Eight new albums make their Top 75 debuts this week but none of them is strong enough to prevent Ed Sheeran’s = from returning to the summit after a seven-week ...
Singer-songwriter JP Cooper’s 2016 double platinum-selling single September Song was the soundtrack to nostalgic teenage romance. Here he looks back on recording in LA, high school memories, and the rise ...
Not one to play by the rules, rising UK rapper Octavian is dropping debut mixtape Spaceman (Black Butter) today (September 10) rather than the industry’s global release day of Friday. ...
Dance duo Gorgon City are back with their first album in almost four years. Escape (Virgin EMI) is the follow-up to Top 10 debut Sirens (71,972 sales – ...
Right now, there is no producer hotter than Fraser T Smith. Behind hits for a range of artists stretching from Adele to Stormzy, he’s now working with a new wave ...
Louis Bloom’s “lifelong fascination” with Island Records has now landed him the top job at the major.
Bloom was unveiled today (May 30) as Island’s new president, part of a ...
Following the announcement of Darcus Beese’s move to the US, Louis Bloom has been appointed as president of Island Records UK.
The head of A&R, who’s spent 16 years ...
After almost 30 years at Island Records in the UK, Darcus Beese is heading to the US to head up the American label.
Beese, one of the best-known and most ...
