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National Album Day 2021 a success

25/10/2021

The fourth edition of National Album Day, staged on Saturday, 16th October, has been welcomed as a success by its joint organisers, the BPI and the Entertainment Retailers Association, with the impact reflected in the Official Vinyl Charts, the Official Album Charts and sales overall as well as across media and socials. This year National Album Day celebrated Women in Music and the important contribution they make to the album format. Based on Official Album Charts midweeks, vinyl LP sales on Saturday 16th October […]

Over a quarter of UK music comes from independent labels

21/06/2021

Over a quarter of UK music comes from independent labels according to figures released by the BPI and AIM. In addition, the data, which is drawn from the BPI’s yearbook All About The Music 2021 and based on Official Charts Company data, shows that: UK independent labels’ share of music consumption across streaming and physical formats combined rose for a third successive year in 2020 to reach just under 26% Independent music businesses’ share of Streaming Equivalent […]

UK music exports reach new high in 2020

18/06/2021

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

16/04/2021

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

09/04/2021

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

08/03/2021

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

06/03/2021

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 […]