Mark Seymour, frontman for Hunters & Collectors, will address the issues facing musicians in a free talk during the Music, Melbourne + Me exhibition in Melbourne.

Michael Bublé will battle with Beyoncé for the top of the Australian album chart this week while John Legend is heading for a third week on top of the singles.

Nirvana, Kiss and Hall & Oates are some of the names announced for the 2014 inductions for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Birds of Tokyo’s ‘Lanterns’ was the most played song on Australian radio during 2013.

Michael Bublé creates ARIA Albums chart history by reaching the top for the third consecutive year with his now deluxe re-packaged (with four bonus tracks) album “Christmas”.

John Legend stays at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart for a second week, helped by his current tour alongside Alicia Keys, with the track also picking up a Platinum certification too.

AMP, The Australian Music Prize, released the final 10 artists for the Longlist.

Country Music Association of Australia President Dobe Newton has weighed in on the public debate that has lead to country stars Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey withdrawing their hit album from the Country Music Awards.

Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey have withdrawn from the CMAA Awards because of criticism about the Americanisation of their album.

Garth Brooks is back at number one in the USA.

Led Zeopelin will stream on Spotify. Spotify has achieved something that no other streaming service has managed to do, obtain the rights to stream the music of Led Zeppelin.

Bluesfest 2014 is forever expanding with Jeff Beck and KC & The Sunshine Band joining the line-up as well as Gov’t Mule and War.

The midweek sales have MAGIC! in for a possible number one song and Michael Bublé back on top with his 'Christmas' album. However the Triple J doctor is no-one near a number one with 'Triple J - Christmas Number 1'.

Michael Gudinski’s Mushroom Group is continuing its expansion into music festival with the announcement that the company has partnered with Sugar Mountain.

David McCormack of Custard has won two APRA Screen Music Award for his music from episode 4 of Redfern Now.

Beatles legend Ringo Starr joins Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart for a sit down interview on ‘The Ringmaster’, Dave’s new show on the BiteSizeTV online network.

It’s been a record year for albums, as the 35th number one album has landed at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this year, the self-titled debut set for Taylor Henderson is the new No.1 this week.

John Legend’s first Top 40 entry “All of Me” becomes his first No.1 single in Australia, the song also currently spending it’s fourth week at the top in Portugal, making us the only two countries in the world to give John a No.1 single (he’s had three US R&B No.1 albums).

New Zealand's Lorde and Australia's Hiatus Kayote and Tame Impala will represent Australia and New Zealand at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 6th December, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below)

Following the criticism for cutting Russell Morris’ acceptance speech from the ARIA Awards telecast, the video of the speech has now been placed online.

Avicii is the most Shazamed electronic artist of 2013.

The Recording Academy has named 27 new recordings to the Grammy Hall of Fame which preserves and celebrates the greatest recordings in history.

One Direction’s ‘Midnight Memories’ will easily be the number one album in the USA this week with more than 500,000 sales securing its position.

An X-Factor runner-up is challenging this week's One Direction number one debut for next week's top spot.

Spotify have released their streaming data for 2013, showing the year’s most streamed artists in Australia and the rest of the world.

Stand-up comedian Matt Okine will co-host Triple J breakfast with Alex Dyson in 2014.

Japanese band Bo Ningen has become the first act to sign with brand new Australian record label Black Night Crash Records.

Australian music legend Russell Morris won his first ever ARIA Award last night after a 40 plus year career and it was the proudest moment of the night.

Tame Impala and Flume where the big winners at the ARIA Music Awards but the most rewarding award went to Russell Morris who picked up his first ARIA ever after 40 years in the industry.