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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Press Association Entertainment Reporters

Black music ‘makes up 80% of UK recorded music revenue over past three decades’

Brooke Combe is an emerging black British artist (Lesley Martin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Black music has made up 80% of the UK’s recorded music revenue over the past three decades, new figures show.

The report, by industry body UK Music, examined the cultural and commercial impact black music – defined as music that has its roots and inspiration from the culture, beliefs and traditions of black people and the African diaspora – has had on the wider industry.

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