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- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Sabrina Johnston". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 147.
- "I Wanna Sing": "Response from ARIA re: Sabrina Johnston chart history, received February 14, 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the single's peak on the national chart.
- "Free, Gay & Happy": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received June 5, 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- Peace: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received September 13, 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Billboard > Sabrina Johnston > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard . Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
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