Music Week

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Music Week

Welcome to Music Week…

THE BIG STORY Special effect: Atlantic hits new heights with ‘unique and authentic’ Lizzo • Co-president Briony Turner and promo boss Damian Christian join Warner Chappell CEO Guy Moot to talk TikTok, the US star’s feelgood hit and “incredible” new album

Record token: Virgin leads the way with NFT chart campaign • Label boss Jim Chancellor and innovation exec Andy Betts join The Amazons’ manager to reveal how they pioneered an album release with new tech

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SPOTLIGHT SHINING A LIGHT ON MUSIC’S BIGGEST NAMES • LA-based distribution & payments platform Stem recently raised $20 million in investment. The company has worked with acts including Childish Gambino, Frank Ocean, Kate Nash and Boy George. Here, CEO Milana Lewis talks expansion, artist finances and UK plans…

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…

THE BIG QUESTION • Top names debate music’s burning issues

BELLAH • Prioritising great songwriting over all else, Bellah is about to revitalise British R&B. Music Week meets the future star for a candid discussion covering confidence, catharsis and the UK scene…

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry’s favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES • 4AD’s genre-blending new signing takes the long road to success…

SYNC STORY • IKEA/RAJA KUMARI

KEY RELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • With their upcoming seventh album The Alchemist's Euphoria, Leicester rockers Kasabian are heading into a new era. Music Week meets frontman Serge Pizzorno to talk moving on, leadership and the music industry…

CAMPAIGN TRAIL • Polydor director of marketing Stephen Hallowes explains how the major is stepping things up for Maggie Rogers ahead of her second album Surrender…

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS AT THE Music Week AWARDS 2022

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE • Over the space of five years, Beabadoobee has gone from learning guitar in her teenage bedroom to becoming a hard-touring, viral indie sensation, writing heart-on-sleeve anthems and straddling rock and pop in a way few other artists can. Her second album, Beatopia, is about to unshackle yet more of her personality. Here, Music Week meets the star, alongside All On Red Management and Dirty Hit boss Jamie Oborne and agent Matt Bates of ICM Partners, to talk independent success, growing up and creating a lasting legacy…

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 PETER LEATHEM • This year, Peter Leathem is celebrating 10 years as CEO of PPL, during which time he has proved that music royalties are a vital part of our industry’s ecosystem, blown apart tired perceptions about his specialist subject and paid out millions to help preserve the careers of musicians across the business. In a special head-to-head to mark his decade at the top, Music Week meets the well-loved executive to talk rights, revolution and the road to success…

PERFECT 10 • Executives from across the business pay tribute to Peter Leathem’s decade at the top of PPL…

THE FUTURE STARTS NOW • Since 2016, the UK...