As market figures for Q1 show positive results for UK acts, label presidents talk long-term development and reveal ambitions for breakthrough stars
By Andre Paine
Physical music sales have surged in Q1 for 2025, Music Week can reveal.
The results come ahead of Record Store Day this month, which has traditionally delivered a huge boost ...
Polydor Label Group has achieved five consecutive weeks at No.1 in the UK with multiple artist albums.
The label group said it is the longest unbroken streak for any label ...
A Northern Music Export Office has been proposed by Tees Valley Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the North East Combined Authority.
The initiative – announced at the ...
The BRIT Awards ratings have held steady for the ITV1 and ITVX Saturday night broadcast.
According to overnight figures, the 2025 BRITs were watched by an average 2.5 million viewers. ...
After a record-breaking BRITs result for Raye last year, Charli XCX almost repeated the result with a massive haul of trophies.
The Atlantic-signed artist was the most nominated of 2025 ...
Easily securing the highest weekly sale of 2025, Sam Fender’s third studio album, People Watching, storms to a No.1 debut on consumption of 107,124 units (40,800 CDs, 42,769 vinyl ...
Sam Fender has easily topped 100,000 sales for third album People Watching.
Ahead of today’s stunning chart result, Polydor Label Group president Ben Mortimer hailed the UK singer-songwriter as “unstoppable”. ...
Let’s take a second to rewind the clocks back to November, 2024.
Fresh from achieving a rare feat of three No.1s in the same week – spanning the albums, singles ...
