Billboard has issued its 2015 survey of the top money makers in music and One Direction is number one followed by Katy Perry.

Mark Ronson has added five names to the songwriting credits of ‘Uptown Funk’ in a blatant attempt to divert litigation.

Blur has officially scored their sixth straight number 1 in the U.K. with The Magic Whip.

Sam Smith spends a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums chart with his album “In the Lonely Hour”’ although the cancellation of his tour due to ill health during the mid-week saw him play one of his two Sydney shows before having to unfortunately pull-out.

Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth are No.1 for a fourth week atop the ARIA Singles chart with their collaboration “See You Again”, which is now at the top in 55 countries this week.

Australian music executive and entrepreneur Amanda Pelman has been named to chair the Australian jury for the Eurovision Song Contest.

On this week’s iHeartRadio Music News the legendary Paul Weller chats with Paul Cashmere ahead of the release of his new album Saturns Pattern and shares an insight into still performing songs by The Jam and The Style Council.

Today’s first day of the Urban Country Music Festival in Caboolture has been cancelled due to extreme wild weather condition

Mumford & Sons, Zac Brown Band, My Morning Jacket, Super Furry Animals, Django Django, In Hearts Wake and Reece Mastin lead the week's new music releases.

Taking twelve years off sure has whipped Blur fans into a frenzy.

The Script have been recruited to replace the ailing Sam Smith at the Logie Awards this weekend in Melbourne.

Australian acts Monks of Mellonwah and Evol Walks are showcasing at the Global Rock Summit in Los Angeles this weekend.

Sam Smith takes the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart for the first time with his debut album “In the Lonely Hour”, the set helped by his national tour starting the 25th of April and it jumps up four places after having spent 48 weeks on the charts and this is the sets 37th week within the Top 10.

Holding for a third week on top of the ARIA Singles chart is the song from the ‘Furious 7’ soundtrack by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth entitled “See You Again”.

New music releases this week include albums by Blur, Josh Groban, Millencolin, Ruby Boots, Reba McEntire and The Airborne Toxic Event.

The City of Yarra has revealed the third annual Leaps and Bounds Music Festival at a launch party at the Gasometer in Collingwood and once again, it has announced an outstanding lineup with over 50 venues collectively hosting more than 300 events featuring around 800 acts during the 17 day festival.

Jimmy Dixon of Django Django is the special guest on iHeartRadio Music News, powered by Noise11 this week.

Metallica's special cassette release for Record Store Day was the second biggest selling item on the day last weekend.

Splendour In the Grass tickets were snapped up fast and the event sold-out within an hour of going on sale today.

Just two weeks after Jay-Z introduced his Tidal streaming service, the interest has almost dropped out of site. With the share price escalating and then sliding, Tidal has caused a major 'Pump and Dump' on the Swedish Stock Exchange.

The ABC’s “youth network” Triple J is the number one radio station in Melbourne for 18-24 and 25-39 year olds. What does that say about the quality of commercial radio?

The Jazz Bell Awards will be handed out in Melbourne on April 30.

Ringo Starr, Green Day, Joan Jett, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The 5 Royals are now all members of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Lee Kernaghan is spending his fourth straight week at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week with “Spirit of the ANZACS”, becoming the equal second longest running album for 2015 alongside the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ soundtrack and just behind “1989” for Taylor Swift which has so far notched up five weeks at the top for this year.

The theme from ‘Furious 7’ for Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth entitled “See You Again” holds at No.1 in Australia for a second week atop the ARIA Singles chart, the track picking up a Platinum in sales in the process.

Joe Camilleri has two new Black Sorrows albums this week. Both ‘Endless Sleep #46’ and ‘Endless Sleep #47’ have been released for Record Store Day on vinyl with a bonus CD.

Justin Townes Earle talks about the state of the music industry and Millencolin reveal the political message behind there new music in this week’s iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Country superstar Tim McGraw and eclectic singer Bjork have been named to the 100 Most Influential People by the editors of Time Magazine.

Firm ICM Unlimited has surveyed over 2,000 members of the British public and has found that the appetite for vinyl records continues to grow.

The vinyl resurgence is in full swing and Britain's Official Charts Company has released their list of the biggest selling vinyl singles and albums of the 2010's, so far.