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Eurovision bound: Australian singer Delta Goodrem.

‘This could be a winner’: Delta Goodrem’s Eurovision campaign wows Norway

After a masterclass performance in Norway, Delta Goodrem has vaulted into the top five, as the hunt for Australia’s first Eurovision gold intensifies.

  • Michael Idato

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Eurovision bound: Australian singer Delta Goodrem.

Delta’s dawn: Australia’s queen of pop is Eurovision-bound

Armed with a dance-disco anthem and three decades of pop pedigree, Delta Goodrem is preparing to step onto the world’s biggest stage.

  • Michael Idato
Tame Impala

Grammys 2026: Full list of winners and nominees

Australia’s own Tame Impala, aka Kevin Parker, took home a golden gramophone before the 68th Annual Grammy Awards had even begun broadcasting.

  • Nell Geraets
Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for Debi Tirar Mas Fotos.

Grammys 2026 as it happened: Bad Bunny wins album of the year as artists speak out against ICE

Follow all of the Grammys action right here.

  • Bronte Gossling, Nell Geraets, Robert Moran, Damien Woolnough and Lauren Ironmonger
Olivia Dean gives a heartfelt speech at the Grammy Awards.

‘The granddaughter of an immigrant’: Olivia Dean, Biebers, Billie Eilish join ‘ICE Out’ protest

The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants was in the sights of many performers at the Los Angeles Grammys ceremony.

  • Karl Quinn
Sydney hardcore band Speed has taken out the inaugural NSW Music Prize, winning $80,000.

Sydney hardcore punk band takes out Australia’s ‘most lucrative music award’

The group beat out Grammy nominees to take home a hefty cash prize – but it’s the glory of knowing they’ve broken into the mainstream that’s the real honour.

  • Bronte Gossling
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Amyl and the Sniffers walked out of the 2025 ARIA Awards with four awards, taking out the first and final accolades of the night in a full-circle moment that proved they’ve broken out of their genre and into the mainstream.

‘The new prime minister of Australia’: Amyl and the Sniffers dominate the ARIAs

The Melbourne punk pub rock band’s armful of accolades proves they have well and truly broken out of their genre and into the mainstream. See the full list of winners.

  • Bronte Gossling
Ariana Grande accepts the award for Video of the Year.

MTV VMAs 2025 as it happened: Ariana Grande takes home top gong, pipping Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar

One of the music industry’s biggest nights is well-known for its wild red carpet looks and epic moments. Follow all the action right here.

  • Thomas Mitchell, Damien Woolnough and Garry Maddox
Taylor Swift was a no-show at the AMAs. She also didn’t win anything. Queue the Swiftie investigation.

Taylor Swift did not win a thing at this year’s AMAs. Her fans have some theories why

Taylor Swift was a no-show at the AMAs and didn’t win even one category, prompting a Swiftie investigation.

  • Nell Geraets
J.Lo stunned the crowd at the 2025 AMAs.

A J.Lo dance party, SZA slip and Taylor no-show: The highs and lows of the 2025 AMAs

Swifties were left heartbroken, but J.Lo fans were left buzzing.

  • Nell Geraets and Thomas Mitchell