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The Kid is on top of the world. For the first time, The Kid Laroi’s ‘Stay’ hits No. 1 on the Global 200, Billboard’s worldwide chart that ranks songs based on streaming and sales data from more than…

A months-long independent review into the culture at MediaWorks, New Zealand’s biggest radio conglomerate, has exposed multiple instances of sexual harassment and bad behaviour. Published Wednesday,…

The cruel, last-minute cancellation of Bluesfest 2021 triggered a crippling financial hit. According to independent data published today (August 3), government officials’ decision to shut down…

This Christmas should be a celebration like no other, though getting to the party is the tough part. The botched vaccine rollout is finally picking up pace, official data suggests, with the number of…

Snap lockdowns and buyer uncertainty are applying the kiss of death to Australia’s live music industry, which continues to hemorrhage money and staff, a new report finds. The I Lost My Gig’s latest…

Channel 7 is throwing its considerable muscle behind Australia’s athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, but they’re not doing much for our musicians stuck at home. Enter Jack River for the win. The…

Annabelle Herd sure chose an auspicious time to enter the music industry. Herd took the reins at ARIA and PPCA on Feb. 1, bringing with her a skillset stacked with legal and lobbying work, and…

Take a bow Sycco. The Brisbane indie-pop singer and songwriter is named to YouTube Music’s 2021 class of Foundry, the streaming platform’s global artist development programme. As a Foundry inductee,…

The 2021 Indie-Con Australia conference is switching to an all-virtual format. As a new round of COVID-19 outbreaks turns Australia’s main cities into hotspots, the independent music community has no…

The story of TikTok has been as unlikely and dramatic as Game of Thrones. And like the writers of that blockbuster sword 'n' sorcery series, the short-video platform has done something no one saw…

The Kid Laroi now has something to aim at. The Sydney-raised, Los Angeles-based singer and rapper scores an equal career-best No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with ‘Stay,’ his collaboration…

Warner Music Australia is shaking it up with new signing Boy Soda. Born Brae Luafalealo, and bred in Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast, the newcomer celebrates his new deal with the release today of…