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Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list features several artists from Down Under, with some great tracks from artists from both Australia and New Zealand. There were too many fantastic songs this week, so we have a super-sized Top 15 main list and lots of strong honorable mentions too.

Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, including a new supergroup, two songs from a new album that featured no advance singles, and tracks from artists across the globe (including Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and England). We’ve got 11 songs this week, since one artist has two different songs on the list.

Co-founder of the globally influential Milk! Records imprint, which has just wrapped up following

Tony Stamp reflects on ten of his favourite international releases from the past year, including Britpop, African folk, UK ambient, and Australian punk.

Tony Stamp reflects on ten of his favourite singles from the past year, including London RnB, local folk, African dub, and American indie.

We’re taking a look back at some of our favourite and most popular Entertainment stories of 2023, giving you a chance to catch up on some of the great...

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It's going to be a tough job for those choosing the winner of the songwriting award.

APRA are pleased to announce the Top 5 songs chosen as finalists for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka. The esteemed peer voted award has been a mark of songwriting excellence in Aotearoa for 58 years, and this year’s finalists are ...