Hits of Australia and NZ: Hits in Australia 00's II

Well time for me to round out these lists based on how long a song charted here in Australia, although this time I’m only going as far as early 2009 and will be using the physical charts from 2006 onwards given how entries from that year onward lasted indefinitely on the charts and that ARIA reduced their physical charts to a top fifty in mid-2009 (that and David Kent only produced a top twenty chart for his books following the discontinuation of the AMR charts in 1999.) If I didn’t do this, then the top half of this list would be dominated with entries from 2006 onwards which I feel isn’t fair for the first half of the decade.

#28 for 2008

#6 for 2005

#29 for 2008

#20 for 2006

#21 for 2006

#30 for 2008

This will be the only appearance from John Butler Trio on the singles charts given how they were more of an albums band here in Australia during their run in the mainstream, although it's possible that "Zebra" was a much bigger hit that had its sales eaten up by digital piracy from earlier in the decade considering how much airplay that received back in the day from the band.

I did mention that this was a minor sleeper hit here in Australia on the NZ side of my site, indeed it was as it came very close to cracking our top twenty back in the day but was unable to due to the stiff competition it had not just with the indie scene of the day but also Australian idol's dominance on our charts.

This is another entry that I'm surprised didn't spend too long in the upper echelons of our charts, although at least the popularity of this single allowed the album it came from to be a massive success here which is more than I can say for the previous entry on this list. That and the fact that its success in NZ is a better representation of its popularity here in Australia as far as airplay is concerned.

31 weeks

#7 for 2003

#31 for 2008

#32 for 2008

#28 for 2007

#33 for 2008

#22 for 2006

#29 for 2007

#13 for 2000

#10 for 2001

#23 for 2006

#2 for 2004

#7 for 2005

#8 for 2005

#14 for 2000

This was a song that was a massive sleeper hit for the band in question, as such it appears much lower on this list than its success would suggest given how most of its success came from the lower half of the charts. Still, it was bound to be a hit for the indie duo Empire of the sun given how they were a favourite on Triple J as well as the song being featured in many commercials here back in the day.

#3 for 2004

#34 for 2008

#8 for 2002

#35 for 2008

#36 for 2008

#37 for 2008

#11 for 2001

#24 for 2006

#30 for 2007

#15 for 2000

#31 for 2007

#32 for 2007

#16 for 2000

This was the song that broke Evermore through into the Australian market given how their fellow kiwis largely ignored them back in the day even though NZ idol wasn't anywhere near as intrusive with their mainstream as what Australian idol was for ours. Indeed, I feel this would've been as big as their two hits from their second album here were it not for the reality show clogging up our charts when it came out.

#33 for 2007

30 weeks

#17 for 2000

#12 for 2001

#9 for 2002

#38 for 2008

#34 for 2007

#35 for 2007

#36 for 2007

#10 for 2002

#37 for 2007

#39 for 2008

#40 for 2008

#4 for 2004

#11 for 2002

#13 for 2001

#12 for 2002

#38 for 2007

#5 for 2004

#9 for 2005

#41 for 2008

Well, I didn't think I'd be including this divisive song on this list given how it struggled to crack the top twenty on ARIA upon its initial release, such is the advantage of the Oz music charts as they combined took into account how this nearly cracked the AMR top ten which allowed it a placement on this list of mine. The only other thing I have to say about this debut single from Jet is that contrary to popular belief, it wasn't created specifically to sell iPods as it existed a year prior to when Apple used this as its theme song.

I debated about including this entry as the original version of this track was a huge flop here in Australia and the remix is what I would consider to be a "fan single," I guess I allowed both versions to appear on here as one entry given how I've since combined both versions of "I'm real" for these lists and felt it was necessary to do the same here.

#39 for 2007

29 weeks

#20 for 1999

#18 for 2000

#42 for 2008

#40 for 2007

#8 for 2003

#6 for 2004

#25 for 2006

#41 for 2007

#42 for 2007

#26 for 2006

#14 for 2001

#13 for 2002

#43 for 2008

#9 for 2003

#44 for 2008

#15 for 2001

#16 for 2001

#10 for 2003

#27 for 2006

#14 for 2002

#10 for 2005

#11 for 2003

#17 for 2001

#19 for 2000

#43 for 2007

#28 for 2006

#11 for 2005

#45 for 2008

This was the debut single for Nelly, one of the most popular rappers of the 00's as we've already seen on this list alone. I guess this is proof that he was capable of harder hip hop topics rather than the pop rap that he would become synonymous with as the decade went along, meaning that it was always going to be hard for this to find a mainstream audience no matter how much street cred it had.