2024 was a challenging year for UK artists at home and abroad.
But there are signs of a turnaround in 2025. In the latest edition of Music Week, label ...
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 ...
SoundCloud has published its Music Intelligence Report covering emerging consumption trends and cultural movements on the platform.
“At SoundCloud, we don’t just track trends – we identify them before they ...
Order is restored on the singles chart, with the annual post-holiday mass exodus of Christmas-related tracks allowing That’s So True – previously No.1 for five weeks in November/December – to ...
First released in 1984, as a double A-sided hit alongside Everything She Wants, Last Christmas peaked at No.2 at the time for Wham!, behind Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s ...