Music Business News: United Kingdom

Burna Boy named most-streamed Nigerian artist of all-time on Apple Music, following UK album chart success with ‘I Told Them…’

Superstar became the first-ever international Afrobeats artist to secure a UK No.1 album

With its patented music integration engine and in-game purchases, Reactional Music claims to be ‘the missing link’ between the music and games industries.

Reactional President David Knox on the opportunity for music in the gaming industry, and how the company’s technology works...

After Kylie Minogue album hits No.1 in the UK and Australia, artist’s global streams may be the bigger story for BMG

Tension already has more than 170 million streams worldwide, says BMG

YouTube Shorts sponsors Manager of the Year category at A&R Awards

Short-form video platform backs management showdown at UK industry's elite awards night

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Chair, Andrew Sutch, to step down; all-important ‘continuation vote’ looks likely to happen on October 26

Shareholders will vote on whether to keep Hipgnosis Songs Fund as a close-ended investment entity next month

Do Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones plan to sell their catalog? No – but it could be donated to charity.

Jagger told the WSJ that “the children don’t need $500 million to live well. Come on.”

PPL to sponsor A&R Awards category celebrating behind-the-scenes linchpins

Fast-growing collection society supports award for 'the glue of the A&R department'

[PIAS] boss Kenny Gates on Deezer x Universal’s ‘artist-centric’ model: ‘For labels who invest every year, relentlessly, in new talent, this has to be good news.’

Thought the debate had died down? Think again...