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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 UK music industry...

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 Ally for our latest country profile, Taylor...

The UK’s recorded music industry continues to grow, both at home and abroad, although Brexit remains a headache for new UK talent.

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 events, from music to snooker, and to learn from the...

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 that because of the way the British...

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 of the members of the Digital,...

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 earnings in 2020, up...

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 spread of the latest Covid-19 variant, the government delayed...

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 has weighed in to the debate with some sharp...

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 ‘album equivalent sales’, a metric blending streams...

The Broken Record campaign is stepping up its lobbying efforts for the British government to introduce equitable remuneration for music streaming. A letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April was signed by the likes...

From Massive Attack and Portishead to Idles and DJ Krust, the British cities of Bath and Bristol have a marvellous musical heritage. Now it’s being explored in an interesting digital way, courtesy of a project called...