Veteran Australian musician Russell Morris has clocked up another achievement for 2014. He has made the Rage Top 50 Videos of 2014.

Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley are N.E.R.D.’s again. The classic Neptunes side-project has been resurrected for ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water’.

After all of hype last week Madonna has sure been left holding one big stiff. The six new Madonna songs have flopped globally.

Ed Sheeran 'x' sold more than any other album in Australia across Christmas.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars hold at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart for a third week with “Uptown Funk”, giving them the last chart-topping single for 2014.

The Pretty Things will release their every collected work into one rare collection.

Thom Yorke has quietly slipped a new song ‘Youwouldn’tlikemewheni’mangry’ out for fans over the Christmas break.

D'Angelo's sudden release 'Black Messiah; has debuted at no 5 in the USA.

ANOTHERLOVE, adapted from the original song by Alice Smith, Rebecca Jordan and Reginald "Syience" Perry, is featured on Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL's debut album PLECTRUMELECTRUM released in September 2014.

Colin Hay, former lead singer of Men at Work, continues to carve out a successful solo career with the release of his new album, Next Year People, due on February 17 from Compass Records.

Lana Rey has released two brand new songs to end the year, both from the soundtrack to the new Tim Burton movie ‘Big Eyes’.

Lafayette legends Lil’ Band O’ Gold have a Christmas gift for fans, a free download of ‘Santa’s Messin’ With The Kid’.

The Weeknd ‘Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)’ is the official first song from the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie.

Jodeci, who had seven top five R&B hits between 1991 and 1996, are back together after an eighteen year hiatus.

Guy Pearce has released a equally bizarre and hilarious take on the infomercials with his new video ‘Fly All The Way’.

Aretha Franklin has scored the sixth number 1 dance record of her career with her cover of Adele's Rolling in the Deep.

Madonna has defended calling the leak of 13 of her tracks "artistic rape", insisting she is being "essentially terrorized".

Reformed Dallas Crane will give fans a taste of their upcoming album with live dates in Australia throughout January.

Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform their first two albums, in their entirety, at a Jacksonville, FL for release on home video.

KISS have recorded two new songs with the Japanese Idol winners Momoiro Clover Z (also known as Momoclo).

X Factor winner Ben Haenow officially has the number one song in the UK for Christmas.

Madonna's Beyonce-like stealth Rebel Heart release has jumped to an immediate number one on iTunes charts in 36 countries.

Six tracks from Madonna’s already leaked new album Rebel Heart have been released stealth style.

Taylor Swift returns to the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart this week with “1989”, which by going back to the top for a fourth non-consecutive week is now her longest run at the top of the Australian Albums chart.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars stay at No.1 for a second week on the ARIA Singles chart with “Uptown Funk”, moving Bruno’s tally of weeks at the top in Australia to six now, the same amount as Pink (3 #1’s), Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift (2 #1’s each) have notched up this decade.

The campaign to use Iron Maiden to block Simon Cowell’s X Factor winner Ben Haenow from topping the UK chart is set to fail with Haenow’s ‘Something I Need’ now set for a certain number one.

The City of Melbourne will feature 100% Melbourne music when it brings in the new year with the fireworks on New Years Eve.

iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com features over the holiday season the touring artists of 2015.

Charli XCX, has a new album this week and there are reissues from XTC and Yes as well as vinyl Neil Young.

Mahalia Barnes, her band The Soul Mates and American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa have been working on an album of Betty Davis covers.