Music Week

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Music Week

Welcome to Music Week…

Classical economics: Global Classics & Jazz chief exec on the sector's streaming drive • Dickon Stainer, president & CEO of Global Classics & Jazz, talks Apple Music Classical, building audiences across platform and UMG's breakthrough stars

Making Friends: AMF teams with Red Light to become independent • AMF Records co-founders Mike Ajayi and Connie Meade reveal their key appointments, refreshed roster and the music company's move into management

FOR THE RECORD

THE BIG TRIBUTE

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 CEO Sammy Andrews guides you through the ever-changing tech world…

TWEETS OF THE MONTH

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

LIZZY McALPINE • With her vulnerability resonating with audiences across the world, emerging star Lizzy McAlpine is coming for the industry. Music Week meets her to talk feelings, going viral on TikTok and new music…

ESSENTIAL INFO

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry's favourite new sounds

MAKINGWAVES

RYE LANE/BLUE LAB BEATS

KEY RELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • With their seventh album A Kiss For The Whole World due April 21, Music Week talks to Enter Shikari's frontman Rou Reynolds on the band's next era, the importance of independent venues and using their platform for good…

HOTSHOTS

Pearls of wisdom • Before releasing What's Your Pleasure? in 2020, Jessie Ware wanted to quit music altogether, but a new team and a pivot towards disco bangers changed everything for the singer, resulting in her most successful album yet. This month, she follows it up with That! Feels Good!, which is set to take her reinvention to another level. Here, joined by EMI and Fascination Management, the star opens up about her industry journey and talks pop, empowerment, podcasts and freedom…

ROLECALL MEET TEAM

THE Music Week INTERVIEW SAFIYA LAMBIE-KNIGHT • Safiya Lambie-Knight is a year into her role as head of music for the UK & Ireland at Spotify, and she is already making her mark. Here, Music Week meets the executive during a busy time for the streaming giant to uncover her vision, hear what Spotify can do to boost emerging domestic talent and find out why she'll never stop fighting for a fairer playing field for artists and executives alike…

SONGS OF PRAISE • Back when Graham Davies joined The Ivors Academy, it was still known as BASCA, and the rebrand is far from the only change the CEO has implemented in five years. Here, ahead of the latest edition of its awards, he talks remuneration, hitmaking and equality, and calls on the industry to support songwriters…

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

INDEPENDENCE SLAY • For the past four years, Fred Gillham and his team at Concord Label Group have been hatching a plan to revitalise independent music in the UK. Here, following successes for the likes of Nubya Garcia, Ghost, Tears For Fears and more, the company's UK & Europe MD opens up about his plan to take the business to the next level and explains why no one does it quite like Concord…

SECRET AGENTS • In recent years, digital agencies have assumed a key role at the heart of...