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

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.

#29 for 2003

#57 for 2008

#24 for 2005

#50 for 2006

#24 for 2002

#25 for 2002

#63 for 2007

#58 for 2008

#30 for 2003

#31 for 2000

#51 for 2006

#26 for 2002

#31 for 2003

#20 for 2004

#25 for 2005

#52 for 2006

#27 for 2002

#32 for 2000

#26 for 2005

#53 for 2006

#32 for 2003

#21 for 2004

#33 for 2000

#54 for 2006

#27 for 2005

#34 for 2000

#28 for 2002

#33 for 2003

Ever wanted to hear a dance cover of one of Roxette's most personal ballads? Well, you're in luck as Belgian duo DHT did just that when they released their cover of the 80's classic which became a massive sleeper hit here in Australia upon its initial release. Apparently, there was a stripped back cover of the song as well, that would explain why it rebounded on our charts shortly after its release.

#34 for 2001

#28 for 2005

Whereas the kiwis and Brits passed up this second single from Anastacia's debut album in favour of the album itself, it appears that we Aussies did have enough love for this track for it to be a sleeper hit even if we too made her album an instant success here due to her top entry on this list. It's interesting this is different from said single compared to "One day in your life" which is considered its unofficial sequel.

#35 for 2001

#36 for 2001

Well, it seems fitting that I feature at least one song from P.O.D on this site of mine, so here we are with their breakthrough single which manages to be one of the few nu metal tracks that still has critical acclaim even to this day given how fondly remembered these guys are along the likes of Linkin Park. This is impressive given how they were a Christian band in addition to making nu metal.

This is the last new entry on this list given how it too failed to make much of an impact on the upper regions of our charts here in Australia, I would say this was due to strong album sales except Michelle’s album was a huge failure here so that's not the case. This almost made the cut for the NZ side of my site, however it spent most of its time in the lower half of their charts much like here in Australia.

Although her earlier entry on this list was her big solo hit here in Australia, I'd be remiss not to mention Sonique's big international hit on this list as it did stick around long enough to qualify for this bonus list of mine. It's little surprise that "Sky" was her bigger hit here given how much stronger her vocals are on that track as opposed to here where they take a back seat to the ambient production.

24 weeks

#29 for 2002

#34 for 2003

#35 for 2003

#59 for 2008

#37 for 2001

#55 for 2006

#64 for 2007

#65 for 2007

#30 for 2002

#35 for 2000

#38 for 2001

#36 for 2000

#39 for 2001

#22 for 2004

#36 for 2003

#23 for 2004

#29 for 2005

#37 for 2003

#60 for 2008

#30 for 2005

#37 for 2000

#40 for 2001

#66 for 2007

#61 for 2008

#24 for 2004

#25 for 2004

#62 for 2008

#31 for 2002

#41 for 2001

#32 for 2002

#38 for 2000

#56 for 2006

#57 for 2006

#63 for 2008

#42 for 2001

#26 for 2004

#39 for 2000

#58 for 2006

#40 for 2000

#33 for 2002

#67 for 2007

#38 for 2003

#27 for 2004

#31 for 2005

#68 for 2007

#69 for 2007

#32 for 2005

#59 for 2006

#64 for 2008

#33 for 2005

#60 for 2006

#61 for 2006

#41 for 2000

Before they were Disco Montego, this family duo went by Kaylan who scored a massive sleeper hit at the start of the 00's with this EDM track proving that the genre still had plenty of appeal left even if it was largely pushed aside in favour of all the teen pop of the moment. Naturally they would find further success once they rebranded themselves with their earlier entry on this list.

Although this didn't last very long in our top twenty like their earlier entry did, this was the big hit that Shakaya had during their brief time together likely due to it being one of many songs to subvert the Cinderella cliche of waiting around for something positive to happen in your life (something that hasn't happened in ANY version of the fairytale, but I digress.) It also showcases the girls at their best both as singers and rappers.

Here's the other big hit that Michelle Branch had here in Australia so soon after her first big hit, yeah it turns out that we Aussies were a bit iffy towards making her a household name even with the endorsement that Santana gave her with this collaboration back in the day. Again, I'm not sure why as Avril Lavigne and P!nk were able to find success around this time with little issue.