Music Week

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Music Week

Welcome to Music Week

Feeling supersonic: Bristol's Aviva Arena to open up ‘huge market’ for touring artists • With work underway on the city's first arena, YTL Live CEO Andrew Billingham talks big ambitions and strong demand for the 20,000-capacity venue

Pressing on: D2C firm Townsend Music to ‘compete on global level’ • Following the Artone acquisition, Townsend's Bruce McKenzie reveals their e-commerce strategy for driving physical sales and fan engagement

FOR THE RECORD • SOME OF THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM THE PAST MONTH IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS

SPOTLIGHT SHINING A LIGHT ON MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES • PRS For Music royalty collections have surged past £1 billion in recent years – the latest results for 2025 showed another increase of 7.7% year-on-year to £1.24 billion. Here, chief executive Andrea Czapary Martin reflects on the impact of AI, competition with rival societies and her decision to step down after seven years…

START ME UP • THE NEW COMPANIES DRIVING MUSIC'S FUTURE

RISING STAR • Meet the industry's brightest new talents…

IN POD WE TRUST • INSIDE THE BEST MUSIC PODCASTS

SYNC STORY

ESSENTIAL INFO

BELLA KAY • Superstar-in-waiting Bella Kay is still processing the success of her hit, ILoveItILoveItILoveIt, as she gears up to finish her debut album. Here, the Texan artist tells Music Week about a whirlwind year, signing with Atlantic Records, childhood road trips and why trusting your gut is everything…

KEY RELEASES

INCOMING • Prolific artist/producer Tricky is back with a new album. Here, the trip-hop pioneer tells us about his “wicked” stint working with the Island-signed Mitch Sanders, summer shows, and doing things his way at his label, False Idols…

MAKING WAVES • THIS MONTH'S HOTTEST BRAND NEW ACT

Music Week AWARDS 2026

Visiting Hour • Sienna Spiro is about to hit the big time. On the eve of her debut album Visitor, the Londoner is on a fast track to becoming the UK's latest breakout superstar, powered by her inimitable voice, Spotify Global Chart Top 10 viral smash Die On This Hill and a growing legion of followers. Behind the numbers lurks a remarkable story, as Spiro tells Music Week. Joined by co-manager Miriam Maslin, Capitol Music Group CEO and chairman Tom March and the company's president Lillia Parsa, she holds court for a discussion that takes in being inspired by jazz and Frank Sinatra, her painstaking quest for success, why “AI music is s**t” and more besides. The tale begins, however, with biscuits…

ROLECALL

THE Music Week INTERVIEW TOM MARCH • About to mark two decades at Universal, former Polydor co-president Tom March made the move Stateside in 2022 as Geffen president and was upped to chairman & CEO of Capitol Music Group in 2024. Now overseeing a roster that stretches from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, to Doechii, Leon Thomas, Sienna Spiro and more, he is living the dream in LA. But, as he tells Music Week, the UK exec will never forget his roots. Sit back and enjoy, as he sounds off on his route to the top, the secret to breaking artists and why he sees Capitol as “a global label”…

MENTORME • THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ACROSS THE MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SHARE THEIR TOP 5 CAREER LESSONS…

STAYING POWER • Now 20 years into its existence, Raw Power Management has become a totem of the UK music industry. To celebrate this anniversary, Music Week joins founder Craig Jennings and newly appointed co-CEOs Matt Ash and Don Jenkins in New York to get the lowdown on their new era and...