SINGERS – AUSTRALIA

Worst in 30 years: What Hottest 100 says about the state of Aussie music

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Original article by Thomas Mitchell
The Age – Page: Online : 29-Jan-25

The ABC’s youth-focused radio station Triple J is under scrutiny after its annual Hottest 100 countdown featured just 29 Australian artists; this compares with 52 last year. The head of Triple J, Lachlan Macara, says Australian music discoverability is an issue, which has been exacerbated by the growing use of streaming music platforms. Local artists account for just 9.2 per cent of songs that are streamed in Australia, and Tim Kelly from the University of Technology Sydney notes that streaming platforms’ playlists are determined by algorithms rather than radio station programmers.

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Records galore as Toni tops ARIAs

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Original article by Andrew McMillen
The Australian – Page: 3 : 11-Oct-19

Singer-songwriter Toni Watson has received eight nominations in the 2019 ARIA awards, including best female artist, breakthrough artist and best independent release. Watson’s ‘Dance Monkey’ has been Australia’s number one song for a record 10 consecutive weeks, while it has also topped the charts in countries such as Britain and France. The Teskey Brothers and Hilltop Hoods have been nominated for seven ARIAs.

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Former Silverchair frontman sues Sunday Tele

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 20-Sep-19

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is suing ‘The Sunday Telegraph’ for defamation over an article that appeared in its 11 August edition. The article alleged Johns frequently attended an infamous brothel called The Kastle in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale. Johns, who has commenced proceedings against the newspaper, its editor and the journalist who wrote the story in the Supreme Court of Victoria, says the article is "simply untrue" and that he had not been aware of the brothel’s existence until he saw the story.

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