Music Business News: United Kingdom

The A&R Awards 2021: A night where everyone kinda won

It was about Doc, Dipesh, and Depeche; Bello and Boatengs; Antwi and Ashley

The Ubiquity Paradox: do far more of this but also do a lot less of that

This column comes from Eamonn Forde, a long-time music industry journalist and the author of The Final Days of EMI: Selling the Pig, and Leaving The Building: The Lucrative Afterlife of Music Estates

News

Vevo Artists To Watch 2022: Mimi Webb, Arrdee, Lola Young, Ronisia, Sen Senra, Jessica Winter, Pip Millett, EST Gee

Introducing the first batch of artists on Vevo's influential Artists To Watch 2022 list

Blog

Sometimes, ‘polite pop stars’ are stifled by this business

Rhian Jones believes the influence of the music industry can have troubling consequences for young artists – and prevent their personalities and talent from shining...

News

Primary Wave buys stake in publishing catalog of the Waterboys’ Mike Scott

Included in the deal are hits like Fisherman’s Blues and This Is the Sea

News

Ochre releases new suite of developer tools for D2C market

Ochre says that its new tools open up access to e-commerce data

News

Mary Viscomi joins financial management platform Voly as Head of Music

Viscomi joins Voly from talent management company YMU

Interviews

‘The artists you stick with for a long time are those who understand that there are ups and downs.’

Verdigris Management founder Sam Denniston on managing two of the UK’s most acclaimed dance acts, life away from labels and avoiding the blame game...