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The Nine Australian Music Prize Shortlist Albums For 2017 Revealed

Jen Cloher, Paul Kelly and Beaches are just three of the artists whose albums have been shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize for 2017.

Tagged as: AMP, Australia, Australian Music Prize, Beaches, HTMLFlowers, Jen Cloher, Martin Foley, music industry, Paul Kelly, Victoria

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65 Australian Songs Make Triple J’s Hottest 100, None Made ARIA’s Top 30

by Paul Cashmere

Triple J has revealed that 65 Australian songs will feature in the 2017 Hottest 100, to be broadcast on January 28. By comparison, not one Australian song made the Top 30 of the ARIA end of year chart for 2017.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Hottest 100, music industry, radio, triple j

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Festival Hall Owner Says Venue Is No Longer Viable

by Paul Cashmere

The Wren family, the owners of Melbourne’s iconic Festival Hall, have confirmed that they are selling the building because the business is no longer viable.

Tagged as: Australia, Festival Hall, music industry, music venue

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Triple J Hottest 100 Gets Over 2 Million Votes

by Paul Cashmere

2,386,133 votes have been tallied for the 2017 Triple J Hottest 100 making it the biggest Hottest 100 ever.

Tagged as: Australia, Hottest 100, music industry, radio, triple j

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Festival Hall Closure Angers Sectors of Melbourne’s Music Community

by Paul Cashmere

Plans to demolish Melbourne venue Festival Hall have angered parts of the music community.

Tagged as: Australia, Festival Hall, music industry, music venue

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Rob Walker To Receive The Believe In Music Award at NAMM

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Music Association CEO Rob Walker is to be honored at NAMM with The Believe In Music Award.

Tagged as: Australia, Australiammusician.com, Australian Music Association, music industry, Rob Walker

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Ed Sheeran, 2013, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Ed Sheeran Is Getting Married

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Cherry Seaborn.

Tagged as: 10s, Australian charts, contemporary, Ed Sheeran, music industry, pop, UK

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Australian Albums: The Greatest Showman Stays At No 1 For 3rd Week

by Gavin Ryan

The soundtrack for the film “The Greatest Showman” remains at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for a third consecutive week, with the set also on hold in England and America for a second week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, The Greatest Showman

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Australian Singles: Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’ Is No 1 For 7th Week

by Gavin Ryan

The Ed Sheeran ballad “Perfect” remains at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for a seventh straight week, giving him an accumulated equal amount of weeks at No.1 this decade with Justin Bieber.

Tagged as: 10s, Australian charts, contemporary, Ed Sheeran, music industry, pop, UK

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Gil Matthews Is Working On A Go Records Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

Gil Matthews, the former Aztecs drummer and founder of Aztec Records, is working on a box set of the complete A and B sides of all Go!! Records singles.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, Gil Matthews, Go Records, music industry, record label

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Brisbane Rapper Miss Blanks Explains Why Kirin J Callinan Was Dumped From Laneway

by Paul Cashmere

Dumping of Kirin J Callinan from the Laneway line-up have been revealed by Brisbane rapper Miss Blanks.

Tagged as: Australia, kirin j callinan, Laneway, Miss Blanks, music festival, music industry

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Chris Botti Explains Why He Is Through Making New Music at Noise11 iHeartRadio

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy award winning trumpet player Chris Botti says he is not interested in making any more albums.

Tagged as: Australia, Chris Botti, iHeartRadio, Live Nation, music industry, noise11., radio

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Australian Charts: The Greatest Showman Is Still The No 1 Album

by Gavin Ryan

Retaining its No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart for a second week is the soundtrack for “The Greatest Showman”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, The Greatest Showman

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Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’ Spends Sixth Week At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

It’s a sixth week at No.1 in Australia for Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” track, now becoming his second longest running chart-topper on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Tagged as: 10s, Australian charts, contemporary, Ed Sheeran, music industry, pop, UK

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New Music Releases For 12 January 2018

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Camila Cabello, Avatar, Joe Satriani, Tonight Alive, Anderson East, Black Veil Brides, BØRNS, Black Label Society and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Tagged as: Anderson East, Australia, Avatar, Black Label Society, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Veil Brides, BØRNS, Camila Cabello, Joe Satriani, music industry, new music, new releases, Tonight Alive

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Jen Cloher at the 2015 Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards held in Melbourne at the Meat Market on Thursday 22 October 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman

APRA Delivers Its Strongest Song of the Year Shortlist In Years

by Paul Cashmere

With APRA AMCOS the barometer of Australian music you can rest assured that Australian music is in fine shape, even it doesn’t make the ARIA annual Top 10.

Tagged as: 10s, Alex Lahey, AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Jen Cloher, music industry, Paul Kelly

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Beeb Birtles Discusses Nearly Every Day of His Life At Noise11 iHeartRadio

by Noise11.com

Australian music legend Beeb Birtles tells his story at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com this week.

Tagged as: Beeb Birtles, iHeartRadio, Little River Band, music industry, new music, radio

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Brian May Queen Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Queen, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

by Paul Cashmere

The Recording Academy will honor Queen, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond and Tina Turner with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Tagged as: Emmylou Harris, Grammy Awards, music industry, Neil Diamond, Queen, Tina Turner, USA

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ARIA Chart Disgrace: Not One Australian Song Or Album Made The End of Year Top 10

by Paul Cashmere

2017 was a terrible year for Australian artists in Australia with not one song or album making the ARIA Top 10.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Ed Sheeran, music industry, Paul Kelly, Pink, PNAU, Taylor Swift

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Artists To Get Screwed Big Time In 2018 As Music Streaming Increases By 50% in 2017

by Paul Cashmere

Music streaming had a bumper year with listening increasing by 50% over 2016 in 2017 according to a report from BuzzAngle but don’t expect to see too many artists applauding it.

Tagged as: BuzzAngle, music industry, Spotify, streaming

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Rick Hall founder of Muscle Shoals Studios

R.I.P. Rick Hall of Muscle Shoals Studios 1932-2018

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Rick Hall, the founder of Muscle Shoal’s FAME Studio and a major record producer, songwriter and music publisher, died today (January 2) at his home where he had returned from a nursing home for the Christmas season. He was 85.

Tagged as: 60s, Muscle Shoals, music industry, R&B, Rick Hall, USA

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Hard Rock To Build World’s Largest Guitar Shaped Building

by Paul Cashmere

Work has begun on the world’s largest guitar shaped building. Hard Rock is building the guitar shaped tower in Florida.

Tagged as: Florida, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, music industry, Seminole, USA

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Bruce Springsteen and Max Weinberg at AAMI Park on Thursday 2 February 2017. Photo Ros O'Gorman

2018 Set For A Bumper Year of New Music

by Music-News.com

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.

Tagged as: music industry, new music, new releases

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U.S. Senate Passes Legislation To Increase Artist Streaming Royalties

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

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.

Tagged as: music industry, Spotify, streaming, USA

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R.I.P. Maroon 5 Manager Jordan Feldstein at Age 40

by Music-News.com

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

Tagged as: Jonah Hill, Jordan Feldstein, Maroon 5, music industry, Sheryl Crow, USA

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Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran Has A Perfect No 1

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Ed Sheeran, music industry, pop

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New Music Releases 22 December 2017

by Gavin Ryan

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

Tagged as: Australia, Green Day, music industry, new music, new releases

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Australian Music Vault Has Opened In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Music Vault, Ian Molly Meldrum, Martin Foley, Michael Gudinski, music industry

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Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran ‘Divide’ Is No 1 Again

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: Australian charts, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, music industry, pop

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Australian Charts: Ed Sheeran and Beyonce Have The Perfect No 1

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: Australian charts, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, music industry, pop

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