At Capital’s forever-excellent Summertime Ball the other weekend, the predominately-teenage audience once again provided the ultimate litmus test for today’s crop of top pop performers.
If gathered music industry execs ...
Taylor Swift’s Reputation album has gone platinum in the UK as her spectacular tour continues around the UK and Ireland.
Swift’s sixth album – released on Virgin EMI in ...
I’ll Be There becomes Jess Glynne’s seventh No.1 on the OCC chart but ends its two week reign atop the radio airplay chart, where it was her fifth No.1. It ...
Sony Music has successfully upped the ante in the great 2018 Spotify equity distribution stakes with its pledge to distribute money to artists and labels by the end of August. ...
Elektra Records Jac Holzman is releasing an album of ringtones composed by his son.
Following the model he adopted in the early 1960s, when he released the album Authentic Sound ...
Natalie Judge has announced plans to leave her role as general manager of Matador Records, telling Music Week the roster is “in the best shape it’s ever been in”.
Judge, ...
Now… That’s What I Call Music has announced details of its first awards ceremony, with a range of pop’s biggest names including Taylor Swift, Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears ...
Mass Appeal and Universal Music Group (UMG) have revealed details of a new a multi-year global agreement.
Under the deal, Mass Appeal will benefit from UMG’s marketing and promotion ...
The new Parlophone is taking shape, with new director of marketing, strategy & partnerships Jack Melhuish arriving as Mark Mitchell’s first big appointment.
Melhuish will be responsible for all creative ...
Leading distribution executives have told Music Week that diversity is key for the sector.
While Ben Rimmer, head of distribution and artist services at Believe, acknowledged that the sector ...
