Decca president Rebecca Allen has told Music Week it’s the “right time” for the return of the Classic BRIT Awards amid a resurgence for non-pop repertoire.
The televised event, organised ...
1.THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
The rise and rise of streaming (track streams were up another 51% on Q4 2016) meant the overall AES picture was up a healthy 4% on All ...
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. ...
Stereophonics’ first shot at the big time was nearly scuppered before it started – by Kelly Jones’ mum. It was 1996, at the peak of Britpop, when Richard Branson called ...
The popularity of ticket/album bundles is continuing to rise, with their impact increasingly evident on the UK chart.
In a major retail development, recent album incentive presales for Sam Smith ...
In one of the closest ever battles between new album releases, Ball & Boe have narrowly beaten Stereophonics for No.1. In one of the first major Q4 contests, Ball ...
In 2016, theatre sensations/besuited behemoths Michael Ball and Alfie Boe joined forces on record for the first time. The result, Together, became the year’s best-selling release. Back in October, ...
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The Las Vegas band’s new album - their first in five years - has already proven a massively exciting return. The Jacknife ...
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe have inked a ‘triple signing’ with Decca, with each signing individual deals, along with a new joint Ball & Boe agreement.
Following last year’s best-selling ...
