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Streaming will finally count towards the ARIA Album Charts: here’s how it will work

Streaming will finally count towards the ARIA Album Charts: here’s how it will work

The ARIA album charts will begin taking streaming into account, starting with the chart dated Monday May 15. That album chart, which will be available on ARIA s website from 5pm on Saturday May 13,…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Streaming will finally count towards the ARIA Album Charts: here’s how it will work

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Streaming will finally count towards the ARIA Album Charts: here’s how it will work

The ARIA album charts will begin taking streaming into account, starting with the chart dated Monday May 15. That album chart, which will be available on ARIA s website from 5pm on Saturday May 13,…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017

Keith Urban just spent a year in the ARIA Album Top 30, and country is only going to get bigger

Keith Urban s Ripcord has just notched up a full year in the Top 30 of the ARIA Album charts, as of this week’s chart. Released in May 2016 and quickly reaching platinum status for 70,000 sales, his…

By Christie Eliezer - Nov 8, 2017
Keith Urban just spent a year in the ARIA Album Top 30, and country is only going to get bigger

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Keith Urban just spent a year in the ARIA Album Top 30, and country is only going to get bigger

Keith Urban s Ripcord has just notched up a full year in the Top 30 of the ARIA Album charts, as of this week’s chart. Released in May 2016 and quickly reaching platinum status for 70,000 sales, his…

By Christie Eliezer - Nov 8, 2017
Holograms, genre tribes & songwriting bots: five takeaways from 2017’s first Music Tech Summit

Holograms, genre tribes & songwriting bots: five takeaways from 2017’s first Music Tech Summit

How is technology shaping the future of music? That was the question posed to the panel at the second Music Tech Summit, held at Universal Music s Sydney HQ on May 4 this year. Four industry leaders…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Holograms, genre tribes & songwriting bots: five takeaways from 2017’s first Music Tech Summit

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Holograms, genre tribes & songwriting bots: five takeaways from 2017’s first Music Tech Summit

How is technology shaping the future of music? That was the question posed to the panel at the second Music Tech Summit, held at Universal Music s Sydney HQ on May 4 this year. Four industry leaders…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Redeeming features: why the Strategic Bieber is every hit single’s secret weapon right now

Redeeming features: why the Strategic Bieber is every hit single’s secret weapon right now

Last week, the highest charting Latin crossover hit in years finally established itself as a #1 on the TMN Hot 100. Despacito (Remix) overthrew DJ Khaled s I m The One and leads ahead of Shawn…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Redeeming features: why the Strategic Bieber is every hit single’s secret weapon right now

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Redeeming features: why the Strategic Bieber is every hit single’s secret weapon right now

Last week, the highest charting Latin crossover hit in years finally established itself as a #1 on the TMN Hot 100. Despacito (Remix) overthrew DJ Khaled s I m The One and leads ahead of Shawn…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: The Aussie women behind the scenes of Kesha’s powerful comeback single ’Praying’

Kesha’s first solo single in four years, ’Praying’, is a ferocious and satisfying new chapter in her story one that sees the star emerging from the depths of an ugly legal and personal battle. For…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: The Aussie women behind the scenes of Kesha’s powerful comeback single ’Praying’

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EXCLUSIVE: The Aussie women behind the scenes of Kesha’s powerful comeback single ’Praying’

Kesha’s first solo single in four years, ’Praying’, is a ferocious and satisfying new chapter in her story one that sees the star emerging from the depths of an ugly legal and personal battle. For…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Home truths: Izzi Manfredi on why The Preatures’ latest single should start a conversation

Home truths: Izzi Manfredi on why The Preatures’ latest single should start a conversation

As Izzi Manfredi croons the opening lines, People say it s not cool / to be sweet like you , the Preatures latest single already feels like a classic aged in the long days of a late-80s Aussie…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Home truths: Izzi Manfredi on why The Preatures’ latest single should start a conversation

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Home truths: Izzi Manfredi on why The Preatures’ latest single should start a conversation

As Izzi Manfredi croons the opening lines, People say it s not cool / to be sweet like you , the Preatures latest single already feels like a classic aged in the long days of a late-80s Aussie…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
"Pop is real, pop is great, deal with it": Nic Kelly picks five Aussie pop songs commercial radio is sleeping on

"Pop is real, pop is great, deal with it": Nic Kelly picks five Aussie pop songs commercial radio is sleeping on

There aren’t enough Australians in the singles charts. In the ARIA Top 20 Singles, the only Aussie is William Singe, the guest vocalist on Jonas Blue’s ’Mama’; the next one down (and the highest…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
"Pop is real, pop is great, deal with it": Nic Kelly picks five Aussie pop songs commercial radio is sleeping on

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"Pop is real, pop is great, deal with it": Nic Kelly picks five Aussie pop songs commercial radio is sleeping on

There aren’t enough Australians in the singles charts. In the ARIA Top 20 Singles, the only Aussie is William Singe, the guest vocalist on Jonas Blue’s ’Mama’; the next one down (and the highest…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Ricki-Lee on why ’Not Too Late’ is the starting-over anthem everyone needs right now

Ricki-Lee on why ’Not Too Late’ is the starting-over anthem everyone needs right now

Ricki-Lee Coulter s new single Not Too Late features a raw vocal that recalls her days as the teenage powerhouse on the first season of Australian Idol; nearly a decade and a half after her first…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Ricki-Lee on why ’Not Too Late’ is the starting-over anthem everyone needs right now

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Ricki-Lee on why ’Not Too Late’ is the starting-over anthem everyone needs right now

Ricki-Lee Coulter s new single Not Too Late features a raw vocal that recalls her days as the teenage powerhouse on the first season of Australian Idol; nearly a decade and a half after her first…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Odesza on the early days of SoundCloud and why Australia is their second home

Odesza on the early days of SoundCloud and why Australia is their second home

The world loves Odesza their latest album A Moment Apart debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and topped the iTunes Electronic chart in 12 countries, and they ve clocked over two billion streams…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Odesza on the early days of SoundCloud and why Australia is their second home

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Odesza on the early days of SoundCloud and why Australia is their second home

The world loves Odesza their latest album A Moment Apart debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and topped the iTunes Electronic chart in 12 countries, and they ve clocked over two billion streams…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Exclusive: Inside lnwy.co, Laneway’s new venture into digital publishing

Exclusive: Inside lnwy.co, Laneway’s new venture into digital publishing

Laneway Festival is expanding into online publishing, with a new website launched today in partnership with digital agency Bolster. With the tagline READ WATCH LISTEN, Lnwy.co (pronounced Laneway dot…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
Exclusive: Inside lnwy.co, Laneway’s new venture into digital publishing

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Exclusive: Inside lnwy.co, Laneway’s new venture into digital publishing

Laneway Festival is expanding into online publishing, with a new website launched today in partnership with digital agency Bolster. With the tagline READ WATCH LISTEN, Lnwy.co (pronounced Laneway dot…

By Staff Writer - Nov 8, 2017
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