Aussie Sweep: November 20, 2013...

G'day mates, time to head Down Under to check out the songs making the official sales chart in Australia this week, as Eminem and Rihanna take over the #1 spot with "The Monster". It's the both the rapper's and Rihanna's eighth #1 single in this country...

The top entry of the week belongs to English singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, with his contribution to the soundtrack to the second Hobbit movie, The Desolation Of Smaug. "I See Fire" becomes his fifth top-10 hit at #10, his first "The A Team" went all the way to #2...

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British alt-rock band Bastille drive in at #13 with "Of The Night", a mashup of two classic 90's Eurodance hits, "Rhythm Of The Night" by Corona and "Rhythm Is A Dancer" by Snap!. The group went to #4 here with "Pompeii"...

After a break of almost a decade, Australian singer/songwriter Tina Arena scores her second top-40 hit in a row as "You Set Fire To My Life" is followed by "Only Lonely" at #32. It's my "Aussie Pick of the Week"..


American soul singer/songwriter John Legend debuts at #37 with "All Of Me"..

Melbourne-based DJ and producer Joel Fletcher is in at #45 with "Swing" featuring Savage..

 Australia's Got Talent winners Uncle Jed enter at #49 with their cover of Pink's "Just Give Me A Reason", their last performance on the show..

Justin Bieber's "Music Monday's" single "All Bad" pops in at #60. Supposedly this one's about Taylor Swift. Because he's all mature and all that.

Speaking of hot messes that will probably end up overdosed, Britney Spears is one notch below at #61 with "Perfume"...

Pop and soul singer from Melbourne Bonnie Anderson debuts at #68 with her first, "Raise The Bar"...

British X Factor star Olly Murs is back at #73 with "Hand On Heart", his fifth single from Right Place, Right Time. Two of the album's singles, "Troublemaker" and "Dear Darlin", made it to #4...

Dance music artist Flume, from Sydney, returns at #75 with "The Greatest View" featuring vocals from Isabella Manfredi. Last year he went to #17 with "Holdin' On"...

Reggae act Magic! comes in at #77 with "Rude"...

Swedish electropop duo Icona Pop enter at #84 with "All Night", the second follow-up to their #3 single "I Love It"...

British boyband The Vamps cross over Down Under at #90 with their former #2 UK hit "Can We Dance"...

The final entry of the week at #97 is from Mariah Carey, with "The Art Of Letting Go". It follows "#Beautiful", which made it to #6 in this country...

That's all for tonight... thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back tomorrow morning with another Song of the Day, as well as my 70s and 80s throwbacks..