Jessica Mauboy has been awarded the most-played Indigenous track of 2018 by the National Indigenous Music Chart (a project of the National Indigenous Music Awards) for her Eurovision hit 'We Got Love'.
The charts, which were founded in November this year, create a weekly list of Australia's most heard Indigenous tracks using data supplied by Australia's most widely used music airplay tracker Radio Monitor (which covers commercial, community, ABC, triple j and digital radio).
The end of year chart lists the top 20 biggest Indigenous songs of 2018. Jessica features twice more in the charts with #2 song 'Fallin' and #4 track 'Then I Met You'.
Queenslanders Busby Marou registered the most entries with four: 'Sleep On It', 'Got Your Back', 'Best Part Of Me' and 'Sound Of Summer'. While Baker Boy and Tia Gostelow each amassed three entries.
The list also includes Thelma Plum, A.B. Original, Xavier Rudd, Alice Skye, Yothu Yindi, Mojo Juju and Dan Sultan.
Proving the breadth of talent and genre in Indigenous music this year, banging on the door just outside the top 20 are regulars to the National Indigenous Music Charts including Tasman Keith, Kuren, Gurrumul, Troy Cassar-Daley, Oetha and Ziggy Ramo.
With Gurrumul taking home four ARIA Awards for his groundbreaking posthumous release 'Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) and Jessica Mauboy representing Australia at Eurovision and many more achievements, 2018 has been a watershed year for Australian Indigenous music across the globe.
The National Indigenous Music Awards congratulates all First Nations musicians, whether they have been nominated for awards, entered the chart, released songs or albums this year, or simply been out there on the road plying their craft live.
2018 National Indigenous Music Chart Top 20
1. 'We Got Love' - Jessica Mauboy2. 'Fallin'' - Jessica Mauboy
3. 'Mr La Di Da Di' - Baker Boy
4. 'Then I Met You' - Jessica Mauboy
5. 'Clumsy Love' - Thelma Plum
6. 'Sleep On It' - Busby Marou feat. Nat Dunn
7. 'Black Magic' - Baker Boy feat. Dallas Woods
8. 'Got Your Back' - Busby Marou
9. 'Best Part Of Me' - Busby Marou
10. 'Blaccout' - A.B. Original
11. 'Marryuna' - Baker Boy
12. 'Strangers' - Tia Gostelow feat. Lanks
13. 'Walk Away' - Xavier Rudd
14. 'Phone Me' - Tia Gostelow
15. 'Sound Of Summer' - Busby Marou
16. 'Hunger' - Tia Gostelow
17. 'Friends With Feelings' - Alice Skye
18. 'Treaty' - Yothu Yindi
19. 'Native Tongue' - Mojo Juju
20. 'Reaction' - Dan Sultan
