The "This Is Music" study measures how the U.K. music business fared in 2024. By Sophie Williams LONDON — Blockbuster tours by the likes of Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Take That and Liam ...

The UK music industry contributed a record-breaking £8billion to the economy in 2024, with employment rising to an all-time high of 220,000. The £8billion the UK music industry contributed to the ...

UK Music has released its annual economic report, This Is Music 2025. Major UK tours in 2024 by Take That, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Liam Gallagher and Girls Aloud helped drive the economic ...

The UK music industry experienced a record year in 2024, growing 5% versus to 2023 and adding £8bn to the British economy. Although not quite as jam-packed a year as 2025, 2024 saw major tours for the ...

UK Music, the collective voice of the UK music industry, has released its annual economic report, This is Music 2024. The report outlines the economic contribution the UK music industry makes to the ...

With “bangers” like “Don’t Delete the Kisses” and “Silk”, it’s no surprise Wolf Alice have “built a cult following”, said ...

Festival season is finally upon us, and there’s never been a better time to make last-minute summer plans. The UK provides ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. For the UK's creative sectors, music, publishing, film, and visual arts, which collectively generate over £124 billion annually, ...

Independent musicians are on the rise taking more than half of the global recorded music market in 2023, according to MIDiA Research, but the trend is not without struggle. While many artists can ...

The UK music industry is facing up to the prospect of a rapidly maturing streaming market. While there remains optimism about further growth in the years ahead, the slowing rate of increases in ...

On Dec. 2, Apple Music rolled out its 2025 Apple Music Replay. Like Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay compiles Apple Music ...

Ed Sheeran and Keir Starmer. CREDITS: Jeff Spicer/Getty (L), Zeynep Demir Aslim/Anadolu/Getty (R) Ed Sheeran has spoken out after the UK government took action on his call to improve music education ...