Q1 proved a trickier quarter for the biz than most of late, with plunging physical sales and the year-on-year Ed Sheeran effect slowing down the recent sales surge. Yet The ...
The music industry is hoping that Record Store Day 2018 will give a timely boost to physical music retail after a torrid first quarter in the sector.
BPI figures show ...
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 ...
The year’s got off to a promising start for the UK business with strong results from 2017 and Ed Sheeran securing the most popular album of the year on both ...
While 2017 will go down as a year marked by the twin tragedies of Manchester and Las Vegas, there were also many positives for the music industry in the ...
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 ...
TalentEd Sheeran. Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran. If the solo maestro was a football team, he’d be Real Madrid, as he once again steamrollered the opposition to make ÷ the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Executives from top labels have declared themselves happy with the Official Singles Chart’s first week under its new rules.
Music Week revealed the chart revamp in its June 26 issue. ...
