Music Week

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Music Week

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Show stoppers: How superstars and breakthrough acts powered ahead in 2025 • From Olivia Dean and Alex Warren to Sleep Token and Sam Fender, this year delivered some stunning chart results. Here, Music Week investigates trends including K-pop, rock and the dominance of Taylor Swift…

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

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

JOHN LEWIS/ALISON LIMERICK & LABRINTH • Another year, another huge sync for the Yuletide spot that always gets everyone talking…

POSTS OF THE YEAR

ESSENTIAL INFO

FLORENCE ROAD • From recording covers in a garden shed and uploading them on TikTok, Florence Road have emerged as one of 2025's most compelling new bands. Here, they take time out while on tour with Wolf Alice to discuss their “bonkers” year, industry lessons and The Traitors with Music Week…

KEY RELEASES

INCOMING • After Top 5 finishes with their last two records, Sleaford Mods are set to return with The Demise Of Planet X. Here, singer Jason Williamson tees it up by talking TikTok, vinyl and independence with Music Week…

MAKING WAVES • THIS MONTH'S HOTTEST BRAND NEW ACT

2025 IN REVIEW • Welcome to Music Week's end-of-year special, in what is the biggest edition yet of our annual review. Here, we bring you insight from more than 150 of the biggest names in the business to run the rule over all that has happened in 2025. As you'll no doubt be aware, there has been a lot going on this year. From shifts at the top of major record companies, to big debates about AI, remuneration and the independent sector, it has been an incredibly busy time. And that's before you even consider Oasis’ comeback, the global success of Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Central Cee and more, plus the return of Taylor Swift and a bonanza year for live music. To kick-start proceedings, we quiz a smorgasbord of industry figures about how they saw 2025, before we remember those we lost this year. Elsewhere, the c0-founders of Mixtape Madness discuss their 15th anniversary, songwriter Ejae tells the story of K-Pop Demon Hunters smash Golden and Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd delivers his yearly address. So sit back, and enjoy our grand farewell to what has been an unforgettable year…

2025 IN MEMORIAM • Sadly, the music industry said farewell to a host of leading figures this year, from legendary artists to highly respected executives, prolific songwriters, producers and more. Here, Music Week remembers just some of the remarkable people we have lost…

METHOD TO THE MADNESS • Fifteen years ago, Eddie Agyeman, Kwabz Oduro Ayim and Kingsley Okyere co-founded Mixtape Madness, with the idea of offering a platform for underground rap. What started on SoundCloud and YouTube has since evolved into a hugely successful, multi-faceted business. Here, Music Week meets the inspiring trio to mark their anniversary, talk evolution and reflect on the current state of their beloved genre…

HITMAKERS EJAE SONG: GOLDEN – HUNTR/X (EJAE, AUDREY NUNA & REI AMI) & K-POP DEMON HUNTERS CAST • The world's greatest songs. By the people who made them.

QUOTES OF THE YEAR • Over the past 12 months, a procession of top artists and leading execs have let us into their worlds via the pages of Music Week. Here, we round up some of the best one-liners, insights, revelations – and one top bit of chocolate-related advice – that have stuck with us in 2025…

People Quoting • More words of wisdom from the music business in...