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BPI publishes All About The Music 2023 Yearbook

The BPI has today published its annual yearbook All About The Music 2023

The BPI yearbook “All About the Music: 2018” is out now

BPI’s yearbook All About The Music 2018 reports a 10.6% rise in recorded music revenues in 2017

BPI publishes its yearbook “All About The Music 2021”

BPI has published its annual yearbook, giving a detailed insight into the UK’s year in recorded music in 2020, illuminated by numerous facts, figures and informed analysis.

BPI “All About the Music” 2022 yearbook reveals more artists and tracks succeed on streaming than ever before

BPI “All About the Music” 2022 yearbook reveals more artists and tracks succeed on streaming than ever before.

New BPI yearbook reveals David Bowie as UK’s most popular recording artist in 2016

The BPI’s latest yearbook, All About the Music 2017, is published today, and offers a detailed insight into the year in recorded music, covering everything from the size, value and make-up of the UK market in 2016 to the impact that streaming and the vinyl revival are having on music consumption and consumer trends.

BPI’s new Yearbook highlights breadth & vibrancy of British recorded music, including an independent sector growing for a sixth consecutive year

The growing breadth and success of the UK recorded music market is highlighted in the BPI’s All About The Music yearbook, which is published today. Notable among the many insights, independent record labels in 2023 increased for a sixth consecutive year their presence in what is an expanding and diverse market in which more artists representing many styles of music are thriving.

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BPI Yearbook reports on the UK’s best-selling vinyl artists and trends of 2019

Queen & other heritage icons still reign though Billie Eilish courts younger vinyl buyers

UK record labels association the BPI today publishes its latest yearbook: “All About The Music 2019”

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BPI publishes 'All About The Music 2020'

BPI publishes new yearbook 'All About The Music 2020'.

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Fastest growth in UK record label income since Britpop

BPI’s yearbook All About The Music 2018 reports a 10.6% rise in recorded music revenues in 2017

Rap and Hip Hop hit a new highpoint in 2019 driven by British rappers

From the BPI yearbook, Rap and Hip Hop hit a new highpoint in 2019 driven by British rappers.

Third year of consecutive growth in UK record label income, boosted by surging subscription streaming

BPI’s new yearbook “All About The Music 2019” reports UK recorded music revenues up by over 20% in 3 years – fuelled by the popularity of diverse British artists and innovative record label marketing.

What the UK streamed in 2019

In advance of the publication of its annual yearbook All About the Music 2020 next week, the BPI reveals the rich diversity of songs going back 60 years that the nation’s music consumers streamed in 2019.

Peter Scaping, Rest In Peace

We are sorry to share the sad news that our beloved friend and former BPI colleague Peter Scaping passed away on 14th June 2022, with his family by his side.

Music Consumption: Which Way Now?

The parallel successes of streaming and vinyl say much about music consumption in 2017, writes BPI’s Rob Crutchley

All About The Music 2020: Smart Speakers & Social Listening

The BPI's Rob Crutchley looks at the impact of smart speakers on social listening.

British talent helped Hip Hop/Rap claim a record share of the UK albums market in 2022, new BPI analysis reveals

Chart-topping British artists including Central Cee, Dave and Stormzy helped Hip Hop/Rap claim a record share of the UK albums market in 2022, according to new analysis from the BPI, the representative voice for independent labels and major record companies across the UK.

Cassette sales reached near two-decade high last year as current artists and fans embraced the iconic format, new BPI analysis reveals

Artists including Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine and Harry Styles lifted UK cassette sales to their highest level in nearly two decades last year, according to new analysis from the BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s world-leading record labels and music companies.

New music and artists lead the UK’s recorded music market, with nearly three-quarters of 2022’s Top 100 hits coming from this decade, new BPI analysis reveals

New music is by far the biggest driver of music consumption in the UK, with nearly three-quarters of last year’s 100 biggest hits having been released this decade, according to new analysis from the BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s world leading record labels and music companies.

The Physical Market

BPI's Rob Crutchley looks back at the Physical Market in 2016 & 2017 so far.

A Vinyl Stocktake

As Record Store Day approaches, BPI’s Rob Crutchley looks at some of the statistics behind the LP sales boom

"It's a music genre that's woven into the fabric of mainstream pop culture" - The rise of Rap & Hip Hop

Member of the BPI Equality & Justice Advisory Group, Jasmine Dotiwala reflects on the rise of rap and hip hop in the UK.

LA Sync trade mission organised by BPI, MPA and DIT returns for 12-16 September

The music industry’s annual trade mission to Los Angeles is back, and this year, following a three-year hiatus which saw the trip replaced by webinars, it will take place in person between 12th – 16th September 2022.

Highlights from the LA Sync Mission 2022

Following a three-year hiatus, last week the music industry’s annual trade mission to Los Angeles returned!

The White Label Auction in aid of The BRIT Trust returns 6th June 2023

The White Label Auction in Aid of The BRIT Trust returns on Tuesday, 6th June 2023, with over 100 lots of collectible ‘white-label’ test pressings set to go under the hammer.

New releases’ share of UK’s vinyl LP market leapt by more than 40% in 2021, BPI analysis reveals

Headed by ABBA, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey and Wolf Alice, new albums accounted for 43% of vinyl LP purchases in 2021, up markedly from 30% the year before.

What the UK Streamed in 2017

BPI’s Rob Crutchley looks at the role of older songs in the nation’s listening habits.

'The Industry of Human Happiness' James Hall Guest Blog

Here's a guest blog from 'The Industry of Human Happiness' author James Hall

Leon Neville to join BPI in new Director of Insight role

Former Universal Music Senior Director of Global Insight to take over from Chris Green.

BPI launches new Insight & Innovation department

The BPI today announces details of its new Insight and Innovation department, a rebrand of the former BPI Innovation Hub and Music and Tech Springboard Programme.

Rap and Hip Hop soars in 2020 fuelled by streaming, new BPI insights show

The genre now accounts for well over a fifth of all UK singles consumption – a six-fold increase on 1999.

Fans flocking to UK independent labels’ music across streaming and physical formats

More than a quarter of all music consumed in the UK in 2020 was by artists from the independent music community, the BPI and AIM have reported.

Indie music surge continues with fourth consecutive year of growth

Independent labels’ share of the UK music market grew to just under 27% in 2021, boosted by classic LP releases and 60 indie albums entering the Top 10 Official Albums Chart.

All About The Music 2020: Geoff Taylor Foreword

Following the release of All About The Music 2020, The BPI publish CEO Geoff Taylor's foreword.

Music helped the UK get through lockdown, new insights show

Over a quarter of the British public have listened to more music since the start of lockdown.

More than 200 lots of collectible vinyl up for grabs in the White Label Auction

The White Label Auction in Aid of The BRIT Trust – the world’s only known auction of “white label” test pressings – takes place next week on Tuesday, 6th June 2023. This year it will have more than 200 lots of highly collectible ‘white-label’ test pressings – the most offered in the four editions of the auction to date since it began in 2019.