The rise in consumers paying for streaming services was the key to 2016’s revenue increase for record labels, BPI research director Chris Green has told Music Week.
According to figures ...
By Emmanuel Legrand
For the first time in over 15 years, the United States' recorded music market enjoyed a two-digit year-on-year growth rate. The positive trend noticed during the first ...
Music Week is delighted to announce Amazon Music as the headline sponsor of the 2017 Music Week Awards.
The most important awards bash on the music industry calendar, this year’s ...
Over the coming days, a panel of three copyright judges in Washington DC will hear proposals from stakeholders regarding the mechanical royalties paid to songwriters and publishers over the next ...
Amazon has hired former Apple and EMI Music executive Alex Luke as the new head of programming and content strategy for Amazon Music.
Luke most recently served at The Valley ...
Jason Carter, head of BBC Introducing, is leaving the organisation after 20 years to take on a new role at Amazon.
Initially head of live music at the BBC, Carter ...
One of 2016’s most surprising success stories, Michael Ball & Alfie Boe’s collaborative record Together looks well in contention to score a Christmas No.1.
And with big things planned beyond ...
Music fans looking for a Black Friday deal without the threat of in-store violence and serious physical injury need look no further than streaming services Spotify and Deezer, which have ...
Amazon’s new streaming service, Amazon Music Unlimited, is now available in the UK, having been rolled out in the US last month.
With its new launch, Amazon is looking to ...