ARIA REVEAL THEIR TOP 100 SINGLES AND ALBUMS FOR 2012

ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association, have revealed their top 100 singles and albums for 2012. The charts, which we re released this morning, provide a list based on the total sales of singles and albums across Australia for the year.

We thought we'd take a look at what fabulous pop representation there was in the singles mix, to celebrate the year which was dominated by quite a lot of good music (and of course, some really bad music). But first, let's take a look at the top ten:

Coming in at #1 for the year we have Carly Rae Jepsen's smash "Call Me Maybe." The track, which achieved a 8x platinum-selling status (for over 560,000 copies sold) beat Psy's "Gangnam Style" to the summit. Coming in at #3 was the highest selling single by an Australian artist, Guy Sebastian, with his 7x platinum-selling single "Battle Scars" featuring Lupe Fiasco.

US rapper Flo Rida secured the next two spots with his hits "Whistle" and "Wild Ones," with Nicki Minaj's annoyingly-catchy "Starships" locked in at #6. Australia's Got Talent winners Justice Crew earned their stripes at #7 with "Boom Boom," and Birdy's surprise hit "Skinny Love," riding on the success of Bella Feraro's X Factor Australia performance, came in at #8.

Rounding off the top ten we have the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' hit "Thrift Shop" and Swedish House Mafia's send-off "Don't You Worry Child" at #9 and #10 respectively.

To take a look at the full chart, visit ARIA's official site.

Artists in the top 100, with multiple achievements worth mentioning:

Five entries:

- Flo Rida with Whistle" (#4), "Wild Ones" (with Sia at #5), "I Cry" (#29), "Good Feeling" (#75) and "Hangover" (with Taio Cruz at #95)

- Nicki Minaj with "Starships (#6), "Turn Me On" (with David Guetta at #44), "Beauty and a Beat" (with Justin Bieber at #68), "Girl on Fire" (with Alicia Keys at #69) and "Pound the Alarm" (#87)

Four entries:

- Rihanna with "Diamonds" (#32), "Where Have You Been" (#53), "Take Care" (with Drake at #66) and "We Found Love" (with Calvin Harris at #89)

- Justin Bieber with "Boyfriend" (#62), "Beauty and a Beat" (with Nicki Minaj at #68), "As Long As You Love Me" (with Big Sean at #78) and "Live My Life" (with Far East Movement at #100)

Three entries:

- Sia with "Wild Ones" (with Flo Rida at #5), "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" (with David Guetta at #58) and "I Love It" (with Hilltop Hoods at #61)

- One Direction with "What Makes You Beautiful" (#17), "One Thing" (#22) and "Live While We're Young" (#77)

- Bruno Mars with "Locked Out of Heaven" (#28), "Young Wild and Free" (with Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa at #60) and "Count On Me" (#86)

- Florence and the Machine with "Never Let Me Go" (#30), "Spectrum" (#52) and "Sweet Nothing" (with Calvin Harris at #55)
- Calvin Harris with "Sweet Nothing" (with Florence Welch at #55), "We'll Be Coming Back" (with Example at #71) and "We Found Love" (with Rihanna at #89)

Two entries:

- Carly Rae Jepsen with "Call Me Maybe" (#1) and "Good Time" (with Owl City at #16)

- Guy Sebastian with "Battle Scars" (with Lupe Fiasco at #3) and "Don't Worry Be Happy" (#79)

- fun. with "We Are Young" (#11) and "Some Nights" (#15)

- Maroon 5 with "Payphone" (with Wiz Khalifa at #11) and "One More Night" (#18)

- Taylor Swift with "I Knew You Were Trouble" (#27) and "Both of Us" (with B.o.B at #92)

- Katy Perry with "Wide Awake" (#35) and "Part of Me" (#45)

- David Guetta with "Turn Me On" (with Nicki Minaj at #44) and "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" (with Sia at #58)

- will.i.am with "Scream and Shout" (with Britney Spears at #47) and "This is Love" (with Eva Simons at #80)

- P!nk with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" (#48) and "Try" (#51)

OLLY MURS RETURNS WITH "TROUBLEMAKER" FEAT. FLO RIDA

After the bubbling success of his previous album, cheeky Brit Olly Murs has scored an Australian release for his new album "Right Place, Right Time."

The third release features the lead single "Troublemaker," co-penned by Steve Robson and Claude Kelly. To add the international appeal the track (somewhat unnecessarily) features US rapper Flo Rida

Watch the video for the single below, which was filmed in Los Angles, California back in September.

Of the album Murs says "I can't wait for my third album to be released, its been a crazy year. I'm very excited with the new direction I'm going in and 'Troublemaker' is so different to what I've done before. This album is a definite step up for me and I can't wait to tour it in 2013."

"Right Place, Right Time" will be released 30 November [iTunes]

LISTEN TO NEW JENNIFER LOPEZ WITH "GOIN' IN" FEAT. FLO RIDA

American recording artist and American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez has premiered her new single, "Goin' In." The track features rapper Flo Rida on vocals and features on the new Step Up: Revolution soundtrack.

Take a listen to the new track below - what do you think?

[VIDEO PREMIERE] FLO RIDA "WILD ONES" FEAT. SIA

US rapper Tramar Dillard, aka Flo Rida, has premiered the video for his latest smash hit, "Wild Ones" featuring Australia's own Sia on vocals.

The track, with it's video unfortuantely sans Sia, is the second single to be lifted from the artists fourth studio album "Only One Rida (Part 2)", following the Avicii and Etta James sampled "Good Feeling".

The Axwell produced "Wild Ones" spends a fifth week at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart this week whilst notching up double platinum sales status (140,000+ copies sold).

Catch the full video for the track below. "Wild Ones" is available digitally today [iTunes]

LISTEN TO NEW FLO RIDA WITH "WILD ONES" FEAT. SIA

Taking a leaf out of David Guetta's book, US rapper Flo Rida has employed the unique vocal talents of Australian singer/songwriter Sia for his latest single, Wild Ones. The track is the second to be lifted from his fourth studio album, Only One Rida (Part 2).

The melody almost sounds like Titanium 2.0! Take a listen below - what do you think?

Wild Ones is available digitally today, with Only One Rida (Part 2) available from January 2012 [iTunes]

Flo Rida Ft Sia - Wild Ones (Original) by DjViduka

AVICII'S "LEVELS" VS FLO RIDA'S "GOOD FEELING" - YOU DECIDE!

Earlier this year Swedish DJ Avicii was caught in a very public battle with UK popstar Leona Lewis over the use of a sample from the DJs track Penguin for the singers single Collide. After a number of Twitter messages and out-of-courtroom discussions, Lewis' Syco label released the Collide single as a joint venture, "Leona Lewis / Avicii"

Weeks later after all the drama the single debuted at #4 in the UK and slowly but surely, disappeared dismally out of the charts.

Avicii went on to release a vocal edit of the original Penguin track, re-titled Fade Into Darkness. Whilst the track peaked at #4 in his Swedish homeland, it failed to do much elsewhere (reaching a measly peak of #196 in the UK).

Move forward a few months and I feel like we have a case of deja vu.

US rapper Flo Rida has just premiered the video for his new single Good Feeling, the lead from his upcoming fourth studio album Only One Rida (Part 2). The single features a typical Flo ensemble - the Florida native jamming in his In The Ayer kinda way, with a female vocalist belting away in the chorus (insert here Wynter Gordon/Ke$ha/Nelly Furtado/etc).

Where's the deja vu? Flo's Good Feeling samples Avicii's current hit, Levels.

Levels, which samples the Etta James classic Something's Got a Hold On Me, is Avicii's latest house number which has been circulating clubs worldwide for a number of weeks, maybe months now. Search over the ARIA Club Charts and you'll see that the track is sitting pretty at #1 in Australia, and has been for a few weeks.

So, does Flo have Avicii's permission this time or do we expect to see another Twitter battle of who owns what??? Who knows!

And of course, an even bigger question... which track do you prefer more? Take a listen to both and let me know via the comments section below.

Both Levels and Good Feeling are available digitally today [iTunes]

Levels:



Good Feeling:

[VIDEO PREMIERE] Taio Cruz feat. Flo Rida / Hangover

English singer/songwriter Taio Cruz has premiered the video for the lead single from his third studio album, the Dr Luke produced track Hangover. The single features US rapper/singer Flo Rida.

The single has already broken into the lower regions of the US, Canadian and Australian charts.

Cruz and Dr Luke previously worked together on the track Dynamite, which hit the coveted top spot in all the big markets - the UK, US, Canada and Australia. Will Hangover achieve the same heights? What's your thoughts?

Hangover is available digitally today [iTunes]

DAVID GUETTA PREMIERES "LITTLE BAD GIRL" VIDEO, "NOTHING BUT THE BEAT" TRACKLIST

Overnight David Guetta has premiered the video for his latest single featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris, Little Bad Girl. The track is the second to be lifted off his fifth studio album Nothing But The Beat.

The single, which has so far peaked at #15 on the ARIA Singles Chart here in Australia, is one of many collaborations taken from Guetta's new recording. Alongside Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj who featured on the albums first single Where Them Girls At, we also have Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J and our very own Sia appearing on the release. The full tracklist of the two-disc edition is below.

Disc One:

1. Where Them Girls At	feat. Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj
2. Little Bad Girl	feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris
3. Turn Me On	feat. Nicki Minaj
4. Sweat	Snoop Dogg vs David Guetta
5. Without U	feat. Usher
6. Nothing Really Matters	feat. will.i.am
7. I Can Only Imagine	feat. Chris Brown & Lil' Wayne
8. Crank It Up	feat. Akon
9. I Just Wanna Fuck	feat. Timbaland & Dev
10. Night Of You Life	feat. Jennifer Hudson
11. Repeat	feat. Jessie J
12. Titanium	feat. Sia

Disc Two:

1. The Alphabeat
2. Lunar	feat. Afrojack
3. Sunshine	feat. Avicii
4. Little Bad Girl	(Instrumental version)
5. Metro Music
6. Toy Story
7. The Future
8. Dreams
9. Paris
10. Glasgow

Little Bad Girl is available digitally today, with Nothing But The Beat available from 30 August [ITUNES]

[VIDEO PREMIERE] DAVID GUETTA "WHERE THEM GIRLS AT" FEAT. FLO RIDA & NICKI MINAJ

French DJ David Guetta has released the video for his hit single Where Them Girls At, which features Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj on vocals.

What a video - the clip features random people infected with what I can only assume to be Guetta Fever - a mystery dance virus spread via bubbles tainted with Guetta's uncontrollably infectious grooves. That, or they've all been infected with some crazy monkey virus and the world will end in the next 28 hours.

In other Guetta news, his latest single has been unleashed on the Australian public - the track Little Bad Girl featuring Taio Cruz and Ludacris on vocals. Both singles are lifted of Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But The Beat (to be released globally late August).

Where Them Girls At and Little Bad Girl are both available digitally today [ITUNES]


David Guetta - Where Them Girls At (feat... by EMI_Music

PREVIEW NEW DAVID GUETTA WITH "WHERE THEM GIRLS AT" FEAT. FLO RIDA & NICKI MINAJ

David Guetta has released his new single, Where Them Girls At, featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj. The new single is lifted off Guetta's new album, due out in the coming months.

A preview of the track is below - and yes - it's available to purchase digitally today [ITUNES]

CRASH INTO WYNTER GORDON

It would seem somewhat ironic that Wynter Gordon's mega hit single would be titled Dirty Talk, because simply, when I think of Wynter I'm kinda lost for words. The beauty and talent that is Miss Gordon was recently here in Australia (again) to play at the 2011 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and I my dear friends, was very fortunate enough to meet her. For all of you that know me well and have been following this blog long enough, you'll know how much I adore her.

There are ample reasons why if you're not tuning into Channel Wynter, you need to now or you're going to get left behind. Because I'm a nice boy, I'll summarise why for you.

+ Dirty Talk, the sauciest and sexiest song on the airwaves was at #1 for three weeks on the ARIA Singles Chart and over the weekend Wynter was presented with 3x platinum status for the single (which is in excess of 210,000 copies sold)

+ Wynter has worked with legends and favourites such as Flo Rida, David Guetta and the Freemasons. Not to mention that she's also written tracks for Jennifer Lopez's upcoming album titled Love?

+ Wynter's track (Putting It Out There) Pride was the official theme song to this year's Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, clearly making her an even bigger gay icon than she already was



Now where was I? Whilst we know Wynter's debut album will be titled With the Music I Die (hopefully out later this year), I've been patiently waiting to capture details of the release of Wynter's next hit single. But alas, I now have something!

Wynter's apparent next single is titled Crash & Burn. Whilst I couldn't get my hands on the actual edit that will be released as the single, there is a remix available that previews the track. The mix is very dubstep, but fear not! Wynter beautiful vocals shine through as always.

So - stay tuned for more details. For now, get that mother on repeat and enjoy the awesomeness that is Wynter Gordon.

Dirty Talk and (Putting It Out There) Pride are both available digitally [ITUNES]

Crash and Burn (Dirty Triqs Remix)- by Wynter Gordon by freeintegrated

Jimmy Steele's Top 50 Singles of 2010 (Part I)

PART I

Over the last week or two the world has been inundated with various radio stations, blogs, TV channels, and official chart companies releasing their Top 50/100 singles and/or albums of 2010. So, what can I do except respond to the world with my own?

Before I get into my own personal Top 50 Singles of 2010, let's visit some of the official outcomes released by the major markets across the globe...

ARIA - Australian Recording Industry Association (AUS)

[OFFICIAL SITE]

20.  TELEPHONE  //  Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce

19.  EMPIRE STATE OF MIND  //  Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

18.  CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME  //  Flo Rida feat. David Guetta

17.  RAISE YOUR GLASS  //  P!nk

16.  JUST A DREAM //  Nelly

15.  REPLAY  //  Iyaz

14.  I LIKE IT // Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull

13.  IN MY HEAD  //  Jason Derülo

12.  TIK TOK  //  Ke$ha

11.  AIRPLANES  //  B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams

10.  DJ GOT US FALLIN' IN LOVE  //  Usher feat. Pitbull

9.  TEENAGE DREAM  //  Katy Perry

8.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE  //  Bruno Mars

7.  ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)  //  Rihanna

6.  FIREFLIES  //  Owl City

5.  CALIFORNIA GURLS  //  Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg

4.  HEY, SOUL SISTER  //  Train

3.  DYNAMITE  //  Taio Cruz

2.  OMG  //  Usher feat. will.i.am

1.  LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE  //  Eminem feat. Rihanna

Billboard.com (US)

[OFFICIAL SITE]

20.  IMMA BE  //  The Black Eyed Peas

19.  COOLER THAN ME  //  Mike Posner

18.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE  //  Bruno Mars

17.  TEENAGE DREAM  //  Katy Perry

16.  TELEPHONE  //  Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce

15.  RUDE BOY  //  Rihanna

14.  IN MY HEAD  //  Jason Derulo

13.  BEDROCK  //  Young Money feat. Lloyd

12.  I LIKE IT  //  Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull

11.  NOTHIN' ON YOU //  B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars

10.  BREAK YOUR HEART  //  Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris

9.  DYNAMITE  //  Taio Cruz

8.  BAD ROMANCE  //  Lady Gaga

7.  LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE  //  Eminem feat. Rihanna

6.  AIRPLANES  //  B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams

5.  OMG  //  Usher feat. will.i.am

4.  CALIFORNIA GURLS  //  Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg

3.  HEY, SOUL SISTER  //  Train

2.  NEED YOU NOW  //  Lady Antebellum

1.  TIK TOK  //  Ke$ha

The Official Chart Company (UK)

[OFFICIAL SITE]

20.  CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME  //  Flo Rida feat. David Guetta

19.  FIREWORK  //  Katy Perry

18.  REPLAY  //  Iyaz

17.  DYNAMITE  //  Taio Cruz

16.  SHE SAID  //  Plan B

15.  TELEPHONE  //  Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce

14.  RUDE BOY  //  Rihanna

13.  EMPIRE STATE OF MIND (PART II)  //  Alicia Keys

12.  FORGET YOU  //  Cee Lo Green

11.  EVERYBODY HURTS  //  Helping Haiti

10.  PASS OUT  //  Tinie Tempah

9.  WE SPEAK NO AMERICANO  //  Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup

8.  CALIFORNIA GURLS  //  Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg

7.  AIRPLANES  //  B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams

6.  FIREFLIES  //  Owl City

5.  OMG  //  Usher feat. will.i.am

4.  ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD  //  Rihanna

3.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE  //  Bruno Mars

2.  WHEN WE COLLIDE  //  Matt Cardle

1.  LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE  //  Eminem feat. Rihanna

PART II - TBC

BRUNO MARS WOULD CATCH A "GRENADE" FOR YOU. TRUE STORY.

Well, well, well... hasn't Mr Peter Gene Hernandez, aka Bruno Mars, been busy in 2010!

He's featured on some of the biggest numbers this year - Nothin' On You by B.o.B, and Billionaire by Travie McCoy. He's also co-penned some of the biggest numbers this year - Fuck You by Cee Lo Green, and Right Round by Flo Rida.

Not to be content with that above, Bruno has just released his debut album, Doo-Wops and Hooligans. The album features the global smash hit Just The Way You Are and his latest single, Grenade.

Just The Way You Are went to #1 in over eight countries, including the big markets - US, UK, Canada and Australia - and Top 5 in another eight. His follow up single, Grenade, looks like it may also provide Bruno with some very well-deserved recognition again, as it bullets it's way into the top 20 of the US, Canadian and Australian markets.

A bit of trivia for you - did you know that young Peter received the nickname Bruno by his father as a child as he was a chubby boy, and there was a chubby wrestler at the time called Bruno Sammartino? Fact!

To quote a great girlfriend of mine "Bruno sounds like a young, raw Michael Jackson" - and I couldn't help but agree. The similarities are there in the voice, the emotion and the definite early signs of success of this rising star. Whilst Just The Way You Are was a great song, for me Grenade is superb. Love it, love it, love it.

Doo-Wops and Hooligans is out via iTunes Australia now. Do yourself a favour and purchase it.

[VIDEO PREMIERE] WYNTER GORDON "DIRTY TALK"

Have you heard this yet? Is that a no? So I wasn't the only one hiding under a rock then apparently.

The very, very gorgeous Wynter Gordon has released the video for her new track, Dirty Talk. Now whilst I'm calling it a "new" track, I just discovered today that it's actually been around since the beginning of the year. How did I miss this one?

Dirty Talk is making some pretty serious noise in Aussie clubs at the moment, and I can't seem to imagine why with lyrics like... "I am no angel... I like it when you do that stuff to me"

Whore. I love her.

This better get picked up by radio and become a mega smash or there's gonna be trouble. I love it. I love it. I love it.

In case you're wondering where/how you know the name of this ebony beauty, Wynter appeared with Flo Rida on his 2009 single Sugar; and more recently was featured on the Freemasons track Believer (which I posted a few weeks ago, here).

Look out for this girl, I have a funny feeling we'll be hearing a lot more from her!

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