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2nd January 2009For immediate release
Flo Rida, Kings Of Leon and André Rieu top end of year charts
ARIA unveils 2008’s Top 100 Singles, Albums & Digital Tracks, Top 50 Music DVDs
“Low”, the double platinum smash from Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, has topped the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Singles and Digital Track Charts*. “Low” spent three weeks at number one, an incredible 19 weeks in the top 10 and 37 weeks in the top 50, ensuring it was the dominant single of 2008. Flo Rida also had a further two singles within the top 100 and the album “Mail On Sunday” landed at #66 on the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Album Chart*.
The number one album of 2008 came from Kings Of Leon – the US rock band’s fourth studio album “Only By The Night” outselling all other releases to claim top spot on the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Album Chart. The band’s dominance was clearly evident by the success of the first two singles lifted from the album, with “Sex On Fire” spending 4 weeks at number one during the latter part of ’08, finishing at #5 on the end of year chart, with “Use Somebody” at #30. Chalking up sales in excess of 350,000 units, “Only By The Night” spent 4 weeks at number one and has not left the top 5 since its release. Topping off an incredible year for the band, their previous albums “Because Of The Times” and “Aha Shake Heartbreak” landed at #46 and #81 respectively in the end of year chart.
P!nk’s “Funhouse” has placed at #2 in the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Album Chart. This is a position she attains for a third consecutive year, having finished the end of charts for both 2006 and 2007 with the album “I’m Not Dead” at 2. “Funhouse” debuted at number one back in November and has remained in this position for 9 consecutive weeks, the longest reigning number one album since 2001’s Moulin Rouge Soundtrack.
Along with Kings Of Leon, both Miley Cyrus and André Rieu finished with 3 albums in the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Album Chart. AC/DC leads the Aussie contingent with “Black Ice” at #3, the band contributing 13 different titles to the ARIA Top 100 Album Chart at various times throughout the year. Following AC/DC, the leading local artists on the end of year album chart are The Presets at #5 with “Apocalypso”, Gabriella Cilmi at #13 with “Lessons To Be Learned” and The Veronicas at #17 with “Hook Me Up”. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu sits just outside of the top 20, with his ARIA Award winning album “Gurrumul” finishing at 21 for the year. Australian releases make up 25% of the 2008 ARIA Top 100 Album Chart.
In summary, the top 5 on the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Album Chart sees Kings Of Leon at 1, P!nk at 2, AC/DC at 3, Coldplay’s triple platinum seller “Viva La Vida” at 4, with The Presets rounding out the five.
The top 5 on the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Singles Chart displays Flo Rida featuring T-Pain at one, P!nk with “So What” at two, and leading the Australian artists, Gabriella Cilmi at 3 with “Sweet About Me”, the single having spent 5 weeks at number one through the year. At four is Leona Lewis with her debut single “Bleeding Love”, which was also on top for 5 weeks, and at five, Kings Of Leon’s “Sex On Fire”. Seven artists contributed three singles to the end of year chart – Flo Rida, The Veronicas, The Presets, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Jordin Sparks and Rihanna.
The top 5 on the ARIA 2008 Top 100 Digital Track Chart saw Flo Rida featuring T-Pain at one with “Low”, followed by Kings of Leon at two with “Sex On Fire” and P!nk at three with “So What”. Jason Mraz came in at four with “I’m Yours” and Lady GaGa & Colby O’Donis at five with “Just Dance”, with Gabriella Cilmi again leading the Aussie pack at six with “Sweet About Me”.
André Rieu blitzed the ARIA 2008 Top 50 Music DVD Chart*, finishing the year on top with the multi-platinum smash “Live In Australia”. His music DVDs hold positions one to six on the chart, and he has no less than 7 titles in the top 10 and 21 in the chart overall. P!nk’s “Live From Wembley Arena” and “Live In Dublin” also made the top 10, as did Celine Dion with “Live In Las Vegas”.
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ARIA Top 100 Singles 2008 07/01/08 - 29/12/08
POS TITLE Artist
1 LOW Flo Rida Feat. T-Pain
2 SO WHAT P!nk
3 SWEET ABOUT ME Gabriella Cilmi
4 BLEEDING LOVE Leona Lewis
5 SEX ON FIRE Kings Of Leon
6 I KISSED A GIRL Katy Perry
7 JUST DANCE Lady GaGa Feat. Colby O'Donis
8 NO AIR Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown
9 I'M YOURS Jason Mraz
10 ALL SUMMER LONG Kid Rock
11 SHAKE IT Metro Station
12 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC Rihanna
13 WHEN I GROW UP The Pussycat Dolls
14 POKER FACE Lady GaGa
15 4 MINUTES Madonna & Justin
16 HOT N COLD Katy Perry
17 DREAM CATCH ME Newton Faulkner
18 PICTURES OF YOU The Last Goodnight
19 BLACK AND GOLD Sam Sparro
20 FOREVER Chris Brown
21 UNTOUCHED The Veronicas
22 DISTURBIA Rihanna
23 CRANK THAT Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
24 BUBBLY Colbie Caillat
25 TAKE A BOW Rihanna
26 SEE YOU AGAIN Miley Cyrus
27 AMERICAN BOY Estelle Feat. Kanye West
28 CLOSER Ne-Yo
29 RUNNING BACK Jessica Mauboy Feat. Flo Rida
30 USE SOMEBODY Kings Of Leon
31 WITH YOU Chris Brown
32 APOLOGIZE Timbaland Feat. OneRepublic
33 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay
34 ELECTRIC FEEL MGMT
35 PERFECT Vanessa Amorosi
36 TATTOO Jordin Sparks
37 LOVE SONG Sara Bareilles
38 PIECE OF ME Britney Spears
39 WORK Kelly Rowland
40 WOMANIZER Britney Spears
41 MY PEOPLE The Presets
42 DON'T HOLD BACK The Potbelleez
43 YOU Wes Carr
44 IF I WERE A BOY Beyonce
45 LIVE YOUR LIFE T.I. Feat. Rihanna
46 THIS HEART ATTACK Faker
47 NO ONE Alicia Keys
48 THAT'S NOT MY NAME The Ting Tings
49 KISS KISS Chris Brown Feat. T-Pain
50 7 THINGS Miley Cyrus
51 LOVE IN THIS CLUB Usher Feat. Young Jeezy
52 WHITE NOISE The Living End
53 TAKE ME ON THE FLOOR The Veronicas
54 SOBER P!nk
55 BETTER IN TIME Leona Lewis
56 LIKE ONLY A WOMAN CAN Brian McFadden
57 CRY FOR YOU September
58 PARALYZER Finger Eleven
59 STOP AND STARE OneRepublic
60 THIS LOVE The Veronicas
61 I HATE THIS PART The Pussycat Dolls
62 ELEVATOR Flo Rida Feat. Timbaland
63 WHATEVER YOU LIKE T.I.
64 WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun
65 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' 2008 Michael Jackson With Akon
66 DANCE WIV ME Dizzee Rascal Featuring Calvin Harris And Chrome
67 THIS BOY'S IN LOVE The Presets
68 VIOLET HILL Coldplay
69 IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN Maroon 5 Feat. Rihanna
70 I DON'T DO SURPRISES Axle Whitehead
71 I NEVER LIKED YOU Rogue Traders
72 MERCY Duffy
73 ALIVE Natalie Bassingthwaighte
74 SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) Beyonce
75 WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU Maroon 5
76 NAUGHTY GIRL Mr G
77 ARE YOU WITH ME The Potbelleez
78 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jordin Sparks
79 INTO THE NIGHT Santana Feat. Chad Kroeger
80 TALK LIKE THAT The Presets
81 GET SHAKY The Ian Carey Project
82 I DON'T CARE Fall Out Boy
83 THE WAY I ARE Timbaland Feat. Keri Hilson
84 IN THE AYER Flo Rida Feat. Will.I.Am
85 HOW FAR WE'VE COME Matchbox Twenty
86 BIG GIRL (YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL) Mika
87 KANSAS CITY Sneaky Sound System
88 SHADOW OF THE DAY Linkin Park
89 FALL FOR YOU Secondhand Serenade
90 LET IT ROCK Kevin Rudolf Feat. Lil Wayne
91 LOVE LOCKDOWN Kanye West
92 PARTY PEOPLE Nelly Feat. Fergie
93 WHEN I'M GONE Simple Plan
94 BEAT IT Fall Out Boy Feat. John Mayer
95 GOTTA BE SOMEBODY Nickelback
96 CIRCUS Britney Spears
97 HAPPY ENDING Mika
98 KIDS MGMT
99 CLUMSY Fergie
100 IT'S NOT MY TIME 3 Doors Down
ARIA Top 100 Albums 2008 07/01/08 - 29/12/08
POS TITLE Artist
1 ONLY BY THE NIGHT Kings Of Leon
2 FUNHOUSE P!nk
3 BLACK ICE AC/DC
4 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay
5 APOCALYPSO The Presets
6 MAMMA MIA! Soundtrack
7 EXCLUSIVE Chris Brown
8 DEATH MAGNETIC Metallica
9 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD Rihanna
10 WE SING. WE DANCE. WE STEAL THINGS. Jason Mraz
11 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC Jack Johnson
12 THE FAME Lady GaGa
13 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED Gabriella Cilmi
14 SPIRIT Leona Lewis
15 DARK HORSE Nickelback
16 ORACULAR SPECTACULAR MGMT
17 HOOK ME UP The Veronicas
18 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR Soundtrack
19 BREAKOUT Miley Cyrus
20 WALTZING MATILDA Andre Rieu & Mirusia
21 GURRUMUL Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunuping <P>
22 UNESSENTIAL LISTENING Hamish & Andy
23 THE PROMISE Il Divo
24 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse
25 CIRCUS Britney Spears
26 SUMMER AT EUREKA Pete Murray
27 EXILE ON MAINSTREAM Matchbox Twenty
28 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE Michael Buble
29 AND WINTER CAME... Enya
30 ONE OF THE BOYS Katy Perry
31 RATTLIN' BONES Kasey Chambers & Shane N <P>
32 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS Newton Faulkner
33 DAY & AGE The Killers
34 TIMBALAND PRESENTS: SHOCK VALUE Timbaland
35 CHINESE DEMOCRACY Guns N' Roses
36 I'M NOT DEAD P!nk
37 THRILLER Michael Jackson
38 ROCKFERRY Duffy
39 ABBA GOLD ABBA
40 INDESTRUCTIBLE Disturbed
41 CATCH THE WIND: SONGS OF A GENERATION Damien Leith
42 A SYMPHONY OF HITS Human Nature
43 AS I AM Alicia Keys
44 WATERSHED k.d. lang
45 WHITE NOISE The Living End
46 BECAUSE OF THE TIMES Kings Of Leon
47 HARD CANDY Madonna
48 STEP UP 2: THE STREETS Soundtrack
49 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Soundtrack
50 I AM... SASHA FIERCE Beyonce
51 GOOD LOVIN' David Campbell
52 ALL HOPE IS GONE Slipknot
53 DOLL DOMINATION The Pussycat Dolls
54 TWILIGHT Soundtrack
55 ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE & GRACE Foo Fighters
56 ROCK N ROLL JESUS Kid Rock
57 THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES Andre Rieu
58 THE PRIESTS The Priests
59 JORDIN SPARKS Jordin Sparks
60 A BOOK LIKE THIS Angus & Julia Stone
61 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION Mika
62 HERE I STAND Usher
63 SAFE TRIP HOME Dido
64 THE DUTCHESS Fergie
65 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS Justin Timberlake
66 MAIL ON SUNDAY Flo Rida
67 ULTIMATE SANTANA Santana
68 JUNO Soundtrack
69 SOMEWHERE IN THE REAL WORLD Vanessa Amorosi
70 A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS Snow Patrol
71 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG Maroon 5
72 DELTA Delta Goodrem
73 GRAND NATIONAL The John Butler Trio
74 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT Linkin Park
75 DREAMING OUT LOUD OneRepublic
76 WE STARTED NOTHING The Ting Tings
77 COCO Colbie Caillat
78 IT'S TIME Michael Buble
79 SONGS OF LOVE & LOSS II Tina Arena
80 RISE AND FALL... RAGE AND GRACE The Offspring
81 AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK Kings Of Leon
82 FOLIE A DEUX Fall Out Boy
83 BLACKOUT Britney Spears
84 TRUTH, BEAUTY AND A PICTURE OF YOU: BEST OF THE WHITLAMS The Whitlams
85 IN RAINBOWS Radiohead
86 ALIVE 2007 Daft Punk
87 HANNAH MONTANA 2 / MEET MILEY CYRUS Miley Cyrus
88 WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun
89 2 Sneaky Sound System
90 BREED OBSESSION Gyroscope
91 PAPER TRAIL T.I.
92 THIS IS OUR GOD Hillsong
93 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN Eagles
94 CHRISTMAS DUETS Elvis Presley
95 KEEPS GETTIN' BETTER: A DECADE OF HITS Christina Aguilera
96 BEEN WAITING Jessica Mauboy
97 HANNAH MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCER Miley Cyrus
98 SOUL Seal
99 LIVE IN AUSTRALIA Andre Rieu
100 SONGS FROM THE SOUTH VOLUME 1 & 2 Paul Kelly