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More words of wisdom from the music business in 2025...
“Being a Black woman, and neurodivergent, has created unique roadblocks I’ve had to navigate my whole life and career. Feeling unheard, unseen, undermined, unappreciated, underpaid, misunderstood – there are so many challenges. Being a mum in music is also pretty brutal sometimes. We’re expected to work like we are childless and to ‘parent’ like we are jobless... There are so many unacknowledged battles to unpack and find solutions for” Bernice Maria Billi John, Everything RNB/Thirty FREE
“I find it funny that I was one of the songwriters who generated the least revenue in the Downtown portfolio!” Pieter Van Rijn, Downtown Music
“It’s important for the world to see women dominating charts and festival stages” Emily Braham, Yo&Co
“If a song takes a really long time to make… It might not be that good!” MK
“Oasis streams went up 750% in the hour following the tour announcement...”
Sarah Mansfield, Big Brother Recordings/Ignition
“As an industry let’s not get so greedy we shoot ourselves in the foot… Let’s make sure we put the fans first” Drew Hill, Proper Music Group
“There’s something freeing about the fact that ‘week one’ no longer matters” Jade Bird
“The talent is here in the North East – it’s about time everyone got behind it” Mick Ross, Generator
“What sets K-pop artist development apart? We invest heavily in videos and social content from the moment an act debuts”
Daniel Jang, SM Entertainment
“The Days made me realise that I should’ve always trusted my vision – I let too many people redirect me...” Chrystal
“What’s next for Ghost? Do we do a series? A movie? I don’t know – the sky’s the limit!”
Kristen Mulderig, Rick Sales Entertainment Group
“I did always say that if one more show came up, we’d think about it…”
Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath
“If you look at the landscape of pop music right now, curiosity is rewarded, and so is telling your story” Steph Jones
“I look up to the Black women before me, who paved the way and made it easier for artists like me to succeed” Ravyn Lenae
“It’s very easy to blame streaming, but those services are also paying the most of any licensing model in the industry” Graham Davies, Digital Media Association
60 | Music Week
“Despite promises of change, it is now undeniably clear that the issues of diversity, equity and inclusion have slipped to all but a footnote on many an agenda” Sheryl Nwosu,
Black Music Coalition
Carpenter and I would look at each other like, ‘Oh my God, are we going to say that?’” Amy Allen
“The Sam and Olivia collaboration was actually my idea – I have one good one a year and that was it!” Ben Mortimer, Polydor Label Group
“I did a master’s in medieval studies… It was super-random but I guess it set the course for a career where I only do things that I’m interested in!” Helen Thomas, BBC Radio 2
“If you do things with the mindset of, ‘This is how it’s always been done’, you won’t ever see change” YolanDa Brown
“We thought about calling the album Inferno but ‘pyre’ felt more evocative… It’s a word that looks cool – it’s got a ‘y’ in it!” Abigail Morris, The Last
Dinner Party
“What an incredible year it’s been for British artists on the global stage; I don’t think the headlines in the news always represent that” Brooke Salisbury, Sony Music UK
“The job of a label, 10 years ago or more, used to be like a song game. Now? It’s an artist game…” Jo Charrington, Capitol
Records UK
“Anyone that wants money should learn about it before they get it – it can go just as quick as it comes, for real” Nemzzz
“Songwriters are the backbone of the industry and we’re not going away – being on the right side of history by supporting songwriters is so important” Ines Dunn
“The only true advice is to find the people that really believe in you… Once you find them, hold on to them for dear life” Alana Haim
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