Having gone public earlier this year, distributor Believe will be providing quarterly updates on its business. The latest came yesterday with its figures for the first half of 2021, during which its revenues grew by 33%...

The Philippines is outside the world’s top 40 markets for recorded music. But Filipinos’ incredible appetite for streaming is making it a very important market for new music.

Ireland’s booming live music industry was decimated by Covid – but hope remains for a recorded music industry where streaming is making serious inroads.