MTV, or at least it was towards the end of the year as in the meantime we have some (in my opinion) truly bizarre trends to tie us over from the (supposed) death of disco to the colourful new wave era. I'm sorry but I always found this song to… Continue reading Australian hits of 1981
Well I think it's time to begin our journey through the popular music of Australia with the first year of my personal favourite decade in music. The 80's are often known for MTV however since that wasn't a thing until the following year and disco was apparently dead in the mainstream (spoilers it wasn't) this… Continue reading Australian albums of 1980
Hits of Australia and NZ 