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

Well time for me to round out these lists based on how long a song charted here in Australia, although I'll be using the physical charts from 2006 onwards given how entries from that year onward lasted indefinitely on the charts. That said ARIA reduced their physical charts to a top fifty in mid-2009, meaning entries from 2009 will be lower on here than they probably deserve to be (bearing in mind that 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.

#11 for 2005

This was a modest sleeper hit for Akon here in Australia, although I am surprised it wasn't more of a mainstream success given how it was just that over in NZ as well as his native America back in the day.

I did mention on the NZ side of my site that this was a hit through digital sales here in Australia, indeed it was even if it failed to appear on the upper echelons of our digital charts to qualify for that list of mine.

#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.

This is the only hit that Secondhand serenade managed to score in their career, even then I feel this was a bit late to the emo rock party as this feels like it should've been released during the midpoint of the decade rather than towards the end like it actually was.

This is the final hit that John butler trio scored in their career, although they would go on to have moderate success throughout the 2010's with their albums including the album this served as the lead single for.

#29 for 2006

Whereas these guys managed to score two massive hits in NZ back in the day, this was the best that Incubus were able to do here in Australia as this was a huge sleeper hit mainly due to strong airplay as I remember this getting played to hell and back upon its initial release. This is just one more reason why I would love to see how well it did on digital downloads as I feel that would be a more accurate representation of its popularity.

We looked at Marc Anthony's other big hit on the NZ side of this site, time now to look at by far his most recognisable hit in his catalogue as that managed to be a sleeper success for him here in Australia right as the 90's were becoming the 00's. I guess we Aussies allowed this guy to become a success due to this coming out right at the height of the Latin craze dominated by Ricky Martin and J-lo.

28 weeks

#12 for 2005

#45 for 2007

#30 for 2006

#12 for 2003

#13 for 2005

#31 for 2006

#46 for 2007

#18 for 2001

#7 for 2004

#32 for 2006

#19 for 2001

#15 for 2002

#13 for 2003

This is the other big sleeper hit that Sneaky sound system had from their debut album here in Australia, again it was more due to how long it lasted on our digital charts as it quickly fell off our physical charts due to it not being hip with more mainstream listeners of the day.

#20 for 2001

#33 for 2006

#47 for 2007

#20 for 2000

#14 for 2003

#8 for 2004

#34 for 2006

#14 for 2005

#48 for 2007

#49 for 2007

#46 for 2008

#18 for 2009

#35 for 2006

#50 for 2007

#21 for 2001

#47 for 2008

I don't know why this was only relegated as a sleeper hit here in Australia given how well Lenny Kravitz did down under throughout the 90's, heck I'm willing to bet this only stuck around as long as it did on our charts due to the success of his greatest hits package this serves as a bonus track on.

27 weeks

#19 for 2009

#21 for 2000

#15 for 2005

#9 for 2004

#36 for 2006

#37 for 2006

#20 for 2009

#10 for 2004

#16 for 2005

#11 for 2004

#21 for 2009

#30 for 1999

#22 for 2000

#15 for 2003

#12 for 2004

#16 for 2002

#13 for 2004

#17 for 2005

#22 for 2001

#17 for 2002

#23 for 2001

#38 for 2006

#51 for 2007

#48 for 2008

#18 for 2005

#39 for 2006

#16 for 2003

#49 for 2008

#40 for 2006

#52 for 2007

#53 for 2007

#24 for 2001

#18 for 2002

#41 for 2006

#54 for 2007

#17 for 2003

#18 for 2003

#55 for 2007

#23 for 2000

#25 for 2001

#50 for 2008

#56 for 2007

#51 for 2008

#22 for 2009

It did feel weird that this failed to appear on one of my lists given how I remember this being everywhere back in the day, although I guess this was the introduction to one of the most successful emo bands of the 00's (at least here in Australia) with a song that's about taking the rich and famous down a peg or two. I guess in retrospect this song is hypocritical given what these guys would achieve in their career.

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, this is the final hit that Fall out boy had in their career as nothing from the 2010's managed to become a hit for them like it did in their native America. That's probably for the best as I've heard nothing but horrible things about their output from that decade.

#57 for 2007

#58 for 2007

It's a bit weird that this was only a sleeper hit here in Australia given how vividly I remember hearing this getting overplayed on the radio back in the day, admittedly it was a bigger hit here than Sonique's international hit "It feels so good" (stay tuned for that in a bit) and is second only to her appearance on "Theme from S'express" from over a decade prior as the biggest hit of her career down under.

#42 for 2006

Given how Nelly was one of the biggest names of the 00's and that Fergie was at the height of her solo popularity, it makes sense that the two would collaborate on this track even if the results was a bit of a commercial disappointment for the pair. Fergie would rebound from this when she rejoined BEP the year after its release, and this wouldn't be the last we'd hear from Nelly either.

26 weeks