For only the second time in 2020 an album has held onto the top of the Albums chart, as this week the BTS set "Map of the World: 7" logs a second week at No.1 in Australia.

The following statement was released by Sounds Australia following the cancellation of 2020 SXSW because of the fear of Coronavirus.

The SXSW music conference and festival has been cancelled because of the Coronavirus.

The Red Hot Summer tour is now two months down the track with 11 more shows to go over the next two months.

Thelma Plum has won the Album of the Year at the 2020 Queensland Music Awards.

SXSW says its 2020 music conference and festival will go ahead but has issued a statement regarding Coronavirus (COVID19).

The internationally celebrated Record Store Day will be back once again on Saturday the 18 April and are excited to announce Ross Wilson as an ambassador for 2020.

Australian Associated Press (AAP) is to close it doors in Australia after 85 years of honest reporting.

The fourth studio album (in their native Korean tongue, seventh issued overall) for seven-piece South Korean boy band BTS called "Map of the Soul: 7" becomes their second No.1 placing in Australia this week as its debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Melbourne's Austin based three-piece Borzoi have been added to the SXSW 2020 line-up.

The fourth studio album for Tame Impala becomes their second successive No.1 Album in Australia as "The Slow Rush" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

The Brit Awards are over for another year. Here is the complete winners list.

Red Hot Summer punter Barb took home 10 grand from Red Hot Summer at Bella Vista Farm in Sydney last weekend.

SXSW has added 108 more showcase acts for the 2020 music conference in Austin, Texas.

Red Hot Summer will be back on track this weekend with shows in the Hunter Valley and then Baulkham Hills on Saturday and Sunday.

Bass guitar legend Leland Sklar is selling PA System as used by Billy Thorpe as used from his days with Billy Thorpe’s band.

The Apia Good Time Tour is back for 2020 with Brian Cadd, Deborah Conway, Joe Camilleri, John Paul Young, Kate Ceberano, Leo Sayer, Vika & Linda Bull and Wendy Matthews.

Local Australian rock band Dune Rats see their third studio album called "Hurry Up and Wait" becomes their second successive No.1 album, as it debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week.

SXSW has popped out another 80 artists for the 2020 music festival and conference. Melbourne's Banofee has made the list.

The Red Hot Summer shows this weekend on Cockatoo Island in Sydney have been cancelled due to severe flooding and rain forecast this weekend.

Taylor Swift has a new publisher.

Amoeba Records is moving from Sunset Blvd to Hollywood Blvd.

Tones and I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ has now been streamed over 1 billion times across various platforms qualifying the Victorian musician for the prestigious APRA AMCOS ‘1,000,000,000 List’.

The two Red Hot Summer shows at Cockatoo Island in Sydney this weekend have sold out.

Thanks to a slew of Grammy Awards this past week, the debut album for Billie Eilish called "When We all Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" reclaims the No.1 spot in Australia for an eighth overall week at the ARIA Albums summit.

The nine finalists for the Australian Music Prize have been announced. They are:

SXSW has added a further 105 acts to the 2020 music festival.

Natasha Stuart, the loved backing singer who has worked with Leo Sayer and Richard Clapton has passed away at age 43.

Billie Eilish was the big winner at the 2020 Grammy Awards.

After 20 years running the Australia Music Retailers Association and 11 promoting Record Store Day in Australia Sara Hood and Ian Harvey are stepping down from AMRA.