Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 1987.^[1] From June 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the top 50 portion of the report under licence since mid-1983, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts.^[2]

Before the Kent Report, Go-Set magazine published weekly Top 40 Singles from 1966, and albums chart from 1970 until the magazine's demise in August 1974.^[3]

David Kent later published Australian charts from 1940 to 1973 in a retrospective fashion, using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations.

^ "Australian Music Report No 676 – 6 July 1987 > National Top 100 Singles". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 1 March 2020 – via Imgur.com.
^ Lowe, Daniel. "Australian Chart History". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008.
^ "Go-Set Magazine – Australian singles and album charts, 1966–1974". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[1] "Australian Music Report No 676 – 6 July 1987 > National Top 100 Singles". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 1 March 2020 – via Imgur.com.

[:0-2] Lowe, Daniel. "Australian Chart History". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008.

[3] "Go-Set Magazine – Australian singles and album charts, 1966–1974". Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

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