Hits of the Month

This series features ten or twelve tracks for each month for the 20 years between 1975 and 1994 (a total of 240 items).

Tracks are selected according to the following criteria:

• One track which peaked in the Top 10 during that month (ie #1 - #10).
• One track which peaked in the Top 20 during that month (ie #11 - #20).
• Two tracks which peaked in the Top 40 during that month (ie #21 - #40).
• Two tracks which peaked in the Top 100 during that month (ie #41 - #100).
• One track which was released in the previous month, but failed to reach the Top 100.
• Two B-sides of singles which reached their peak position during that month.
• One album track, which was not released as a single (either A- or B-side), from an album released in the previous 12 months.
• When available, two megamixes (remixes) which were popular in that month. This will probably not occur before 1982, but there could be exceptions.

Notes:
Tracks will not necessarily appear in any particular order.
Chart information used to test these criteria is David Kent's Australian Chart Book series.
Release dates for non-charting singles and albums are approximated from the best availble information.
Australian chart performance is often very different to Billboard (US) or UK/Europe chart performance.
Release schedules between territories frequently varies.
An item released in a given territory may not necessarily be released in another at all.
For this series, Australian release schedules and chart performances form the basis on which the criteria are tested.