Organisation: British Phonographic Industry

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world

Retro resurgence sparks revamped vinyl countdown

It’s the vinyl countdown — soaring sales of traditional singles and albums will now be tracked in their own separate chart.

business

Adele leads British albums boost

Record-breaking star Adele helped British acts dominate the album market in the UK with their highest share of sales for 15 years.

general

'Explicit' extended to downloads

Parents will be warned about explicit content in music downloads from today after the music industry rolled out its parental advisory scheme online.

general

Gaga's UK website hacked

world

Hack charge teenager 'has Asperger's'

world

Teenager to face court over hacking

Leona track leaked online

Music mogul Simon Cowell has alerted police after computers belonging to his record company Syco – part of Sony BMG – were hacked into, and an early version of Leona Lewis' hotly-anticipated collaboration with Justin Timberlake appeared online.

Wed, 19 Aug, 2009

Oasis to receive outstanding contribution Brit

Oasis will receive a Brit award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, it was announced today.

Thu, 19 Oct, 2006

Landmark case targets internet music swappers

The record industry has won a landmark court case resulting in bills of thousands of pounds for individuals caught illegally swapping music on the internet.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2006

James Blunt and Kaiser Chiefs head Brit Awards shortlist

Former British Army captain James Blunt and Leeds rockers the Kaiser Chiefs have followed their explosion on to the music scene with five nominations each at the prestigious Brit Awards.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2006

Downloads hit double milestone

More than 10 million downloads have been sold so far this year in Britain – almost double the figure for the whole of 2004.

Mon, 11 Jul, 2005

Floyd to give Live 8 profits to charity

Pink Floyd have pledged to donate all profits made as a result of last weekend’s Live 8 concert to charity and urged other performers to do the same.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2005

Record year for albums in UK

The UK record industry has enjoyed its best ever year for album sales, new figures out today show.

Fri, 26 Nov, 2004

Counterfeit goods seized in Fermanagh raid

Thousands of euro of illegal unlicensed fireworks and counterfeit goods were seized at a Sunday market close to the Co Fermanagh border today.

Sun, 24 Oct, 2004

'Chilled' classics spark hot sales streak

Classical music is enjoying a renaissance with sales in the UK up by one million last year, according to figures published today.

Sun, 07 Mar, 2004

Coke moves into the online music business

Drinks firm Coca-Cola is moving into music sales by launching a download site with more than a quarter of a million tracks, it was announced today.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2003

Album sales down despite rock music revival

A rock revival has helped to push album sales to a new high – but overall music sales look likely to be down on the year in the UK, figures showed today.

Wed, 26 Nov, 2003

UK posts record year for album sales

UK album sales have managed to buck the global downturn, according to worldwide figures released today.

Wed, 01 Oct, 2003

Trade in fake goods 'costing hundreds of jobs'

Hundreds of jobs have been lost in Northern Ireland because of counterfeit goods flooding the market, it was claimed today.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2002

'Embassy' needed to boost UK bands in US

Music industry bosses were today calling on the Government to help reverse the dramatic decline in British acts making it into the American charts.

Tue, 28 May, 2002

Investigation under way into how Oasis LP got on to internet

Anti-piracy experts are investigating how the new Oasis album has been leaked online.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2002

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