One more sleep. That’s how long the music industry has to wait for the release of the most hotly-anticipated album of the year so far: Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project ...
This week’s Music Week contains good news for everyone involved in the business of breaking new artists.
Our report from the frontline uncovers some encouraging green shoots of recovery after ...
Ella Henderson has signed to Rudimental’s Major Toms label, which has a partnership with Asylum/Atlantic.
The former X Factor contestant was previously signed to Syco and her 2014 debut, ...
Only four UK debuts in Top 200 at halfway stage, as labels increasingly target singles breakthroughs for emerging artists
Record labels are grappling with the changing environment for breaking ...
Q2 growth up on Q1, as BPI boss Geoff Taylor predicts advent of YouTube Music will increase subscription take-upBPI chief executive Geoff Taylor has told Music Week that intense ...
Q1 proved a trickier quarter for the biz than most of late, with plunging physical sales and the year-on-year Ed Sheeran effect slowing down the recent sales surge. Yet The ...
Ed Sheeran may have ultimately won two 2018 Grammy Awards – best pop solo performance for Shape Of You and best pop vocal album for ÷ – but it’s his ...
1.THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
The rise and rise of streaming (track streams were up another 51% on Q4 2016) meant the overall AES picture was up a healthy 4% on All ...
The live sector continued to thrive in 2017, and this year is shaping up to be every bit as good, notwithstanding the absence of Glastonbury from the calendar for the ...
The music business was pondering the implications of Taylor Swift’s streaming holdout, as the superstar’s Reputation album enjoyed huge global sales figures, despite not being available on any streaming platform ...
