List of top 25 singles for 1991 in Australia

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The following lists the top 100 singles of 1991 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. [1] [2] [3]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams 111 [nb 1]
2. Tingles (EP) Ratcat 12 [nb 2]
3."Grease Mega-Mix" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 15 [7]
4."The Horses" Daryl Braithwaite 12 [8]
5."You Could Be Mine" Guns N' Roses 3
6."Read My Lips" Melissa 12 [9]
7."More Than Words" Extreme 2
8."I've Been Thinking About You" Londonbeat 14 [10]
9."Joyride" Roxette 13 [11]
10."The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" Cher 4
11."Do the Bartman" The Simpsons 11 [12]
12."Unforgettable" Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole 2
13."I'm Too Sexy" Right Said Fred 13 [13]
14."Love... Thy Will Be Done" Martika 11 [14]
15."I Touch Myself" Divinyls 12 [15]
16."Rush" Big Audio Dynamite II 12 [16]
17."Fantasy" Black Box 3
18."Rhythm of My Heart" Rod Stewart 2
19."Rush Rush" Paula Abdul 2
20."Better" The Screaming Jets 4
21."I Wanna Sex You Up" Color Me Badd 4
22."Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice 13 [17]
23."Sadeness (Part I)" Enigma 2
24."Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" UB40 3
25."3 a.m. Eternal" The KLF 3
26."Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" C+C Music Factory 3
27."Sucker DJ" Dimples D. 12
28."Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." C+C Music Factory 6
29."Treaty" (Filthy Lucre Remix) Yothu Yindi 11
30."Falling" Julee Cruise 11
31."Baby Baby" Amy Grant 5
32."Don't Go Now" Ratcat 11
33."Wiggle It" 2 in a Room 3
34."Black or White" Michael Jackson 16
35."Unbelievable" EMF 8
36."I've Got to Go Now" Toni Childs 5
37."Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" De La Soul 4
38."When Your Love is Gone" Jimmy Barnes 7
39."Where Are You Now?" Roxus 13
40."Pump It (Nice an' Hard)" Icy Blu 8
41."Love Rears Its Ugly Head" Living Colour 10
42."Last Train to Trancentral" The KLF 5
43."Wind of Change" Scorpions 7
44."Just Like You" Robbie Nevil 4
45."Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers 15
46."Crazy" Seal 9
47."Now That We Found Love" Heavy D & the Boyz 6
48."The Fly" U2 11
49."Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" Stevie B 8
50."Enter Sandman" Metallica 10
51."From a Distance" Bette Midler 8
52."Break in the Weather" Jenny Morris 2
53."How to Dance" Bingoboys feat. Princessa 3
54."Losing My Religion" R.E.M. 11
55."Show Me Heaven" Maria McKee 3
56."Pray" MC Hammer 7
57."Sexy (Is the Word)" Melissa 3
58."Hot Chilli Woman" Noiseworks 7
59."Freedom! '90 George Michael 18
60."Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" Roxette 7
61."Don't Cry" Guns N' Roses 5
62."Ain't No Sunshine" Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines 5
63."Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" P.M. Dawn 7
64."What Comes Naturally" Sheena Easton 4
65."I Gotcha" Jimmy Barnes 6
66."Good Vibrations" Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch feat. Loleatta Holloway 4
67."Do Anything" Natural Selection 10
68."I'm Free" The Soup Dragons 9
69."I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" Robert Palmer and UB40 4
70."Live Your Life Be Free" Belinda Carlisle 13
71."Can't Stop This Thing We Started" Bryan Adams 9
72."Shocked" Kylie Minogue 7
73."Lovesick" Gang Starr 13
74."Gett Off" Prince and The New Power Generation 8
75."What Do I Have to Do" Kylie Minogue 11
76."Hold Me in Your Arms" Southern Sons 9
77."When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham 3
78."Cream" Prince and The New Power Generation 2
79."All 4 Love" Color Me Badd 9
80."Do You Want Me" Salt-N-Pepa 19
81."Play That Funky Music" Vanilla Ice 13
82."Walking in Memphis" Marc Cohn 11
83."Love Takes Time" Mariah Carey 14
84."Word Is Out" Kylie Minogue 10
85."Cry for Help" Rick Astley 13
86."Nutbush City Limits" (The 90's Version) Tina Turner 16
87."Come to Me" Diesel 8
88."The Big L." Roxette 20
89."Every Heartbeat" Amy Grant 17
90."Iesha" Another Bad Creation 17
91."Emotions" Mariah Carey 11
92."Love Will Never Do (Without You)" Janet Jackson 14
93."Cherry Pie" Warrant 6
94."On the Way Up" Elisa Fiorillo 19
95."It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" Lenny Kravitz 10
96."Just Another Dream" Cathy Dennis 14
97."Miss Freelove '69" Hoodoo Gurus 19
98."Touch Me (All Night Long)" Cathy Dennis 14
99."Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)" Wendy Matthews 14
100."Mary Had a Little Boy" Snap! 18

Peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1991. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" entered the ARIA singles chart in July 1991 and peaked at #1 in May for eleven weeks, it was in the Top 50 for 14 weeks. [4]
  2. ↑ There is no separate chart for EPs in Australia, Tingles, a six track EP, entered the ARIA singles chart in December 1990 and peaked at #1 for two weeks and was in the Top 50 for 22 weeks. [5] "That Ain't Bad" was the main track played on commercial radio. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Top Singles of 1991". www.top100singles.net. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ratcat – Tingles". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  6. ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Ratcat'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . Allen & Unwin. ISBN   1-86448-768-2 . Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – The Grease Megamix". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  9. ↑ "Melissa [AU] – Read My Lips". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  10. ↑ "Londonbeat – I've Been Thinking About You". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  11. ↑ "Roxette – Joyride". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  12. ↑ "The Simpsons – Do the Bartman". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  13. ↑ "Right Said Fred -I'm Too Sexy". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  14. ↑ "Martika -Love... Thy Will Be Done". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  15. ↑ "Divinyls -I Touch Myself". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  16. ↑ "Big Audio Dynamite II -Rush". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  17. ↑ "Vanilla Ice -Ice Ice Baby". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
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