More Australian showcases have been announced for SXSW 2013 with 360, The Audreys and ME! added to the list.

Record Store Day is just over 100 days away and over at the Record Store Day Facebook page the question being asked is “what are the 100 favourite albums of all-time?”.

Russell Crowe has finally hit the top of the music charts.

With the release of the 2012 End of Year charts this week, I noticed for the first time that a few high charting hits did not make the biggest selling songs for last year. 

Pink had the biggest selling album of 2012 in Australia with 'The Truth About Love.

Carly Rae Jepsen 'Call Me Maybe' was the biggest selling song of 2012 on the ARIA chart in Australia.

If you are keen to follow a career in music then the next Collarts Open Day is a date for your calendar.

Guns N’ Roses classic ‘Sweet Child O Mine’ has returned to the Australian chart this week on news of the upcoming tour.

Six straight weeks at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz in their “Thrift Shop”.

The UK had a resurgence of cassette single sales in 2012 with the Official Charts Company reporting that sales tripled in 2012, mainly thanks to the band Feeder.

‘Coexist’ by The XX was the biggest selling vinyl album of 2012 in the UK but David Bowie’s 40-year old classic ‘The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust’ wasn’t far behind.

After scoring the biggest selling song of 2012 with ‘Somebody That I Used To Know, Noise11 can reveal that the Gotye featuring Kimbra song is also the 4th biggest selling digital song of all-time.

Bob Marley & The Wailers ‘Legend’ has earned a Top 10 position in the SoundScan Top Selling Albums list.

Garth Brooks remains the biggest selling artist of the SoundScan era despite not having released an album in more than a decade.

Metallica’s ‘Metallica’ album remains the biggest selling album of the SoundScan era and clocked up a further 110,000 sales in 2012.

Universal Music dominated music sales in 2012 with 32.41% of all music sold in 2012 coming from the company.

Rock was the biggest selling music genre of 2012.

Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’ was the biggest selling vinyl album of 2012 bumping The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’ from the top of the chart.

Melbourne’s Gotye had the biggest selling song of 2012 in the USA.

Adele was the biggest selling artist of 2012 and  ‘21’ was the biggest selling album in the USA, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Music sales have registered at 3.1% increase in the USA for 2012, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

In reviewing the RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications for December, it's obvious that Taylor Swift is having a great end of 2012, but that statement would also apply to Metallica.

When Bruce Springsteen receives the 23rd MusiCares Person of the Year Award on February 8, he will be saluted by a long list of prominent artists.

Emeli Sande ‘Our Version Of Events’ was the biggest selling album of the year in the UK.

Gotye featuring Kimbra ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ was the biggest selling song in the UK for 2012.

The 1981 Ultravox classic ‘Vienna’ has been voted the favourite number two single of all-time in the UK.

It has only taken 25 years for The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ to sell 1,000,000 in the UK.

Live Nation Entertainment Chairman Irving Azoff has resigned from the company, effective immediately.

Adele ‘21’ has become the forth biggest selling album of all-time, moving ahead of Oasis ‘What's The Story Morning Glory.

YouTube has removed false video views with Sony and Universal Music losing more than 2 billion views as a result.