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ANNOUNCEMENT: Art Music Awards Finalists Announced

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre are excited to announce the finalists for the 2021 Art Music Awards, to be held on Tuesday 17 August in Melbourne. Finalists include Holly Harrison, Yitzhak Yedid, Cathy Milliken, Ed Kuepper and many more.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, ARIA, Australia, music industry, PPCA

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Announcement: Music Industry Welcomes Covid-19 Support Packages

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APRA AMCOS, ARIA and PPCA welcome the announcements yesterday from both the Federal and New South Wales Governments providing Covid-19 support packages through both Services Australia and Service NSW.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, ARIA, Australia, music industry, PPCA

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Announcement: ARIA, PPCA, Arts Council Reveal First Nations Grand Recipients

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The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in partnership with the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts today announced the grant recipients of the First Nations Sound Recording Partnership.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australia Council, Dan Rankine, Daniel Wilfred, indigenous, Jess Hitchcock, Luke Riches, Miiesha Young, music industry, PPCA, The Struggling Kings, trials

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PPCA And Recording Council Announce Recording Grant Participants

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The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts announce the five newest recipients of $15,000 grants to assist with the creation of new sound recordings.

Tagged as: Australia, Dan Rosen, music industry, PPCA

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Sounds Australia Teams Up With ARIA For Funding Deal

by Tim Cashmere

Australian music export group Sounds Australia has announced ARIA as a funding partner, enabling them to offer further support to Australian musicians trying to break overseas.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian music, music industry, PPCA, Sounds Australia

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Gurrumul ‘Djarimirri ‘(Child of the Rainbow)’ awarded Australian Music Prize

by Paul Cashmere

Gurrumul’s ‘Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)’ has won for Australian Music Prize for 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Music Prize, Dan Rosen, Dave Faulkner, Gurrumul, music industry, PPCA, The AMP

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PPCA and Australia Council Reveal Recording Grant Recipients

by Noise11.com

Alex The Astronaut, Justin Marshall, Lachlan Skipworth, Zindzi Okenyo and Sandy Evans are the five recipients of the PPCA and Australia Council recording grants for 2018.

Tagged as: Alex The Astronaut, Australia, Australia Council, Justin Marshall, Lachlan Skipworth, music industry, PPCA, Sandy Evans, Zindzi Okenyo

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Ben Salter, Courtney Barnett Awarded PPCA Recording Grants

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Salter and Courtney Barnett are two of five artists named to receive recording grants from PPCA and the Australia Council.

Tagged as: Ben Salter, Courtney Barnett, PPCA

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High Court Rejects Commercial Radio Streaming Application In Favour of Artists and Labels

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian High Court has ruled in favour of artists and recording labels and rejected an application by Commercial Radio Australia for a leave application that internet streaming simulcasts be covered by existing broadcast licences.

Tagged as: APRA, broadcast, Commercial Radio Australia, Dan Rosen, Federal court, High Court, PPCA, streaming

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PPCA Distributes $29 Million To Australian Artists

by Paul Cashmere

PPCA, the Australian organization representing the rights of artists and record labels, has distributed $29 million to artists earned from the 2011/2012 year.

Tagged as: Dan Rosen, PPCA

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Clare Bowditch and Tim Levinson Become PPCA Patrons

by Paul Cashmere

Australian performers Clare Bowditch and Tim Levinson (Urthboy, The Herd) have joined PPCA as official PPCA Patrons.

Tagged as: ARIA, Clare Bowditch, Dan Rosen, PPCA, The Herd, Tim Levinson, Urthboy

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PPCA Distributes $25 Million To Aussie Artists

by Paul Cashmere

PPCA, the organisation representing the rights of artists and record labels, distributed a record $25 million to artists during the financial year ending June, 2011.

Tagged as: ARIA, Dan Rosen, PPCA

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Not One Australian Song Released In 2024 Made The ARIA Top 100 of 2024

The ARIA end of year chart has been revealed and it is another embarrassment for Australian artists. Not one Australian song released in 2024 made the Top 100. Just three Australian artists made the ARIA Top 100 albums for 2024. They were Cold Chisel, The Kid Laroi and INXS.

January 14, 2025

Missy Higgins AWITG on Sunday 19 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Artists Missy Higgins Skipped Over For The ARIA Hall of Fame

Missy Higgins released her debut album ‘The Sound of White’ in 2004 and yes it was huge. It was a number one album that year and she had two more number one albums in a row. A position in the ARIA Hall of Fame is warranted. But for FFS ARIA, how about these artists first:

August 18, 2024

Not One Australian Song of 2023 Made The ARIA End of Year Top 100

Once again, ARIA has proven itself a disgrace with a complete lack of attention to Australian artists in 2023. Not one Australian song released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Singles and only one Australian album released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Albums.

January 12, 2024

Why Are The ARIA Awards Full Of Acts Who Can’t Even Make The ARIA Chart?

The nominations for the 2023 ARIA Awards have been announced and once again the glaring failures of the ARIA Chart disconnect with Australian acts and music consumers couldn’t be more obvious.

September 21, 2023

The ARIA Chart Is Something To Get ‘Angry’ About

The Rolling Stones 'Angry' debuted at 329 on the ARIA chart this week. Flop? Not really. It is another example of the how irrelevant the ARIA chart has become. It irrelevance is also having a negative impact on the perspective of Australian artist's success.

September 18, 2023