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February

Taylor Swift presents the award for best country album to Beyonce at the Grammys.

Taylor Swift wasn’t robbed – Beyonce’s album is a masterpiece

Beyoncé was the big and genuinely historic winner of the night, with the super diva finally scooping the big one.

April 2023

Harry Belafonte in a January 2011 photograph taken at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Harry Belafonte, barrier-breaking singer and activist, dies at 96

“Purism is the best cover-up for mediocrity,” he told The New York Times in 1959, when he was the most highly paid black performer in history.

February 2023

Beyonce accepts the award for best dance/electronic music album for “Renaissance” at the 65th annual Grammy Awards.

Beyoncé breaks all-time record, sealing a spot in history

Beyoncé dominated the Grammy awards and became the ceremony’s most decorated artist on a star-studded night of high emotion, but lost to Harry Styles for Album of the Year.

April 2022

Olivia Rodrigo accepts the award for best new artist at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Rodrigo, Batiste, Silk Sonic steal the Grammys as Zelensky beams in

A veteran of the High School Musical series, Rodrigo became the breakout music star of 2021.

December 2021

 You Am I  have put to bed any thoughts of them slipping into nostalgia act territory.

Are these the 10 best albums of 2021?

These releases blurred the lines between musical genres and styles to create new and exciting sounds.

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October 2021

Annabelle Herd is ARIA’s first female CEO in its 38-year history.

How ARIA’s new CEO aims to help musicians make money

Advocacy is in Annabelle Herd’s skill set. Before her promotion to COO at Network 10, she worked in Canberra as a policy adviser, and she’s fit for a fight

June 2021

After winning the Eurovision trophy, Maneskin are looking to leverage off  their newfound fame.

They won Eurovision. Can they conquer the world?

The Italian rock band Maneskin is a hit on the charts, and its members want to become a rare long-term Eurovision success story.

March 2021

Beyonce, left, and Megan Thee Stallion accept the award for best rap song for “Savage” at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Who won the Grammys? Women

Female acts won the top four prizes at the awards, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion.

November 2020

Australian singer songwriter Sia has recorded a performance for the ARIA awards from Los Angeles.

ARIA readies for night of nights like no other

The ARIA awards will round off the Great Southern Nights series of gigs, in which 2500 artists have performed at 1100 COVIDsafe gigs across 130 towns in NSW.

September 2020

ARIA boss Dan Rosen says Australian artists are getting better access to global audiences through streaming services.

Dan Rosen leaves ARIA for Warner Music gig

The chief executive of Australia's peak music body and the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia will start his new role at Warner on February 1, 2021.

May 2020

Abba's 1974 Eurovision winning song "Waterloo" was among the songs used to train AIs competing in the AI Eurovision Song Contest.

Rage with the machine: artificial intelligence takes on Eurovision

Australia took top honours in the only Eurovision contest of the year in an event that could shape its better known, human, version.

December 2019

Courtney Barnett performs in Melbourne on December 12.

The best 10 albums of the decade – plus our top picks of 2019

These 10 records tell the story of a dynamic, genre-twisting decade in music where old industry models were abandoned or made over.

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