MARKET TRENDSThere are only so many ways of saying this so let’s just cut to the chase: streaming absolutely smashed it in 2017. Yes, vinyl continued to grow (albeit ...
Execs have warned of the continuing “challenges” of breaking new talent as eight UK debut artists finished in the Top 100 sellers of 2017.
As well as successful campaigns from ...
The new BBC One live music show, Sounds Like Friday Night, premieres at 7.30pm tonight
Greg James and 1Xtra's Ashley "Dotty" Charles will host the show, with Jason Derulo, Charlie ...
Market SharesIf there’s been an unusual degree of volatility in the market shares in recent quarters, things reverted to type in Q3, at least for two of the three ...
Market TrendsQ3 is usually the runt of the year’s litter. An unloved three months when most of the biz is sunning itself in Ibiza and the big releases are ...
Just eight albums released in 2017 have held their grip on the Top 20 for at least 10 weeks, Music Week analysis has revealed.
While three debut artists – Rag’N’Bone ...
The music business was celebrating another big boost to music consumption in Q3, after even a slow summer release schedule failed to dent runaway growth.
BPI figures show Album Equivalent ...
We’re excited by our line-up for Q4, one of our strongest in recent years. We have strength in depth, with some key albums yet to be announced.
There’s genuine excitement ...
Market SharesUniversal has been unusually squeezed in the market shares in the last few quarters, but in Q2, David Hawkes declares the market-leading major to be “back in business”. ...
Overall MarketLuis Fonsi’s Despacito may have been the biggest song of the quarter, but ‘a little slowly’ is no longer an adequate description of the music industry’s return to ...
