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As Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' sits at #1 on the singles chat for a fifteenth week, the album from which it was plucked, ÷, has likewise sat at pole position for far too long -- eight straight weeks…

Former Warner Music Australia President and CEO Ed St John has joined the board of Music Australia. St John cut his teeth as a music journalist with Rolling Stone then set about building a stacked CV…

It's the battle of the affable Brits on the singles chart this week, as Ed Sheeran guns for a record 14 weeks on top of the ARIA Singles chart, and Harry Styles' debut single 'Sign Of The Times'…

UPDATE: The Industry Observer has amended this story to include new information from ARIA. Almost four months since Apple rectified its issue of releasing music early in nine territories, thus…

Ed Sheeran is an absolutely unstoppable juggernaut in the charts by this point. Last week, we noted how he was set to equal a record held by Eminem if he kept up his success, and this week, he’s…

The kids are gonn­­a be alright. Music streaming revenue has become the dominant consumption format for Australian music fans, now accounting for 38.5% of overall market by value, totally $135.5K. In…

Record sales charts are an enduring barometer of popularity. They’re cold, numerical proof of success or failure in the fickle world of music. They serve as a yardstick for music companies to tell…