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Record labels make more money from fan-made videos uploaded to YouTube than they do from their official music videos, according to Francis Keeling, the Global Head of Digital Business for Universal…

Australian singer Prince Henry Mak has debuted at #1 on the Chinese QIY K-Pop chart, as part of five-piece boy band JJCC. The group was put together by Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan – who has…

Tim Kelly will join SME as General Manager Marketing Asia Pacific, effective June 2. Kelly moves to Sony Music from Universal Music Australia, where he has held the position of General Manager…

Touring continues to be the main source of income for musicians, as Taylor Swift tops Billboard’s Money Makers list, which calculates US earnings for 2013. Swift beat out big ticket names such as…

Musician, teacher, and advocate Lindy Morrison has been named as the 2014 recipient of the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. The annual award is decided by APRA’s Board…

The Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) board has been hit with three resignations. Chairman Jeff Chandler and Director Graham Thompson have bowed out, effective immediately. Treasurer…

Courtesy of Radio Today, here is the most recent summary of today’s Radio Ratings Survey: SYDNEY WSFM has leapt into the #1 FM spot and is the station of the survey in Sydney. ARN • WSFM outright #1…

Lorde’s Pure Heroine has sold one million copies in the US, the first debut album to do so since country artist Hunter Hayes’ self-titled set did so last October. Pure Heroine is also the first debut…

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s first study into the economic contribution of the Creative and Cultural Industries has found it added $86bn to the national economy. The study, which…

Those drummer jokes guitarists love to tell. Well, they don’t apply to Lindy Morrison. Morrison is a whole lot more than just a time-keeper. She’s one of the Australian music industry’s great…

UPDATE: June 3 2014 - Kylie confirms in a Tweet that she is not leaving Parlophone and that the Sun’s story was false. Warner Music Australia has responded to rumours surrounding Kylie Minogue’s deal…

The Mushroom Group’s Michael Gudinski, Sony Music Australia’s Denis Handlin, and Live Nation’s Michael Coppel have been honoured in Billboard’s inaugural ‘International Power Players’ list. The list…