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Britons turn to albums to boost their mental well-being

12/10/2019

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 […]

The Greatest Showman - Best selling album in first six months of 2019

UK consumers spend more than £100m a week on digital services

14/08/2019

UK consumers spend more than £100m a week on digital music, video and games in the first half of 2019, according to latest data from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), a total of more than £2.7bn on streaming services, downloads and gaming credits. Add in expenditure on physical formats such as CD and DVD and retail revenues of the combined music, video and games sectors grew 4.5% to £3.3bn in the first six months of […]

National Album Day returns in October

08/07/2019

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 […]

Entertainment subscribers overtake buyers in UK

10/03/2019

Entertainment subscribers overtake buyers in UK as new digital services are turning the UK into a country of subscribers rather than entertainment buyers as music follows video and games to become a majority ‘rental’ market for the first time, according to figures in the latest Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) Yearbook. Revenues for paid-for music subscription services rose 38% in 2018 to £829m and now account for 62% of total recorded music revenues. Ownership formats like […]

Paid-for streaming set to overtake free services in UK

11/02/2019

Paid-for streaming set to overtake free services in UK with younger consumers more likely to pay for streaming according to new figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Subscription streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer and YouTube Music are winning the battle to persuade more people to pay to stream music than stream it for free. More males pay to stream (24.3%) rather than stream for free (23.9%), and more 25-34 year-olds […]

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13th October 2018 is UK ‘National Album Day’

10/09/2018

The 13th October 2018 is to be the UK’s ‘National Album Day’, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the album. National Album Day will mark the culmination of a week-long series of events and activity around the country that will celebrate all aspects of the UK’s love of the album. Supported by the BPI and BBC Music with backing across the music community, at 3.33(r)pm on Saturday, 13th October the British public are encouraged to play […]