Australian resident question: What kind of music do you have?

Question

All right. I'm a script writer and I'm about to write a script here in the near future that's based in Sydney, Melbourne and the west coast in Australia. But I need a question answered first:

Music. Is Christina Aguilera big down there like America? PARTICULARLY her new CD "Back to Basics"? And Is Hard-Rock and Heavy-Metal big down there too? Like Marilyn Manson and the HEAVY-METAL artists?

Anyway, if you could answer as thorough as possible that would be absolutely and UTTERLY awesome! Thank you!

Answer 1

Manson had his time here, we are the same as any large group of people.  We all have different tastes.  

We naturally all love our own home grown talent such as Delta Goodrem, Kylie Minogue, etc but we listen pretty much to main stream artists. Kiss are still pretty popular here amongst us older generations.

Try this link

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/

This is your best site to see what is currently popular here.

I hope it helps

Answer 2

We don't all love Delta Goodrem and Kylie. Vomit,vomit.

But the rest of what the first answerer said is OK.

Australia has quite a good metal scene. Also blues and alternative rock. Check out http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/

Answer 3

Australia likes the same music as the rest of the world. We have some of our own home grown talent such as ACDC, Delta Goodrem, The Veronicas, Rogue Traders.

Christina Aguilera has had her time in Australia, she may be popular amongest your tweens but not in general. Marilyn Manson is popular amongst the metal fans. The most popular genre would probably be punk rock.