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List Of Best-selling Albums In Australia
This is a list of best-selling albums in Australia that have been certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Since the 1970s, ARIA certified an album platinum for a shipment of 50,000 copies across Australia. In 1983, the number of copies required for a platinum album was raised to 70,000 copies. All albums in this list released after 1982 must have won at least ten ARIA Platinum Awards (700,000 copies) or fourteen awards (700,000 copies) if released before 1983. This list is primarily based on the ARIA database, so it does not include some of the albums which were best-sellers before ARIA began tracking records. According to ARIA certifications, ''Bat Out of Hell'' by Meat Loaf is the best-selling album of all time in Australia with twenty-five times platinum, ''Whispering Jack'' by John Farnham is the second-best-selling album and best-selling album for any local artist with twenty-four times platinum, Shania Twain's ''Come On Over'' holds record for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992. Specific locations * 1992 in British music * 1992 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1992 in country music * 1992 in heavy metal music * 1992 in hip hop music * 1992 in Latin music * 1992 in jazz Events January–February * January 11 ** Nirvana's ''Nevermind'' album goes to No. 1 in the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s. ** Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations cultural boycott. * January 16 – Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood première of his new movie, ''Freejack'', at Mann's Chinese Theatre. * January 25 – The inaugural Big Day Out festival takes place in Sydney, Australia, headlined by Violent Femmes and Nirvana. * February 5 – New Kids on the Block interrupt their tour to perform on ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' in response to rumors that the group lip-synchs its co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2003. Specific locations * 2003 in British music * 2003 in Irish music *2003 in Norwegian music * 2003 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2003 in classical music *2003 in country music * 2003 in heavy metal music * 2003 in hip hop music * 2003 in Latin music *2003 in jazz Events January–February *January 6 – The annual Park Lane Group Young Artists festival of contemporary music opens with two concerts in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, London. The first concert, given by the Gallimaufry Ensemble, includes the premiere of a new wind quintet by 23-year-old Benjamin Wallfisch; the second concert features solo bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, who premieres Marc Yeats ''Vox'' for solo bass clarinet and Michael Smetanin's ''Ladder of Escape'' for bass clarinet with prerecorded ensemble of six bass and two contrabass clarinets. *January 7 – The Philip on Film Live festival (until Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of ABBA
''The Best of ABBA'' is a compilation greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, first released in August 1975 in the Netherlands. It was then released in West Germany, and then in Australia and New Zealand in November 1975, before being released in Austria and India in 1976. Despite not being released in Norway, imports led the album to chart. After import copies were being sold in Scandinavia, ABBA's ''Greatest Hits'' was rush-released there in November 1975. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria and New Zealand, and went on to be certified 24× Platinum in New Zealand and 22× Platinum in Australia. The album is tied with Dire Straits' album '' Brothers in Arms'' for being the best-selling album in New Zealand. In Australia it spent 16 weeks at number one, and in New Zealand it topped the charts for 18 weeks. ''The Best of ABBA'' was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies. At one stage RCA Records couldn’t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1975. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1975 in British music * 1975 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1975 in country music * 1975 in heavy metal music *1975 in jazz Events January–April *January 2 – New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case. *January 5 – ''The Wiz'', a new musical version of the classic '' Wizard of Oz'' story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City. *January 6 – Approximately 1.000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert, cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans reportedly broke chairs and doors and caused other damage to the building. Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels the upcoming show. *January 8 – Three Led Zeppelin concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Jackson influenced artists across many music genres; through stage and video performances, he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk, to which he gave the name, as well as the robot. He is the most awarded musician in history. The eighth child of the Jackson family, Jackson made his public debut in 1964 with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons). Jackson began his solo career in 1971 while at Motown Records. He became a solo star with his 1979 album '' Off the Wall''. His music videos, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (album)
''Thriller'' is the sixth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released on November 29, 1982, by Epic Records. It was produced by Quincy Jones, who had previously worked with Jackson on his 1979 album ''Off the Wall''. Jackson wanted to create an album where "every song was a killer". With the ongoing backlash against disco music at the time, he moved in a new musical direction, resulting in a mix of pop, post-disco, rock, funk, and R&B sounds. ''Thriller'' foreshadows the contradictory themes of Jackson's personal life, as he began using a motif of paranoia and darker themes. Paul McCartney appears on "The Girl Is Mine", the first credited appearance of a featured artist on a Michael Jackson album. Recording took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with a budget of $750,000. ''Thriller'' became Jackson's first number-one album on the US ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tapes chart, where it spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, a year in which Madonna made her debut and Michael Jackson released '' Thriller'', which holds the title for the world's best selling album. Specific locations * 1982 in British music * 1982 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1982 in country music * 1982 in heavy metal music * 1982 in hip hop music * 1982 in jazz Events January–March *January 15 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. *January 20 – Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in Des Moines, Iowa. He thought it was rubber. *January 21 – B. B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture. *January 22 – Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while finishing floo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
