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 […]
1 in 10 songs streamed globally are by British artists with the UK share four times its GDP share according the BPI. The analysis is based on the music charts of 14 major markets which represents around three quarters of global recorded music consumption. The 10.1% share of global streaming is four times greater than its share of global GDP (2.2.%) underlining the UK’s exceptional performance in music. The 1 in 10 result highlights the […]
UK vinyl and cassette sales surge in 2020 with vinyl sales worth twice as much as music video streaming platforms, such as YouTube, despite the tens of billions of videos watched every year. New figures released by the BPI based on provisional Official Charts Company data for the year show that alongside continued growth in streaming, which now accounts for around 80% of UK music consumption, sales of vinyl LPs and audio cassettes surged ahead in 2020. […]
National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October celebrating the Eighties arguably music’s greatest decade. This year’s 80s theme is a first in a series of musical themes for National Album Day that will be rolled out annually and coincides with the current resurgence of 80s popular culture that is loved by audiences both young and old. The Eighties has been voted the UK’s favourite music decade and gave us artists like Madonna, Eurythmics, Culture […]
Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music with 37% of UK Classical music fans on Deezer under 35 years old and global streams from this age group rising by 17% in the last year. This is according to a joint report The Classical Revival in 2020 from the BPI, Deezer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) using official streaming data and market research. Research showed that 18-25 year olds accounted for a third (34%) […]
Rap and Hip Hop reach new highs in 2019 achieving record shares for both singles and albums according to Official Charts Company data released by the BPI. The analysis compiled from both purchases and streams show that singles of Rap and Hip Hop comprised well over a fifth (21.5%) of all consumption, up from 20.9% in 2018. In the five years from 2015 to 2019, UK artists’ share of Rap’s sales and streams increased from […]
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