List of best-selling singles of the 2000s in Australia
Introduction Guy Sebastian's single "Angels Brought Me Here" is the best selling single of the 2000s.The highest-selling singles in Australia are ranked in the Australian Recording Industry Association singles chart, also known as the '''ARIA Charts''', published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The data are compiled from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores and Internet sales, in other words, both digital as well as CD sales.In January 2010, the Australian Recording Industry Association released a chart with the highest selling singles of the previous decade, using data from all 520 ARIA singles charts from 1 January 2000, to 31 December 2009.The winner of the first season of ''Australian Idol'', Guy Sebastian, had the highest-selling single of the decade, "Angels Brought Me Here", which reached number one on the ARIA singles chart on 1 December 2003, and remained there for 3 weeks. It was followed by "The Prayer" by Anthony Callea, the runner up of the show's second season. It reached number one, and remained there for 5 weeks.All but 23 of the 100 songs that made the end-of-decade chart reached number one during the decade.
Top 100  Position Song title Artist Nationality  Year Peak 1  "Angels Brought Me Here"  Guy Sebastian  Australia  2003  1 2  "The Prayer"  Anthony Callea  Australia  2005  1 3  "I Gotta Feeling"  The Black Eyed Peas  United States  2009  1 4  "Poker Face"  Lady Gaga  United States  2008  1 5  "What About Me"  Shannon Noll  Australia  2004  1 6  "So What"  Pink  United States  2008  1 7  "Lose Yourself"  Eminem  United States  2002  1 8  "Sexy Bitch"  David Guetta featuring Akon FranceUnited States  2009  1 9  "Sex on Fire"  Kings of Leon  United States  2008  1 10  "Love Story"  Taylor Swift  United States  2009  1 11  "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"  Las Ketchup  Spain  2002  1 12  "Just Dance"  Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis  United States  2008  1 13  "Low"  Flo Rida featuring T-Pain  United States  2008  1 14  "Boom Boom Pow"  The Black Eyed Peas  United States  2009  1 15  "I'm Yours"  Jason Mraz  United States  2008 3 16  "Without Me"  Eminem  United States  2002  1 17  "Teenage Dirtbag"  Wheatus  United States  2000  1 18  "Right Round"  Flo Rida featuring Kesha  United States  2009  1 19  "Born to Try"  Delta Goodrem  Australia  2003  1 20  "Dilemma"  Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland United States  2002  1 21  "Whenever, Wherever"  Shakira Colombia  2000  1 22  "I Kissed a Girl"  Katy Perry  United States  2008  1 23  "Bleeding Love"  Leona Lewis  United Kingdom  2008  1 24  "Shut Up"  The Black Eyed Peas  United States  2003  1 25  "Apologize"  Timbaland presents OneRepublic  United States  2007  1 26  "All Summer Long"  Kid Rock  United States  2008  1 27  "Use Somebody"  Kings of Leon  United States  2008  1 28  "Sweet About Me"  Gabriella Cilmi  Australia  2008  1 29  "Like It Like That"  Guy Sebastian  Australia  2009  1 30  "Hot n Cold"  Katy Perry  United States  2008  4 31  "Don't Cha"  The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes  United States  2005  1 32  "Halo"  Beyoncé  United States  2009  3 33  "I'm Outta Love"  Anastacia  United States  2000  1 34  "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)"  Sandi Thom  United Kingdom  2006  1 35  "Where Is the Love?" The Black Eyed Peas  United States  2003  1 36  "A Little Less Conversation"  Elvis vs. JLX  United StatesNetherlands  2002  1 37  "No Air"  Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown  United States  2008  1 38  "Shake It"  Metro Station United States   2008 2 39  "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"  Beyoncé  United States  2009  5 40  "Meet Me Halfway"  The Black Eyed Peas  United States  2009  1 41  "Left Outside Alone"  Anastacia  United States  2004  1 42  "Tik Tok"  Kesha  United States  2009  1 43  "Predictable"  Delta Goodrem  Australia  2003  1 44  "Big Girls Don't Cry"  Fergie  United States  2007  1 45  "Hero"  Enrique Iglesias  Spain  2002  1 46  "Can't Fight the Moonlight"  LeAnn Rimes  United States  2001  1 47  "These Kids"  Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets  Australia  2004  1 48  "Smooth Criminal"  Alien Ant Farm  United States  2001  1 49  "Lonely"  Akon  United States  2005  1 50  "Say My Name"  Destiny's Child  United States  2000  1 51  "Black Betty"  Spiderbait  Australia  2004  1 52  "Axel F"  Crazy Frog  Sweden  2005  1 53  "When I Grow Up"  The Pussycat Dolls  United States  2008  1 54  "Get Shaky"  The Ian Carey Project  United States  2009  3 55  "In da Club"  50 Cent United States  2003  1 56  "Freestyler"  Bomfunk MC's  Finland  2000  1 57  "The Last Day on Earth"  Kate Miller-Heidke  Australia  2009  3 58  "Can't Get You Out of My Head"  Kylie Minogue  Australia  2001  1 59  "Bring Me to Life"  Evanescence  United States  2003  1 60  "Don't Stop the Music"  Rihanna  Barbados  2008  1 61  "You Found Me"  The Fray  United States  2009  1 62  "It Wasn't Me"  Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent  JamaicaUnited Kingdom  2001  1 63  "SexyBack"  Justin Timberlake  United States  2006  1 64  "Angel"  Shaggy  Jamaica  2001  1 65  "Over and Over"  Nelly featuring Tim McGraw  United States  2005  1 66  "Girlfriend"  Avril Lavigne  Canada  2007  1 67  "Umbrella"  Rihanna featuring Jay-Z  BarbadosUnited States  2007  1 68  "How You Remind Me"  Nickelback  Canada  2001  2 69  "Lost Without You"  Delta Goodrem  Australia  2003  1 70  "A Thousand Miles"  Vanessa Carlton  United States  2002  1 71  "Viva la Vida"  Coldplay  United Kingdom  2008  2 72  "Forever"  Chris Brown  United States  2008  7 73  "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"  A.R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger  IndiaUnited States  2009  1 74  "Hey Ya!" Outkast  United States  2004  1 75  "What You Waiting For?" Gwen Stefani  United States  2004  1 76  "Gives You Hell"  The All-American Rejects  United States  2009  3 77  "4 Minutes"  Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland  United States  2008  1 78  "Paparazzi"  Lady Gaga  United States  2009  2 79  "Untouched"  The Veronicas  Australia  2008  2 80  "Hanging by a Moment"  Lifehouse  United States  2001  1 81  "Live Your Life"  T.I. featuring Rihanna  United StatesBarbados  2009  3 82  "The Way I Are"  Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson  United States  2007  1 83  "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"  Spiller  Italy  2000  1 84  "The Climb"  Miley Cyrus  United States  2009  5 85  "Not Pretty Enough"  Kasey Chambers  Australia  2002  1 86  "Straight Lines"  Silverchair  Australia  2007  1 87  "Milkshake"  Kelis  United States  2004  2 88  "You Belong with Me"  Taylor Swift  United States  2009  5 89  "Evacuate the Dancefloor"  Cascada  Germany  2009  3 90  "Flaunt It"  TV Rock featuring Seany B  Australia  2006  1 91  "Behind Blue Eyes"  Limp Bizkit  United States  2004  4 92  "Complicated"  Avril Lavigne  Canada  2002  1 93  "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"  Scissor Sisters  United Kingdom  2006  1 94  "Stan"  Eminem  United States  2001  1 95  "Bye Bye Bye"  'N Sync  United States  2000  1 96  "The Fear"  Lily Allen  United Kingdom  2009  3 97  "Dream Catch Me"  Newton Faulkner  United Kingdom  2008  5 98  "Switch"  Will Smith  United States  2005 1 99  "Never Be the Same Again"  Melanie C  United Kingdom  2000  2 100  "If I Were a Boy"  Beyoncé  United States  2008  3
See also *List of best-selling albums of the 2000s in Australia
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