ARIA Charts

Succeeding Go-Set, the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974.

The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data.

In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart.

[7] In April 2006, ARIA began publishing the Digital Tracks Chart, counting download sales data from providers such as iTunes and BigPond Music.

[13][14] In February 2008, "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna became the first single to reach number one on digital sales alone.

[15] In May 2006, it was announced that the Brazin retailing group, comprising HMV, Sanity and Virgin Megastore outlets, would no longer contribute sales data to the ARIA charts.

[33] The show was aired before the top 50 chart, dated for the following Monday, is published on the ARIA website at 6:00 pm.