UK consumers spent £1.68 billion (approx. $2.25bn) on recorded music in 2021 across physical and digital sales, plus subscription streaming. The market’s total recorded music spend in 2021 represented YoY growth of 8.7%, or £133.7 million ($179m) versus 2020. That’s according to figures released today (March 1) by the UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association, in its … Continued
BPI Chief Executive Geoff Taylor outlines five goals and measures he would like the industry to adopt, including a ‘BRIT School for the North’, environmental responsibility and unity across sometimes fractious sectors…