British recorded music exports increased by 11.1% to £364.6 million in 2016, according to figures compiled by the BPI.
Based on data from record label members, the figures show the ...
JP Cooper is the latest artist to feature in Vevo’s Lift programme, which focuses on fresh talent in the UK.
The Island Records artist – who’s compared to Nick Drake ...
Queens Of The Stone Age are kings of the chart for the first time, with their seventh studio album, Villains, providing the Californian hard rock heroes with their fifth straight ...
As Music Week’s recent study revealed, nowadays, it takes an average of 4.53 people to write the very biggest hits. No wonder competition in the publishing world is ...
Since Mike Smith took over as managing director of Warner/Chappell in late 2016, he’s been busy signing songwriters to the publisher. As well as swooping for Liam Gallagher, Katy B ...
Warner/Chappell managing director Mike Smith has told Music Week that its “very strong” UK operation is playing its part in the striking growth for the publisher as it posted its ...
James Sandom is contemplating how things have changed since he took up the dark arts of artist management back in the late ‘90s.
“When I started in this business, there ...
Arcade Fire’s chart-topping fifth album has the potential to be the biggest of their career, says Columbia Records UK President Ferdy Unger-Hamilton.
Everything Now, the Canadian band’s third No. 1 ...
The struggle to create fresh rock and pop headliners for the UK’s six longest-running mainstream music festivals has been laid bare by a new Music Week study.
Just six acts ...
