List of Australian chart achievements and milestones

This is a comprehensive listing which highlights significant achievements and milestones in Australian music chart history, based upon Kent Music Report and Australian Recording Industry Association.

Songs with the most weeks at number one[1]

24 weeks
17 weeks
15 weeks
14 weeks
13 weeks
12 weeks
11 weeks
10 weeks

Artists with the most number-one songs

Artists with the most consecutive number-one songs

Longest climb to #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart

Longest climb to #1 on the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart (1983-present)

  • 138 weeks – RemastersLed Zeppelin (Debut 18-Nov-90/Peak 11-Jul-93)
  • 77 weeks – The Very BestINXS (peak 23-Feb-2014)
  • 69 weeks – Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 – Janet Jackson (debut 16-Oct-89, peak 3-Feb-91)
  • 65 weeks – Come On Over – Shania Twain (debut 23-Nov-97, peak 8-Feb-99)[lower-alpha 1]
  • 59 weeks – Elephunk – The Black Eyed Peas (debut 14-July-03, peak 23-Aug-04)
  • 52 weeks – Don't Ask – Tina Arena (debut 27-Nov-94, peak 19-Nov-95)[lower-alpha 2]
  • 48 weeks – In the Lonely HourSam Smith (debut 8-June-2014, peak 3-May-15)
  • 46 weeks – Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston (debut 17-June-1985, peak 2-June-86)
  • 46 weeks – + – Ed Sheeran (debut 3-Oct-11, peak 13-Aug-12)
  • 45 weeks – Crowded House – Crowded House (debut 28-July-86, peak 8-June-87)
  • 45 weeks – The Dutchess – Fergie (debut 25-Sep-06, peak 30-July-07)
  • 43 weeks – Escape – Enrique Iglesias (debut 12-Nov-01, peak 26-Aug-02)
  • 41 weeks – The Dream of the Blue Turtles – Sting (debut 8-July-1985, peak 21-Apr-86)
  • 41 weeks – The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (debut 29-May-00, peak 5-Mar-01)
  • 40 weeks – Hysteria – Def Leppard (debut 23-Oct-88, peak 31-July-89)

Songs making the biggest drop from number one

Songs making the biggest jump to number one inside Top 100 (1963 to present)

Most number-one singles from a single album

Most top five singles from a single album

Most top-ten singles in a year

Songs that have hit number one by different artists[lower-alpha 3]

  1. "Mona Lisa" by Dennis Day/Nat King Cole (1950) and Conway Twitty (1959)
  2. "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" by Doris Day (1956) and Normie Rowe (1965)
  3. "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry (1970) and The Mixtures (1970)
  4. "Walk Right In" by The Rooftop Singers (1963) and Dr. Hook (1977)
  5. "Venus" by Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
  6. "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc (1980) and Pseudo Echo (1986)
  7. "Unchained Melody" by Al Hibbler/Les Baxter (1955) and The Righteous Brothers (1990)
  8. "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley (1962) and UB40 (1993)
  9. "The Power of Love" by Jennifer Rush (1985) and Celine Dion (1994)
  10. "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees (1978) and N-Trance (1995)
  11. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1973) and The Fugees (1996, entitled Killing Me Softly)
  12. "American Pie" by Don McLean (1972) and Madonna (2000)
  13. "What About Me" by Moving Pictures (1981) and Shannon Noll (2004)

Number-one single debuts

Pre-2000

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number-one

Songs with most weeks in the top 100

200 weeks or more

100 weeks or more

75 weeks or more

Songs with most weeks in the top 50

An asterisk (*) represents that a single in still in the chart

100 weeks or more

80 weeks or more

50 weeks or more

45 weeks or more

40 weeks or more

35 weeks or more (Before 2022)

30 weeks or more (Before 2022)

Songs with most weeks at number two

Twelve weeks

Eleven weeks

Ten weeks

Nine weeks

Eight weeks

Seven weeks

Songs spending the most weeks in the top ten

Over 31 weeks

22-30 weeks

21 weeks (Before 2022)

20 weeks (Before 2022)

19 weeks (Before 2022)

18 weeks (Before 2022)

17 weeks (Before 2022)

16 weeks (Before 2022)

15 weeks (Before 2022)

Biggest drops

Songs that made the biggest drop in the top fifty (25+ places)

Songs that made the biggest drop in the top hundred (40+ places)

Songs that made the biggest jump in the top fifty (30+ places)

Songs that made the biggest jump in the top hundred (50+ places)

Self-replacement at number one

Non-English number ones

Albums with most weeks at number one

76 weeks
34 weeks
32 weeks
30 weeks
29 weeks
28 weeks
  • Original Australian Broadway cast – Hair (1969)
27 weeks
25 weeks
20 weeks
19 weeks
18 weeks

Albums with most weeks in Top 100 chart (since 1988; over 98 weeks or 2 years)[50][lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5]

  • 496 weeks Fleetwood MacThe Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (2002–2019)#
  • 452 weeks Guns N' RosesGreatest Hits (2004–2007, 2009–2011, 2018–19)
  • 350 weeks Ed Sheeran+ (2011–2019)#[51]
  • 346 weeks Red Hot Chili PeppersGreatest Hits (2003-2004, 2006–2007, 2011, 2018–19)
  • 338 weeks INXSThe Very Best (2011-2019)
  • 325 weeks QueenGreatest Hits (1981, 1991–1992, 1994, 2008, 2011, 2018–19)
  • 311 weeks Cold ChiselThe Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You (2011-2019)
  • 284 weeks P!nkGreatest Hits...So Far!!! (2010-2019)
  • 279 weeks Ed SheeranX (2014-2020)
  • 278 weeks MetallicaMetallica (1991-1993, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2010–2011)
  • 277 weeks ABBAABBA Gold – Greatest Hits (1992-1995, 1999–2000, 2008–2009, 2011, 2013, 2018–19)
  • 271 weeks Fleetwood MacGreatest Hits (1988-2019)
  • 264 weeks Crowded HouseThe Very Very Best Of Crowded House (2010-2019)
  • 250 weeks Foo FightersGreatest Hits (2009-2012, 2018–19)#
  • 241 weeks Meat LoafBat Out Of Hell (1978, 1991, 2011)
  • 229 weeks Taylor Swift1989 (2014-2019)
  • 206 weeks SoundtrackGuardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014-2019)
  • 206 weeks Fleetwood MacRumours (1975-2019)
  • 198 weeks Ed Sheeran÷ (2017-2020)
  • 194 weeks Vance JoyDream Your Life Away (2014-2019)
  • 187 weeks Michael BubléMichael Bublé (2003–2005, 2008, 2010–2011)
  • 186 weeks Guns N' RosesAppetite For Destruction (1988-2019)
  • 170 weeks EminemCurtain Call: The Hits (2005-2019)
  • 168 weeks Elton JohnRocket Man: The Definitive Hits (2007-2019)
  • 159 weeks Justin BieberPurpose (2015-2019)
  • 152 weeks SoundtrackThe Greatest Showman
  • 151 weeks Taylor SwiftFearless (2008-2012)
  • 149 weeks AC/DCLive (1992-2019)
  • 145 weeks EminemThe Eminem Show (2002-2019)
  • 143 weeks Alanis MorissetteJagged Little Pill (1995–1998)
  • 142 weeks Michael BubléIt's Time (2005–2009, 2011)
  • 140 weeks Florence & The MachineLungs (2008-2012)#
  • 140 weeks Creedence Clearwater RevivalChronicle – The 20 Greatest Hits (1976, 2008–2012)#
  • 136 weeks Michael JacksonThe Essential Michael Jackson (2005, 2008–2010)
  • 135 weeks Luke CombsThis One's For You
  • 135 weeks The Beatles1 (2000-2003, 2011–2012)
  • 134 weeks Post MaloneBeerbongs and Bentleys
  • 134 weeks The WigglesThe Best Of The Wiggles (2016-2019)
  • 133 weeks Adele21 (2011-2013, 2015)
  • 132 weeks Amy WinehouseBack To Black (2007-2012)
  • 128 weeks XXXTentacion?
  • 123 weeks Pink FloydThe Dark Side Of The Moon (1973, 1993–1994, 2005, 2011–2012)
  • 121 weeks Kings Of LeonOnly By The Night (2008-2011)
  • 117 weeks Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010-2014)
  • 115 weeks Arctic MonkeysAM (2013-2019)
  • 112 weeks Dua LipaDua Lipa
  • 112 weeks Linkin ParkHybrid Theory (2001-2002, 2011)
  • 111 weeks SoundtrackMoana (2017-2019)
  • 111 weeks Hilltop HoodsDrinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung (2016-2019)
  • 107 weeks PinkFunhouse (2008-2010)
  • 107 weeks NickelbackDark Horse (2008-2011)
  • 106 weeks Neil YoungGreatest Hits (2004-2006, 2009–2011)
  • 104 weeks Ariana GrandeDangerous Woman (2017-2019)
  • 104 weeks Phil CollinsHits (1998–1999, 2008–2011)
  • 103 weeks Paul KellySongs From The South Volumes 1 & 2 (1997-2019)
  • 102 weeks Dire StraitsBrothers In Arms (1985, 2010)
  • 98 weeks The CranberriesEverybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993-1995)

(Note: Updated 18 February 2019; some pre-2019 albums may need weeks readjusted) [# at W/C: 7/5/12] - not complete (above)

Most weeks in ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart

300 weeks or more

200 weeks or more

150 weeks or more

100 weeks or more

Artists with the most number-one albums

Artists with multiple albums in Top 100

Artists at number one on singles and albums chart at the same time

Simultaneously occupying the top three positions

Albums

For the first time in ARIA chart history, Michael Jackson occupied the first three spots of the Albums Chart, after his death.

Singles

After winning season one of The Voice, Karise Eden simultaneously occupied the top three positions of the singles chart, the first time this has occurred in Australian chart history since The Beatles held the top six spots in 1964.[53][lower-alpha 6]

On February 27, 2017, Ed Sheeran occupied the top three positions.[55] However next week, "How Would You Feel" fell out of the top ten and was replaced by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay's "Something Just like This".[56]

Other achievements

  • The first artist to have singles debut at the top two simultaneously was Ed Sheeran on 16 January 2017 with "Shape of You" at number one and "Castle on the Hill" at number two.
  • Ed Sheeran has had 3 albums, "÷", "x", and "+" in the top 50 for 59 consecutive weeks, from the debut of "÷" on March 3, 2017, to present. Together, these albums total 566 weeks in the top 50.[51]
  • All 16 tracks from Taylor Swift's album Folklore debuted on the singles chart breaking the all-time record for the most simultaneous debuts in one week.[57]

See also

Notes

  1. Also the #1 ARIA album of 1999
  2. Also the #1 ARIA album of 1995
  3. Ed Sheeran's "Perfect", either solo, with Andrea Bocelli or with Beyoncé, reached number one for 3 weeks in 2017 and 5 weeks in 2018, but on the chart it was listed without crediting either.
  4. Richard Clayderman’s Reveries album spent 178 weeks in the Australian Top 100 from December 1980; The Original Cast Recording of Jesus Christ Superstar spent 141 weeks in the Top 100 (from December 1970); Dire Straits’ Love over Gold spent 140 weeks from October 1982
  5. Other notable long-stayers from a soundtrack pre-ARIA days: Grease (OST), The Phantom of the Opera (London Cast Recording), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Original Cast Recording/Soundtrack
  6. Eden's songs made some of the biggest falls in Australian chart history in the following weeks. "Stay With Me Baby" fell to #54 the next week, the biggest drop for a #1 single in chart history, and left the top 100 the following week. It is currently the shortest time a #1 song has spent in both the Top 50 and the Top 100. "Hallelujah" dropped from #2 to #38 and then out of the Top 100 the next week. "I Was Your Girl" spent only one week in the Top 100, a drop of 97+ places, the equal biggest fall out of the Top 100 in Australian chart history.[54]

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