Music Aussies love listening to

January 7, 2014 11:28 pm 0 comments Views: 8

Katy Perry was a hit on the Australian music charts with her song Roar, and album titled Prism.
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AUSTRALIA’S favourite album of 2013 was a Pink album released in 2012.

Pink’s The Truth About Love has now been Australia’s highest-selling album for two years straight – an ARIA first.

The album has sold 560,000 copies in Australia, with around 200,000 of those sold last year, marking the high point of a year of overall low album sales.

Pink’s album spent four weeks at No. 1 this week and 35 weeks in the Top 10. It never left the Top 40.

Her popularity is so great in Australia she has had an album at either No.1 or No.2 in six out of the last seven ARIA end of year album charts. She also scored the year’s highest-selling music DVD with her The Truth About Love concert, filmed in Melbourne.

Pink singing on her The Truth About Love tour. Picture: Supplied
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2013′s second biggest seller is Katy Perry’s Prism, which sold 179,000 copies in ten weeks.

Despite being released just six weeks ago, One Direction’s Midnight Memories is the year’s No. 6 album with around 120,000 copies sold.

One Direction, who toured Australia this year also had lots of fans buying their album.
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In even faster work Beyonce’s self-titled album, released the week before Christmas, sold enough to be the 23rd highest seller of the year.

Katy Perry was also popular with her new album, Prism.
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Michael Buble had two titles in the year’s list of Australia’s Top 10 most popular albums – his 2013 release To Be Loved at No.5 and his 2011 favourite Christmas at No.7.

Still a hot hit at Christmas …. Michael Buble’s Christmas album.
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Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox, released late 2012, was 2013′s third biggest seller.

Bruno Mars’s album Unorthodox Jukebox was a high seller too.
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Acclaimed releases by Kiwi teenager Lorde, French duo Daft Punk and rapper Eminem made the Top 10, all on around 100,000 sales each.

Were you a fan of Lorde’s Pure Heroine album too?
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The highest-selling Australian album of last year, at No. 11, was Flume’s self-titled album, also released in 2012.

Australia was addicted to Flume too. Picture: Getty
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Tellingly the most popular Australian albums of last year were reissues (The 12th Man) or covers albums (Human Nature, Dami Im, Taylor Henderson and Harrison Craig).

X Factor won the battle of album sales over The Voice when it came to covers albums.

Despite being rush-released for Christmas X Factor winner Dami Im made No. 17 on around 78,000 sales and runner-up Taylor Henderson No. 20 on 74,000 sales. Voice winner Harrison Craig made No.22.

Last year’s Voice winner Karise Eden made No.6 in the 2012 end of year album chart.

The biggest-selling original Australian album released in 2013 was Russell Morris’ Sharkmouth, at No. 33, which has sold steadily all year despite little radio support.

The album peaked at No.6, his first Top 10 placing, and won an ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots release.

It has sold over 70,000 copies this year and was recently reissued with a DVD on the making of the album.

Unique …. Russell Morris’s successful album Sharkmouth. Picture: Supplied
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“Sharkmouth is the story of the year,” Paul Cashmere of music website Noise11 says. “It succeeded with no hype and with no commercial airplay, Russell toured continuously and performed the songs live. Sharkmouth was unique, an Australian blues album about real characters from the past. It sold because it was a quality record in a year that lacked quality releases.”

27 Australian acts made the year’s 100 best selling albums including Bliss N Eso (No.34), Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey (No.35), Birds of Tokyo (No.37) and Tina Arena (No.39).

Surprisingly low placings were had by Lady Gaga’s ArtPop (No.72), Kings of Leon’s Mechanical Bull (No.80) and Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz at No.64.

Katy Perry’s Roar was the No. 1 single in Australia last year, after spending nine weeks at No. 1 – the longest run on top this year and selling over 560,000 copies.

No Australian single made the Top 10 sellers of 2013; the highest local was Melbourne’s Vance Joy at No.12 with Riptide.

Melbourne musician Vance Joy is making waves in the Australian music industry.
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Only 13 Australian tracks were among the Top 100 sellers in Australia last year, including Birds of Tokyo’s Lanterns (No.27) and Matt Corby’s Resolution at No.39.

Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke was 2013′s second-highest seller, with Passenger’s Let Her Go, Avicii’s Wake Me Up and Lorde’s Royals making up the Top 5.

Robin Thicke did not disappoint with his song Blurred Lines. Picture: Getty
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Royals was also the most streamed track of 2013.

She’s just a teenager, but Lorde blew everyone away with her song Royals and her album.
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Internet novelty Harlem Shake by Baaeur made No.1 on the weekly ARIA chart but only No.61 on the year-end list.

Jason DeRulo had the most singles in the chart, with four tracks lodged in the Top 100 – Talk Dirty, The Other Side, Trumpets and Marry Me.

However his success failed to translate into album sales, with his album Tattoos only the year’s 85th highest seller, despite peaking at No. 5 upon release.

ARIA’s 10 Albums of 2013 in Australia

1. Pink The Truth About Love

2. Katy Perry Prism

3. Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox

4. Michael Buble To Be Loved

5. Daft Punk Random Access Memories

6. One Direction Midnight Memories

7.Michael Buble Christmas

8. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP2

9. Lorde Pure Heroine

10. Passenger All The Little Lights

ARIA’s 10 Singles of 2013 in Australia