Press releases from the United Kingdom music industry
A special tribute to Steve Brown, Legendary Producer (1955 – 2020) in aid of the Angels Of The Nation project and the NHS Together charity.
Recorded remotely from home in the US and the UK, the artists came together in a moving performance to deliver a fitting tribute to both Steve Brown and our incredible NHS.
With Eurovision on our screens last weekend after more than a years’ hiatus, many fans are eagerly waiting to see the acts that will pass through to Saturday’s final show and represent their country.
And as Eurovision often promotes artists who go on to reach incredible heights of fame, the broadband experts at Uswitch have taken a look at some of the most successful contestants from the show, as part of their karaoke music campaign.
From ABBA to Cliff Richard, we reveal the top Eurovision artists of all time, below.
Duncan Laurence – Netherlands, 2019
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3D-r4ogr7s
Song: Arcade
Placed: WINNER
YouTube views: 24,942,719
Spotify Monthly Listeners: 17,173,719
After appearing on the Netherlands version of ‘The Voice’, Duncan was chosen to represent the country on the song contest show, managing to bag first place with his powerful ballad all about heartbreak.
Now, the song is seeing a comeback two years on from the performance thanks to the power of TikTok, with streams for the song on Spotify rack up fast. Most recently, ‘Arcade’ was announced as the first Eurovision winners’ song to top the US Billboard charts in 45 years.
Continue reading “Eurovision Superstars: 11 of the Most Successful Performers From The Show”
This post is in collaboration with Markson Pianos. If you are looking to buy a piano, they are the piano shop that will help you out!
Let’s face it, 2020 is the year that literally changed all of our lives. The entire world was thrown into a global pandemic and as we have reached its 1 year anniversary, looking back at the past year, its amazing to say that we have survived it.
While we are yet to come out the other side, 2020 also saw small miracles happening in the form of hobbies. As many of us were left with more time on our hands than we are used to, a lot of us (including myself), dedicated this time to our existing hobbies or creating new ones for ourselves.
Continue reading “How playing the piano helped me during lockdown 2020”
Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify – argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia. The paper, published on Tuesday, looks at whether streaming platforms offer a level playing field for artists and record labels.
It finds that major labels have an unfair advantage when it comes to playlist access, and that they take the lion’s share of subscription revenue as a result. As a possible remedy, the research team suggests changing the payment system, so that royalties generated by individual listener subscriptions go direct to the labels, bands and artists they are listening to. They also recommend more transparency in how playlists are created and how the algorithms behind music recommendations work.
Continue reading “Independent music squashed out of streaming playlists and revenue”
A 2-minute and 20 second track from Grime MC Dapz on the Map has been released today by the music charity responsible for Town Hall and Symphony Hall today (Thu 17 December)
The song, ‘Stay Safe’, scores a video showcasing the digital broadcasts from Town Hall and Symphony Hall that have now amassed over a quarter of a million views since they began in April
Birmingham born, multi-talented artist, Dapz On The Map has written a brand-new track for the music charity responsible for Town Hall and Symphony Hall titled “Stay Safe”. The Grime MC’s brand-new song scores a video showcasing the digital broadcasts which have been shared from the iconic Birmingham venues during the pandemic.
As concerts are cancelled and postponed to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Town Hall Symphony Hall has continued to bring live music to the people of Birmingham and beyond. Digital broadcasts from Town Hall and Symphony Hall have amassed over a quarter of a million views since they began in April.
Continue reading “Town Hall and Symphony Hall release brand new track from grime MC Dapz on the map”
Jem Girl at the Piano 