2018’s new music is in full swing for a bumper year with major artists finishing off albums for the first half of the year while others have downed tools and set release dates.

Senate Judiciary Committee Member Orrin Hatch of Utah and Congressman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) of Georgia, the Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Courts and the Internet, introduced legislation to apply free market principles to music licensing and ensure songwriters are fairly compensated for their work.

Jonah Hill's brother Jordan Feldstein, who managed rockers Maroon 5, has died at the age of 40.

The ninth studio album for Eminem "Revival" becomes his ninth No.1 album on the ARIA Albums chart this week, debuting at the top as the last No.1 for 2017.

The final No.1 for 2017 remains Ed Sheeran and Beyonce's duet of "Perfect", which logs its third week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart.

Major new titles coming this week from: Green Day, Petula Clark (GH) and Machine Gun Kelly.

The Ding Dong Lounge, for the past 15 years one of Melbourne’s most treasured music venues, will close in January 2018.

Australian music now has a permanent home with the Australian Music Vault opening in Melbourne.

Ed Sheeran returns to the No.1 spot in the ARIA Albums Chart with his third album "÷ (Divide)", the first return to the top for the album since September 11th and the 21st week overall for the set.

Ed Sheeran and Beyonce stay at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week with their duet "Perfect", which also took the top spot in the US this past week.

In an end-of-year Noise11 iHeartRadio special we take a look at the artists we lost over the past 12 months.

Pink remains at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart with her "Beautiful Trauma" album for a sixth broken week at No.1.

Ed Sheeran becomes the second artist for 2017 to score a second No.1 single on the ARIA Charts, as his now Beyonce infused track "Perfect" jumps up three places to land at No.1, as well as at the top in the UK.

Kylie Minogue will return to the label where it all started for her, at Michael Gudinski’s Mushroom Group.

Apple is making a move to strengthen its music service with the acquisition of British music discover app Shazam.

Major new titles coming this week from: Barbra Streisand, Bananarama (GH), Luke Bryan, Bad Juju and the Game of Thrones Season 7 soundtrack on vinyl.

Paul McCartney’s sound engineer Paul ‘Pab’ Boothroyd will conduct a masterclass at SAE Melbourne on Wednesday.

U2 could be heading for an 11th Number 1 record on this week’s Official Albums Chart.

Pink's "Beautiful Trauma" returns to the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart this week for a fifth overall week at the top in Australia.

"Havana" by Camila Cabello and Young Thug maintains its ARIA Singles Chart No.1 position for a third week, becoming the fourth longest run at the top for 2017.

Congratulations to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, who land straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with their new album Who Built The Moon?.

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons is stepping down from his companies amid fresh allegations of sexual misconduct.

Major new titles coming this week from: U2, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Miguel, Pitbull (GH), Chris Stapleton, Pete Tong, Andy Grammer, Neil Young + Promise of the Real and Roy Woods.

Melbourne’s The Flying Saucer Club will close as a venue after New Year’s Eve.

Jay Z is leading the nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards with eight nominations. Kendrick Lamar has seven.

With Christmas fast approaching, hmv continues to stand out as the UK's favourite place to buy vinyl. With a predicted 10 records being sold at hmv every minute, in-store and online between now and Christmas, the store is on track to sell 1.5 million records in 2017 - something that has not been achieved seen since the late 1980's.

Sydney's Gang of Youths have dominated the 2017 ARIA Awards taking home Album of the Year, Best Group and Best Rock Album as well as Producer of the year for the album Go Farther Into Lightness.

Triple J has moved the Hottest 100 countdown away from Australia Day to avoid being “part of a debate” about the day.

Taylor Swift holds onto the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart for a second week with her latest album "Reputation", plus it scores a ▲Platinum certification too.

Camila Cabello with Young Thug holds onto the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Top 100 chart this week with "Havana", the song returning to the top of the digital sales chart this week (and is at #2 on the streaming chart).