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British designer Matthew Williamson unveils the 2026 BRIT Awards trophy, inspired by Manchester’s worker bee. The BRITs move to Manchester’s Co-op Live on 28 Feb 2026.
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Sam Fender wins the 2025 Mercury Prize for People Watching, as the awards move to Newcastle for the first time, celebrating the year’s best British & Irish music.
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BPI leaders urge government support for UK music businesses and IP and political figures celebrate British music at the BPI Silent Disco.
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The BPI today announces a set of principles for UK labels to support legacy artists, songwriters, and session musicians. The principles deliver a package of measures, unique to the UK, developed in consultation with the government-convened Creator Remuneration Working Group (CRWG), and represent the culmination of five years of rigorous analysis and debate in response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Report on The Economics of Music Streaming.
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Learn more about the Music Export Growth Scheme with BPI, the Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Culture Media and Sport
The BRIT Awards 2025 with Mastercard announce its 2025 Rising Star Shortlist - Elmiene, Good Neighbours and Myles Smith
Applications now open for Music Export Growth Scheme funding
Signed test pressings by The Cure, David Gilmour, Rag’n’Bone Man, The 1975, Jamiroquai, and Wham!, among the hundred-plus lots sold, takes the total raised for the charity since 2019 to more than £160,000
The BRIT Awards 2025 with Mastercard announce hosts for brand new content series The BRITs POV
As Black History Month draws to a close, Genny Turay and the Black Story team reflect on 2024's Black Story campaign and plans for the future.
