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Spotify publish, then quickly pull, advert declaring Justin Bieber a "Latin King"
Spotify unleashed a major publicity gaffe when they launched a somewhat confusing advertisement on their Instagram channel declaring: "Justin Bieber, Now Latin King." Obviously the advert, featuring…

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Spotify publish, then quickly pull, advert declaring Justin Bieber a "Latin King"
Spotify unleashed a major publicity gaffe when they launched a somewhat confusing advertisement on their Instagram channel declaring: "Justin Bieber, Now Latin King." Obviously the advert, featuring…

Taylor Swift's return to streaming services nets US$400K in a week
Early this month, Taylor Swift finally relented and allowed her music back onto streaming services, a move she framed as a celebration of her 1989 album selling over ten million copies, worldwide -…

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Taylor Swift's return to streaming services nets US$400K in a week
Early this month, Taylor Swift finally relented and allowed her music back onto streaming services, a move she framed as a celebration of her 1989 album selling over ten million copies, worldwide -…

How Hanson carved out the perfect indie career after MMMBop
Hanson had already written, recorded and released versions of 'MMMBop', 'Thinking Of You', and 'With You In Your Dreams' by the time they were signed.

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How Hanson carved out the perfect indie career after MMMBop
Hanson had already written, recorded and released versions of 'MMMBop', 'Thinking Of You', and 'With You In Your Dreams' by the time they were signed.

Lorde looks likely to score her first number one album in America
Billboard pundits predict that Lorde is on track to score her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this weekend. The industry magazine forecasts that Melodrama should sell 80,000 to 90,000…

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Lorde looks likely to score her first number one album in America
Billboard pundits predict that Lorde is on track to score her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this weekend. The industry magazine forecasts that Melodrama should sell 80,000 to 90,000…

Win a complete single package with the AMW/301 Music Prize
On top of this morning's announcement of over 30 international and local artists slated to appear at this year's event, Australian Music Week have also gone and launched The AMW / 301 Music Prize: a…

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Win a complete single package with the AMW/301 Music Prize
On top of this morning's announcement of over 30 international and local artists slated to appear at this year's event, Australian Music Week have also gone and launched The AMW / 301 Music Prize: a…

Ministry Of Sound Australia’s Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music
Ministry of Sound Australia has had a major facelift. The dance music specialist has been renamed TMRW Music (pronounced Tomorrow), some 10 months after Ministry of Sound Recordings U.K. was sold to…

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Ministry Of Sound Australia’s Recordings rebranded as TMRW Music
Ministry of Sound Australia has had a major facelift. The dance music specialist has been renamed TMRW Music (pronounced Tomorrow), some 10 months after Ministry of Sound Recordings U.K. was sold to…

Frontier are bringing Paul McCartney to Australia and NZ
Frontier have as much as announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand by Sir Paul McCartney: ex-Wings bassist, and co-writer of the 1989 Elvis Costello hit 'Veronica'. The touring company posted the…

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Frontier are bringing Paul McCartney to Australia and NZ
Frontier have as much as announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand by Sir Paul McCartney: ex-Wings bassist, and co-writer of the 1989 Elvis Costello hit 'Veronica'. The touring company posted the…

Spotify moves further into the ticketing world with a few key deals
Spotify have teamed with AXS and Eventbrite to offer a wider range of in-app ticket purchases to its users, expanding their reach to hundreds of premium venues around the world. This deal follows…

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Spotify moves further into the ticketing world with a few key deals
Spotify have teamed with AXS and Eventbrite to offer a wider range of in-app ticket purchases to its users, expanding their reach to hundreds of premium venues around the world. This deal follows…

Yoko Ono has been retroactively credited as co-writer of 'Imagine'
It is common knowledge to many Beatles fans that Yoko Ono co-wrote a number of songs with John that were either credited to John and Paul, or simply John. There's 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Because',…

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Yoko Ono has been retroactively credited as co-writer of 'Imagine'
It is common knowledge to many Beatles fans that Yoko Ono co-wrote a number of songs with John that were either credited to John and Paul, or simply John. There's 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Because',…

Win flights, accommodation and tickets to Sensation festival in Amsterdam
You can win tickets, flights and accommodation to one of the world’s biggest dance festivals! Find out how you can enter here!

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Win flights, accommodation and tickets to Sensation festival in Amsterdam
You can win tickets, flights and accommodation to one of the world’s biggest dance festivals! Find out how you can enter here!

Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney team up to give local musos a huge boost
It’s no secret that Sydney has copped something of a lashing in recent times. In truth it isn’t quite as alarming as many make out – although when even Vivid events face 9.30pm closures from noise…

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Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney team up to give local musos a huge boost
It’s no secret that Sydney has copped something of a lashing in recent times. In truth it isn’t quite as alarming as many make out – although when even Vivid events face 9.30pm closures from noise…

Merlin reveal they pay out over $1m a day to independent labels
Digital rights agency Merlin revealed it paid a total of US$353m (AUD$468.3m) over twelve months to independent labels, landing just shy of distributing US$1m a day to indies. Luckily (for our…

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Merlin reveal they pay out over $1m a day to independent labels
Digital rights agency Merlin revealed it paid a total of US$353m (AUD$468.3m) over twelve months to independent labels, landing just shy of distributing US$1m a day to indies. Luckily (for our…
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