Music Week

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Music Week

Welcome to Music Week…

Escape plan: Raye's artist services team on the ascent of a ‘global superstar’ • Following a No.1 with Escapism and the release of Raye's long-awaited debut LP, Human Re Sources and The Orchard reveal their hopes for the UK artist

Go Figura: Former BMG leader enters booming rights market • With $500m of capital and the first big catalogue deals confirmed, Alexi Cory-Smith reveals her creative and commercial vision for Bella Figura Music

FOR THE RECORD

THE BIG LABEL

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

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

TWEETS OF THE MONTH

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

DOLORES FOREVER • Pop comes naturally to songwriters Hannah Wilson and Julia Fabrin, so expectations are high for their Dolores Forever project. Here, they tell Music Week why theirs is no ordinary indie band…

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry's favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES • Meet the dance-punk trio out to turn 2023 into a riotous rave…

SKY: CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT/AURORA

KEYRELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • Mimi Webb's meteoric rise is set to reach its latest peak with the release of her debut album Amelia and, to celebrate, Music Week meets the star to talk identity, TikTok and representation…

HOTSHOTS

T!ME TO SH!NE • Since emerging in 2000, Pink has distinguished herself as one of the biggest artists and top live draws in the world. Ahead of the release of her incredible new album Trustfall, Music Week joins the star – real name Alecia Moore – her manager Roger Davies, RCA's John Fleckenstein and David Dollimore, plus Barrie Marshall of Marshall Arts, to discuss a career that has defied all the odds and a lot of expectations along the way. With a huge UK summer stadium tour on the way, too, it's officially time to get the party (re)started…

ROLECALL MEET TEAM P!NK

THE Music Week INTERVIEW HAZEL SAVAGE • In recent years, Hazel Savage has become something of a face for Al across the music business. As co-founder of Musiio, she is changing the game in tech, so much so that SoundCloud snapped up the company in May last year. To celebrate the achievements of the winner of the Entrepreneur Award at the Music Week Women In Music Awards 2022, we meet Savage for a discussion that takes in technology, diversity and what's next for the industry's relationship with artificial intelligence…

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

SETTING THE TONE • According to its UK boss Shaurav D'Silva, anyone searching for an independent publishing success story in 2023 should look no further than Stellar Songs. It's three years since the executive merged his 2-Tone Entertainment firm with Tim Blacksmith and Danny D's company, and business is booming. Here, Music Week meets him to discuss the future of A&R, why gut feeling always trumps data and the UK's bid to uncover the next global superstars…

A ROYAL WELCOME • As the emerging talent debate rages on, one band is banging hardest on the door to the mainstream. With Gabriels, what started as word of mouth buzz has become an explosive success story, one that will soon be crowned...