Aussie artists can’t get on the ARIA charts but global fans stream them in the billions
Global pop hitmaker Sia is the Australian stream queen with more than 26 billion plays and 79 million monthly listeners for ...
“Ironic, self-aware, intimate, DIY”: The making of Bad Guy, Billie Eilish’s biggest hit
DJ Louis XIV in Variety magazine was equally impressed. “Billie has remade the look of pop success,” he concluded, “ironic, ...
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“Ironic, self-aware, intimate, DIY... a song that builds power as it unfolds”: The making of Bad Guy, Billie Eilish’s biggest hit
Eilish’s vocals are syncopated in a pulse-like rhythm with the sub bass. Bad Guy has been variously defined as trap-pop, nu-goth pop, dance pop and electropop. But Eilish and O’Connell blur genres to ...
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ARIA’s Top 100 of 2024 Shows Horrifying News For Homegrown Artists
In 2024, only three albums by local artists cracked the ARIA Top 100. Leading the charge were beloved rock veterans Cold ...
The ARIA top 100 lists for 2024 show Australians have turned off homegrown music
Australian music fans have turned off homegrown music, with only three records from local artists making the ARIA Top 100 ...
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Lil Baby and Bad Bunny have fantastic chart debuts
This week, we get a fresh jolt of energy, as SZA and Lamar make way for two blockbuster debuts. Lil Baby enters the chart at ...
From Billie Eilish to Electric Picnic: 85 unmissable concerts and festivals in Ireland in 2025
From Charli XCX to Olivia Rodrigo via Oasis and The Wolfe Tones, here’s how the calendar’s shaping up from January to ...
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How US music invasion left British acts at lowest chart point since 1970s
BIG READ Streaming algorithms and a new wave of US stars led by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and ... of the year’s top-selling ...