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Australia remains a top 10 nation for music royalty collections, raking in €264 million ($407 million) in 2021, up 9.1% year on year.

The Kid Laroi grew up in front of our eyes in 2021, and, based on official new data, landed one of the biggest hits on the planet. The Gadigal-born singer and rapper with Kamilaroi roots drops in at…

Australia’s entertainment market took a beating of “unprecedented” proportions during the pandemic. That’s the ugly news. On the flipside, the bounce-back has already begun. That’s the gist of a new…

Audiophiles, Qobuz is here for you. The France-based high-resolution digital music platform arrived this month in Australia and New Zealand, some two years after a major push into the U.S. market.…

Tencent Music is forming a joint venture label with Warner Music Group, as part of a multi-year, two-way licensing extension that completes its royal flush of partnerships with the world’s three…

Tones And I has another reason to dance. The Aussie phenomenon’s gargantuan hit ‘Dance Monkey’ was the world’s No. 2 song across digital formats in 2020, the IFPI reports. ‘Dance Monkey’ roared past…

Social media king Jack Dorsey has some big plans in digital music. On Thursday (4th March), the Twitter founder pulled the trigger on a deal to acquire Tidal, the streaming music platform led by…

SoundCloud is breaking ranks and switching to an artist-friendly payments model. From April 1, the streaming platform will switch to what it describes as a “user-centric” system, where its royalty…

The pandemic hasn’t hurt Spotify. Earlier this week, the streaming giant reported a 17% lift in revenue for its fourth quarter and now boasts 345 million monthly active users, up from 271 million or…

When exactly did Spotify become the enemy? It’s impossible to place an asterisk on the calendar, though the bile has been rising for some years. As the biggest player on the block, and a brand that’s…