As market figures for Q1 show positive results for UK acts, label presidents talk long-term development and reveal ambitions for breakthrough stars
By Andre Paine
Physical music sales have surged in Q1 for 2025, Music Week can reveal.
The results come ahead of Record Store Day this month, which has traditionally delivered a huge boost ...
Nemzzz and manager Alex Omisesan have broken down the rapper's unique approach to market as he gears up to drop his highly-anticipated new mixtape.
The Music Week cover star, aka Nemiah ...
Not many artists get the chance to turn down seven-figure record deals before they turn 21, but Nemzzz knows precisely how it feels to do just that. Ahead of the ...
Less short but still sweet: 25 weeks after the standard 12-song, 36-minute version debuted at No.1, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet has been released in a 17-song, 51-minute deluxe ...
Bashy, Ayra Starr, Darkoo and Odeal have each won two awards at the MOBOs 2025 – the 27th edition of the ceremony.
Hosted by Eddie Kadi and Indiyah Polack, the ...
DJ AG doesn’t mince his words when it comes to artist development in 2025. “A lot of artists don’t know what to do,” he tells Music Week, as we meet, ...
Its consumption falling a minuscule 45 units (0.08%) to 56,479 (717 7-inch singles, 3,356 digital downloads and 52,406 sales-equivalent streams) after 18 straight weeks of growth, Messy spends a very ...
Lola Young is reigning supreme in the singles chart this week with Messy, which is leading the way with 33,610 sales so far ahead of Rosé and Bruno Mars’ ...
The Weeknd has started the week racing ahead in the albums chart and could be securing No.1 with his sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow, which has racked up 18,495 ...
