Ed Sheeran lands ninth No.1 album as Play tops rankings in busy week for new releases

Ed Sheeran’s Play (Atlantic) has earned the UK singer-songwriter his ninth No.1 album. Play is also his ninth consecutive chart-topper – Sheeran has reached the summit with all his studio albums and the +-=÷X (Tour Collection). And it is his second chart-topper of the year following +-=÷X (Tour Collection), which remains ...

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Whitney Asomani and Tasha Demi, co-founders of Twenty:Two Agency, have announced the launch of a new mentorship and education project, Music Week can reveal. Twenty:Two ...

FTC sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster for allowing 'illegally obtained tickets for resale'

The Federal Trade Commission and seven states in the US have sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for “tacitly coordinating with brokers and allowing them to harvest millions of ...

Clairo signs to Atlantic Records, Elliot Grainge welcomes "rare kind of artist" to the label

Atlantic Records has announced it has signed Grammy-nominated artist Clairo. Hailed by Atlantic as a “a singular voice among contemporary singer-songwriters”, to date Clairo – real name ...

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