Music awards
Gurrumul wins Australian Music Prize
Gurrumul's posthumous fourth album beat entries from Courtney Barnett and The Presets
- by Martin Boulton
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Brit Awards: Hugh Jackman shines, while Beyoncé and Jay-Z back Meghan Markle
Australia's greatest showman opened an eventful awards ceremony, that also saw Beyoncé and Jay-Z take a shot at the UK tabloids' treatment of Markle.
- by Robert Moran
Amy Shark
Amy Shark and 5 Seconds of Summer sweep the 2018 ARIA Awards
Shark, 5SOS and Kasey Chambers were the big winners of the night.
- by Nathanael Cooper, Robert Moran & Natassia Chrysanthos
Home-baked talent: From Courtney to Chrissy
The Age Music Victoria Awards delivered popular winners and surprises on Wednesday night.
- by Martin Boulton
Keith Urban
Emotional Keith Urban wins top prize at US country music awards
"I wish my dad was alive to see this," the Australian performer said in a teary-eyed speech.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift wins big at AMAs and gets political on stage
Swift became the most decorated woman in AMAs history, with a total of 23 awards under her belt.
Red carpet
Madonna slammed for 'disrespectful' Aretha Franklin tribute at MTV VMAs
One Twitter user asked, "Does Madonna know Madonna didn't die?"
- by Amy Croffey
Gold Coast
Gold Coast schoolgirl who plays 12 instruments wins top state music award
Elliena Escott can play the trumpet, piano, guitar, ukulele, french horn, drums, violin, cello, bass guitar, trombone, saxophone and vocals.
- by Toby Crockford
A once-troubled teen among finalists for prestigious music competition
Emily Sun, who starred in the hit documentary Mrs Carey's Concert, is one of three contenders for ABC Young Performer of the Year.
- by Garry Maddox
Slim Dusty becomes first artist to hit 1,000 weeks on ARIA charts
The music icon passed away nearly 15 years ago.
- by Bart Lewis
Germany
Germany drops probe of rappers' use of Holocaust and Auschwitz in lyrics
The duo have escaped official sanction but the controversy has put an end to the awards system that lauded their work.
- by Siobhán O'Grady