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- ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 18/05/92 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 120 – Week Ending 17 May 1992)". ARIA . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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- ↑ "Biography". Gina G Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ Essex, Andrew (16 January 1998). "Same Old Tune". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ "Javine exposure angers TV viewers". BBC News. 7 March 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ↑ "Where is Gina G now? Eurovision singer's age, songs, and family revealed". Smooth. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ↑ Gotto, Connor (23 March 2024). "Gina G's classic Fresh! album set for reissue with new music". RETROPOP.
- 1 2 Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Gina G in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 110.
- "Love the Life" (with Bass Culture): "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- "Ti Amo", "Gimme Some Love" and "Every Time I Fall": "Response from ARIA re: chart in inquiry, received 3 March 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- Fresh!: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart – Week Ending 15 Jun 1997". ARIA . Retrieved 9 April 2017– via Imgur.com. N.B. The number in the HP column represents the highest position reached.
- 1 2 "norwegiancharts.com > Gina G in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- 1 2 "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Gina G (from bpi.co.uk)". Imgur.com (original source published by BPI). Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ↑ "finnishcharts.com > Gina G in Finnish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ↑ German chart peaks:
- "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit": "Gina G – Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- "Fresh!": "Gina G – Fresh! (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ↑ "swedishcharts.com > Gina G in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 218. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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