Just eight of the 50 most-played songs on Australian radio were by Australian artists, down from 11 in the top 50 in 2021. The highest-ranking Australian song was Vance Joy's Clarity, which just snuck into the top 10 with 9,574 plays.
Radio Ratings Survey 1 for 2023: KIIS on top in Sydney, talk stations drop in most cities.
According to this list, “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” is the most played song, with 8 million airs.
The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958. As of the issue for the week ending on June 17, 2023, the Billboard Hot 100 has had 1,149 different number-one entries.
1980: The first commercial FM radio stations are launched: Eon FM and Fox FM in Melbourne, Triple M and 2Day FM in Sydney, FM104 in Brisbane, SAFM in Adelaide, 96FM in Perth.
Overall, radio continued to be the most popular form of audio with 80% of Australians having listened to radio via AM, FM, DAB+, live streaming or catch-up podcasts over the last week, holding steady with 2021.
> 95% of Australians had a radio, but ownership of a radio at home has fallen (60% in 2020, down from 67% in 2018). > Older Australians aged 45+ were more likely to listen to AM radio and digital radio at home than those aged 18 to 44 years.
1. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd (3.59 billion streams) The Weeknd is the reigning king of Spotify, with his track racking up more than 3.4 billion views on the platform. We've all grooved to its beats at a club, gym or just in our pyjamas while getting ready.
"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond. "The Box" charted at No.
Song achievements
"I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas holds the record for the biggest-selling digital download in the U.S, with sales of over 8 million copies by 2012. The song was the first to surpass 6–8 million downloads.
Australia ranks amongst the highest in the world for quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights.
"Hey Ya!" "Party in the U.S.A."
Australians wanting to be in the country's top 1% for wealth need to have an individual net worth of US$5.5 million ($8.3 million), Knight Frank's 2023 Wealth Report has found.
Due to financial and political pressures transmissions from Darwin's Cox Peninsula were also shut down in the late 1990s. In January 2017 the ABC terminated its last short-wave radio broadcasts to the Pacific region.
Most radio listening is done outside the home while consumers are driving to and from work or running errands.
Worldwide broadcasts
BBC World Service – 188 million weekly listeners, broadcasting in 32 languages as of 2009. A State of Trance with Armin van Buuren has an estimated 40 million listeners across 84 countries. American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest has an estimated 20 million listeners worldwide.
Under the call sign KDKA, Pittsburgh's Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company transmitted the first scheduled broadcast on Nov. 2, 1920.
… world's first commercial radio station, KDKA, began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920.
Flinders Street Station is Australia's oldest train station, and with its prominent green copper dome, distinctive yellow facade, arched entrance, tower, and clocks, it is one of Melbourne's most recognisable landmarks.
The Beatles, unsurprisingly, lead the way with a record 20 No. 1s, all earned between 1964 and 1970.
Taylor Swift has once again made music history by claiming every single top 10 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart at once. No other artist has ever held all 10 spots at the same time, according to Billboard.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)