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Jimmy Barnes performs at the Palais in St Kilda Melbourne on Saturday 18 July 2015 as part of the Flesh and Wood Tour 2015.

New Music Releases For 21 August 2015

Rob Thomas, Jordin Sparks, Disturbed, Short Stack, Carly Rae Jepsen, Bon Jovi, Buckcherry, Jimmy Barnes and P.O.D. lead this week’s new music releases.

Tagged as: Bon Jovi, Buckcherry, Carly Rae Jepsen, Disturbed, Jimmy Barnes, Jordin Sparks, music news, new music releases, Rob Thomas, Short Stack

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ARIA Albums: Dr Dre Compton Debuts At Number One In Australia

by Gavin Ryan

Original member of N.W.A., uber-producer and songwriter Dr. Dre debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart with his third album “Compton” which is also the soundtrack to the forthcoming film ‘Straight Outta Compton”, the story of rap pioneers N.W.A.

Tagged as: albums, ARIA, Australian charts, Compton, Dr Dre, NWA

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ARIA Singles: Delta Goodrem ‘Wings’ Tops Australian Chart

by Gavin Ryan

After almost eight years of waiting, local songstress Delta Goodrem has now claimed her ninth No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart, as her latest track “Wings” flies to the top this week leaping from No.26 to No.1, helped by her performing the song to close last Sunday’s edition of The Voice, on which she is

Tagged as: ARIA Charts, Delta Goodrem, music news, Wings

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New Music Releases For 14 August 2015

by Gavin Ryan

The Waifs, Bullet for My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, Soulfly, Maroon 5 (Tour Edition) and Slime lead this week’s new music releases.

Tagged as: Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, Maroon 5, new music releases, Soulfly, The Waifs

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ARIA Albums: Meghan Trainor ‘Title’ Is No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Meghan Trainor jumps back up four places to reclaim the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart with her debut album “Title”.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, Meghan Trainor, music news, title

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ARIA Singles: One Direction ‘Drag Me Down’ Is No 1

by Gavin Ryan

One Direction land their first number one single in Australia this week, as the first single from their forthcoming fifth album “Drag Me Down” debuts at the top of the ARIA Singles this week.

Tagged as: ARIA singles, Drag Me Down, music news, One Direction

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New Music Releases 7 August 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Shane Nicholson, Buried in Verona, Avalanche City, Don Broco, Elvis Presley, Fear Factory, Parkway Drive, Tommy Emmanuel and the Ed Kuepper soundtrack for ‘Last Cab to Darwin’ lead the new music releases for 7 August 2015.

Tagged as: Avalanche City, Buried In Verona, Don Broco, Elvis Presley, Fear Factory, new music releases, Parkway Drive, Shane Nicholson, Tommy Emmanuel

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ARIA Albums: Sydney’s Northlane Debut At Number One

by Gavin Ryan

Sydney metalcore act Northlane see their third studio album “Node” becomes the acts second Top 10 entry and their first No.1 album upon the ARIA Albums chart.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, Australian charts, music news, Node, Northlane

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ARIA Singles: Lost Frequencies Is Number One For Second Week

by Gavin Ryan

Belgian DJ Felix De Laet who goes by the stage name of Lost Frequencies holds for a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart with his track “Are You with Me”, keeping The Weeknd at bay for a third straight week with “Can’t Feel My Face”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian chart, Can't Feel My Face, Lost Frequencies, music news, singles

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New Music Releases For July 31, 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Gurrumul, Josh Pyke, The Maccabees, Last Dinosaurs, Led Zeppelin back catalogue and So Fresh: Dance 2015 lead this week’s new music releases.

Tagged as: Gurrumul, Led Zeppelin, new music releases

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ARIA Albums: Tame Impala Currents Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

After their first two albums debuted and peaked at No.4, local act Tame Impala see their third album “Currents” land at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart this week.

Tagged as: Australian chart, Currents, music news, Tame Impala

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ARIA Singles: Belgium’s Lost Frequencies Tops Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

The ARIA Singles chart sees a new song take the chart-crown this week, as Belgian artist Lost Frequencies swaps places with last weeks No.1 and jumps up two places to land at the top this week with his rendition of the country song “Are You With Me”, originally performed by Easton Corbin in 2012.

Tagged as: Are You With Me, ARIA singles, Lost Frequencies, music news

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New Music Releases For July 24, 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Holy Holy, Roger Waters, Northlane, Jill Scott, We Came as Romans, Ducktails, Suze DeMarchi, Lamb of God, Alan Jackson and the Southpaw Soundtrack lead this week’s new music releases.

Tagged as: Alan Jackson, Ducktails, Holy Holy, Jill Scott, Lamb Of God, new music releases, Northlane, Roger Waters, Suze DeMarchi, We Came as Romans

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ARIA Albums: John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John No 1 For Third Week

by Gavin Ryan

Both ARIA Charts maintain their No.1’s this week, as John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John are at the top for a third straight week with their album “Two Strong Hearts”, the album picking up a Gold (●) in sales too.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, John Farnham, music news, Olivia Newton-John

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ARIA Singles: Meghan Trainor and John Legend Spend 4th Week On Top

by Gavin Ryan

Meghan Trainor and John Legend are at No.1 for a fourth week in Australia, as their ballad “Like I’m Gonna Love You” maintains its lead over yet another onslaught of songs vying for the top spot.

Tagged as: ARIA singles, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, music news

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New Music Releases For July 17 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Tame Impala, Chemical Brothers, Ms Mr, Pitbull (Latin), Art of Sleeping and the Ant-Man soundtrack lead the week’s new releases.

Tagged as: Chemical Brothers, Ms Mr, new music releases, Pitbull, Tame Impala

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ARIA Albums: John Farnham And Olivia Newton-John Have No 1 Album For 2nd Week

by Gavin Ryan

Holding for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums chart are John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John with their collaboration album “Two Strong Hearts”, matching the two weeks that their previous No.1 together “The Main Event: Highlights” achieved back in December 1998.

Tagged as: John Farnham, music news, Olivia Newon-John

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ARIA Singles: Meghan Trainor And John Legend Spend 3 Weeks At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Meghan Trainor and John Legend continue their lead on the ARIA Singles chart with their ballad “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”, which is now spending its third week at the top, plus the track picks up a ▲Platinum sales certification this week too.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA singles, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, music news

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New Music Releases For July 10, 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Years & Years, Liam Bailey, Veruca Salt, Beautiful Bodies, Owl City, High Tension and Day Ravies lead this week’s new releases.

Tagged as: Beautiful Bodies, High Tension, Liam Bailey, new music releases, Owl City, Veruca Salt, Years & Years

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ARIA Albums: John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John Have The No 1 Album

by Gavin Ryan

Returning to the top of the ARIA Albums chart for the second time together are John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John with their album “Two Strong Hearts”, which enters at the top of the chart this week, giving both acts new chart records in the process.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John, Two Strong Hearts

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ARIA Singles: Meghan Trainor and John Legend Stay At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Holding for a second week atop the ARIA Singles Chart are Meghan Trainor and John Legend with the ballad “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”, which takes Meghan’s tally of weeks at No.1 to six now, as here first single “All About That Bass” spent four broken weeks at the top in August and September of

Tagged as: ARIA singles, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, music news

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New Music Releases For 3 July 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Neil Young, Lucy Rose, Joy Williams, Miguel, Celtic Woman, Being as a Ocean and The Getaway Plan lead the new music releases this week.

Tagged as: Being as a Ocean, Celtic Woman, Joy Williams, Lucy Rose, Miguel, Neil Young, new music, new music releases

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Ed Sheeran, Photo Image Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

ARIA Albums: Ed Sheeran X Returns To No 1

by Gavin Ryan

For the second time this year, Ed Sheeran’s second album and second No.1 “x” returns to the top, this week notching up its eighth accumulated week atop the ARIA Albums Chart.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, ARIA Charts, Australian charts, Ed Sheeran, music news, X

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ARIA Singles: Meghan Trainor And John Legend Debut At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

After jumping into the Top 10 last week at No.5, the ballad duet “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” for Meghan Trainor and John Legend jumps up to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week becoming both acts second No.1 single in Australia, plus the track achieves Gold (●) in sales.

Tagged as: ARIA singles, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, music news

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New Music Releases For 26 June 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Thy Art is Murder, John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John, Gin Wigmore, Citizen, Kacey Musgraves and Tori Kelly lead the week’s new music releases.

Tagged as: Duran Duran, music news, new music releases, Rio

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Florence Welch, Florence and the Machine - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

ARIA Albums: Florence + The Machine Return To No 1

by Gavin Ryan

For only the third time this year, a previous No.1 album has gone back to the top of the ARIA Albums chart, as Florence + the Machine jump back up two places to No.1 with their second No.1 album (and now their longest running at two weeks) “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”.

Tagged as: ARIA Albums, Florence + The Machine, music news

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ARIA Singles: Conrad Sewell Is No 1 With Start Again

by Gavin Ryan

Australian singer Conrad Sewell takes his third chart entry “Start Again” all the way to the top of the ARIA Singles chart this week after only four weeks on the charts and stopping any further ‘Bad Blood’ from Taylor Swift being spilt at the top.

Tagged as: ARIA singles, Conrad Sewell, Grace Sewell, music news

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New Music Releases For June 19, 2015

by Gavin Ryan

Hilary Duff, Lindemann, James Taylor, Rickie Lee Jones, Oh Mercy and new So Fresh & 100% Hits compilations lead the week’s new releases.

Tagged as: Hilary Duff, James Taylor, Lindemann, music news, new music releases, Oh Mercy, Rickie Lee Jones

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Muse, Matthew Bellamy, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

ARIA Albums: Muse Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The seventh studio album for English rock act Muse becomes their third chart-topping album here in Australia, as “Drones” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Muse, music news

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ARIA Charts: Taylor Swift Bad Blood Remains At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift and her “Bad Blood” with featured rapper Kendrick Lamar holds for a third week atop the ARIA Singles chart.

Tagged as: ARIA, Bad Blood, music news, singles, Taylor Swift

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Missy Higgins AWITG on Sunday 19 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

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