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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Jenny Garnsworthy

UK recorded music market grows for an 11th consecutive year in 2025

Olivia Dean performs on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Archive)

British breakthrough artists including Olivia Dean and Lola Young have led a British music revival over the past 12 months as the UK recorded music market grew for an 11th consecutive year, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said.

The BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s record companies and label businesses, revealed that official recorded music consumption across sales and streams increased by 4.9% annually over the past 12 months to reach a new high of 210.3 million albums (or their streamed equivalent) being consumed.

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