The ARIA Urban Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing Urban tracks singles of Australia. It is published by 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, and be "predominantly of a Urban nature".

Chart history

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference3 January"Lose My Breath"Destiny's Child10 January17 January"Wonderful"Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly & Ashanti24 January"Nasty Girl"Nitty31 January7 February"Over and Over"Nelly14 February21 February28 February7 March14 March21 March28 March"Candy Shop"50 Cent4 April11 April"1, 2 Step"Ciara18 April25 April"Switch"Will Smith1 May"Signs"Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake 8 May15 May"Switch" Will Smith22 May"Don't Phunk with My Heart" The Black Eyed Peas29 May6 June13 June20 June27 June"We Belong Together" Mariah Carey4 July11 July"Lonely" Akon18 July25 July1 August8 August15 August22 August"Ghetto Gospel" 2Pac29 August"Don't Cha" The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes5 September12 September19 September26 September3 October10 October17 October24 October"Gold Digger" Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx31 October7 November14 November21 November"My Humps" The Black Eyed Peas28 November5 December12 December19 December26 December

Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 The Black Eyed Peas 11 2 The Pussycat Dolls 8 2 Busta Rhymes 8 3 Nelly 7 4 Akon 6 5 Kanye West 4 5 Jamie Foxx 4 6 50 Cent 2 6 Ciara 2 6 Destiny's Child 2 6 Nitty 2 6 Snoop Dogg 2 6 Justin Timberlake 2 6 Mariah Carey 2 6 Will Smith 2 7 Ja Rule 1 7 Ashanti 1 7 R. Kelly 1 7 2Pac 1

See also

2005 in music List of number-one singles of 2005 (Australia)

References