By request, I present my raw scans of the ARIA Report from the State Library of New South Wales. Provided as is WITH GAPS and some ERRORS. Please download the zip file "Errors & Info" for more information. Copies were made at SLNSW on 25 & 26 August 2015, using a Canon IXUS 160 digital camera and Samsung GT-7582 smartphone.
I was a subscriber to the ARIA Report from its inception until 24 February 1993. My father subsequently disposed of almost all the originals without my knowledge (a few issues from late 1990 somehow survived) probably in the late 90s. Before this catastrophe, I copied Top 100 singles, Top 100 albums, singles summary and albums summary into large comb-bound collections, which are nearly complete. Another folder with dance charts from 1992 has also been discovered. The documents I have in my collection are summarised in a spreadsheet called "ARIA have" - this file is in the Errors & Info zip. Documents in this list were NOT photographed/scanned at SLNSW. I recall scanning these comb-bound volumes a few years ago. On checking my archives, I found the scans but it seems I only scanned the National Singles Summary from 1990-01-14 to 1993-02-24 (with a few gaps as per the "ARIA have" spreadsheet - the gaps were filled in at SLNSW). I'll endeavour to find and scan the others later. I did also scan the State charts I started making in early 1990. ARIA started producing State chart data with the ARIA Report, but did not publish this data as charts. I began doing this but the muse ran out around July and it stopped. For nostalgic reasons, I've shared these in another zip, along with my chartology magnum opus "1990: The Chart Histories", compiled in early 1991 when I was 16. A revison of this publication in 2015 revealed three omissions and a few errors.
Links: ARIA Report scans from SLNSW: PLEASE NOTE: Due to the extreme size of these files they will take many hours to upload - in fact my FTP program reports 31 hours for the first one. My computer will keep chugging on and maybe after 3-4 days (!) it will all be up there. I'll edit this text and activate the links as files finish uploading so check back every now and then.
http://www.d-wizz.com/junk/chartology/aria/ARIA%20singles%201989-1992.zip ARIA singles 1989-1992 - 1.6MB Three Excel spreadsheets listing week-by-week chart performance of all singles on the ARIA National Top 100 singles charts for 1990-92. A fourth file for 1989 contains Top 50 chart performances of selected titles - this file does not contain every song from 1989.
Thanks ever so much 392414 for the link, that's literally made my week. I've literally spent hours reading them all. Very fascinating read, especially the breakdown of the state charts, some times the differences were quite big! Also I enjoyed reading the commentary, they never gave sales but they did tell you if it was close, little facts etc.
Absolutely loved seeing the 2000 ones too, that was the first year I followed the Aussie charts and is still one of my favourite years for number ones.
Is there anything similar for the years 1996-1999 anywhere?
@IE. I am still here Technically I never left, I am here most days but haven't posted for a while. I really should, especially as the charts have been quite enjoyable for the past year. Hope you've been keeping well? Last edited:
Don't know whether it would interest anyone but some time ago i extracted all the new releases pages from 1990-1995 and put it all into one easy to read pdf ( i haven't done the charts themselves...yet) If anyone wants just comment here
I don't believe the 1996-1999 reports are available anywhere online, unfortunately - short of either purchasing them from ARIA (I don't know what the price would be), or asking somebody who has them (I don't). The closest things I can point to, if you're not already aware of them, are the 1993-1998 AMR reports, but only containing the singles and albums charts, not the other pages: https://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=69810#23 , and this site with scans of the printed ARIA top 50 charts, which include the NSW state charts on the back: http://messui.polygonal-moogle.com/top50/
I have one from 1999 which i got complimentary and it looks pretty good quality to me. It's clear and readable. Probably not an answer to your question.
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