Give the Gift of Rock this Fathers' Day 14 June 2013 Music remains an enormously popular present choice, with music buyers of both sexes choosing two or more albums as gifts during the last 12 months READ MORE
Prime Minister Celebrates Global Growth of British Music 05 June 2013 The Prime Minister, David Cameron, today hailed the phenomenal global success of British music as new BPI figures revealed big-selling albums by Adele, Emeli Sandé, One Direction and Ed Sheeran booste READ MORE
LA Sync Mission - An Introduction to Sync 30 April 2013 A quick word from the first day of the BPI Sync Licensing Mission in Los Angeles READ MORE
NOW That’s What I Call A Digital Boost For Compilations 29 April 2013 20.6m compilations sold during 2012, up 7.2% on 2011. NOW series sales reach 2.7m – an 11-year high. Digital powering growth of compilations albums – a quarter sold as downloads last year. READ MORE
UK Album Sales Record Positive Growth in the First Quarter of 2013 12 April 2013 Combined CD and digital album sales volumes up 1.4% in Q1 2013 from 23.0 million to 23.3 million READ MORE
One Billionth Singles Download Sold in the UK 09 April 2013 Adele, Maroon 5 and Gotye behind the UK’s biggest-selling digital singles of all-time READ MORE
BPI Supports the Launch of Music, Film, TV and the Internet - A Guide for Parents and Teachers 08 April 2013 READ MORE
Radiodays Europe 2013 Keynote by BPI Chairman, Tony Wadsworth CBE 19 March 2013 How the music industry is dealing with the ‘disruptive technology’ of the web READ MORE
15 Years of The BRIT Awards with MasterCard 14 March 2013 Take a quick stroll down the BRIT Awards-memory lane READ MORE
BPI Chairman, Tony Wadsworth, Gives a Masterclass for the Next Generation of Budding Musicians 08 March 2013 READ MORE
BRIT Awards 2013 - The Nominees and Winners 20 February 2013 The full list of nominees and winners from The BRIT Awards 2013 READ MORE
New British Invasion As Brits Bag Record Share of American Music Market in 2012 08 February 2013 British artists account for one in seven (13.7%) artist albums sold in the US recorded music market in 2012 – the highest share on record READ MORE
Car Audio, Home Networks, 4G and Tablets to Drive Growth as Britain Becomes a Digital Music Nation 07 February 2013 A fifth of British music buyers have fully transitioned to digital music. Edinburgh music fans revealed as the UK’s biggest users of Spotify. 27.7% of population have purchased downloads or streamed READ MORE
BPI Announces Trade Missions to LA and France 05 February 2013 More details available in our INTERNATIONAL section READ MORE
Pop Still On Top As British Music Buying Tastes Revealed 14 January 2013 Led by Emeli Sandé, Pop claims over a third of album sales for second successive year. A rock revival as Mumford & Sons and Coldplay help boost albums share to 31.3% in 2012 READ MORE
The XX Take Vinyl Album Top Spot as Music Fans Embrace the Plastic Fantastic in 2012 04 January 2013 The Invisible Band by Travis remains the 21st Century’s best-selling vinyl album. READ MORE
British Artists Dominate Album Sales as Digital Music Surges Forward in 2012 02 January 2013 UK’s three best-selling albums of 2012 by British artists - Emeli Sandé, Adele and Ed Sheeran. A fifth successive year of record British singles sales, up 6.0% to 188.6m. UK music fans streamed more t READ MORE
Black Sabbath Crowned Most Important British Metal Act of All Time 17 November 2012 Iconic heavy metal band Black Sabbath were crowned the most important British hard rock act of all time in a major poll unveiled today by record industry trade body the BPI. READ MORE
Sales Uplift for Mercury's Rising Stars 07 November 2012 Mercury winners, Alt-J, see sales uplift of 411% in the same period with week-on-week sales rising almost 150% as a result of the prestigious music award READ MORE
Diversifying Income Streams Boost 2011 Records Label Revenues 04 October 2012 Revenues outside CD, DVD and digital services rise to £205.3m – a fifth of record company turnover Film, TV and advertising sync income grows by 12% READ MORE
ABBA Gold is UK’S Biggest Selling CD as Music Format Celebrates 30th Annivesary 01 October 2012 ABBA Gold is the biggest selling CD of all time with over 4m sales. Adele’s 21 takes second place in all-time CD sellers after just 18 months sales. READ MORE
Abba Gold is UK's Biggest Selling Compact Disc As Music Format Celebrates 30th Anniversary 01 October 2012 ABBA Gold is the biggest selling CD of all time with over 4m sales READ MORE
British Stars Dominate as Digital Album Sales Break 100 Million Barrier 03 August 2012 Adele’s 21 and Ed Sheeran’s + have boosted all-time UK sales of digital albums past the 100 million milestone, according to Official Charts data published by the music industry trade body BPI today. READ MORE
British Stars Dominate As Digital Album Sales Break 100 Million Barrier 03 August 2012 Adele’s 21 and Ed Sheeran’s + have boosted all-time UK sales of digital albums past the 100 million milestone READ MORE
Olympics Performce Track Pole Vault Into The Music Charts 02 August 2012 More than fifty iconic British songs which provided the soundtrack to Danny Boyle’s spectacular Isles of Wonder experienced a total sales uplift of 185% READ MORE
Solid Digital Albums Growth in Q2 2012 02 July 2012 Adele, Emeli Sandé and Lana Del Rey lead 2012 year-to-date artist album sales READ MORE
Digital Revenues Overtake Physical in UK Recorded Music Market 31 May 2012 Digital accounted for 55.5% of UK trade revenues in Q1 2012 – overtaking physical for first time READ MORE
Prime Minister Hails Success of British Music As Global Sales Reach Almost £2bn In 2011 14 May 2012 UK artists took 12.6% of global music sales in 2011, up from 11.8% in 2010, accounting for one in eight of all artist albums sold READ MORE
UK Music Industry Marks Coming of Age for Streaming Services 09 May 2012 Music streaming will come of age next week when the UK industry comes together to launch the UK’s first Official Streaming Chart READ MORE
A Third of Albums Now Bought Digitally 04 April 2012 Digital now accounts for almost a third (33.1%) of all UK albums sales, up from 23.6% in the first quarter of 2011 READ MORE
British Artists Record Biggest Share of North American Albums Market This Century 21 March 2012 British artists’ share of the North American albums market has reached a record high this century, with market shares climbing to 11.7% and 16.2% in the US and Canada respectively READ MORE
Record Company Trade Income Resilient 16 February 2012 Digital music revenues up 24.7% to £281.6m – now a third of record industry trade income READ MORE
British Artists Dominate UK Albums Market 16 January 2012 Adele boosts share of British artist albums in UK market to 52.7% - the highest since 1997 READ MORE
Pop Back on Top As Britain's Music Buying Tastes Revealed 16 January 2012 A third of albums sold in 2011 were Pop – the genre’s biggest share since 1999 READ MORE
Music Sales Slip in 2011 but Digital Singles and Albums Grow Strongly 02 January 2012 A fourth successive record year for singles and growing consumer confidence in digital albums could not offset a further decline in overall UK music sales READ MORE
BPI Director of Events and Charities Awarded OBE 31 December 2011 Margaret Liddy, a senior executive in the record industry and resident of Coulsdon, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list for services to the music industry and charity READ MORE
CDs Set to be Number 1 Stocking Filler This Christmas 07 December 2011 Sales of up to 20 million CDs expected this Christmas READ MORE
Female Artists Dominate Official Albums Chart in 2011 11 November 2011 A new generation of female artists including Adele, Jessie J, Rumer, Florence + The Machine, Katy Perry, Christina Perri, Birdy, Lykke Li and Lady Gaga, has taken the music industry by storm this year READ MORE
Digital Album Sales Smash 2010 Total 07 November 2011 Sales of digital albums have already smashed the 2010 record, selling 21.3 million copies, two months ahead of the year end READ MORE
Bach On Top As Nation's Favourite Classical Composers Revealed 24 October 2011 Johann Sebastian Bach has been voted the nation’s favourite classical composer in a major new poll READ MORE