Speaking exclusively to Music Week Manners says it is essential for the major publisher to keep in step with the changes happening within the market and foresees the genre gaining increased mainstream popularity over the coming year.

Despite his predictions, Manners says he cannot envisage publishing signings in 2011 being that "radically different" from those in 2010. "There is still an awful lot of pop and R&B that willl be signed to Warner/Chappell," he notes. "However in addition to that, ...