Spotify has launched in Italy, Poland and Portugal, expanding its reach to cover 20 countries.
A track by UK dance music producer Chase Buch has become the 25 billionth download sold through iTunes.
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Twenty one acts including Seams, Fossil Collective and Luke Sital-Singh will be funded by British Music Abroad to attend South by South West next month.
Jeremy Sams, an award winning composer, translator and musical director, is to be honoured at a Birmingham City University graduation ceremony.
British artists accounted for 13.7 percent of the US recorded music market in 2012, new figures show.
Chvches, Little Fire and Fat Goth are among the nominees for this year's Scottish Alternative Music Awards 2013.
Inverness venue goNORTH and Secret Garden Party festival have joined the new-look live booking and promotion platform BandWagon.
A study by the BPI trade body has found that UK digital music has come into its own, as fans stream more than 3.7bn tracks per year and one in five opt for digital music purchases over physical product.
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