Yeah, they usually chart higher in the UK (thanks to ACR but not always). Feels like no one here even knows (or cares) Sonny Fodera is Australian so he doesn't get the local hype boost.

but yeah, it's been about 2 years since an Aus artist hit the top 10 and usually they're 1 week flukes at #10

Feb 24 - Dom Dolla, 1 week @ #10
Oct 23 - Kid Laroi, 1 week @ #10
Feb 23 - Kid Laroi, 1 week @ #6
Feb 23 - Flume, 1 week @ #4
Jul 22 - Kid Laroi, 8 weeks @ #4
Feb 22 - Wiggles, 1 week @ #10

The surprise for me is just how long this has been the state of play in Canada, even before streaming. If not for that small handful of megastars (Drake/Biebs/Tate/Weeknd) they'd have almost nothing ever. Australia's been thrust out completely, but we used to have random local #1 hits not long ago!

ARIA count Joji as Australian (June 2022), if not you have the Elton John PNAU remix which ARIA don't count (Feb 2022), and the safest definitive answer is The Kid LAROI's STAY (Feb 2022, 1 week earlier)

The last truly Australian #1 single with no intl. features was Dance Monkey (Aug 2019-Jan 2020)

was funny I did the Yoshi Egg game and got to 1,000 on easy & hard and then immediately crashed out and lost all my lives both times

half of The Killers' listeners have never scrobbled "Mr. Brightside"
half of System of a Down's listeners, "Chop Suey!"
half of Lady Gaga's listeners, "Poker Face"

not as much with newer artists, but still more than 1 in 3 Bensonaters have not touched "Beautiful Things"

too far into the future, GMT+11 should be illegal, is my guess

Given that it's the all-time longest charting single ever in Australia's top 50 just from its 2020s run, it's shocking that "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac still isn't in this list, but it looks like it'll finally get there this month. "Billie Jean", "Africa" and Tears for Fears are the other close oldies

This was a bumper year for 2024 songs breaking through. I always wonder if we might reach too high a ceiling one day, but "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" could chase for the top 5 in the near future the way it's moving up. It's not enough to stop the mean getting dragged back to 2012 though.

I keep around some old things I made from around 2007 that get absolutely lost in the sauce of 'this was funny/random once when someone said it, I am going to never stop bringing it up again'. It's a good reminder of personal progress.