This is a guest column by David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition – the UK trade body that represents the rights and interests of music artists. In this […]
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Country Profile – United Kingdom 2023
The British music industry continues to stand resilient in the face of governmental and economic challenges, delivering more growth in 2022
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‘Black female artists are used, abused, discarded and mistreated’
Artist VV Brown has published an op-ed on the Guardian criticising the UK music industry for its approach to Black women artists. “Throughout my career I’ve noticed many other examples where the […]
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BPI boss hopes for 30m UK music subscribers in next five years
BPI CEO Geoff Taylor believes that the UK can reach 30m music subscribers over the next five years, as technological advances fuel the demand for digital music. Speaking to Music […]
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Country Profile – United Kingdom 2021
The UK’s recorded music industry continues to grow, both at home and abroad, although Brexit remains a headache for new UK talent.
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UK live industry sues government over Covid-19 test events
It is all kicking off in the UK as the row over the government’s ‘Events Research Programme’ (ERP) deepens. That was the scheme to test a handful of Covid-safe live […]
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MP Kevin Brennan offers more details on his streaming bill
We wrote last week about British politician Kevin Brennan’s presentation of a private member’s bill in the houses of parliament that will focus on music streaming and artists. We noted […]
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UK set for debate on Music Streaming Bill this December
We are still awaiting the report of the UK parliament’s inquiry into the economics of music streaming, but yesterday we had some news of potential follow-on legislation. Kevin Brennan MP, one […]
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British music exports grew by 6% in 2020 to £519.7m
British industry body the BPI is stepping up its lobbying efforts for more support from the British government. Today’s instalment is the announcement that British music generated £517.9m in export […]
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Live music bodies react to UK delay for end of lockdown
The UK government had been planning to end all lockdown measures on 21 June, which would have enabled music venues and clubs to reopen fully. Yesterday, in response to the […]
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Elton John attacks UK government over Brexit ‘catastrophe’
Unrest has been fermenting in the UK for some time now over what the British government’s Brexit deal with the European Union means for artists touring. Now Sir Elton John […]
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Independent labels took 26% market share in UK last year
British label bodies the BPI and Aim are trumpeting the market share taken by independent labels in 2020. That share grew to just under 26% last year as measured by […]