Island UK president Darcus Beese has hailed Big Shaq’s smash hit Man’s Not Hot as a grime record that is “going around the world”.
After five weeks in the UK ...
Island Records MD Jon Turner has described U2 as “the backbone to the label”, in a new interview that dissects the campaign for new album Songs Of Experience.
Turner, joined ...
As SBTV celebrated 10 years in business, founder Jamal Edwards sat down with Music Week last month to look back on a decade during which he made friends from ...
Island Records president Darcus Beese has described U2 as the “premier global rock band” as they return with a more traditional album campaign for Songs Of Experience.
Released on Friday ...
Jamal Edwards, SBTV founder and music industry trailblazer, appears on the cover of the new issue of Music Week, out now.
Edwards invited us into his central London office to ...
Claire Mas has joined Island Records from Communion Music Group, where she led digital initiatives and played a key role in developing artists including Bear’s Den, Lucy Rose and Dan Croll. ...
Acclaimed songwriter and Girls I Rate founder Carla Marie Williams has called upon the industry to invest more time and money into an initiative, which helps provide opportunities for young ...
Girls I Rate has teamed up with Island Records and PRS For Music to launch #GetHeard, a new showcase event aimed at providing young women with the chance to present ...
How many people have you spoken to recently who’ve answered the question ‘How are you?’ with the word ‘Amazing’? That’s precisely what Joe Fox does when Music Week calls, and ...
A raft of leading urban music experts and executives have tipped Island’s new urban division to be a major success.
News of the dedicated urban division’s launch was revealed exclusively ...
