The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Australia.
Events
May 13 May – Australia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Isaiah Firebrace, finishes in ninth place with 173 points for the song "Don't Come Easy". July 21–23 July – Splendour in the Grass 2017 is held at North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by The xx, Queens of the Stone Age and LCD Soundsystem. Releases Albums February +DateAlbumArtistGenre(s)10Everyone We KnowThundamentalsHip hop
April +DateAlbumArtistGenre(s)21SpeedingAlldayHip hop28Off the GridBliss n EsoHip hop
August +DateAlbumArtistGenre(s)18Go Farther in LightnessGang of Youths25Belly of the BeastCitizen KayHip hop
November DateAlbumArtistGenre(s)10ChangaPnauEngraved in the GameKerserHip hop
December DateAlbumArtistGenre(s)1ClassicILLDownsydeHip hop
Singles 10 February – What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? by Gang of Youths 9 March – Big Night Out by Butterfingers 17 March – In Motion by Allday 23 March – Feel Good by Kwame 23 March – Friends by Kwame 27 March – No Time by B-Nasty 28 March – Moments by Bliss n Eso 14 April – Blue by Bliss n Eso 28 April – Believe by Bliss n Eso 4 May – Here by Briggs 5 May – Hyperreal by Flume 10 May – Cloud 9 by Baker Boy 18 May – Richman by Downsyde 26 May – Let Me Down Easy by Gang of Youths 16 June – Drunk Together by Jai Waetford 22 June – Late Nights by Carmouflage Rose 9 August – The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows by Gang of Youths 17 August – Champagne by Jai Waetford 1 September – A Dark Machine by ShockOne 22 September – Yesterday by 360 6 October – Marryuna by Baker Boy 20 October – Girl with a Suntan by Jai Waetford 27 October – Way Out by 360 27 October – Go Bang by Pnau 10 November – Back in the Game by Downsyde 14 December – We Don't Have To by Jai Waetford 29 November – The Heart Is a Muscle by Gang of Youths
Deaths
2 January – Auriel Andrew, 69, singer 22 January – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 46, musician 13 February – Carol Lloyd, 68, singer, songwriter, composer 19 July – Graham Wood, 45, musician 2 August – Tony Cohen, 60, record producer, sound engineer 16 October – Iain Shedden, 60, drummer 22 October – George Young, 70, musician, songwriter, record producer 18 November – Malcolm Young, 64, musician, guitarist, songwriter, producer
See also Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 List of number-one singles of 2017 (Australia) List of number-one albums of 2017 (Australia)
References