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THE LAST DINNER PARTY & THE STARS OF 2024 22 FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY Music Week crunches the numbers in our 2023 market analysis, including the power of catalogue and breaking artists 08 LOVEJOY & AWAL Lovejoy’s teams on their global impact 12 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST We meet Fave’s Jacquelle Amankonah Horton in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast is Olly Carter’s Sound Advice 13 DIGITAL DISCOURSE Sammy Andrews dives into what 2024 holds in store for the digital world 16 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS 17 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY 18 KEY RELEASES A look at all of the biggest albums coming your way very soon 09 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 11 SPOTLIGHT HMV’s Doug Putman on retail’s future 14 TWEETS OF THE MONTH 15 RISING STAR Meet Absolute Label Services’ digital accounts manager Lucia Mulchansingh 19 INCOMING Crawlers’ Holly Minto goes deep on the Polydor-signed Gen Z rockers’ debut album and the realities of touring in a post-Brexit world 20 HOTSHOTS FEATURES 22 THE LAST DINNER PARTY For this month’s cover story, we meet the BRIT Rising Star and BBC Radio 1 Sound Of 2024 winners, who start the year amidst incredible buzz. Here, the band, plus their teams at Island and Q Prime, tell the tale of graduating from pub gigs to a major label, and give us the inside story of one of the year’s most exciting albums 04 | Music Week musicweek.com
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ANDREA CZAPARY MARTIN JODY GERSON GLYN AIKINS 36 30 TASTEMAKERS 2024 We take a look at some of the key acts who are joining our cover stars in making enormous waves this year and beyond, all with help from some leading tastemakers from across the music business 36 ANDREA CZAPARY MARTIN In the wake of being crowned Businesswoman Of The Year at the Music Week Women In Music Awards last year, the PRS For Music CEO opens up about her career so far, discusses how the music business differs to other sectors and her grand plan to hit £1 billion in distributions 44 HOPES FOR 2024 More than 100 executives from across the industry outline their hopes and dreams for the year ahead 52 CRE8ING VISION Co-directors Kwame Kwaten, Andrea Euell and Nicola Charles, alongside Nick Raphael and Cre8ing Vision alumni, give a behind the scenes account of their ever-growing A&R success story 58 DECLAN MCKENNA We meet the indie-pop star, plus his teams at Columbia and Q Prime, to talk songwriting, the secrets to navigating the hype machine and his third studio album REGULARS 43 MENTOR ME Artist, actress and entrepreneur Ray Blk serves up her top tips on how to build a successful career in the music and creative industries TONY HARLOW KANYA KING 64 HITMAKERS Following the Barbie film’s global takeover, producer Easyfun reflects on the studio session that spawned Charli XCX’s Speed Drive 67 CENTRE STAGE MVT CEO Mark Davyd outlines how the business can support the grassroots sector in 2024 70 CHARTS An in-depth look at this month’s biggest movers and shakers CRE8ING VISION 88 ARCHIVE We take a look through the pages of the music business of yesteryear 90 AFTERSHOW James Arthur reveals the influences behind his new album and reflects on mental wellbeing in the industry DECLAN MCKENNA 44 52 58 Intyre l Mc , Ca Pearce , Henr y l Harries iefer, Pau Hay wood-Sch ise : Lou PHOTOS musicweek.com Music Week | 05

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THE LAST DINNER PARTY & THE STARS OF 2024

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FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY Music Week crunches the numbers in our 2023 market analysis, including the power of catalogue and breaking artists

08 LOVEJOY & AWAL Lovejoy’s teams on their global impact

12 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST We meet Fave’s Jacquelle Amankonah Horton in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast is Olly Carter’s Sound Advice

13 DIGITAL DISCOURSE Sammy Andrews dives into what 2024 holds in store for the digital world

16 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS 17 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY 18 KEY RELEASES A look at all of the biggest albums coming your way very soon

09 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 11 SPOTLIGHT HMV’s Doug Putman on retail’s future

14 TWEETS OF THE MONTH 15 RISING STAR Meet Absolute Label Services’ digital accounts manager Lucia Mulchansingh

19 INCOMING Crawlers’ Holly Minto goes deep on the Polydor-signed Gen Z rockers’ debut album and the realities of touring in a post-Brexit world

20 HOTSHOTS

FEATURES

22 THE LAST DINNER PARTY For this month’s cover story, we meet the BRIT Rising Star and BBC Radio 1 Sound Of 2024 winners, who start the year amidst incredible buzz. Here, the band, plus their teams at Island and Q Prime, tell the tale of graduating from pub gigs to a major label, and give us the inside story of one of the year’s most exciting albums

04 | Music Week musicweek.com

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