Aussie Sweep: November 27, 2013...

G'day mates, "hump" day is here, and time to look at the songs reaching the official sales chart in Australia this week, as Eminem and Rihanna spend a second week at #1 with "The Monster"...

The top debut is by singer and X Factor Australia fourth-season winner Samantha Jade with "Soldier", my "Aussie Pick of the Week".  It's her fourth top-40 hit here - she topped the chart last year with "What You've Done To Me"...

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British singer/songwriter/awesomeness Lily Allen is in at #33 with "Hard Out Here". She went to #3 with both "The Fear" in 2008 and "Not Fair" the following year...

Australian jam-band John Butler Trio, from the southwestern city of Fremantle, arrive at #44 with "Only One". They've racked up eight top-40 singles in this country, with "Funky Tonight" with Keith Urban just missing the top ten at #11 in 2007...


Australian dance/pop singer and dance Timomatic returns at #48 with "Everything Is Allowed". He was a finalist and now is a judge on Australia's Got Talent...

Justin Bieber's seventh "Music Mondays" offering, "PYD" featuring R. Kelly, comes in at #56....

Danish modern rock group New Politics debut at #69 with their worldwide hit "Harlem"...

British drum and bass act Rudimental are in at #71 with "Free" featuring Emeli Sande and Nas. It's their fifth single from their debut Home to make the chart...

London rapper Tinie Tempah comes in at #74 with "Children Of The Sun" with singer John Martin...

Harrison Craig, who won the last season of this country's version of The Voice, makes a humble entry at #84 with "Lift Your Spirit". It's a charity record for the "Make-A-Wish" foundation...

British indie-rockers the Wombats make it in at #86 with "Your Body is A Weapon". In 2010 they've had their only top-40 hit so far with "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"...

The final entry of the week at #94 is Senegalese-American singer Akon with "So Blue". It's the first single from his upcoming Stadium album. He's had ten top-ten singles in Australia, with "Lonely" and "Sexy Bitch" with David Guetta both topping the list...

That's it for tonight...I'll be back tomorrow with another song of the day, as well as the week's 70s and 80s throwbacks...