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Audio streams in the United States were up 58.5% to a record high of 179.8 billion in the first six months of 2017. In positive news for the music industry, a marked trend is that consumers are…

Ed Sheeran’s third studio album, , has hit the 2 million mark in the United Kingdom and returned to #1 after his successful appearance at the Glastonbury festival. Official Charts Company confirmed…

Customs House in Sydney will be the setting for the Contemporary Music Roundtable conference, which takes place August 1-3. With 70 speakers, 15 expert sessions, and a variety of networking events,…

Claes Loberg, the founder of Guvera, the imploded streaming service which burnt through an estimated $180 million and is facing an ASIC investigation, is already plotting his next “wild” venture in…

MusicNSW and the City of Sydney have opened the second round of their All Ages Access grant program, which funds all-ages events in inner Sydney. "All ages shows are incredibly important to MusicNSW…

Knowing your worth as an artist is different to being paid for it. You may think you have all revenue streams covered, but unless you moonlight as an accountant, you could be missing out on some…

Things are getting heated in the venue war that has engulfed AEG and Live Nation over the past few years. AEG have now initiated a booking policy that basically means if an act wants to play the O2…

Jay-Z's thirteenth solo album has been illegally downloaded almost one million times since its release last Friday (June 30). According to UK piracy analytics company MUSO (and reported on by MBW),…

MusicNSW and the City of Sydney have announced the return of the All Ages Access Grants (AAA Grants) program for all-age events between 23 October 2017 and 2 March 2018. MusicNSW and City of Sydney…

ART MUSIC AWARDS SET FOR AUGUST The seventh annual Art Music Awards will take place in Sydney s City Recital Hall on August 22, with finalists to be announced on July 19. Presented by APRA AMCOS and…