2016 will be on record as the year where we lost so many music icons. Noise11 iHeartRadio pays tribute to the artists who left us in 2016 in a special end of year edition of iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

New releases for this week encompass the 23rd and 30th of December.

Kanye West has paid a touching tribute to Italian Vogue Editor Franca Sozzani following her death on Thursday.

It really is a very tough time for the publishers of magazines. It seems, at times, that there are more titles on the shelves that are competing for fewer and fewer eyes.

Rapper Nicki Minaj has stepped in to replace Jennifer Lopez at a New Year's Eve party in Miami, Florida.

Bjork is fed up with being pigeonholed musically thanks to her gender and has called on music journalists to expand their minds.

Two country hitmakers from the 70's and 80's, Mel Tillis and T.G. Sheppard, have been ill but things may be looking up for both.

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker still can't believe they've been nominated for their first-ever Grammy Award.

We were hoping for a drama free Rock and Roll Hall of Fame season with the likelihood that all of the bands were willing to see former members come back for the induction ceremony. Unfortunately, that dream lasted less than 24 hours.

Melanie Brown has cast serious doubt that the Spice Girls reunion will take place in 2017.

Jennifer Lopez has axed plans to ring in 2017 with a New Year's Eve appearance in Miami, Florida.

Singer Robin Thicke was overwhelmed with grief on Tuesday as he laid his father Alan Thicke to rest in California.

Justin Bieber has reportedly been indicted in Argentina over a 2013 altercation with a paparazzo.

We have lost so, so many great musical artists in 2016, a list of names that threatens to bury one of the most talented, Sharon Jones.

Richard Marx became one of the heroes of a Korean Air flight from Hanoi, Viet Nam to Seoul, Korea when a passenger became violent.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the latest inductees on Tuesday morning with a total of six new members who were voted in out of the nineteen nominees and one special inductee who, in essence, was also among the nominated.

Emojis, those little graphics that are sprinkled throughout social media posts, are the current rage in the on-line world and stars and companies are starting to capitalise on the trend with their own emoji packages.

Cee Lo Green has assured his fans he's fine after fake footage showing a cellphone exploding in his face circulated on social media.

It wasn’t coincidence or luck that put the John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John Christmas album at the top ARIA chart this week. It was a carefully planned marketing strategy and the plan was game-changing.

Thom Yorke’s partner of 20 years, Dr Rachel Owen, has died from cancer at the age of 48.

It looks like we will finally be able to hear the Chic album It's About Time sometime in 2017.

Justin Timberlake’s ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’ was the most played song on Australian radio in 2016.

One trend in music over the last 12 months has been live music fans waiting for the cheap concert tickets instead of buying when they go on sale. That never used to happen. So what changed? A company called Lasttix popped up.

Barry Gibb has cancelled his Australian and New Zealand tour for 2017 including his Bluesfest headline performance.

Colin Hay, the ex-frontman for Men at Work and all around great live entertainer, has announced his next studio album, Fierce Mercy, will be released on March 3 via Compass Records.

Kanye West's cousin is convinced the family drama surrounding a stolen sex tape sparked the rapper's "decline", which resulted in his recent hospitalisation.

Rapper 50 Cent is hinting at retiring from music following the release of his much-delayed album Street King Immortal.

Mick Jagger's newborn son, Deveraux, has made his debut on social media.

Alex The Astronaut is Sydney-born, New York-based ‘folktronic’ singer-songwriter Alex Lynn.

Coldplay has now reached more than 5 billion streams on Spotify, making them the biggest band in the world on all-time streams.