ATTENTION : MUSIC RETAILERS
The printed ARIA Chart to retailers ceased  production on December 31st, 2000. If you are a retailer and would like to have a two-page copy of the ARIA Charts e-mailed to you each Monday, CLICK HERE to complete the registration form.

ARIA Web Volunteers ARIA is soon to launch its new website and is looking for some enthusiastic volunteer tertiary students to help manage it.

Volunteers will work from an office in Sydney, and will be responsible for aggregating content from various music industry companies, managing the activities and events of the site, and writing & posting editorial columns. Hours are flexible.

If you are studying an internet or marketing course at a university or college which has a work experience program that you can be a part of, and you want to learn about the music industry, send an e-mail to bm@aria.com.au and help us create the #1 music site in the country.

The ARIA charts are the premier sales based charts in Australia. Instigated in 1983 and compiled under licence for the first 5 years, the charts were first produced in-house in 1988.

A new era for the ARIA charts began on February 17 1997. For the first time, Australia's Top 100 Singles and Albums charts were compiled from 100% electronically gathered data. The new generation chart was given a new name...ARIAnet. The advantages of ARIAnet are numerous - the end result is a faster, more accurate, more detailed chart that will benefit wholesalers, retailers and the public.

Not only does ARIA produce the weekly pop charts, but also specific charts covering many other genres of music, including Dance, Alternative, Country, Jazz and Classical. There is also a Music Video chart and an ARIA Hit Seekers chart noting acts who have never before reached the Top 50 on the national ARIA Singles and Albums charts. In addition, at the end of each year, ARIA produces "Best of" charts ranking top sellers for the calendar year.

With the advent of ARIAnet, the charts have the potential to provide in-depth marketing information. While the overwhelming priority at present is to build a world class computer-based chart, ARIA is committed to the gradual but sure realisation of ARIAnet's full potential which will provide benefits to the industry and public alike.

The ARIA REPORT, which includes all the abovementioned charts, is produced and mailed to hundreds of subscribers weekly. For subscription information, please contact ARIA at subs@aria.com.au. Meanwhile, publicly available copies of the ARIA Chart are printed and distributed to record stores around the country every week.

Each week, The ARIA REPORT features CHARTIFACTS, TOP 100 SINGLES and ALBUMS charts, STATE CHART BREAKDOWNS, CHARTS from the USA, UK, EUROPE and NEW ZEALAND, HITSEEKERS, the new URBAN (R&B) CHART,  CLUB CHART, CLASSICAL CHART, JAZZ & BLUES CHART, VIDEO CHART, WEEKLY NEW RELEASES, and more!!

Check out the new ARIA URBAN Chart - follow the link on this page

August 19 2000 - The 2nd Annual Australian Online Music Awards - ARIA WINS!

For the 2nd year running, ARIA was voted "Most Popular Music Industry Online Resource", at a ceremony at Sydney's Basement venue hosted by the ABC's Adam Spencer, and featuring performances by The Titanics and Idea of North.

Sponsors for the awards, established in 1999 by Immedia, include Ozemail, Microsoft, and Apple Computers.

Categories voted on included Most Popular Australian Artist Site, Australian Fansite, Digitally Downloaded Australian Song, and 5 juried awards, including the "Two Thumbs Up" Best Overall Australian Music Site for which ARIA also earned a nomination.

ARIA would like to thank all those who voted our site a winner!

For more information about the ONYA awards, click here ...

End of Year Charts, Gold and Platinum Accreditations from 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 ... some of these pages are over 100k due to the amount of information they contain (especially on the gold & platinum pages), so please be prepared for a delay in loading times ...

New Format Charts ... and yes, we know our printable charts don't print on one page ...

Thanks to all those who've offered suggestions and solutions, and our apologies to those we managed to annoy. We're reformatting these pages, and the results will be posted shortly.

The 14th Annual Aria Music Awards ... judging for the final 5 nominations in each category is now underway. Click here for more details.

Chat Transcripts ... The complete set of transcripts (minus one) from "The House of Hits" Chat sessions are now available. Click here for the full list.

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