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.
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)
- 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)
