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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in Australia.
Events
January
February
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
May
June
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
September
October
November
December
Bands disbanded
Releases
Albums
- 27 May – Skin by Flume[1]
- 19 August – Seven Mirrors by Drapht[2]
- 10 December – The End of the Beginning by B-Nasty[3]
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
Deaths
- 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
See also
- Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
- List of number-one singles of 2016 (Australia)
- List of number-one albums of 2016 (Australia)
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Flume, Vince Staples & KUČKA team up on Smoke And Retribution". PILERATS.