🇬🇧SXSW is coming to London!

Amy Winehouse has posthumously been awarded a BRIT Billion Award celebrating one Billion streams in the UK. Amy Winehouse's parents, Janis and Mitch Winehouse accepted the BRIT Billion Award at AmyWinehouseFdation in London 🖤

‘The Show’ is the third album by Niall Horan to go #BRITcertified Silver

One billion UK streams later....

Congratulations to tiller on his BRIT Billion award 🤩

BRIT Awards

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Good to see the spotlight on AI & its implications for the music industry in this report. Recommendations abt transparency, record keeping & labelling (as well as issues around artist’s name, image & likeness) reflect the priorities we've identified to safeguard human creativity.

Following a pause for the BRIT Awards 2024, BRIT Billion is back!🤩

Congratulations to Jess Glynne - the latest artist to join the BRIT Billion club celebrating over one billion UK streams!

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As members of Creative UK, BPI welcomes their manifesto proposing six steps the next UK Government should take to create revolutionary change for the creative sector.

Read the manifesto here: bit.ly/3QjY5q7

#OurCreativeFuture

This #WorldIPDay , BPI celebrates the UK's gold standard Intellectual Property framework, which plays a huge part in the success of our world-leading recorded music industry - providing music companies with the confidence to invest and reward creators for their work.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

🚨UK Music has been collecting economic data on the music industry since 2013 and needs your help to understand the economic landscape of the industry in 2023.  

Take part in the #ThisIsMusic Creators Survey: surveyd.bilendi.com/survey/selfser…

Huge congratulations to our Chair YolanDa Brown OBE on her appointment as the new Chancellor of University of Kent 🌟

first clip from the new series of The Red Carpet Treatment and it's all about...death! thanks roman kemp Jordan Stephens

listen to The Red Carpet Treatment with MastercardUK now wherever you get your podcasts

'I wanted to create a new tool for us young people to speak about the climate crisis in a way that felt more authentic and relatable...'

Our report of artist (and zoologist!) Louis VI's (LOUIS VI) speech at this week's BPI conference.

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Read about LOUIS VI ‘s amazing speech at the BPI conference via Music Ally musically.com/2024/04/24/lou… #louisvi #NOMUSICONADEADPLANET

'Human creativity should be front and centre in all policymaking. For too long the creative industries have not been given the prominence they deserve by policymakers...'

BPI boss Doctoe. Read our full writeup of her speech this week:

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Congratulations to the BPI on their fantastic In Tune With Tomorrow conference! Lots of interesting panels on talent, sustainability and education and great keynotes from Fay Milton, Louis VI and Thangam Debbonaire amongst many others!

Interesting conference yesterday & a strong industry turnout. Good to see BPI doing something like this…

Total joy to join creative people who make music happen at the BPI event - music lifts us up, inspires us, moves us - and is one of our best exports and job creators! Lots to do to support this wonderful industry to grow more and grow sustainably. Thanks all!

🎚️ Why MUSIC DECLARES EMERGENCY and LOUIS VI were my hits of the BPI conference
🎚️ Taylor Swift ticket scams
🎚️ The O2's The 1975 carbon-removed concerts
🎚️ TikTok UK holding its Live pop-up concerts near Universal Music's London HQ
🎚️ Bucks Fizz pillow nostalgia

We attended the BPI's 'In Tune With Tomorrow' conference yesterday! 🌍 Great to hear from MUSIC DECLARES EMERGENCY, as well as speakers from albert, ustwo games, Julie's Bicycle and KeyProduction on how the creative industries can work towards a sustainable future!