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Sam Fender wins the 2025 Mercury Prize for People Watching, as the awards move to Newcastle for the first time, celebrating the year’s best British & Irish music.
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BPI leaders urge government support for UK music businesses and IP and political figures celebrate British music at the BPI Silent Disco.
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The BPI today announces a set of principles for UK labels to support legacy artists, songwriters, and session musicians. The principles deliver a package of measures, unique to the UK, developed in consultation with the government-convened Creator Remuneration Working Group (CRWG), and represent the culmination of five years of rigorous analysis and debate in response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Report on The Economics of Music Streaming.
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For the first time in its history, The BRIT Awards with Mastercard will leave the capital and make its way north. The iconic celebration of British music is set to electrify Manchester’s Co-op Live in 2026 and 2027, marking a bold new chapter for the legendary event, after nearly five decades in London. The BRIT Awards 2026 will take place on Saturday 28th February, broadcast exclusively on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
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New BPI analysis shows British music exports have grown to over half a billion pounds for the first time.
AIM, BPI and MPA partner with DIT and Music is GREAT for online member event on 19th May 2021.
New BPI report highlights how streaming can drive music exports to more than £1 billion by 2030 with UK Government support
A series of webinars to help inform labels around the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement has been announced.
LA Sync Mission Webinar confirmed for 22 September ahead of webinars for India and Brazil in October
The BPI are delighted to join one of eleven newly created Trade Advisory Groups.
