YouTube has made another move to make itself more industry-friendly, by promoting highly-rated exec Victoria Campoamor to the role of head of global publishing strategy & operations.
Campoamor will move ...
So the shortlist for the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize has been announced.
The usual debate about whether the 12 lucky albums deserve to be on the list is already igniting ...
On the face of it, the statistics for breaking UK artists in 2018 don’t look great.
There were only four 2018 debut albums by UK artists in the Top 200 ...
Who saved the music industry? As the business returns solidly to growth – with the Q2 figures showing UK Album Equivalent Sales up a useful 7.8% – record labels are ...
Big Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta has presented Taylor Swift with a raft of sales awards as the pop superstar’s Reputation tour continues across the US.
During Swift’s three-night ...
Covering one music business can be pretty full-on, but increasingly these days it feels like there are two parallel industries operating under Music Week’s watchful eye.
On the one ...
Inclusion on a Spotify playlist invariably comes as music to an artist’s ears, and for a brand new act, it can be a gateway to thousands of new listeners, millions ...
Today’s the day. Now That’s What I Call Music 100 hits stores, cementing its place in music business folklore as the UK’s longest-running and best-loved compilation series.
Somewhat ironically, back ...
The UK’s longest-running compilation series reaches the Now That’s What I Call Music 100 milestone on Friday, as the latest blockbusting compilation is released.
The sales will add to the ...
Can one million Greatest Showman fans be wrong?
That’s the question being asked by some in the music industry, as the soundtrack passes the million mark and sparks a debate ...
