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The BRIT Awards with Mastercard 2024 will return for its 44th show on Saturday 2nd March, and today reveals the design of the 2024 BRIT Award.
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The BPI congratulates its Director of Charities & Events, Maggie Crowe OBE, on receiving the Outstanding Contribution Award at Music Week’s Women in Music 2023 Awards.
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Ed Sheeran has been announced as the first British artist to receive a special-edition Gold BRIT Billion Award by the BPI
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Plans by the BPI - the representative voice for record labels across the UK – to open a new specialist creative school in Bradford, West Yorkshire have been approved by the Department for Education.
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The latest round of Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) funding sees the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) jointly committing an expanded £1.6 million to help music SMEs grow the international profile of their in overseas markets.
British recorded music exports defied increasing global competition to grow by a record amount in 2022, as the success of UK artists on streaming services helped to take the annual total above £700 million for the first time.
The BPI, the representative voice for the recorded music sector, has welcomed the decision to expand Government funding for the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) by a further £3.2 million over the next two years.
The BPI today announces details of the 21st round of Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) funding.
The latest round of Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) funding sees the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) jointly committing £500,000 to help UK artists drawn largely from the independent community to grow their international profile in overseas markets.
£4.3 million invested in supporting up to 300 diverse, independent artists since the scheme’s launch in 2014; generating over £51 million in music exports for the UK and a return of £12 for every £1 invested
