US and UK artists are taking over Australian charts, leaving local talent behind
- Written by Tim Kelly, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
ShutterstockMissy Higgins’ recent ARIA number-one album, The Second Act, represents an increasingly rare sighting: an Australian artist at the top of an Australian chart.
My recently published analysis of Australia’s best-selling singles and albums from 2000 to 2023 shows a significant decline in the representation of artists from...





