UK music exports reach new high in 2020 to over half a billion pounds driven by streaming according to new figures released by the BPI. Earnings increased 6% on 2019 to £519.7 million which makes the UK the largest exporter of music in the world after the US. Around 1 in 10 of all tracks streamed globally are now by a British artist. A BPI report earlier this year, All Around The World, found that with […]
UK Rap and Hip Hop soars in 2020 fuelled by streaming with the genre accounting for over a fifth of UK singles according to the BPI. This new analysis from the BPI is from their ‘All About the Music’ 2021 yearbook based on data from the Official Charts Company published on the 15th April. Rap and Hip Hop accounted for 22% of all UK singles and 12.2% of album sales. Both figures represent all-time peaks for the genre, thanks in […]
Music helped the UK get through lockdown with 50% listening to music to raise their spirits according to a survey commissioned by the BPI, the UK’s recorded music industry association. The survey to be published in All About the Music 2021, the 42nd edition of the BPI Yearbook shows that well over a quarter (28%) of all those surveyed said they had increased their music listening compared to pre-lockdown. Only 11% of those asked said they […]
UK National Album Day returns for 2021 on Saturday, 16th October and its theme will be Celebrating Women in Music, shining a light on the huge contribution made by women to music and album making. National Album Day also reveals the Top Ten women album artists since the start of 2000 according to Official Charts Company data, with Adele named the best-selling women album artist of the century. The list also features such icons as Amy Winehouse, Kylie, Madonna and Britney Spears. […]
BPI wins court victory in cyberlocker and stream piracy cases in litigation on behalf of the UK record industry. The cases were dealt with following an online hearing at London’s High Court, which ruled that the operators and users of the websites use the services of internet companies (ISPs) to infringe copyright and that therefore the ISPs should block access to them. The infringing uses included providing or linking to a downloadable stream ripping app. Stream […]
More UK artists reap the rewards of streaming with 1,800 artists achieving more than 10 million streams in the UK alone in the past 12 months according to data compiled by the BPI. This is 72% more than the total of 1,048 artists who achieved the equivalent 10,000 album sales in the CD, LP and download market of 2007. Streaming has also made the market more ‘democratic’ – the top 10 artists dominated less of […]
Music consumption in UK up 8.2% in 2020 with 155 million albums or their equivalent either streamed or purchased with growth led by streaming fuelled by label investment. The figures were released today by the BPI, based on Official Charts Company data. The increase in consumption was achieved despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a devastating effect on the live music sector. Demand initially dipped around the start of the […]
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