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MusicNT’s has announced the Northern territory's 'Song of the Year' finalists, with the winners set to be announced at the awards ceremony on July 8th at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern…

Australia's biggest music industry conference and artist showcase, BIGSOUND Festival is back for its 16th year, and has just revealed its first lineup of over 60 acts who'll be performing across 17…

Billboard has quietly made some agreeable changes to its policy for tracking various artist compilations on its albums charts. With effect from this week, streaming data and individual track sales…

When Spotify negotiated a reduced royalty rate with Universal Music Group in April - believed to shift from 55% to 52% - Apple was watching closely. According to Bloomberg, Apple is seeking similar…

As Federal Parliament sits this week before its winter break, two issues were raised that directly affect the music industry. This morning the Senate passed Derryn Hinch’s motion that the…

This year s Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards has ditched the Urban category, and replaced it with two new ones: soul/R B and hip hop. Last year, singer-songwriter Aaradhna refused to accept her win…

PRESS RELEASE I C E H O U S E ANNOUNCE TWO EXTRA 40 YEARS LIVE! SHOWS COMMEMORATE MAN OF COLOURS 30TH ANNIVERSARY The first leg of ICEHOUSE s 40 Years Live! Tour concludes this weekend with two sold…

Music has long been an ingredient for bricks-and-mortar stores to increase the experience of shoppers, lift their moods and keep them in stores longer. The effect is high in Australia, according to a…

Apple is asking record labels to take a smaller cut of revenue from streaming, say sources close to the situation. The deal with three major labels ends at the end of June, and renegotiations have…

Taylor Swift s return to streaming this month has yielded more than 51 million streams and generated close to nearly half a million dollars. An estimate by Billboard has sale-equivalent streams of…