Live Nation’s Anna-Sophie Mertens has spoken to Music Week about the rise of country music in the UK, including her key role in the growth of the genre this side of the Atlantic. Mertens was speaking ...

With the launch of the IFPI Global Music Report for 2025, industry executives once again flew into London to tackle some of the key findings and themes from the study. It was another good year for the ...

Global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% year-on-year and reached $31.7 billion in 2025, according to IFPI’s Global Music Report. It marks the 11th year of consecutive growth in the global analysis ...

UK Music chief executive Tom Kiehl has welcomed the government’s announcement that it has ditched plans to allow AI firms to use copyrighted works without permission. The climbdown marks a major ...

ATG Entertainment (ATG) has today announced the launch of a new marketing department headed by Chloe Uppington. The live entertainment, ticketing and theatre production company will employ Uppington ...

Last week, football legend Eric Cantona released his debut studio album Perfect Imperfection via Barclay (Universal Music France) & Fontana. And, with its bold mix of musical styles and intriguing ...

Universal Music Group CEO & chairman Sir Lucian Grainge has addressed the future of AI and music at Nvidia’s GTC (GPU Technology Conference). The session on Building The Future of Music and AI saw Sir ...

Universal Music India (UMI) has announced an exclusive partnership with Anirudh Ravichander’s new independent label, Albuquerque Records. The India division of Universal Music Group (UMG) will work ...

After nearly two decades, Martin Talbot is stepping down as chief executive of the Official Charts Company, Music Week can reveal. Since 2007, he has overseen almost 1,000 No.1 singles and albums at ...

Bucks Music Group has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with pianist, composer, artist and producer Belle Chen. Blurring the lines between classical and electronic music, London-based Chen ...

Concord Music Publishing has signed artist, songwriter and producer Adrian Quesada. The global publishing deal covers ...

Harry Styles has sold more than one million units of his fourth album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, topping the charts in 20 territories around the world. Kiss All The Time. Disco, ...