Major label executives have told Music Week there’s “room for improvement” on radio playlisting as airplay data revealed that UK artists made up just half of the Top 100 last ...
As reported in last year’s official BPI figures, 2017 saw 68.1 billion audio streams served through Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and other audio streaming services.
Add to this Spotify’s declaration ...
Deezer Next 2018, the streaming platform’s programme for championing new talent, has launched with Jorja Smith as the first global artist for the year ahead. The BRITs Critics’ Choice ...
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor has hailed the UK music industry’s performance over the last 12 months as streaming reached the “tipping point” of more than half of total consumption. ...
Following on from the BPI’s 2017 report, according to interim data compiled by ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association), the entertainment market reached a new all-time high of £7.24 billion in ...
Official figures released by the BPI today (January 3) reveal a surge in album sales of 9.5% over the past 12 months.
The year-on-year increase to 135.1 million albums (or ...
Voice control and interactive AI has been coming for a while but 2018 could be the tipping point for the music business, according to leading digital execs.
With potentially millions ...
An ageing punk welcomes Music Week through the door of a new establishment in a side street in London’s Covent Garden, and directs us to the ‘living room’ for our ...
AIM's Paul Pacifico has expressed concern that the FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality rules in the US will negatively impact the independent sector, which has been thriving on ...
Deezer has announced its new mobile feature that will allow users to identify forgotten or unknown songs.
In the same week it was announced that Apple have purchased music identification ...
