Vinyl sales have surged by 13.2% year-on-year for the first nine months of 2023.
According to data from the BPI, 3,952,262 vinyl LPs were sold during the year to the ...
Independent retailers have opened up about their experiences and challenges of running UK record shops in 2023.
The latest issue of Music Week features an in-depth report on the sector, ...
Following the BPI’s recorded music market figures last week, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has now issued its numbers for 2022.
The preliminary figures - which will be confirmed in ...
Arctic Monkeys are back with their seventh album, The Car (Domino Recordings). So to mark the occasion and a huge week for music retail, longtime manager Ian McAndrew has spoken ...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a new album - the trio’s first in almost a decade.
Cool It Down also marks the US alternative rock act’s new relationship with ...
Resident Music co-founders Natasha Youngs and Derry Watkins have spoken to Music Week about the vital role that record shops play in the music industry.
At this year’s Music ...
Fontaines DC have their first No.1 with third album Skinty Fia, which opened at the summit on Friday (April 29) with almost 20,000 sales.
It’s the second No.1 album for ...
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 ...
Yard Act caught almost everyone by surprise when debut album The Overload made them No.1 contenders.
The Leeds post-punk band were in hot pursuit of Years & Years last week. ...
