Label executives have spoken about creating “unique” release strategies, as Music Week research shows a dip in the number of successful debut LPs.
There were just two official 2019 UK ...
Crispin Hunt crosses his legs and sits back in his chair. The remnants of his lunch sit on the desk next to him and, as he fiddles with an electronic ...
Its lead slashed from 15.28% to 1.60%, I Don’t Care is nevertheless No.1 for the third time for Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber on consumption of 83,477 units (including 72,316 ...
Consumption is down 20.60% week-on-week to 98,270 units (including 84,576 from sales-equivalent streams) but the combination of Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber is enough for their collaboration, I Don’t Care, ...
With combined UK track consumption of more than 73m between them hitherto, it is no surprise that Ed Sheeran (44,944,052 sales) & Justin Bieber (28,174,774) make a scorching No.1 debut ...
The Music Week Awards 2019 is almost upon us – it all happens at Battersea Evolution on Thursday (May 9). It’s a massive night for the biz that can make ...
Fourteen months after his debut album Gang Signs & Prayers became the first true grime album to reach No.1, Stormzy completes the double, with new single Vossi Bop racing to ...
The shortest No.1 in the UK since 1963, at just 112 seconds long, Lil Nas X’s viral victor, Old Town Road, spends its second week at the summit with consumption ...
Island Records has signed London-based DJ and producer Weiss.
Weiss, whose full name is Richard Dinsdale, first made an impact with his 2013 track My Sister, which reached No.1 on ...
Is Radio 3 controller Alan Davey trolling his own listeners?
Music Week poses the question because of the bizarre timing of the cuts to the network's specialist music programming, including ...
