More older tracks were streamed in the UK in 2019 and made up 60.3% of the total according to statistics compiled by the BPI and shortly to be published in its annual yearbook All About the Music 2020. The analysis looked at what were the top 15,000 most-streamed tracks on audio services in the UK in 2019 i.e. any track played over 1m times or more over the course of the year. Songs released in […]
UK record label income reaches £1.1 Bn in 2019, a 7.3% increase on 2018 and the fourth consecutive year of growth according to recent figures released by the BPI, the UK’s recorded music industry association. This is the highest level of annual trade income in well over a decade and fuelled by the continuing increase in streaming income, which leapt by 21.8% to reach £628.9 million. Record label trade income is made up of combined […]
BPI reported over 500 million illegal music links to Google to Google with a request to remove them from the search engine’s listings. This was done as part of BPI’s mission to protect the UK music industry from the activities of illegal music sites which cost them an estimated £150 million a year in lost revenue. The BPI passed the milestone of the 500 millionth URL submitted to Google for delisting on behalf of UK artists and labels. The BPI […]
UK streaming reaches 114 Bn in 2019 with cassette and vinyl LP sales continuing to rise according to figures released by the BPI, the UK’s recorded music industry association. Music consumption up for fifth year in a row with the equivalent of 154m albums consumed across streaming and purchasing in 2019, up 7.5% on 2018 and reaching its highest level since 2006 (based on Official Charts Company data). UK recorded music in figures 114 Bn […]
Britons turn to albums to boost their mental well-being according to a study commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) as part of National Album Day on 12th October 2019. The results, reported on the BPI website showed that ‘millions of stressed Britons are turning to their music collections to help them de-stress.’ The key results indicate a strong link between listening to albums and mental well-being with respondents overwhelmingly agreeing that album listening is […]
UK music consumption driven by young streamers according to an analysis of data in IFPI’s Music Listening Report 2019 by the BPI, the UK record labels association. The BPI reports that ‘the UK’s love of music is being deepened by the growth in streaming combined with continuing access to music on physical format.’ Data from IFPI’s 2019 “Music Listening Report” shows that the UK is a nation of music lovers, with 57% of UK respondents […]
National Album Day returns in October on Saturday 12th encouraging music lovers ‘#Don’t Skip’ to discover the joys of listening to albums in their entirety. Following a successful inaugural year, National Album Day is set to return for its second annual edition on Saturday, 12th October. Organised jointly by record labels body the BPI and ERA – the Entertainment Retailers Association, and with the active participation of AIM (Association of Independent Music), National Album Day […]
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