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BECKY HILL FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY Live execs on the impact of rising costs on festivals and the growing trend for artists’ own outdoor shows 08 SECRETLY DISTRIBUTION CEO Darius Van Arman discusses “responsible growth” and competition 10 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 13 SPOTLIGHT Orfium’s CEO Rob Wells explores AI’s role in big data processing and talks expansion across the globe 14 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST We meet Hook’s founder and CEO Gaurav Sharma in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast of the month is Kelli-Leigh’s You Know My Voice 16 TWEETS OF THE MONTH 17 RISING STAR Huxley’s Emily Connick on the changing face of press campaigns GIRLI 18 ON THE RADAR Girli goes deep on the inspirations behind her second record Matriarchy 20 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS 21 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY 22 KEY RELEASES Your guide to all of the biggest albums coming your way very soon 23 INCOMING Goat Girl on their third album Below The Waste and the realities of touring 24 MUSIC WEEK AWARDS GALLERY We gather a selection of special shots from the biggest night of the year FEATURES 30 BECKY HILL With Becky Hill planning to go stratospheric with her most personal album yet, Believe Me Now?, we meet the dance music star, alongside Polydor and AM Management, to find out why she is not going to stop until she has taken over the world 18 04 | Music Week musicweek.com
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30 JON OLLIER “I've achieved breaking in the UK, now it's time for the rest of the world” BECKY HILL YOUTUBE 46 musicweek.com 40 40 JON OLLIER One Fiinix Live’s founder and CEO – and Ed Sheeran’s agent – reflects on his decision to leave CAA to strike out on his own and the state of live music in 2024 46 YOUTUBE Global music boss Lyor Cohen, songwriter relations head Jenna Rubenstein and hitmaker Jin Jin on The Ivors, songwriting camps, AI and fair remuneration 73 INDIE PUBLISHING A special report on one of the most thriving sectors in the business REGULARS 39 MENTOR ME Island Records’ Davina Merchant shares her top five career tips 71 CENTRE STAGE Mark Davyd explains why we must protect GMVs before its too late 52 POTTER PAYPER Inside the rapper and executive’s plan to swap the booth for the boardroom as his 36 The Label business takes flight 58 MOLLIE KING The pop star turned Radio 1 sensation talks all things pop music, snobbery and why the art of radio is still very much alive 64 THE FUTURE IS Founder Travis Beckford unveils his mission to break boundaries and build pathways for young people entering the industry 80 HITMAKERS Producer Sammy SoSo reveals how sessions across the globe brought Tyla’s smash hit Water to life 83 CHARTS An in-depth look at this month’s biggest movers and shakers 100 ARCHIVE We flick back through the pages of Music Week of yesteryear 102 AFTERSHOW Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott looks back on bad reviews, David Bowie and having a BBQ with Taylor Swift POTTER PAYPER MOLLIE KING THE FUTURE IS 52 52 58 64 i l l N e , S a m l o n e M a , L e e A t e n d e r / G r o u n d w o r k s l , P r i n c e G r i f f e , N o a l e y C r o w , A a r o n C h o n g l a r y n iefer, C Hay wood-Sch ise : Lou PHOTOS Music Week | 05

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BECKY HILL

FRONT SECTION 06 THE BIG STORY Live execs on the impact of rising costs on festivals and the growing trend for artists’ own outdoor shows

08 SECRETLY DISTRIBUTION CEO Darius Van Arman discusses “responsible growth” and competition

10 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW 13 SPOTLIGHT Orfium’s CEO Rob Wells explores AI’s role in big data processing and talks expansion across the globe

14 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST We meet Hook’s founder and CEO Gaurav Sharma in Start Me Up, whilst our podcast of the month is Kelli-Leigh’s You Know My Voice

16 TWEETS OF THE MONTH 17 RISING STAR Huxley’s Emily Connick on the changing face of press campaigns

GIRLI

18 ON THE RADAR Girli goes deep on the inspirations behind her second record Matriarchy

20 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS 21 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY 22 KEY RELEASES Your guide to all of the biggest albums coming your way very soon

23 INCOMING Goat Girl on their third album Below The Waste and the realities of touring

24 MUSIC WEEK AWARDS GALLERY We gather a selection of special shots from the biggest night of the year

FEATURES 30 BECKY HILL With Becky Hill planning to go stratospheric with her most personal album yet, Believe Me Now?, we meet the dance music star, alongside Polydor and AM Management, to find out why she is not going to stop until she has taken over the world

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