What do you hear in your head after you read these six words?
Is it that shimmering four-note guitar melody?
Is it
Bernard Fanning s voice as he belts out that anthemic chorus?
Is it a line from the song that always just hits you right in the chest?
Or do you see CGI footage of a slinky riding a skateboard?
If you re a music lover who has lived in Australia for a while, there s a good chance those six words spark
something.
Some of the most memorable tracks from the biggest artists of our generation
Powderfinger s My Happiness was voted as triple j listeners favourite song of 2000 in that year s Hottest 100. Twenty years on, the song has barely lost any momentum.
Styles kept Taylor Swift s surprise lockdown album
Folklore to No. 2, with Billie Eilish, AC/DC and US country singer Luke Combs making up the Top 5 albums. Canadian artist The Weeknd s
Blinding Lights, released at the end of November 2019, spent 11 weeks at No. 1 to become our most popular song of last year. The song has never left the ARIA Top 20 since its release 58 weeks ago. Canadian musician The Weeknd had the year’s biggest single. Picture: Universal Despite being streamed 1.9 billion times on Spotify alone
Blinding Lights received no nominations for this year s Grammy Awards. The Weeknd s album
After Hours was the year s ninth highest seller in Australia.