Brisbane Pop Music

Radio B105.3, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia recently had a promotional gimmick by which they gathered popular songs from numerous radio listeners, and organized them into a "Top 1000."

I was less interested in the popularity of songs than the popularity of various acts. Here are the Top 20 songs, plus the acts that succeeded in placing the most songs into the Top 1000.

Top 20:
1 DANCING QUEEN - ABBA
2 BLISTER IN THE SUN - VIOLENT FEMMES
3 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD - KYLIE MINOGUE
4 YOU SHOULD BE DANCING - BEE GEES
5 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER
6 DECEMBER 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) - FOUR SEASONS/FRANKIE VALLI
7 ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL - JET
8 Y.M.C.A. - VILLAGE PEOPLE
9 KIDS IN AMERICA - KIM WILDE
10 HEY YA! - OUTKAST
11 WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE
12 PRETTY FLY(FOR A WHITE GUY) - OFFSPRING
13 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
14 PUSH UP - THE FREESTYLERS
15 I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR
16 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO - WHAM/GEORGE MICHAEL
17 PUSH IT - SALT 'N' PEPA
18 TEENAGE DIRTBAG - WHEATUS
19 SUPERFREAK - RICK JAMES
20 GREASE MEGAMIX - JOHN TRAVOLTA/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Most Songs in Top 1000 (arguably George Michael should be third, because he also appears in Wham!):

First: MADONNA (17)
Second: KYLIE MINOGUE (14)
Third: ABBA (10)
Tied for Fourth: PRINCE and ROBBIE WILLIAMS (9)
Tied for Fifth: BRITNEY SPEARS, EMINEM and GEORGE MICHAEL (7)
Tied for Tied for Sixth: DESTINY'S CHILD, DURAN DURAN, EURYTHMICS and ROXETTE (6)
Tied for Seventh: JAMIROQUAI, NO DOUBT/GWEN STEFANI, RICHARD MARX, SHAGGY and U2 (5)
Tied for Eighth: AVRIL LAVIGNE, B52'S, BEE GEES, BELINDA CARLISLE, GREENDAY, HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS, JANET JACKSON, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, KELLY CLARKSON, MAROON 5, MICHAEL JACKSON, OUTKAST, POWDERFINGER, SUGABABES, VILLAGE PEOPLE, and WHAM/GEORGE MICHAEL (4)