Music Week

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Music Week

Welcome to Music Week

Screen test: Can TV shows still deliver for artists in prime time? • With broadcast television shifting to an on-demand model, Music Week speaks to industry and TV execs to weigh up the options for artist bookings

A class act: Boosey & Hawkes to create ‘crazy sync opportunities’ • As MD Janis Susskind prepares to step down at the classical publisher, she joins new president Steven Lankenau to discuss the growth strategy within Concord

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

START ME UP • THE NEW COMPANIES DRIVING MUSIC'S FUTURE

SPOTLIGHT SHINNING A LIGHT ON MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES • Formerly a music agent at WME, Finlay Johnson joined the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) as COO in 2023 and was promoted to CEO last year. Here, he discusses the trade body's global role, the rise of dance music scenes and the sector's exports success with club brands and stars including Fred Again…

IN POD WE TRUST • INSIDE THE BEST MUSIC PODCASTS

INDUSTRY/TRUE FAITH - SHEP PETTIBONE REMIX • HBO's whirlwind financial drama cuts up the dancefloor with a remix of a New Order classic…

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

POSTS OF THE MONTH

ESSENTIAL INFO

ERIN LECOUNT • Fresh from releasing her third EP, Pareidolia, Erin LeCount tells Music Week about playing early- career open mic nights alongside Lola Young, writing the soundtrack for a West End play, making viral mash-up songs, and teaching herself music production from the confines of a garden shed…

KEY RELEASES

INCOMING • Eight years after their last LP, Marmozets are back with an altered line-up and a new album, Co.War.Dice. Here, singer Becca Bottomley talks about their new life as an independent band…

THE PLAYLIST

TASTEMAKERS • The industry's favourite new sounds

MAKING WAVES • THIS MONTH'S HOTTEST BRAND NEW ACT

HOTSHOTS SPECIAL • BRIT AWARDS 2026 GALLERY

Congratulations to our finalists!

BRAVE WU WORLD • As a group that forever altered the sound of hip-hop and rewrote the rules of the music business to suit their own needs, the Wu-Tang Clan have long been venerated for the myriad ways in which they changed the game. But in recent years, the Staten Island collective's architect, RZA, has masterminded a series of power moves - each one escalating in ambition - not only to enhance their legacy, but also to culminate in their epic The Final Chamber global tour. Here, alongside CAA’s Cameron Kaiser, the Wu's “Abbott” tells Music Week how they grouped together to take their live business to a whole new level more than 30 years into their storied career…

THE Music Week INTERVIEW KIRK M SOMMER • Already one of the most famous live execs in the game, Kirk M Sommer will receive another feather in his cap when he gets the International Music Person Of The Year award at Musexpo this month. To celebrate that - not to mention his recent birthday - Music Week finds a space in WME’s global co-head of music and senior partner's schedule to trace his path from the postroom to the very top of the business. Here, he talks working with Adele, Amy Winehouse, The Killers and more, plus the importance of data and his office almost catching fire…

MUSIC WEEK X GIRLS I RATE PRESENTS MENTOR ME • THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN ACROSS THE MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SHARE THEIR TOP 5 CAREER LESSONS…

THE ADA TEAM • From The K's and EsDeekid, to Sonny Fodera, Nemzzz and beyond,...