2016_in_Australian_music
2016 in Australian music
Overview of the events of 2016 in Australian music
See also: Timeline of musical events
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in Australia.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
January
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February
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March
- 14 May – Australia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Dami Im, finishes in second place with 511 points for her song "Sound of Silence". She was beaten only by contest winner, Ukrainian representative Jamala.
April
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May
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June
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July
- 22–24 July – Splendour in the Grass 2016 is held at North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by The Strokes, The Cure and Flume.
August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Albums
Singles
- 16 January – Never Be like You by Flume[4]
- 29 January – Smoke & Retribution by Flume[5]
- 30 March – All Love by Drapht
- 22 April – Say It by Flume
- 10 June – In My Blood by The Veronicas
- 24 June – Monster Truck - by Allday
- 8 July – Mexico by Drapht
- 15 July – Sides by Allday
- 11 August – Send Nudes by Allday
- 14 October – On Your Side by The Veronicas
- 15 December – Raceway by Allday
- 8 March – Ross Hannaford, 65, guitarist, songwriter
- 9 March – Jon English, 66, singer, musician, songwriter
- 28 April – David Page, 55, musician
- 18 November – Hugh McDonald, 62, musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist
- 29 November – Allan Zavod, 71, musician
- 4 December – Wayne Duncan, 72, musician
- "Flume: Skin". Pitchfork.
- "DRAPHT - Seven Mirrors". Leading Edge Music.
- D Griffiths, Melanie. "B-NASTY – The End Of The Beginning (Album Review), 11/07/07". AMNplify.
- "Song Analysis: Flume - Never Be Like You". EDMProd. 19 September 2016.