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Music consumption surges to seventh year of growth

The UK’s music consumption rose for a seventh successive year in 2021, with streaming accounting for 83% of the total, according to figures. In June, the country saw its first week in which audio streams topped the 3 billion mark – a feat that was ...

04 Jan 2022 at 01:55

News

Competition watchdog launches probe into music streaming market

The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into music streaming. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will be asking if the market is “working well for music lovers”, as part of a study launched on Thursday, the regulator ...

27 Jan 2022 at 09:25

Back on track: Vinyl sales grow to highest level in three decades

Vinyl sales grew to their highest level in more than three decades in 2021 as consumers turned to the format during the coronavirus pandemic. More than five million vinyl albums were purchased in the UK over the past 12 months, up 8% on sales ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Entertainment

New music and artists dominated 2022’s streaming services, says BPI

New music and artists dominated the UK’s streaming services in 2022, with nearly three-quarters of the year’s top 100 most-streamed hits coming from this decade. According to new analysis from the BPI, the British record industry’s trade ...

27 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Music

Stormzy and Dave help hip hop and rap music claim record share of album market

Stormzy, Dave and Central Cee are among the British artists who have helped hip hop and rap music claim a record share of the UK albums market in 2022, according to new figures. Last year, the genre achieved its highest annual portion ...

13 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Music

Rock band Queen receive Brit Billion Award to mark streaming milestone

Queen have been recognised with a Brit Billion Award for achieving the milestone of being streamed more than one billion times in the UK. The British rock band, which consisted of lead singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Sir Brian May, ...

20 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Brit school for the North to open in Bradford following Government approval

Plans for a northern version of the Brit School which has nurtured performers such as Adele and Amy Winehouse have been approved by the Department for Education. The BPI – the representative voice for record labels across the UK – ...

20 Aug 2023 at 08:45

News

Female artists break singles chart record in 2023

Female artists led the charge in 2023, spending the most weeks at number one in the singles chart since records began in 1952. For 31 out of 52 weeks, female acts topped the chart as either solo artists or in collaboration with ...

03 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Entertainment

The Rolling Stones honoured with Brit Billion Award to mark streaming milestone

The Rolling Stones have been recognised with a Brit Billion Award for achieving the milestone of being streamed more than one billion times in the UK. The British rock band, whose career spans seven decades, have become the ...

31 Oct 2023 at 20:44

New industry working group to consider pay issues over music streaming

A new industry working group is set to consider how musicians and artists are paid through streaming – amid concerns over whether creators are paid fairly by sites. The move was confirmed in a letter to the Commons Culture,...

30 May 2023 at 00:01

Music

Taylor Swift set to have biggest vinyl sales in 2022, says record industry

Taylor Swift is expected to have sold more vinyl records in the UK in 2022 than anyone else, the industry has said. The 33-year-old American singer-songwriter’s tenth studio album Midnights has had more than 80,000 vinyl ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Finance

UK music streaming tops £1bn sales but AI threat looms, BPI finds

UK music streaming sales topped £1 billion last year for the first time, but the industry faces the looming threat of artificial intelligence (AI) copyright plans, according to the BPI. Demand for vinyl also continued ...

12 Mar 2025 at 00:01

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