The global recorded music industry has agreed a voluntary standard marking tracks as AI-Generated or AI-Assisted, and ARIA has welcomed it. The test case is already on Australian radio, where a rework of Madonna's Like A Prayer with no credited vocalist sits at number two.
Muse's "The Wow! Signal" entered the ARIA albums chart at number two this week, behind Olivia Rodrigo's "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love," which held number one for a third straight week on the chart dated 6 July 2026. Muse's tenth studio album has also topped the UK chart and reached number one in several other countries since its 26 June release.
The Federal Court dismissed every claim Jayson Gillham brought against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The case turned on a protection gap between employed and contracted artists.
Justin Bieber will join Madonna, Shakira and BTS for the first half-time show at a men's World Cup final, an 11-minute set at MetLife Stadium on July 19.
Australian cinemas cleared $100 million for a third straight month in June, the first such run on record, while Pixar's Toy Story 5 held the national number one for a third weekend.
Diljit Dosanjh's Satluj was pulled from ZEE5 in India two days after its uncut premiere. The film, and its censorship fight, keep streaming everywhere else.
Three days after Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, guests have begun posting about the night, while the couple themselves have released no photos and no statement.
Adelaide's Harvest Rock will not be held in 2026, with promoter Secret Sounds calling it a 'fallow year' (the festival's second skipped year in three).
Halfway through 2026, Tame Impala's 'Dracula' is the only Australian single to reach the ARIA top 10, and no local act has topped the singles chart all year. Just four Australian songs have entered the top 40, according to a mid-year review by music site Noise11.
Fifteen years after it launched, Tinder has produced weddings, wasted years, and everything in between. The app did not change whether people find love. It changed what the search costs them.
Spin Off Hostel on Fitzgerald Street in West Perth holds a 9.4 on Booking.com and earns the kind of reviews most hostels never see. It was built for the guest, not the operator.
Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev accepted the Sydney Film Prize in person for Minotaur at the 73rd Sydney Film Festival, which screened 248 films from 81 countries and recorded one of the strongest international lineups in its history, including 19 films direct from Cannes.
