This time last year, the music business was still in uncertain territory as release plans were scrapped and campaigns had to be transformed.
But 16 months on from the onset ...
Sainsbury’s is to stop selling CDs and DVDs as consumers make the switch to streaming.
The decision is a blow for physical music sales, which represented 18.3% of the market ...
The BPI has revealed that UK recorded music revenue rose by 3.8% year-on-year in 2020 to reach £1.118 billion.
This is the highest total since 2006 and the fifth consecutive year of growth, although the ...
Q4 is hotting up with a big week one sale for Bruce Springsteen and new releases from Gorillaz, Faithless, Blossoms and Nothing But Thieves.
Music Week has been ...
Amid the disruption from Covid-19, the UK recorded music industry is still growing.
As revealed in the latest issue of Music Week and our analysis of the Official Charts ...
HMV’s revival under new owner Doug Putman has taken a hit from the Covid-19 pandemic.
But with the entertainment chain now trading on the High Street again after the easing ...
Music retail has been back for a fortnight and the effect on physical sales is clear to see.
After a vinyl sales surge last week when stores returned to the ...
HMV’s owner Doug Putman has spoken to Music Week about the future of the chain and physical music following its reopening.
In the latest issue, Putman calls on the ...
Finally, here’s some good news for physical music sales.
According to the latest Official Charts Company data, sales for the past week were back to pre-Covid 19 levels.
In the current issue of Music Week, we took an in-depth look at the evolution of physical music in 2019. Perhaps surprisingly, especially given the amount of column inches ...
