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…

Mass market: Contemporary and classic British superstars drive streaming growth • Label and trade body execs share insights on the outlook for DSP-led expansion, the evolution of consumption and global opportunities for emerging talent

Game plan: Polydor unveils A&R team to break acts across genres • New head of A&R Richard O'Donovan and president Ben Mortimer open up about the label's strategy for breaking acts, the role of data and their new recruits

FOR THE RECORD

THE BIG TRIBUTES

TAKE A BOW

SPOTLIGHT • SHINING A LIGHT ON MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES

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

IN POD WE TRUST • INSIDE THE BEST MUSIC PODCASTS

TWEETS OF THE MONTH

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

THE PLAYLIST

TASTEMAKERS • The industry’s favourite new sounds

MAKINGWAVES

SYNC STORY

KEYRELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • Ahead of their fourth album Heavy Heavy, Music Week meets up with Young Fathers' producer and vocalist Graham 'G' Hastings to discuss the latest iteration of the Mercuty-winning trio's experimental sonic melting pot…

HOTSHOTS

A Royal Return • When Shania Twain released her last album, Now, in 2017, it marked a huge comeback that had been gestating for 15 years. Forged in the aftermath of the divorce from her husband and key creative collaborator Mutt Lange and also losing her voice, it was an emotional triumph. For her next chapter, however, she wants to get back to having fun. Here, Music Week speaks to the diamond-selling icon, Leila Hebden of Maverick Management, Wendy Goldstein of Republic Records and more, to find out how her new record Queen Of Me is set to take people by surprise, and in more ways than one…

THE Music Week INTERVIEW CHLOË ROBERTS • Crowned Businesswoman Of The Year at the Music Week Women In Music Awards 2022, Chloë Roberts is playing a vital role in ushering in a new era at independent records, publishing and management powerhouse Young. To find out more, we meet the deep thinking COO to talk about her past in management, why hits aren't everything and how to empower both execs and creatives…

MENTOR ME • THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ACROSS THE MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SHARE THEIR TOP 5 CAREER LESSONS…

UROK O FAGES • Over the past 15 years, UROK Management has become a powerful force in the UK music industry, exploding into life with Plan B's breakout success and now steering the careers of a star-studded roster including Liam Gallagher, FLO, Tom Odell and more. Here, father and son team Roy and Sam Eldridge and GM Kate Hardwick reveal what makes their business tick and talk management, touring and finding the solution to the UK's breaking talent problem…

RACHEL CHINOURIRI • When her vivid songs exploded on TikTok last year, Rachel Chinouriri took flight as a thrilling prospect for the UK. We begin our new artists special with a story of escapism through music…

ESSENTIAL INFO

VENBEE • As Venbee, Erin Doyle already has two viral singles under her belt and her drum & bass bangers are set to light up 2023. Here, she reveals her plan to turn perseverance into pop stardom…

ESSENTIAL INFO

KAMAL. • Having long been set on conquering the music industry, Kamal is making his ascent, one laid-back R&B jam at a time. Here, we talk songwriting and connection with Neighbourhood's new star…

ESSENTIAL INFO

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