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![Adele 21 image noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adele21-120x120.jpg)
According to Billboard, Adele and Gotye are the highest-selling artists for the first half of 2012.
July 5, 2012US music label Razor & Tie has signed a distribution deal with Shock Records in Australia for its rock releases.
July 4, 2012![The Wiggles image noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/The-Wiggles-120x211.jpg)
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![Karise Eden from team Seal on The Voice images noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Karise-Eden-120x67.jpg)
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![Natasha Duarte - Photo By Ros O'Gorman](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NatashaDuarteIMG_57422012-05-17-120x80.jpg)
17-year old Melbourne singer/songwriter Natasha Duarté has signed a management deal with Australian uber-manager Glenn Wheatley.
July 1, 2012Sony has paid $2.2 billion for a 50% share of EMI Publishing.
July 1, 2012![Adele 21 image noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adele21-120x120.jpg)
The Adele album ‘21’ has departed the Australian Top 10 for the first time in 15 months.
July 1, 2012![Karise Eden from team Seal on The Voice images noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Karise-Eden-120x67.jpg)
For all of the huge debuts that The Voice racked up last week, their presence in the Top 10 has been reduced to one song within the entire ten.
July 1, 2012![Karise Eden My Journey images noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Karise-Eden-My-Journey-120x120.jpg)
Karise Eden drops from the No.1 spot on the singles chart, but claims the new No.1 album in the country with instantly platinum certified “My Journey”, which is also the sixth consecutive No.1 debut in the past seven weeks.
July 1, 2012![Carly Rae Jepsen - Image By Ros O'Gorman noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CarlyRaeJepsenIMG_51022012-05-03-120x180.jpg)
Carly Rae Jepsen ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Adele ‘21’ are the biggest single and album of 2012 so far, according to ARIA.
June 30, 2012![Justin Bieber Believe image noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Justin-Bieber-Believe-120x120.jpg)
Justin Bieber ‘Believe’ sold 374,000 units in its first week in America last week giving it the highest selling first week sales of the year.
June 28, 2012![Spotify, music news, noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Spotify-Logo-120x81.jpg)
A major music label insider has claimed that their top two sources of income are now iTunes and Spotify.
June 27, 2012![Justin Bieber Believe image noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Justin-Bieber-Believe-120x120.jpg)
Reports that the CD is dead have been grossly exaggerated going by sales for the new Justin Bieber album ‘Believe’.
June 25, 2012![Karise Eden from team Seal on The Voice images noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Karise-Eden-120x67.jpg)
The Voice Australia winner Karise Eden sales last week made up more than 20% of the Top 500 songs, while songs from The Voice made up over 25% of sales.
June 25, 2012![Karise Eden from team Seal on The Voice images noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Karise-Eden-120x67.jpg)
The winner of the first Australian edition of The Voice was crowned on Monday night (18th June, 2012), and the winner Karise Eden not only debuts at No.1 with her version of the song “Stay With Me Baby” (only previous version to chart in Australia was The Walker Brothers in 1967 version HP-45), she also lands two more debuts within the Top 10, and has a total of eight songs within the Top 40.
June 24, 2012![Justin Bieber Believe image noise11.com](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Justin-Bieber-Believe-120x120.jpg)
Justin Bieber’s third album becomes his second No.1 album here in Australia, as “Believe” debuts at No.1 this week, also becoming the 309th No.1 debut and the fifth consecutive top-spot debut.
June 24, 2012![Hungry Kids Of Hungary](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Hungry-Kids-Of-Hungary-120x79.jpg)
Brisbane indie pop champs Hungry Kids Of Hungry sign a publishing deal with Alberts and play three new songs live.
June 22, 2012![Ball Park Music at Noise11.com images](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ballparkmusic_per_211011-120x67.jpg)
The first round of artists for BIGSOUND 2012 has been announced with Henry Wagons, Kate Miller-Heidke and Noise11 favs Ball Park Music all scheduled to showcase.
June 20, 2012![Missy Higgins The Ol Razzle Dazzle](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Missy-Higgins-The-ol-Razzle-Dazzle-120x120.jpg)
Missy Higgins has the number one album in Australia again this week keeping Xavier Rudd away from achieving his first chart topper.
June 17, 2012![Usher, Noise11.com, photo](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Usher-120x119.jpg)
Usher will have the number one album in America next week despite a massive drop in first week sales since his last album.
June 17, 2012![Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Americana image](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Neil-Young-Americana-120x114.jpg)
What a week for veteran artists. The Beach Boys debut at number 3, the highest that they have ever placed an album in its first week, with That's Why God Made the Radio.
June 16, 2012![Dr Alan Saunders](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Alan-Saunders-120x159.jpg)
Dr Alan Saunders, a veteran of ABC Radio in Australia for the past 25 years, died suddenly in Sydney on Thursday after catching pneumonia.
June 16, 2012![Carly Rae Jepsen - Image By Ros O'Gorman noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CarlyRaeJepsenIMG_51022012-05-03-120x180.jpg)
Justin Bieber protégé Carly Rae Jepsen has knocked Gotye from the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
June 14, 2012![Adele 21 image noise11.com photos](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adele21-120x120.jpg)
Adele ‘21’ has returned to the number one spot on the American chart this week equalling her weeks at number one with the Saturday Night Fever and Purple Rain soundtracks.
June 13, 2012![Renee Geyer image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/reneegeyer-120x141.jpg)
One of Sydney's most loved music venues The Basement is for sale.
June 12, 2012![Mark Lanegan](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Mark+Lanegan-120x139.jpg)
The Ding Dong Lounge has been renovated and will relaunch with exclusive Mark Lanegan and Stonefield shows.
June 12, 2012![Brett Cottle](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Brett-Cottle-120x120.jpg)
Brett Cottle, the Chief Executive for the Australian Performing Rights Association, has been awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by Queen Elizabeth II in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
June 11, 2012![Missy Higgins The Ol Razzle Dazzle](https://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Missy-Higgins-The-ol-Razzle-Dazzle-120x120.jpg)
Missy Higgins has the number one album in Australia this week after 15,321 fans went out and bought her ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ album in the past week.
June 10, 2012Shock launches their new Halfcut label with heavyweight releases from Gallows, Heroes For Hire and While She Sleeps.
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