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Setlist Podcast: Major label bosses put the spotlight on superfans
Universal and Warner bosses' new year memos, Viagogo's "misleading" advertorial, and more…
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The year ahead: Jo Twist, CEO of BPI
BPI CEO Jo Twist looks ahead at 2024 in the latest of our series of interviews with the bosses of the music industry’s trade bodies. She discusses the organisation’s successes in 2023, the challenges it faces in the coming year, and the continued evolution of the BRIT Awards…
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Vinyl sales grow, cassettes slump; streaming now 87.7% of UK music consumption
BPI's annual stats bang shows just how much Olivia Rodrigo's fans love cassettes. Someone has to. Plus some other lovely chunky consumption numbers.…
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One Liners: Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter + more
Barbican appoints new Head Of Music; Sony A&R internships; new round of MEGS funding; new music from Aurora, Marika Hackman, Julia Holter, Fucked Up, Heartworms and Chemtrails…
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Rolling Stones collect UK streaming trophy
The Rolling Stones have become the latest act to receive a BRIT Billion Award for achieving more than a billion streams in the UK…
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Ed Sheeran gets a Gold BRIT Billion award for passing ten billion UK streams
The BPI has presented Ed Sheeran with a Gold BRIT Billion award to celebrate him being streamed over ten billion times in the UK…
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UK Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority to start considering cases from next year
The newly created Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority - which seeks to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment across the UK creative industries - will start considering cases next year…
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BPI boss responds to the five AI fundamentals published by the Council Of Music Makers
The boss of record label trade group BPI has responded to the five AI fundamentals published yesterday by the UK’s Council Of Music Makers…