It’s the busiest week in a while on the artist album chart, with 10 new entries – but none has enough clout to prevent Harry’s House from securing its second ...
Big news for the UK recorded music market: Utopia Music has swooped for Proper Music Group.
The Swiss music fintech company has acquired one of the leading physical music distributors ...
Following Sony Music’s acquisition of AWAL earlier this week, Music Week decided to mark the occasion with a celebration of the indie giant’s biggest records.
Based on Official Charts Company ...
AWAL is dead, long live AWAL.
That seems to be the continuity message of Sony Music’s acquisition of the indie giant for $430 million (£314.4m) from Kobalt.
AWAL president Paul Hitchman has spoken to Music Week about working with “super-engaged” rock act You Me At Six on their Suckapunch campaign.
The band, who are managed by ...
Difficult second album syndrome is a phenomenon that’s well known to artists and labels.
For some acts, the sophomore LP fails to maintain momentum. For others, such as Gerry ...
It’s tough out there for indie retailers right now.
But as Record Store Day coordinator Megan Page told Music Week, many shops have adapted with online operations.
Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes are in the running for a high chart entry this week with their album What Kinda Music (Caroline/Blue Note).
The collaboration was heading for No.2 ...
A week ago, the prospect of physical album sales dipping below 10% of the market during the Covid-19 lockdown was a real possibility.
But that’s been held off – for ...
