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UK Rap and Hip Hop soars in 2020 fuelled by streaming

16/04/2021

UK Rap and Hip Hop soars in 2020 fuelled by streaming with the genre accounting for over a fifth of UK singles according to the BPI. This new analysis from the BPI is from their ‘All About the Music’ 2021 yearbook based on data from the Official Charts Company published on the 15th April. Rap and Hip Hop accounted for 22% of all UK singles and 12.2% of album sales. Both figures represent all-time peaks for the genre, thanks in […]

Music streaming drives success for Rap and Reggaeton artists in US

03/01/2021

Music streaming drives success for Rap and Reggaeton artists in US according to the Digital Media Association (DiMA) which has published the Top 2020 Streaming Lists. Breakout rap and reggaeton artists continue to dominate year-end ‘most streamed’ and ‘best of 2020’ lists with artists Roddy Ricch, Lil Baby, Bad Bunny, and Megan Thee Stallion among those with the highest streaming numbers. Additional findings from the review of the year-end lists of DiMA member organizations include: […]

Rap and Hip Hop reach new highs in 2019

21/04/2020

Rap and Hip Hop reach new highs in 2019 achieving record shares for both singles and albums according to Official Charts Company data released by the BPI. The analysis compiled from both purchases and streams show that singles of Rap and Hip Hop comprised well over a fifth (21.5%) of all consumption, up from 20.9% in 2018. In the five years from 2015 to 2019, UK artists’ share of Rap’s sales and streams increased from […]