The short list has been announced for the Polaris Music Prize and it contains two veteran artists, one who recently passed away and one who is terminally ill.

There's no stopping the Ed Sheeran album "÷ (Divide)" from leaving the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, notching up its sixteenth overall week at the top.

For a ninth straight week the song "Despacito" has claimed the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, plus the song is once again at the top in England, Ireland, America, Canada and New Zealand, and returns to the top of the Digital Sales chart here after one week off, and retains its No.1 streaming position too.

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Major new titles coming this week from: The Kite String Tangle, Offa Rex, Coldplay (EP), L D R U (EP), Paradise Lost, Mura Masa, Oh Wonder, Meg Mac, The Vamps, French Montana and Jonas Blue.

SXSW artist submission for showcases opened two weeks ago and already 30 Australian and New Zealand acts have applied to showcase.

Ed Sheeran remains at No.1 for a fifteenth broken week with his third studio album "÷ (Divide)".

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee along with added vocals by Justin Bieber are at No.1 for an eighth straight week with their Spanish infused hit "Despacito", becoming Justin's longest run at the top in Australia now.

Former Wham and Marc Bolan manager Simon Napier-Bell will speak at the BigSound music conference in Brisbane in September.

Music SA today opened the entries for the third annual South Australian Music Awards (SAM Awards).

The sales and listening of recorded albums continues to drop according to Buzz Angle Music but, of the LPs that have been purchased or streamed, almost two-thirds were catalogue product.

Music SA’s unsigned initiative Scouted has rounded up seven acts to perform at Adelaide’s East End on July 28 It is all part of the South Australia’s grab of AIR Awards coinciding with Indie-Con Australia.

For a fourth time Ed Sheeran's "÷ (Divide)" returns to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, racking up its fourteenth overall week at No.1 in Australia.

It's a seventh week at No.1 in Australia for the song "Despacito" for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber, and in the process it becomes the longest running chart-topper for a Puerto Rican act in Australia.

APRA AMCOS will present to the 7th Art Music Awards in Sydney on August 22.

Justin Hayward is at Noise11 iHeartRadio this week to talk about 50 years of Moody Blues and first very first solo tour of Australia. Also David Bridie of My Friend The Chocolate Cake previews the new album 'The Revival Meeting' and talks about the band's homage to artist Jeffrey Smart.

Major new titles coming this week from: Calvin Harris, Tuesday the Sky, Devin Townsend Project, Stone Sour, The Acacia Strain, Tex, Don & Charlie, Lany, Jason Owen, TLC and Josh Pyke GH's.

Pandora will close its Australian office despite claiming a local user base of 1.2 million.

Failed streaming company Guvera is being investigated after burning through $180 million of investor’s money and before collapsing.

The second studio album for New Zealand female artist Lorde becomes her second No.1 album in Australia, as "Melodrama" debuts in the pole position on the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Justin Bieber has now amassed as many weeks at No.1 in Australia as both Pharrell Williams and Ed Sheeran, as his appearance in the Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee Spanglish track "Despacito" stays atop the ARIA Singles Chart for a sixth consecutive week.

Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018 but not for music. Jones will be awarded for his work on radio.

Josh Pyke has released his debut album from a decade ago on vinyl for the very first time. He has also released a best of deep with rarities and b-sides. He’ll tell you all about it this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Major new titles coming this week from: Imagine Dragons, Vince Staples, The Chain Gang of 1974, Bent Knee, DJ Khaled, Jeff Tweedy, Purple Rain re-issue, Jaymes Young and the soundtracks for Despicable Me 3 and Baby Driver.

Brisbane's BigSound music conference has announced over 60 showcase acts in the round one announcement of performers.

Central Station Records will release a 3CD companion to founders Giuseppe (Jo) Palumbo and Morgan Williams’ book ‘Music Wars’.

Australia’s arm of Ministry of Sound has been rebranded TMRW Music.

The 2017 Helpmann Award nominations have been announced. Jimmy Barnes is up for a Cabaret award, Springsteen and Patti Smith are competing for Best International Concert and Dame Julie Andrews may win a Director award if ‘My Fair Lady’ can beat ‘The Book of Mormon’.

The story of Central Station Records, the boutique Melbourne record store that became a record store and music empire for its founders, is told in the new book ‘Music Wars – The Sound of the Underground’.

ARIA winning singer songwriter Monique Brumby and guitarist Phil Ceberano will front Rock Academy Melbourne to mentor teen music talent in songwriting and performing these July school holidays.