From cultural cringe to clogged charts: why aren’t Australians listening to Australian music? | Australian music
Last month, US rapper Azealia Banks published an Instagram story in which she labelled the Australian music industry “ever dwindling”, “insignificant” and “culturally stale”.In her posts – which also contained allegations about dealings she had with an Australian music company – Banks shared a screenshot of a Guardian story about how streaming platforms were affecting the country’s listening habits; it noted that just 22 of the 296 songs included in Australia’s weekly Top 50 across 2022 came from Australian musicians.…