The ARIA Digital Track Chart ranks the highest selling legally downloaded music tracks within Australia and is provided by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
History
The Digital Track Chart was established in 2006 and first published on 9 April.1 Later that year in October it was announced that the sales from physical singles and digital downloads would be integrated with the official Top 100 singles chart which commenced on 8 October.2 In order for the digital singles to chart on the Top 100 there had to be a physical single release first3 but in 2007 it was announced that a single would chart on the Top 100 regardless of whether a physical single or a digital single was released first or not.4 The chart still runs weekly as of 10 January 2025 but Subscription is required to view this chart.5
Trivia
Songs with the most weeks at number one
24 Weeks
- Tones and I – "Dance Monkey" (2019–20)
15 weeks
- Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" (2018–19)
14 weeks
- Pharrell Williams – "Happy" (2014)
12 weeks
- Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" (2017)
10 weeks
- George Ezra – "Shotgun" (2018–19)
- LMFAO – "Party Rock Anthem" (2011)
- Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars" (2006–07)
- Fergie – "Big Girls Don't Cry" (2007)
9 weeks
- Lil Nas X – "Old Town Road" (2019)
- 5 Seconds of Summer – "Youngblood" (2018)
- Justice Crew – "Que Sera" (2014)
- Katy Perry – "Roar" (2013)
- David Guetta featuring Akon – "Sexy Bitch" (2009)
8 weeks
- James Arthur – "Say You Won't Let Go" (2016)
- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams – "Blurred Lines" (2013)
- Flo Rida – "Whistle" (2012)
- Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used To Know" (2011)
- Lady Gaga – "Poker Face" (2008–09)
- Timbaland featuring OneRepublic – "Apologize" (2007–08)
7 weeks
- Ed Sheeran – "Perfect" (2017)
- Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito" (2017)
- Lukas Graham – "7 Years" (2016)
- Kesha – "Tik Tok" (2009)
- The Black Eyed Peas – "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)
- The Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling" (2009)
Cumulative weeks at number one
- Rihanna (40)
- Ed Sheeran (31)
- Justin Bieber (25)
- Lady Gaga (24)
- Tones and I (24)
- Flo Rida (23)
- Pink (22)
- Katy Perry (19)
- The Black Eyed Peas (17)
- LMFAO (17)
- Macklemore (17)
Artists with the most number ones
This list includes main artists and featured artists.
- Rihanna (10)
- Ed Sheeran (9)
- Pink (8)
- Justin Bieber (7)
- Taylor Swift (7)
- Lady Gaga (5)
- Macklemore (5)
- The Black Eyed Peas (4)
- Flo Rida (4)
- Jason Derulo (4)
- Katy Perry (4)
- Ryan Lewis (4)
See also
- Music portal
- Australia portal
References
Aria charts digital tracks http://www.itnews.com.au/News/31554,aria-charts-digital-tracks.aspx ↩
ARIA confirms new Singles Chart for 8 October 2006 http://aria.com.au/pages/news-ARIAconfirmsnewsingleschart.htm ↩
Culture: The mystery of the missing music http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare/archives/2007/02/culture_the_mys.html ↩
ARIA unveils new format Singles and Album Charts http://aria.com.au/pages/documents/ARIAChartsNov07.pdf ↩
"The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 28 March 2022". The ARIA Report. No. 1673. Australian Recording Industry Association. 28 March 2022. p. 9. /wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association ↩