National Album Day will return on Saturday, October 15, and this year will take as its theme debut albums. Previous themes include the 1980s and women in music.
Now in ...
Digital was once a dirty word in record shops - digital-first was even worse.
When David Bowie made his 1999 album Hours available to buy as a download ahead of ...
The Entertainment Retailers Association has just released its 2022 Yearbook, which is essential reading for those who closely follow the UK music market’s performance.
While it was long associated with ...
Is 2022 the year that CD finally ends its three decades as the physical format of choice?
Based on market data for 2021, that result now almost seems inevitable in ...
The Competition & Markets Authority has formally launched its investigation into the UK streaming market.
While the BPI has focused on growing the streaming market, the independent sector ...
New figures from ERA reveal the full extent of the vinyl revival and its impact on the physical music market.
For the first time in two decades, the Entertainment Retailers ...
The critical verdict is in for Adele’s comeback album 30.
Now it’s the commercial result that we’re waiting for as Columbia releases the album - Adele’s first in six years ...
Representatives of all the UK's leading music companies have paid tribute to the work of digital services and record shops in helping the music industry get through the coronavirus lockdown. ...
TikTok’s UK music operations chief Paul Hourican is to give the keynote address at the Entertainment Retailers Association’s AGM this month.
The in-person ERA event takes place on Wednesday, September ...
Happy birthday, HMV!
Today (July 20) the last music chain officially turns 100 - it was exactly a century ago that composer Sir Edward Elgar opened the famous store on ...