Music Week

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Music Week

Welcome to Music Week…

Red alert: How Red Light's expanding UK operation is taking over the charts • UK boss James Sandom on the growing opportunities for the management firm, as a reshaped team leads the charge for their artist and songwriter clients

Home video: Vevo revives music television for artists and labels • The video network’s SVP of content, programming & marketing, JP Evangelista, talks connected TV, new talent, bigger budgets and catalogue opportunities

FOR THE RECORD

TAKE A BOW • TEAM Ed Sheeran

HOW INSTAGRAM'S NEXT GEN ARTISTS ARE NAILING IT ON THE PLATFORM • Right now, the music industry is witnessing a shift in the way people consume music and connect with artists, with an increasing desire for authentic and meaningful interactions. Instagram has become a crucial platform for musicians to reach out to their fans and build genuine connections with them. Meta’s UK Creator Partnerships team is spotlighting Next Gen artists who are not only producing exceptional music, but also forging strong connections with their followers on Instagram. Here, Meta’s Christina Theodoropoulou and Eoin Quirke share the best practices that can be learnt from the Next Gen artists’ Instagram accounts…

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 LAST DINNER PARTY • The Last Dinner Party have emerged amidst a wave of hype and hearsay that has the whole industry talking. Music Week meets the year's most exciting new band to find out the truth behind the mystery…

ESSENTIAL INFO

THE PLAYLIST

TASTE MAKERS • The industry’s favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES

THE OUTLAWS/THE MONKEES

KEYRELEASES • The essential albums heading your way…

INCOMING • Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet are back with their third studio album Starcatcher, out July 21 via Lava/Republic/EMI. Here, singer Josh Kiszka talks Nashville, going faaaaaar out, and uniting with Q Prime…

TINA TURNER 1939-2023 • On May 24, as Music Week was in the process of going to press, our industry lost a true icon. The entire music business was rocked by the news that Tina Turner had passed away aged 83 following a long illness, with tributes flooding in from superstar artists and executives alike. Here, to celebrate the life and incredible legacy of the Queen Of Rock’n’Roll, Music Week looks back on her career and gathers reflections from a host of top names. It is time to pay respect to an artist who blazed a unique trail, and broke down boundaries and barriers to change music forever…

FORCE OF NATURE • Thanks to Unholy, last year’s Grammy-winning smash with Sam Smith, Kim Petras has the world waiting for her next move. But the German singer’s journey began long before all that indeed, this route to stardom has been unlike any other. Ahead of her bombastic major label debut Feed The Beast, Music Week meets the trans icon, alongside Republic, Island and 724 Management, to tell the story of an against-the-odds rise to pop’s top table and hear her plans to rip apart the old music industry and forge a new path for the genre she loves…

ROLE CALL MEET TEAM KIM PETRAS

THE Music Week INTERVIEW JOSH GRUSS • With a background in rock bands, the finance world and the US military, it's fair to say Josh Gruss' path to the music world's big leagues is a little out...