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TYLA FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY Broadwick Live’s team talk about the new opportunities opening up for dance music in London’s huge Drumsheds venue 08 REK TRUST The music charity’s founders discuss their initiative to support new talent 09 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 11 SPOTLIGHT Tokimonsta, artist and co-founder of Sona, shares how she is striving for a more equitable industry through her new free streaming service 12 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST We meet up with Medallion’s Matt Jones in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast of the month is OpenDaw Talks hosted by Alex Kenning 13 DIGITAL DISCOURSE Sammy Andrews dissects TikTok’s ongoing evolution in the global industry 14 TWEETS OF THE MONTH FAT DOG 15 RISING STAR Meet Nicole Otero, Secretly Group’s junior international marketing manager 16 ON THE RADAR Fat Dog’s Joe Love on starting out, selling out the Scala and a mystery eagle 18 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS 19 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY 20 KEY RELEASES A look at all of the biggest albums coming your way very soon 21 INCOMING MGMT unveil their indie debut 22 HOTSHOTS FEATURES 24 TYLA Having already scored a viral hit with Water, South Africa’s Tyla is finally ready to drop her debut album. In this special cover story, the Grammywinning star, alongside her teams at Africa Creative Agency, We Make Music, Epic and Since ’93/RCA UK, explains why she’s ready to conquer the world... 16 . , Inc iation As soc ic Mus ll, Countr y Rus se , John ile Ce in lv , Ca ill Grundy , W l Harries : Pau PHOTOS 04 | Music Week musicweek.com
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24 PHIL HUTCHEON “I've always wanted to see an African pop star get to the level of Rihanna or Ariana Grande” TYLA NADINE SHAH 38 musicweek.com 32 32 PHIL HUTCHEON We join Dice’s CEO as he reflects on his career so far and tells us why the ambitious ticketing company is not sitting still after their Music Week Awards win last year 38 NADINE SHAH The indie star, plus her manager Ros Earls and EMI North’s Clive Cawley, opens up about mental health and her new album, Filthy Underneath 44 BLACK LIVES IN MUSIC Co-founders Charisse Beaumont and Roger Wilson outline their mission to fight inequality in the industry, the progress they’ve made so far and the work still left to do 50 DEFECTED To mark 25 years of the iconic dance label, CEO Wez Saunders and his team reveal all about what makes their work stand out 58 CMA Ahead of C2C Festival next month, the CMA’s Sarah Trahern and Milly Olykan give us all the latest stats on country music’s rapid growth REGULARS 57 MENTOR ME Quality Control’s EVP and co-head of A&R Brandra Ringo offers up her tips for making it in the business 64 HITMAKERS Producer P2J gives us the inside story of how J Hus joined forces with Drake to deliver their summer classic Who Told You 67 CENTRE STAGE Mark Davyd holds court on how the music business could learn from the football industry when supporting the grassroots sector 69 CHARTS An in-depth look at this month’s biggest movers and shakers 88 ARCHIVE We flick back through the pages of the music business of yesteryear 90 AFTERSHOW Rock legend Lenny Kravitz on his new album, standing his ground and the biggest misconception about him BLACK LIVES IN MUSIC DEFECTED CMA 44 50 58 Music Week | 05

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TYLA

FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY Broadwick Live’s team talk about the new opportunities opening up for dance music in London’s huge Drumsheds venue

08 REK TRUST The music charity’s founders discuss their initiative to support new talent

09 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 11 SPOTLIGHT Tokimonsta, artist and co-founder of Sona, shares how she is striving for a more equitable industry through her new free streaming service

12 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST We meet up with Medallion’s Matt Jones in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast of the month is OpenDaw Talks hosted by Alex Kenning

13 DIGITAL DISCOURSE Sammy Andrews dissects TikTok’s ongoing evolution in the global industry

14 TWEETS OF THE MONTH

FAT DOG

15 RISING STAR Meet Nicole Otero, Secretly Group’s junior international marketing manager

16 ON THE RADAR Fat Dog’s Joe Love on starting out, selling out the Scala and a mystery eagle

18 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS 19 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY 20 KEY RELEASES A look at all of the biggest albums coming your way very soon

21 INCOMING MGMT unveil their indie debut

22 HOTSHOTS

FEATURES 24 TYLA Having already scored a viral hit with Water, South Africa’s Tyla is finally ready to drop her debut album. In this special cover story, the Grammywinning star, alongside her teams at Africa Creative Agency, We Make Music, Epic and Since ’93/RCA UK, explains why she’s ready to conquer the world...

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