The big names continue to back next month’s A&R Awards, and stepping forward to sponsor the Contemporary Black Music category is one of the very biggest: Spotify. The streaming giant’s UK/IE, Head of Music, Sulinna Ong, said: “Contemporary Black Music reflects the zeitgeist and beating heart of British culture, so we at Spotify are incredibly … Continued
"A by-product of not being able to promote new releases to the extent we would have liked is that we have seen significantly reduced marketing and promotional expenditure across all labels which has worked its way through to the bottom line."