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The ARIA Chart, It Has Become A Joke

A funny thing happens when you eliminate streaming from the ARIA sales figures. The manufactured pop machine disappears.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Mariah Carey, music industry, The Kid Laroi, Top 40

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Australian Albums: Adele ’30’ End The Year At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Adele’s “30” set retained a sixth week at No.1 in Australia this past week, the set achieving a new sales certification of ▲Platinum in sales.

Tagged as: Adele, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop

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Adele 30 Was The Only Real Million Seller In The USA In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Adele’s ‘30’ was the only album in the USA to sell more than one million physical copies in 2021 but after the music biz gets to inflate the figures, the manufactured acts also look good with their manufactured sales.

Tagged as: Adele, Doja Cat, Drake, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift, The Kid Laroi, USA

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Announcement: The Academy Postpones January Seniors Course

by Announcement

The following is an announcement from The Country Music Academy in the lead-up to the 50th Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, country, Country Music Academy, music industry, Tamworth

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Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nile Rodgers Helps Raise £200,000 for Nordoff Robbins

by Music-News.com

Stars of stage and screen came together to raise a total of over £200,000 for the UK’s largest music therapy charity at Nordoff Robbins’ annual Christmas Carol Concerts, held in person last week at St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London and streamed online on Sunday 19th December.

Tagged as: Imelda May, music industry, Nile Rodgers, Nordoff Robbins, Rod Stewart, UK

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Warner Music Group Buys 300 Entertainment For $400 Million

by Paul Cashmere

Warner Music Group has paid $US400 million to acquire 300 Entertainment, the home of Megan Thee Stallion, Fetty Wap and Young Thug.

Tagged as: 300 Entertainment, Elektra, Fetty Wap, Lyor Cohen, Megan Thee Stallion, music industry, USA, Warner Music Group, Young Thug

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Adele, Ed Sheeran Lead BRIT Award Nominations

by Music-News.com

The nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards with Mastercard were this evening announced in ‘The BRITs Are Coming’ one-hour TV special on ITV and ITV Hub and streamed for the first time on The Official BRIT Awards YouTube.

Tagged as: Adele, Brit Awards, Ed Sheeran, music industry, UK

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The Screen Music Awards To Return To Melbourne in 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards will be back in Melbourne as a live event in 2022. It will be the first live Screen Music Awards since 2019.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, music industry, Screen Music Awards

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Denis O’Brien, Former Manager of George Harrison, Dead At 80

by Paul Cashmere

Denis O’Brien, George Harrison’s long-time manager for most of his solo career, has died at age 80.

Tagged as: Denis O'Brien, George Harrison, Handmade Films, music industry, The Beatles

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OBITUARY: Barney Kilpatrick 1956-2021

by Noise11.com

Following is an industry obituary for New Orleans music industry identity Barney Kilpatrick from Bob Merlis.

Tagged as: Barney Kilpatrick, music industry, New Orleans, USA

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Trevor Noah To Host 2022 Grammy Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Trevor Noah is returning to host the Grammy Awards for the second consecutive year.

Tagged as: Grammy Awards, music industry, Trevor Noah

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The UK 2021 Christmas Contenders

by Music-News.com

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which can only mean one thing – the race for the Official Christmas Number 1 is coming.

Tagged as: Abba, Adele, Christmas, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, George Ezra, music industry, pop, The Kunts, UK

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Jay-Z Becomes Most Nominated Name In Grammy History

by Music-News.com

Jay-Z has become the most-nominated musician in Grammys history.

Tagged as: Grammy Awards, Jay-Z, music industry, R&B, USA

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ARIA Awards 2021 The Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

Here are the winners for the ARIA Awards 2021.

Tagged as: ARIA Awards, Australia, music industry

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Under The Southern Stars Confirms 2022 Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Under The Southern Stars has been rescheduled for 2022 and there is a bonus. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have been added to the tour.

Tagged as: Australia, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bush, Cheap Trick, Electric Mary, music industry, rock, Rose Tattoo, Stone Temple Pilots, Under The Southern Stars

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Australians Nominated For Grammy Award 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Hiatus Kaiyote, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Rufus Du Sol, AC/DC and The Kid Laroi are the Australian’s nominated for Grammy Awards for 2022.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Australia, Grammy Awards, hiatus kaiyote, music industry, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid Laroi, USA

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ABBA Nominated For Their First Grammy EVER

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA released their first single ‘People Need Love’ in 1972. 49 years later they have been nominated for their first ever Grammy Award.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Europe, Grammy, music industry, pop, Sweden

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American Music Awards 2021 Complete Winners List

by Music-News.com

The American Music Awards were held this week.

Tagged as: American Music Awards, music industry, USA

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Music Victoria Awards Reveals Line-up And Nominees for 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Music Victoria Awards Reveals Line-up And Nominees for 2021

Tagged as: Australia, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Kerryn Fields, Maple Glider, Mindy Meng Wang x Tim Shiel, music industry, Music Victoria

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Announcement: Mona Declares 2021 Annus Finis

by Announcement

Mona, in partnership with Music Tasmania—will host its first New Year’s Eve party, Annus Finis, featuring an all-Tasmanian music line-up.

Tagged as: Australia, MONA, music festival, music industry, Tasmania

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Mona Foma Is A Goer For 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Moma Foma will return for 2022 with dates locked in for Launceston and Hobart in Tasmania.

Tagged as: Australia, Brian Ritchie, Mona Foma, music festival, music industry

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Reckless Records Designs T’s For Ausmusic T-Shirt Day

by Paul Cashmere

You can honor Australian artists in Australian T-Shirt Day with a round of releases from Scot Crawford’s new Reckless Records.

Tagged as: Angry Anderson, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, James Reyne, music industry, Palace of the King, Reckless Records, Scot Crawford, The Poor

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iPod Turns 20 And Surprisingly … Still Exists

by Paul Cashmere

I haven’t heard of anyone buying an iPod is years so I was surprised to discover that it is still on sale. Which is good news, because its just turned 20.

Tagged as: Apple, ipod, music industry

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Don McLean ‘American Pie’ Album Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

Don McLean’s iconic ‘American Pie’ album was released on 24 October 1971.

Tagged as: 70s, American Pie, Don McLean, folk, music industry, rock, USA

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SXSW To Return In 2022 As Live Event

by Paul Cashmere

Artists from around the world will return to Austin, Texas when SXSW resumes in 2022.

Tagged as: Austin, CHAII, Grace Cummings, Jo Schornikow, music industry, SXSW, Texas, Wanderers

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australianmusician.com.au and noise11.com Present The 2021 Most Respected Musician Poll

by Noise11.com

We’ve seen a lot of music polls recently, setting band against band, song against song but music shouldn’t be a competition. One artist or song isn’t better than another. Music is subjective. One person’s favourite sentimental country ballad might not appeal to a metal fan’s memories of a hardcore riff-laden rock song. A pop icon might mean the world to a young kid but nothing to a fan of an alt rock songsmith.

Tagged as: australianmusician.com.au, Most Respected Musician Poll, music industry, noise11.com

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Artist Manager and Promoter Scot Crawford Launches Reckless Records

by Paul Cashmere

Band manager and concert promoter Scot Crawford has launched a new record label Reckless with new music coming soon from James Reyne, The Poor, Palace Of The King, Angry Anderson, and Rose Tattoo.

Tagged as: Australia, Boom Crash Opera, James Reyne, music industry, Palace of the King, Reckless Records, Rose Tattoo, Scot Crawford

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Love Police Launch New Record Label

by Paul Cashmere

Love Police have started an all-new record label Love Police Records & Tapes (yes that does mean cassettes too).

Tagged as: Alex Hamilton, Americana, Brian Taranto, Dave Laing, Love Police, Love Police Records & Tapes, Melissa Carper, music industry, Mylee Grace, Warumpi Band

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Lewis Capaldi Picks Up Four ASCAP Awards

by Music-News.com

Lewis Capaldi won four prizes at the ASCAP London Music Awards 2021.

Tagged as: 10s, ASCAP, Lewis Capaldi, music industry, pop

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Announcement: NIDA Announces 2022 Scholarships

by Announcement

NIDA continues its commitment to student accessibility and inclusion with an expanded slate now offering over $600,000 worth of scholarships across its courses for 2022 with applications closing 29 October.

Tagged as: Australia, Entertainment, music industry, NIDA

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