UK National Album Day will return on Saturday 15th October and this year will take as its theme Debut Albums, following themes set in previous years including Women in Music and the 80s. Now in its 5th year, National Album Day aims to shine a light on the art form of the album, celebrating the creativity and artistry that goes into making an album. The Debut Albums theme will look to showcase a broad range […]
UK recorded music revenues up 12.8% in 2021 reaching £1.262 Bn according to a recent report by the BPI. This marked the sector’s seventh consecutive year of revenue growth, led by streaming. However, when adjusted for inflation, revenue in 2021 was £368 million below the 2006 CPI-adjusted figure of £1.63 Bn, while using RPI the 2006 figure would have been £1.795 Bn – £534 million higher than the 2021 total. Revenue from streaming again fuelled much of […]
Brits spent 5 days streaming music in 2021 averaging 2,342 tracks according to figures released by the Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA). The new peak for UK streaming, which drove UK music industry revenues to an eight year high, are contained in the latest edition of the ERA Yearbook, the definitive UK statistical overview of the music, video and games markets. As an antidote to many in the music business who portray music streaming as […]
UK consumers bought over £1 Bn discs in 2021 featuring music and video and games according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). These figures are from their recently published ERA Yearbook 2022 and defied expectations amid the streaming revolution. Sales of physical formats amounted to £1.05 Bn, down 18.5% on 2020, to comprise just 11% of the overall entertainment market, but in unit terms that still represented more than 50m discs sold. Some segments bucked […]
BBC Sounds app gets upgrades including the ability to control their play queue and integration into the Sonos app. Listeners with iOS devices will now be able to add, sort and delete items in their play queue. How to control your play queue in BBC Sounds To access the queue, when listening to any podcast, radio show or music mix on Sounds, listeners can tap on the button in the bottom right of the screen. […]
Listening to radio on smart speakers increases in UK according to the latest figures release by RAJAR, the UK’s official body for measuring radio audiences. 51% of speaker users listened to radio weekly in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to 48% in Q3 2021. Listeners who said they used smart speakers everyday rose from 20 to 21% in the same time period. Key UK radio listening statistics 40 million adults aged 15+ are now […]
UK competition watchdog launches music streaming study with submissions invited by the 17th February 2022. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will ask whether the music streaming market is working well for music lovers. While focussing on potential harm to consumers, the CMA will also assess whether any lack of competition between music companies could affect the musicians, singers and songwriters whose interests are intertwined with those of music lovers. If the CMA finds problems, […]
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