Music Week

We are the leading trade media brand for the UK music industry with unrivalled access to game-changing artists and executives. Music Week remains essential reading for anyone who needs to understand the business of music.

Music Week

Welcome to Music Week…

True Believer: Digital music services giant targets UK as ‘key territory’ • With the UK roster driving 35 billion streams last year, Believe's MD talks growth genres, breakthrough talent and global reach for independent artists

Leap year: Manners McDade and Faber create ‘powerful’ publisher • Twelve months after Faber Music's acquisition of rights business and composer agency Manners McDade, execs talk synergies, growth and sync success

FOR THE RECORD

TAKE A BOW

SPOTLIGHT SHINING A LIGHT ON MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES • Stuart Worden presented former student Raye with the Album Of The Year trophy at last month's BRITs – one of her six awards. Here, The BRIT School principal reflects on 30 years at the creative institution, mental health and music, and AI's impact on emerging talent…

START ME UP • THE NEW COMPANIES DRIVING MUSIC'S FUTURE

IN POD WE TRUST • INSIDE THE BEST MUSIC PODCASTS

DIGITAL DISCOURSE • Deviate Digital CEO Sammy Andrews guides you through the ever-changing tech world…

TWEETS OF THE MONTH

RISING STAR • Meet the industry's brightest new talents…

BLUE LAB BEATS • With the impending arrival of their new album, Blue Eclipse, Blue Lab Beats are poised to be the UK's next big jazz stars. Here, the duo discuss evolving from jamming in college to playing jet-lagged gigs in Canada…

ESSENTIAL INFO

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry's favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES

PLANT-POWERED DAD: 30/JAMES BROWN

KEYRELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • Fat White Family have battled in-fighting and addiction since their inception, but the exit of guitarist Saul Adamczewski during the making of their fourth album Forgiveness Is Yours rocked them to the core. Here, singer Lias Saoudi explains their survival plan and talks indie rock, life on Domino and his industry issues…

HOTSHOTS SPECIAL • The music industry descended upon London's The O2 for this year's BRIT Awards, with Raye making history as she took home six trophies. Here, we gather some of the best shots of the winners, performers and leading executives across the business at the ceremony and aftershows…

NEW RADICAL • With her third album Radical Optimism, Dua Lipa isn't just delivering what is set up to be one of the campaigns of 2024, she is redefining her entire career. With her publishing and management now part of her own company Radical22, the ultra ambitious star and Glastonbury headliner is in full control. Here, joined by Warner Records president Joe Kentish, she details her plan to inhabit every part of popular culture and talks confidence, ownership and conquering the music industry…

ROLE CALL MEET TEAM DUA LIPA

MUSIC WEEK X GIRLS I RATE PRESENTS MENTOR ME • THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ACROSS THE MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SHARE THEIR TOP 5 CAREER LESSONS…

THE Music Week INTERVIEW • In the time since Paul Hitchman joined AWAL in 2012, the company has grown from an upstart services business into a tech-focused A&R powerhouse with success stories from Little Simz and Jungle, to Laufey and Lovejoy. In the midst of its hottest streak yet, Music Week meets global COO Paul Hitchman to discuss its acquisition by Sony, the art of A&R and more…

THE MAIN EVENT • Over the course of her career, Rachel Chinouriri's trajectory has turned into something of a case study of modern artist development. On the eve of her debut album What A Devastating Turn Of...