The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2008, fifteen singles claimed the top spot, including Timbaland's "Apologize", which started its peak position in late 2007. Twelve acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia, either as a lead or featured artist: Leona Lewis, Flo Rida, T-Pain, Colbie Caillat, Gabriella Cilmi, Jordin Sparks, Katy Perry, Kid Rock, Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis, Kings of Leon and Wes Carr. Five collaborations topped the chart. Lady Gaga earned two number-one singles during the year for "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
"Poker Face" was the longest running number-one single, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for six weeks in 2008 and two additional weeks in 2009. Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" topped the chart for six consecutive weeks, while Lewis' "Bleeding Love" and Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" both stayed at number one for five weeks. Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music", Sparks' "No Air", Pink's "So What", and Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire" each spent four weeks at the number-one spot.
Chart history
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2008. DateSongArtist(s)Ref.7 January "Apologize" Timbaland featuring OneRepublic 14 January21 January "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 28 January4 February11 February18 February "Don't Stop the Music" Rihanna 25 February "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 3 March "Don't Stop the Music" Rihanna 10 March17 March24 March "Low" Flo Rida featuring T-Pain 31 March7 April "Bubbly" Colbie Caillat 14 April "Sweet About Me" Gabriella Cilmi 21 April "Low" Flo Rida featuring T-Pain 28 April "4 Minutes" Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake 5 May12 May19 May "Sweet About Me" Gabriella Cilmi 26 May2 June9 June16 June "No Air" Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown 23 June30 June7 July14 July "I Kissed a Girl" Katy Perry 21 July28 July4 August11 August18 August25 August "All Summer Long" Kid Rock 1 September8 September15 September "Just Dance" Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis 22 September "So What" Pink 29 September6 October13 October20 October "Sex on Fire" Kings of Leon 27 October3 November 10 November 17 November "Poker Face" Lady Gaga 24 November 1 December8 December15 December "You" Wes Carr 22 December "Poker Face" Lady Gaga 29 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Lady Gaga 7 2 Katy Perry 6 3 Leona Lewis 5 3 Gabriella Cilmi 5 4 Rihanna 4 4 Jordin Sparks 4 4 Chris Brown 4 4 Pink 4 4 Kings of Leon 4 5 Flo Rida 3 5 T-Pain (as featuring) 3 5 Madonna 3 5 Justin Timberlake (as featuring) 3 5 Kid Rock 3 6 OneRepublic (as featuring) 2 6 Timbaland 2 7 Colbie Caillat 1 7 Colby O'Donis (as featuring) 1 7 Wes Carr 1
See also 2008 in music List of number-one albums of 2008 (Australia) List of top 25 singles for 2008 in Australia List of top 10 singles in 2008 (Australia)
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