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…

Free agent: Primary Talent enters new era with business bigger and better’ • Chief exec Matt Bates reveals how the UK agency secured its independence and opens up about the live recovery, ticket prices and breaking acts

Labour of Lovett: TVG founder reveals global mission for gigs • The Venue Group CEO and Mumford & Sons member Ben Lovett talks US launches, Lafayette's support for new talent and combining business with his band

FOR THE RECORD

TAKE A BOW • TEAM Metallica

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…

STRANDZ • Thanks to the viral success of Us Against The World, Strandz could be UK rap's next big thing, but the South Londoner is looking far beyond the hype. Here, he sets out his vision for the music business…

ESSENTIAL INFO

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry's favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES

JOHN WICK/NAS

KEY RELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • Not only are Sparks back, they're returning with their first record on Island for 49 years. Here, Russell and Ron Mael talk us through their brilliant new album, and how they recruited Cate Blanchett for their new video…

HOTSHOTS

BEWARE OF THE UNDERDOG • Some artists have it easy in pop music, but things haven't always been so simple for Tom Grennan, who has taken the long way round on his breakthrough journey. But the numbers don't lie and, ahead of his third album What Ifs & Maybes, the singer stands on the precipice of stardom. Music Week meets him, alongside Insanity Records and Various Artists Management, to tell a story that underlines the power of persistence, ambition and all-out focus…

ROLE CALL MEET TEAM TOM GRENNAN

THE Music Week INTERVIEW ANDREEA GLEESON • When Andreea Gleeson left the world of retail behind to join TuneCore in 2015, she could scarcely have imagined the impact she would have on the music industry. Here, the CEO and Music Week Women In Music Awards winner reflects on her work as a champion of both independence and equality, extols the virtues of DIY culture and unveils her plan to grow TuneCore's disruptive influence ever further…

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

50 YEARS OF THE BPI • Since forming in 1973, the British Phonographic Industry has acted as the representative voice of independent and major record labels across the UK. Ahead of this special feature celebrating its 50th anniversary, the BPI's chief strategy officer and interim CEO Sophie Jones looks at this British institution's past, present and future…

STATE OF THE NATION • Here, in the first of five pieces penned by former Music Week editor - and current BPI strategic communications consultant - Paul Williams, we look back at how the BPI has tirelessly campaigned on behalf of its members over the years…

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU • A potted history of the many ways in which the BPI has played a crucial role in staging showcase events promoting the very best of British talent…

PROTECT & SERVE • Defending its members' copyrights has long been part of the...