The ARIA Urban Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing Urban tracks singles of Australia. It is published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation who collect music data for the weekly ARIA Charts. To be eligible to appear on the chart, the recording must be a single of a predominantly urban nature.
Chart history
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference4 January"Downtown"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz11 January18 January25 January1 February8 February15 February"1955"Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum22 February29 February7 March14 March21 March28 March"Work from Home" Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign4 April11 April18 April25 April2 May9 May"Formation" Beyoncé16 May"Work from Home" Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign23 May30 May6 June"Too Good" Drake featuring Rihanna13 June20 June27 June4 July11 July18 July25 July1 August"Papercuts" Illy featuring Vera Blue8 August15 August22 August29 August5 September12 September19 September26 September "Sucker for Pain" Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dollar Sign featuring X Ambassadors3 October "Starboy" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk10 October17 October24 October31 October7 November14 November21 November28 November "Black Beatles" Rae Sremmurd5 December "Starboy" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk12 December19 December26 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 The Weeknd 12 1 Daft Punk (as featuring) 12 2 Ty Dolla Sign (as featuring) 10 3 Fifth Harmony 9 4 Illy 8 4 Vera Blue (as featuring) 8 5 Drake 7 5 Rihanna (as featuring) 7 6 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 6 6 Eric Nally (as featuring) 6 6 Melle Mel (as featuring) 6 6 Kool Moe Dee (as featuring) 6 6 Grandmaster Caz (as featuring) 6 6 Hilltop Hoods 6 6 Montaigne (as featuring) 6 6 Tom Thum (as featuring) 6 7 Beyoncé 1 7 Lil Wayne 1 7 Wiz Khalifa (as featuring) 1 7 Logic (as featuring) 1 7 Rae Sremmurd 1
See also
2016 in music List of number-one singles of 2016 (Australia)
References