Rebecca Allen is on tenterhooks. The interview to celebrate her coronation as this year’s Music Week Women In Music Businesswoman Of The Year coincides with one of the closest chart battles in years, as her artists Michael Ball & Alfie Boe fight it out with Stereophonics for the No.1 album.

Allen was up at 6am, unable to sleep with excitement/nerves (“Like Christmas!” she says)and is now sat on the sofa in her office, every ‘ding!’ from her phone potentially bringing ...