Beyonce holds for a second week with her self-titled fifth studio album on the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, plus the album picks up a ▲ Platinum sales certification too.

Pharrell Williams is “Happy” at retaining the No.1 for a second week in Australia, plus he’ll also be extremely joyous about achieving a ▲ Platinum sales certification too.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Ken Stringfellow and a list album from Sarah Blasko are just some of the new music releases this week.

The Holidays confirm a February 21 release for their second album ‘Real Feel’, announce national tour.

Streaming has taken over from radio listening as the way people casually consume music in the USA. American’s streamed 118.1 billion songs in 2013.

Beyonce looks set to hold onto top ARIA album spot in Australia while Pharrell looks equally comfortable to maintain the top of the ARIA singles chart, reports Gavin Ryan.

Warner Music will release a 2-disc compilation documenting the music of Greenwich Village in the 60s.

Disney has ‘Frozen’ out Beyoncé from the number one album in the USA.

Katy Perry 'Roar' was the biggest selling song in Australia in 2013.

The Pixies have delivered new music for 2014.

With the Christmas season over, it allows regular albums to reclaim the charts, and this week the self-titled fifth album for Beyonce climbs back up two places to give her the first ARIA No.1 album of her career.

For the first chart of 2014, Pharrell Williams scores his third chart-topping appearance on the ARIA Singles Chart with his up-tempo track “Happy”.

Led Zeppelin’s entire catalogue will be re-reissued with the first of the releases coming very, very soon.

Robbie Williams and Lady Gaga vinyl releases lead a very quiet week of new music releases.

Daniel Johns of Silverchair will make his long overdue return to music with rapper 360.

Bruce Springsteen’s entire 2014 release ‘High Hopes’, not due until mid January, made a brief appearance on Amazon this week and is now being shared on download sites.

The Gaslight Anthem have gathered up all of their b-sides for a new album.

Beyoncé, Michael Bublé and Justin Bieber are the acts bubbling most this week as the Christmas sales week draws to a close.

Michael Buble ‘Christmas’ has managed to outsell the Pink DVD ‘The Truth About Love Live From Melbourne’ by just 8 units this week but was well in front of the new Beyonce album by over 1000 copies.

The Engelbert Humperdinck 2014 duets album has a new star act. Il Divo have re-recorded Engelbert’s classic ‘Spanish Eyes’ with the legendary singer.

Del Amitri will return to active duty in 2014 and start the year by reissuing three of their classic albums.

Leo Sayer has assembled an all-star Australian cast to protest the Australian Government’s Fracking policy.

Michael Buble has the No.1 album on the ARIA Chart this week with his seasonal “Christmas” album, which was helped during the week by Channel 7 playing a musical special of Michael, plus the album is now certified 9x▲ Platinum in sales.

John Legend remains at No.1 for a third week with his piano balled “All of Me”, keeping MAGIC! and their track “Rude” at No.2 for a second week, with their reggae infused track picking up a ▲ Platinum certification this week.

Former Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond will release on E.P. in 2014 featuring Jarvis Cocker and The Libertines’ Carl Barat.

The Beatles had a brief release of Bootlegs today but just hours after the album was released to iTunes it was deleted.

Boy & Bear will top off a successful 2013 with a full on national tour in April heading into the regional areas of Australia as well as the cities.

Snakadaktal have announced the release of their new EP ‘The Sun II’, together with headline shows for Sydney and Melbourne.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings will play at your wedding. But only if your name is Martin Scorese and the wedding is in one of your films.

Band Of Horses announce the release of 'Acoustic at the Ryman', a 10-song album featuring acoustic renditions of songs from their catalogue.