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U.K. Music Business Is Steaming Ahead – Thanks to Streaming (and Harry Styles)

Lars Brandle — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 05:00:39 +0000

Streaming is a billion-dollar business in the U.K. It’s the steam that moves this music engine, the BPI reports in its latest annual results.

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EDM Enjoys Double-Digit Growth in Australia, U.K.

Christie Eliezer — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:34:27 +0000

Streaming of EDM, which grew 14.8% year-on-year in 2021, expanded a further 7.4% in the first nine months of this year.

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Australia Becomes Fourth Biggest Market for U.K Music

Christie Eliezer — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:05:46 +0000

Australia is the fourth biggest market in the world for U.K. music and last year increased its export value by 8.5% from 2020.

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How music streaming drove Rap & Hip Hop’s sixfold growth [report]

Staff Writer — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:46:29 +0000

Seven of the UK's #1 singles in 2020 were classified as Rap/ Hip Hop

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Not fake news: Alex Hosking is Australia’s latest international breakthrough star with ‘Fake Friends’

Lars Brandle — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 02:14:43 +0000

Alex Hosking’s breakthrough single ‘Fake Friends’ is making many real friends around the globe. Earlier in the week, the Adelaide-raised singer and songwriter earned a silver sales award from the BPI, the U.K.’s record labels trade association, in recognition of 200,000 combined sales for the Top 20 song, a collaboration with New York City native […]

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Australia could get its own National Album Day [exclusive]

Christie Eliezer — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:20:55 +0000

Dan Rosen says ARIA is "interested" in the possibility.

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BPI report: British music hit record export revenues of £408.4m, with one in eight albums sold globally

Byron Jones — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:34:43 +0000

“Our music not only enriches the lives of fans around the world, it makes a major contribution to the UK economy."

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