This year, Creative Victoria’s Music Passport program brings the change makers and deal brokers of Brazil to Melbourne to meet with local industry and discover local talent in our vibrant music capital.

SXSW 2020 Meet ‘n’ Greet launch events have been locked in for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in July.

It's a battle between The Boss and The Queen of Pop on this week's Official Albums Chart as new records by Madonna and Bruce Springsteen go head to head for the Number 1 spot.

Billie Eilish returns to the No.1 Albums spot with her debut set "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" for an overall fifth week at top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

It's an eighth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for "Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back) for rapper Lil' Nas X and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

Madonna was questionably the greatest pop act of the 80s. She was certainly the most successful. She was a Bugatti on a racetrack in top gear, no-one could touch her. On ‘Madame X’ she sounds like a broken-down Ford Fiesta lost on a dirt road to Vegas.

Major new titles coming this week from: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Baroness, ZZ Top (GH), Carole King (Live), The Aints!, Amber Lawrence, X Ambassadors, Bastille, Noel Gallagher & the High Flying Birds (EP), Hayden James and the new 'Childs Play' S'track.

The Helpmann Awards have recognised Australian acts Paul Kelly and Kylie Minogue and international stars David Byrne, Celine Dion, The Killers and Christine and the Queens for their performance excellence in Australia in the past 12 months.

Australia rock music stalwart Chris Winter has passed away.

Britney Spears is convinced she is at the centre of a "conspiracy theory," accusing members of the paparazzi of editing images to make her appear heavier.

Seven new entries are heading for this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 10, but it looks like Lewis Capaldi will claim a fourth week at the top.

After six consecutive weeks at Number 2, it looks Lil Nas X will gallop back to the UK Number 1 spot.

Australian Music Industry innovators Ian James, Frank Stivala and Fifa Riccobono are just some of the name recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2019.

NEW CHART RECORD: Jimmy Barnes' 17th solo studio album "My Criminal Record" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming his TWELFTH No.1 album, the most by a solo artist ever in Australia (local or overseas acts).

Last week the rapper Lil' Nas X and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus went 3x▲Platinum with their No.1 song "Old Town Road", while this week it logs a seventh stay at the top in Australia, and is now 4xP in sales too.

Jimmy Barnes is a clear record holder for number one albums with his latest ‘My Criminal Record’ debuting at number one on Australia’s ARIA Chart this week.

Duane McDonald's One Electric Day has created yet another record with a sell-out for 2019 in Werribee in the fastest ever time.

Major new titles coming this week from: Avicii, Jonas Brothers, Santana, Tyga, Polish Club, Meg Mac, Emeli Sande, The Wiggles, Bob Dylan (Bootleg), Rickie Lee Jones, Prince, Silversun Pickups, Neil Young & Stray Gators, Perry Farrell and Shonen Knife.

John Zaccaria has chosen Sandalford Estate in the Swan Valley to launch his new outdoor music festival brand Live In The Vines to be headlined by John Farnham.

Queenscliff has delivered one of its best first line-ups in years with Missy Higgins, Tim Finn, Troy-Cassar-Daley and The Cat Empire just some of the names set to play.

Heidi Lenffer of Cloud Control has launched FEAT., a solar fund for artists to fund new and existing solar farms around Australia.

Richard Hawley is on course to take this week’s highest new entry – and possibly his highest-charting record yet on the Official Albums Chart with his new album Further.

Duane McDonald’s baby One Electric Day is going national for 2019 with the much loved Melbourne event expanding to Launceston, Sydney, Brisbane and the Barossa.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber claim a third week at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart after a close battle all week with Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road.

Billie Eilish has taken advantage of a quieter release week and has regained the No.1 spot in Australia with her album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" for a third run at the top and a fourth overall week at the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart.

The song "Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back)" for rapper Lil' Nas X and country artist Billy Ray Cyrus holds for a sixth week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart this week.

After 18 years of faithful service iTunes is set to retire.

Major new titles coming this week from: Jimmy Barnes, Susan Boyle, Thomas Rhett, Duff McKagan, Tory Lanez, Denzel Curry, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and Heathers: The Musical.

The music industry in Victoria will continue to thrive over the next four years with thanks to strategic funding from the Andrews Labor Government.

The Country Music Association in Nashville has created the Rob Potts International Exchange Program in honour of Australian promoter Rob Potts.