UK music streaming is finally hitting a wall. The latest numbers show tracks got over 210 billion plays last year, but that growth is seriously cooling off. It only inched up 5.5 percent, which is way slower than before. Streaming now makes up almost 90 percent of all music listening there.
Vinyl is weirdly still crushing it, with sales jumping over 13 percent. Taylor Swift's latest record sold more than 147,000 copies, making it the top seller since they started counting. Neil Gibbons from Key Production Group noted the audience for records keeps getting bigger, beyond just Gen Z.
Female artists basically ran the show. Lola Young and Olivia Dean had massive hits, with Dean pulling off a historic chart double. Taylor Swift also broke a record by having the year's top album two years in a row with different releases.
The report highlighted British talent like Sleep Token and Sam Fender making global waves. BPI boss Jo Twist argued the government needs to protect the industry, as the UK's share of worldwide streaming keeps getting smaller.
Vinyl is weirdly still crushing it, with sales jumping over 13 percent. Taylor Swift's latest record sold more than 147,000 copies, making it the top seller since they started counting. Neil Gibbons from Key Production Group noted the audience for records keeps getting bigger, beyond just Gen Z.
Female artists basically ran the show. Lola Young and Olivia Dean had massive hits, with Dean pulling off a historic chart double. Taylor Swift also broke a record by having the year's top album two years in a row with different releases.
The report highlighted British talent like Sleep Token and Sam Fender making global waves. BPI boss Jo Twist argued the government needs to protect the industry, as the UK's share of worldwide streaming keeps getting smaller.
