Fourteen months after her fifth No.1 album locally, this week Kylie Minogue lands her sixth chart-topping album in Australia as her fourth (major) best of set "Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection" takes out the top spot here and also in England.

Melbourne singer-songwriter Eilish Gilligan is the 2019 Josh Pyke Partnership.

Major new titles coming this week from: Michael Hutchence/INXS, Marshmello, Machine Gun Jelly, 3Teeth, Lighthouse Family, Olympia, David Bridie and Stranger Things Season 3.

Phil Tripp, the SXSW representative for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, has left SXSW after 17 years.

News of the death of the CD has been very much exaggerated according to Chris Carey, CEO of Media Insight Consulting.

When the Helpmann Awards are handed out in Melbourne for the very first time on 15 July there will be a very special world first as part of the show, the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will perform a montage from the show.

Taylor Swift's ME! collaborator Brendon Urie has taken his pal's side in her war of words with music mogul Scooter Braun, calling him "toxic".

Ariana Grande has encouraged Taylor Swift to "stay strong" in her feud with Scooter Braun following her online rant about the music mogul's new ownership of her old masters.

Phil Tripp, the SXSW Senior Business Develop Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, will host Meet N Greet info nights for the 2020 event mid-July in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Dave Leslie of Baby Animals will host a workshop at the Melbourne Guitar Show in August.

Lewis Capaldi bounces back to Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart with is debut collection Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber extend their reign at Number 1 with I Don’t Care to a seventh consecutive week on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

For the sixth week this year the Billie Eilish debut album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" is the No.1 selling album in Australia, attaining an overall fifth run at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

It's now double-week figures at No.1 for "Old Town Road" by Lil' Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus as their country and hip-hop mash-up logs a tenth week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart.

Melbourne’s iconic Corner Hotel has revealed the 2019 Longlist for the annual Corner Award.

Pianist and composer Barney McCall has been chosen to curate the 2019 Art Music Awards.

Major new titles coming this week from: Brian Cadd, New Found Glory, The Black Keys, Kylie Minogue (GH), Julia Michaels, Don Walker (live), Thom Yorke, Mustard, the 'Spider-Man: Far from Home' soundtrack and Woodstock's 50th Anniversary edition.

Do Australians prefer Porn to Madonna? Well, now we can answer the question. The answer is ‘Porn’. Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets sold twice as many Vinyl albums than Madonna in their debut weeks.

The Rolling Stones second Chicago show setlist had a seven song change-over from the first event last Friday night. Of the new additions, ‘Monkey Man’ and ‘Play With Fire’ got a run.

In the battle for No.1 this week between Madonna and Bruce Springsteen, The Boss beats Madame X with his new nineteenth studio album "Western Stars", becoming the fourth chart-topping album here for Bruce Springsteen.

"Old Town Road" for rapper Lil' Nas X with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus holds for a ninth broken week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, plus the song is now 5x▲Platinum in sales.

Major new titles coming this week from: Mark Ronson, Hollywood Vampires, Willie Nelson, Luke Combs (EP), Lil' Nas X, Will Young, Prince, Richard Reed Parry, Collective Soul, Cassius, Hot Chip, The Wiggles, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, The Saboteurs, Two Door Cinema Club, So Fresh Winter 2019 and the soundtracks for 'Toy Story 4' and 'Yesterday'.

This year, Creative Victoria’s Music Passport program brings the change makers and deal brokers of Brazil to Melbourne to meet with local industry and discover local talent in our vibrant music capital.

SXSW 2020 Meet ‘n’ Greet launch events have been locked in for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in July.

It's a battle between The Boss and The Queen of Pop on this week's Official Albums Chart as new records by Madonna and Bruce Springsteen go head to head for the Number 1 spot.

Billie Eilish returns to the No.1 Albums spot with her debut set "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" for an overall fifth week at top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

It's an eighth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for "Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back) for rapper Lil' Nas X and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

Madonna was questionably the greatest pop act of the 80s. She was certainly the most successful. She was a Bugatti on a racetrack in top gear, no-one could touch her. On ‘Madame X’ she sounds like a broken-down Ford Fiesta lost on a dirt road to Vegas.

Major new titles coming this week from: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Baroness, ZZ Top (GH), Carole King (Live), The Aints!, Amber Lawrence, X Ambassadors, Bastille, Noel Gallagher & the High Flying Birds (EP), Hayden James and the new 'Childs Play' S'track.

The Helpmann Awards have recognised Australian acts Paul Kelly and Kylie Minogue and international stars David Byrne, Celine Dion, The Killers and Christine and the Queens for their performance excellence in Australia in the past 12 months.