Guy Sebastian's single "Angels Brought Me Here" is the best selling single of the 2000s. The highest-selling singles in Australia are ranked in the Australian Recording Industry Association singles chart , also known as the ARIA Charts , published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The data are compiled from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores and Internet sales, in other words, both digital as well as CD sales.[ 1]
In January 2010, the Australian Recording Industry Association released a chart with the highest selling singles of the previous decade, using data from all 520 ARIA singles charts from 1 January 2000, to 31 December 2009.[ 2]
The winner of the first season of Australian Idol Guy Sebastian , had the highest-selling single of the decade, "Angels Brought Me Here ", which reached number one on the ARIA singles chart on 1 December 2003, and remained there for 3 weeks. It was followed by "The Prayer " by Anthony Callea , the runner up of the show's second season . It reached number one, and remained there for 5 weeks.
All but 23 of the 100 songs that made the end-of-decade chart reached number one during the decade.
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Albums
Number-one albums
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Genre charts
Other charts
Singles
Number-one singles
End-of-year/decade
Genre charts
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