We’re at the all-important Q4 stage of the year for labels and retailers - but have the biggest sellers of the year already been decided?
Based on figures up to ...
Each week, Rising Star profiles an up-and-coming music excecutive making a splash in the industry. Here, we meet Renae Brown, festivals coordinator at Vision Nine...
How did you break into ...
Major’s president says busy release schedule key to maintaining No.1 spotVirgin EMI president Ted Cockle has told Music Week the UK’s No.1 label is continuing to go from strength ...
An instant No.1 on iTunes in 50 countries, Canadian singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes’ eponymous third album is clearly the hottest new release of the week, although UK band Snow Patrol’s seventh ...
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to The Greatest Showman starts its fifth run atop the artist album chart, spending its 16th week at No.1 in total on sales of 35,900 copies ...
The Greatest Showman is all but assured of a return to the albums summit, as the smash hit soundtrack is currently outselling James Bay's Electric Light by 2:1.
The ...
People looking to enter the music business or boost their careers with educational courses have never been more spoilt for choice. Here, Music Week highlights some of the best options ...
James Bay has given the lowdown on the writing process for his long-awaited second album, Electric Light.
The LP, released today via Virgin EMI/Republic, showcases a new sound for the ...
Keith Richards cranks up his trusty Fender Telecaster; Mick Jagger jogs on the spot, loaded with ageless energy; Ronnie Wood grins like the cat that got the cream; Charlie Watts ...
Q1 proved a trickier quarter for the biz than most of late, with plunging physical sales and the year-on-year Ed Sheeran effect slowing down the recent sales surge. Yet The ...