December 1 marks the date when Christmas music becomes not just acceptable, but pretty much compulsory across the UK.
And nowadays, the streaming revolution means festive sounds are not just ...
A good maxim for life in the music business has always been that, when you’re in a hole, stop digging. YouTube, however, has decided to buy a bigger shovel.
Having ...
It wasn’t so very long ago that getting a record deal was the ultimate goal for every artist. But an incredibly busy couple of weeks for the UK biz has ...
So, we now have an answer to that perennial Christmas question: What do you get the international pop superstar who’s got everything? The answer, when it comes to Taylor Swift ...
Last week was quite a week for what used to be known as Girl Power, as the Spice Girls reunion and Music Week’s Women In Music Awards coincided.
Indeed, it ...
When Taylor Swift signed her first record deal, she was a 15-year-old country singer looking for a break. When she signs her second one, probably at some point in the ...
Spotify’s earnings call today is probably the most important in its short history as a public company – but maybe not for the reasons you think.
After several months of ...
If you’re looking for the result of the big fight between Gut Instinct and Data, here it is: Data won by a technical knockout. And there ain’t gonna be ...
Spotify turned 10 last week, and celebrated with a deluge of stats about its decade-long history.
It's been 10 years of constant statistical growth, whether that's in terms of ...
For some of us, of course, every day is National Album Day. But the new event on the music industry calendar, which takes place tomorrow (October 13), will have ...
