The King is dead, long live the King: Wednesday (August 16) marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, and the timely re-promotion of compilation The 50 Greatest ...
More than two months after the release of her self-titled debut album, Dua Lipa has climbed to the top of the singles chart, according to the latest Midweek sales figures. ...
1. HE INVENTED ROCK’N’ROLL
That’s not ‘influenced’, not ‘shaped’, not ‘gave a bit of a boost to’. Invented. Ike Turner, Bo Diddley and others may have been there or thereabouts, ...
1 WHEREFOUR ART THOU ADELE?
The music business grew year-on-year in Q1, Q2 and Q3, but couldn’t quite collect the full set, according to Official Charts Company figures.
Guy Fletcher’s career splits neatly into two halves, but has always been wholly about songs.
In the first half, he successfully wrote them and saw them recorded by some of ...
Clean Bandit have claimed the 2016 Christmas No.1 crown with their hit Rockabye.
Notching up sales of 57,361 this week to clinch the top spot for Christmas, Clean Bandit have ...
Kobalt Music Publishing has announced details of an agreement that will see the company administer a portion of Elvis Presley’s catalogue.
The publisher signed the deal – which will come ...
Their first album comprised entirely of covers, their first studio album in 11 years and their 23rd studio album in all, Blue & Lonesome makes a resounding debut atop the ...
In this week’s Big Interview with Spotify’s George Ergatoudis, the former Radio 1 man makes the point that the music business is now all about long-term success, rather than its ...
