How many Australian artists have actually hit #1 on the US Charts? That’s the question we asked ourselves when Sydney pop-punks 5 Seconds Of Summer recently became the only Australian group in history to debut atop the American albums chart on their first full-length album. Quite the achievement.
So we went digging through the history books for a detailed look at the boys and girls from Oz that made it big in America.
While there’s a long lineage of Aussie rock bands cracking it Stateside, the final exclusive list of artists that have actually managed to hike their way to the top of the US single charts might surprise you. Even more intriguing is just how many (or more accurately, how few) Aussies have landed a #1 album in America.
So join us as we take a chronological trip through nearly 50 years of Australian music history: from the pioneers of the 70s, the rock dominance of the 80s, and today’s biggest stars.
