From: jamie@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Jamie Scuglia)
Newsgroups: aus.music,rec.music.misc
Subject: CHART: Australia's biggest selling singles -> Preamble
Date: 26 Dec 1992 19:16:07 +1100
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In the next articles, you will find the following Australian charts:

	(i)   The 60  biggest selling singles of 1992
	(ii)  The 100 biggest selling singles of 1991
	(iii) The 100 biggest selling singles of 1990
	(iv)  The 50  biggest selling singles of 1989

These charts were supplied by A.R.I.A. (The Australian Recording Industry
Association), and are based ONLY on record sales.

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The top 60 of 1992:
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        This year sees the Australian content of the top 60 of 1992 at
30% (18 records), with only one Aussie record in the top 10 and three in the 
top 20.  It is clear that singles sell much better at the end of
the year than at the start.  Five of the top 10 singles of 1992 were
still in the regular top 10 charts from last week!  The big surprise was
Whitney Houston's I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU coming in as the 17th biggest selling
single of 1992 after being in the charts for only 3 weeks!  And only
one of those weeks was spent at number one!  It just goes to show what
Christmas time does to record sales!   Big charting singles,
like George and Elton's DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME, which
peaked at number 3 at the start of the year, performed poorly
in the end of year chart.  The above single was outsold by the recent number 
15 hit by The Teen Queens, LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME, which illustrates that
big business in the singles market occurs in the lead up to Christmas,
and that January and Februaury sales are usually poor.  Seventeen of
the 60 biggest selling singles of 1992 are still charting.

Which artists dominated the top 60 of 1992?  Here is a list of the
artists that scored 2 records in the top 60 - none scored three.

GUNS 'N' ROSES:  #2  -> NOVEMBER RAIN
                 #35 -> KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS:  #9  -> UNDER THE BRIDGE
                        #60 -> SUCK MY KISS

GEORGE MICHAEL:  #19 -> TOO FUNKY
                 #57 -> (with Elton John) DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME

FRENTE:          #20 -> CLUNK E.P. (featuring "ORDINARY ANGELS")
                 #29 -> ACCIDENTALLY KELLY STREET

EUPHORIA:        #24 -> LOVE YOU RIGHT
                 #51 -> ONE IN A MILLION

RICK PRICE:      #42 -> NOT A DAY GOES BY
                 #43 -> HEAVEN KNOWS

TEEN QUEENS:     #44 -> BE MY BABY
                 #56 -> LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME

MADONNA:         #45 -> THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND
                 #54 -> EROTICA

How did the singles that went to number one during 1992 do in the end
of year chart?

#1  ACHY BREAKY HEART - Billy Ray Cyrus
#3  END OF THE ROAD - Boyz II Men
#4  TO BE WITH YOU - Mr. Big
#5  AMIGOS PARA SIEMPRE (FRIENDS FOR LIFE) - Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman
#9  UNDER THE BRIDGE - Red Hot Chili Peppers
#10 HAZARD - Richard Marx
#11 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST - Vanessa Williams
#12 JUMP - Kris Kross
#14 SALTWATER - Julian Lennon
#16 TAKE IT FROM ME - Girlfriend 
#17 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Whitney Houston.
#24 LOVE YOU RIGHT - Euphoria 
#25 HUMPIN' AROUND - Bobby Brown
#47 MARVELLOUS - The Twelfth Man
#48 LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX - Salt 'N' Pepa
#51 ONE IN A MILLION - Euphoria 

Michael Jackson's BLACK OR WHITE, the first number one of 1992, failed
to make the top 60 of 1992, due to large sales during the end of 1991.

Lastly, how did our local Aussie artists do amongst each other?

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Aussie   1992    TITLE - ARTIST
Pos.   Position
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1.      ( 8)     THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY - Wendy Matthews 
2.      (16)     TAKE IT FROM ME - Girlfriend 
3.      (20)     CLUNK E.P. (featuring ORDINARY ANGELS) - Frente 
4.      (22)     WAY OUT WEST - James Blundell and James Reyne 
5.      (24)     LOVE YOU RIGHT - Euphoria 
6.      (26)     THAT WORD (L.O.V.E.) - The Rockmelons and Deni Hines 
7.      (29)     ACCIDENTALLY KELLY STREET - Frente 
8.      (31)     LOVE IS IN THE AIR - John Paul Young 
9.      (36)     I CAN FEEL IT - Radio Freedom 
10.     (40)     EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT - John Farnham, Kate Ceberano 
                                             and Jon Stevens 
11.     (41)     CRY - Lisa Edwards 
12.     (42)     NOT A DAY GOES BY - Rick Price 
13.     (43)     HEAVEN KNOWS - Rick Price 
14.     (44)     BE MY BABY - The Teen Queens 
15.     (47)     MARVELLOUS - The Twelfth Man 
16.     (51)     ONE IN A MILLION - Euphoria 
17.     (56)     LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME - The Teen Queens 
18.     (58)     DJAPANA - Yothu Yindi
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Now, for the 60 biggest selling singles of 1992..........

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