ARIA Has Revealed Australia’s Favourite Artists And Songs Of The Decade, And Oh God
Michael Bublé's Christmas album is the #2 best-selling album of the decade. We need to lie down.
Thought the deluge of end-of-decade content was over? Think again. ARIA has finished crunching their chart numbers for the 2010s and can reveal what we all, regrettably, already know: Australia has questionable taste.
The decade’s biggest song was Ed Sheeran’s trop-house anthem ‘Shape Of You’, with his tracks ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and ‘Perfect’ also making appearances in the top 10 singles of the 2010s. In the second spot is Gotye’s 2010 smash ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ (excellent), followed by Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ (fine) and, in fourth, LMFAO’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’ (in no way acceptable). Australia, we need to talk.
In addition to the top 10 songs of the decade, the ARIAs also shared the top 10 Australian singles: following Gotye at #1 is Vance Joy’s ‘Riptide’, then Guy Sebastian’s ‘Battle Scars’, 5SOS’s ‘Youngblood’ and then Sia’s ‘Chandelier’. Tracks by Flume, Dean Lewis, Matt Corby, Sheppard, and Tones And I round it out.
On the albums front, Sheeran was bested by Adele’s 21, Michael Bublé’s Christmas, and then Adele again with 25. Sheeran can’t complain too much though: his three albums take up spots 4, 5 and 9. Not that we needed statistics to know this, but Australia really is obsessed with P!nk: she has the 6th and 7th best-selling albums of the decade.
As for Australian albums, retrospectives dominated the top 10. INXS and Cold Chisel’s best of albums took out the #1 and #2 spots, respectively, with the list aLso including compilations by Keith Urban and Crowded House. Gotye, Angus & Julia Stone, Flume, Guy Sebastian and Hilltop Hoods round it out things out.
Find the full breakdown below. Australia, lets do better this decade, yeah?
ARIA Top Artists And Songs Of The 2010s
Top 10 Singles Of The 2010s
1. Ed Sheeran – ‘Shape Of You’
2. Gotye feat. Kimbra – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
3. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – ‘Uptown Funk’
4. LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennet & GoonRock – ‘Party Rock Anthem’
5. Pharrell Williams – ‘Happy’
6.Ed Sheeran – ‘Thinking Out Loud’
7. Katy Perry – ‘Roar’
8. Ed Sheeran – ‘Perfect’
9. Passenger – ‘Let Her Go’
10. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’
Top 10 Australian Singles Of The 2010s
1. Gotye feat. Kimbra – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
2. Vance Joy – ‘Riptide’
3. Guy Sebastian Feat. Lupe Fiasco – ‘Battle Scars’
4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – ‘Youngblood’
5. Sia – ‘Chandelier’
6. Flume Feat. Kai – ‘Never Be Like You’
7. Dean Lewis – ‘Be Alright’
8. Matt Corby – ‘Brother’
9. Sheppard – ‘Geronimo’
10. Tones And I – ‘Dance Monkey’
Top 10 Albums Of The 2010s
1. Adele – 21
2. Michael Bublé – Christmas
3. Adele – 25
4. Ed Sheeran – X
5. Ed Sheeran – ÷
6. P!nk – Truth About Love
7. P!nk – Greatest Hits…So Far!!!
8. Taylor Swift – 1989
9. Ed Sheeran – +
10. Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Top 10 Australian Albums Of The 2010s
1. INXS – The Very Best
2. Cold Chisel – The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You
3. Gotye – Making Mirrors
4. Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
5. Flume – Flume
6. Crowded House – The Very Very Best Of
7. Guy Sebastian – Armageddon
8. Keith Urban – The Story So Far
9. Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars
10. Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun