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Frank Turner
Mike Oldfield, Underworld, Frank Turner Sales Skyrocket After Olympic Opening

Following the Olympics Opening Ceremony, the performing artists’ sales have risen by up to 700%.

August 1, 2012
Darryl Cotton
Darryl Cotton Funeral To Be Held Wednesday

The funeral of Darryl Cotton will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday, August 1.

July 30, 2012
fun Some Nights
ARIA Number One Is Still fun

Current tourist’s fun. stay on top of the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week with their second No.1 “Some Nights”, but challenging for the lead this week are local dance troupe Justice Crew who jump up five places to No.2 with “Boom Boom”, another chart career high for the group who three weeks ago scored their first Top 10 entry with this single.

July 29, 2012
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Karise Eden Makes It Five Weeks At No 1 On ARIA

Karise Eden’s “My Journey” album stays on top of the ARIA Albums Chart for a fifth consecutive week, now equaling Damien Leith’s “The Winners Journey” (from 18-Dec-2006) five week stretch at the top for ‘Reality Show Winners (local) Longest No.1 Albums’.

July 29, 2012
Darryl Cotton
Darryl Cotton Has Passed Away At Age 62

Australian singer and actor Darryl Cotton has lost his battle with liver cancer at the age of 62.

July 27, 2012
Steve Earle, Photo Ros O'Gorman
Steve Earle Announced As BIGSOUND Keynote Speaker

Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Steve Earle will be the opening keynote speaker at the BIGSOUND music conference in Brisbane in September.

July 25, 2012
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ARIA #1 Chart Awards Announced

The ARIA #1 Chart Awards will return on August 10 to honour local artists who have had a number one single, album or music DVD between August 2010 and August 2012.

July 25, 2012
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Karise Eden Welcomes Darren Percival, Rachael Leahcar and Sarah De Bono To ARIA Chart

Karise Eden’s “My Journey” album holds for a fourth consecutive week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, as her former competitors debut all below her, giving us four acts from ‘The Voice’ within the Top 10 this week, something which Australian Idol could only do once with two albums from two former acts (winner Guy Sebastian & runner-up Shannon Noll for a single week in April of 2004).

July 22, 2012
fun Some Nights
fun. Bumps Pink From Number One On ARIA Chart

Fun become the second act this year and the second group this decade to score two No.1 singles, as their new track “Some Nights” moves up a spot to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week. Earlier in the year they hit No.1 with “We Are Young”, which held the top spot for three weeks from mid-March, and it holds at No.41 for another week.

July 22, 2012
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Frank Ocean’s Debut Album Hits Number Two On Billboard Chart

R&B newcomer Frank Ocean's debut album ‘Channel Orange’ scores a surprise second spot on the US chart with 97% digital sales.

July 19, 2012
Gary Clark Jnr, Photo Ros O'Gorman
Big Day Out Is Red Hot Chili Peppers And…

The Big Day Out 2013 line-up is...

July 16, 2012
Karise Eden My Journey images noise11.com photos
Karise Eden Makes It 3 Weeks On Top Of ARIA Album Chart

For a third week, The Voice winner Karise Eden holds onto the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart with her “My Journey” album, but this coming week her three former grand finalists are all releasing their solo albums, so could Karise be in for some No.1 competition again from her former competitors, we will have to wait and see next week.

July 15, 2012
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Pink Lands Her 6th ARIA Number One

P!nk lands her sixth No.1 single in Australia by debuting at the top this week with “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”, the first single from her sixth studio album ‘The Truth About Love’ which is due in mid September.

July 15, 2012
Leo Sayer. photo by Ros O'Gorman Noise11.com
Leo Sayer And Ross Wilson To Perform For Gotta Have Heart 2012

Leo Sayer and Ross Wilson will feature in an all-star line-up for the Gala Charity Concerts Gotta Have Heart in Melbourne in August.

July 13, 2012
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Chris Brown Finds Fortune At No. 1

Chris Brown’s new album ‘Fortune’ is the number one album in the USA this week.

July 12, 2012
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Karise Eden Beats Hillsong 45k to 10k

Karise Eden easily won the battle for number one this week blocking Hillsong Live from the top of the chart.

July 9, 2012
Ken West, Big Day Out
Big Day Out Red Hot Announcement Due Monday

Big Day Out will reveal their red hot line-up next Monday (July 16, 2012).

July 9, 2012
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Bluesfest Wins Battle With Byron Council

Bluesfest will remain in Byron Bay.

July 8, 2012
Go Mason Go - Photo, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11
Go Mason Go Win Red Bull Backyard Jam

Sydney band Go Mason Go have won the first Red Bull Backyard Jam in Australia.

July 8, 2012
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Karise Eden Album Keeps Her Voice At No. 1

The Voice winner Karise Eden holds at No.1 for a second week with her collection of songs on “My Journey”, giving us two different reality show winners at No.1 in Australia this week, with Reece Mastin at No.1 on the ARIA singles chart.

July 8, 2012
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Reece Mastin Debuts At 1, Karise Eden Plummets

Reece Mastin debuts at No.1 with his third single entitled “Shout it Out”, which becomes the 97th No.1 debut in Australia and our 993rd No.1 single (1940 to 2012) plus it’s the 427th No.1 for ARIA (1983 to 2012).

July 8, 2012
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Icehouse Release the Icehouse Tea Towel

We are all getting older and Icehouse knows their audience. You’ve worn the t-shirt; now do the dishes with the Icehouse Tea Towel.

July 7, 2012
Andy Jans-Brown and Cosmic Letting Go
Andy Jans-Brown & Coz*mic Is Music You Must Hear

Rarely does an album ever drop on my desk from a complete unknown and knock me out. This week in the mail I received a package from Andy Jans-Brown containing his double album ‘Letting Go’. You must hear it.

July 6, 2012
Jack White. image by Ros O'Gorman.
Jack White Tops Mid Year Vinyl Chart

Jack White ‘Blunderbuss’ is the biggest selling vinyl album of the year so far.

July 6, 2012
Gotye
Gotye Has Third Biggest Digital Album Of Year In USA

Gotye ‘Making Mirrors’ is the third biggest selling digital album of 2012 so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

July 6, 2012
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Gotye and Kimbra Have Biggest Selling Song Of 2012

Melbourne’s Gotye featuring Kimbra ‘Something That I Used To Know’ is the biggest selling song in the USA for 2012 so far, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

July 6, 2012
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Adele And Gotye Top Billboard’s Mid-Year Chart

According to Billboard, Adele and Gotye are the highest-selling artists for the first half of 2012.  

July 5, 2012
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Shock To Distribute Razor & Tie In Australia

US music label Razor & Tie has signed a distribution deal with Shock Records in Australia for its rock releases.

July 4, 2012
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ABC Music Stays Universal

ABC Music, the ABC’s contemporary and classical music labels, has re-signed its distribution agreement with Universal Music and has expanded the deal to bring its ABC Kids Music label into the partnership.

July 3, 2012
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The Voice, Australia’s Music Chart Road Kill Revealed

The Voice gave this week’s Australian chart a number of firsts and they were all bad. Never before have so many songs debuted one week and disappeared the next.

July 1, 2012