On the day that one of the most vocal campaigners for streaming reform was named chair of the Ivors Academy to represent songwriters, now the government has signalled that ...
The figures are in for the end-of-year charts and - no surprise - Adele and Ed Sheeran have come out on top.
Adele’s comeback album 30 (Columbia) went double platinum ...
A run of big releases from superstar artists is driving a surprise revival in the CD as the format approaches its 40th anniversary, Music Week can reveal.
Based on our ...
UK artists have scored a series of Grammy nominations, for 2022 - although they have largely been shut out of the big four categories.
Ed Sheeran does land a nod ...
The critical verdict is in for Adele’s comeback album 30.
Now it’s the commercial result that we’re waiting for as Columbia releases the album - Adele’s first in six years ...
Thank you for the (new) music: ABBA was the 305th word I wrote in my inaugural chart analysis in 1979. Nearly 43 years later I’m still writing about them – ...
BBC Radio 2 in Concert returns this December with two concerts from Coldplay and Duran Duran.
The bands will perform in front of a small audience at the ...
Vinyl sales dipped in the third quarter after a period of strong growth.
As revealed in Music Week’s exclusive Q3 analysis, vinyl LP purchases were down by ...
HMV has issued its financial results for the 12 months to May 30, 2021 - and they make sobering reading.
While the retailer has been open for business again since ...
We’re now firmly in Q4 and the wave of huge releases from Ed Sheeran, ABBA, Coldplay and, of course, Adele.
While that will likely have a huge impact ...
