Four of five previous Sam Smith singles to reach No.1 spent a single week at the summit but his sixth, Too Good At Goodbyes, secures its second week at the ...
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 ...
Sony/ATV head of A&R David Ventura has praised singer/songwriter Zak Abel as a “special talent” after signing the rising star to a worldwide publishing deal.
Londoner Abel, who came to ...
There’s a famous, oft-repeated story about George Best in which a bellboy delivers champagne to the late football great’s hotel room, only to stumble upon Best entertaining the reigning Miss ...
No live music conference is complete without debating the perennial question: where are our new festival headliners? But the impressive flow of new arena headliners is regularly overlooked.
Music Week ...
BBC Worldwide has acquired music documentary Stories, from Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and artist Avicii.
The artist (aka Tim Bergling) will be attending MIPTV in Cannes next month to launch the 60 minute ...
Tim "Avicii" Bergling, told Music Week that he likes "working with big brands," but that he's only "worked with brands that [he] can relate to in one way or another". ...
Avicii named most popular songwriter in Sweden
Musikforlaggarna (The Swedish Music Publishers Association) has revealed the songwriters behind the most played and purchased songs in Sweden. Songwriter, producer and artist ...