Returning for a fourth run at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week is Taylor Swift with “1989”, which notches up its fifth overall week at the top, helped by her current two Top 10 singles “Blank Space” (#3) and “Shake it off” (#6).

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars retain their No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles chart for a fourth consecutive week with “Uptown Funk”.

Madonna appears to be heading for a potential copyright dispute after using images of famous people for her own shameless self-promotion.

Grand Ole Opry legend Little Jimmy Dickens has died at the age of 94. Dickens suffered a cardiac arrest following a stroke.

PJ Harvey is copying the exact same concept Australian band Regurgitator used for their Band In A Bubble idea.

Duran Duran, Bastille and a stripped back Ride will perform in 300 capacity venues for War Child’s Back To The Bars shows in February.

Donna Douglas, who became world famous as Elly May Clampett in the 60s comedy The Beverly Hillbillies, has died at the age of 81.

Bono may never be able to play guitar again following his bike accident last year.

Sam Smith snuck into Sydney last weekend for a quiet harbour side holiday before kicking off a big year of touring.

Families of the SXSW crash victims are now suing the organisers of the event.

Cloud Control will start 2015 with a line-up change. Founding member Jeremy Kelshaw has quit the band.

Tim Wheatley will return to Australian stages next week for a series of shows in New South Wales.

Evidence that streaming is crippling music sales in the past year has been revealed in the end of year report by Nielsen Music.

Kanye West has released a brand new song for New Year’s Day with Sir Paul McCartney.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams and New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert are getting married.

Pink Floyd 'The Endless River' was the biggest selling album on vinyl in 2014.

Figures released this week by the BPI show British artists and surge in streaming help to deliver another £1 billion-plus year for the UK recorded music business.

January 1, 2014 gets us halfway through the decade.

Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ sold 6,455,000 downloads in the USA in 2014 making it the biggest selling song of the year.

Taylor Swift had the biggest selling album of 2014 in the USA with ‘1989’ clocking up sales of 3,661,000 units.

Digital music sales have stalled at an alarming rate in the USA with sales going backwards during 2014 for the first time ever.

Ed Sheeran 'X' was the UK's biggest selling album of 2014 and Pink Floyd better than Taylor Swift in England.

Pharrell Williams had the biggest selling song of 2014 in the UK.

Lindsay Buckingham has gone on record stating that 2015 will be the final year for Fleetwood Mac.

2014 was the year the music industry lost over 100 of its stars both in front and behind the microphone.

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett and Sydney's Seekae have been named Amazon’s Artists to Watch in 2015.

Peter Asher, half of UK 60s pop group Peter & Gordon, has been awarded the Commander of the British Empire honor (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

A 26-year old man has been found dead at the Falls Festival at Byron Bay.

DJ Sneak has been a last minute drop-out from the Lost Paradise and Let Them Eat Cake festival in Sydney and Melbourne. Jamie xx will replace him.

Apple has introduced a 14-day return policy for iTunes sales in Europe to come into line with new laws governing online sales in the territory and the changes have the music industry worried.