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4th March 2021

BTS announced as the winners of 2020’s IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award

Photo: Courtesy of Big Hit Entertainment IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has announced global superstars BTS as the winners of 2020’s IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award. The unique award is calculated according to an artist’s or group’s worldwide performance across digital and physical music formats during the […]

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3rd April 2020

IFPI joins with music sector in Europe to call for EU and national investment to address current COVID-19 crisis and promote diversity

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19th March 2020

ARASHI Awarded Global Album of 2019 for Their 20th Anniversary Compilation 5×20 All the BEST!! 1999-2019

IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has announced that Japanese band ARASHI had the biggest global album of 2019, with their compilation *5×20 All the BEST!! 1999-2019. Photo: ARASHI receiving the IFPI award for Top Global Album of 2019. Photo courtesy of J Storm. IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded […]

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10th March 2020

bad guy by Billie Eilish Named Biggest Global Single of 2019

IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has named bad guy by Billie Eilish as the biggest global single of 2019. IFPI chief executive Frances Moore presenting Billie Eilish with the IFPI award for biggest global single of 2019 IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has named bad […]

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3rd March 2020

Recording Industry Acts Against Stream Manipulation Site

Berlin District Court issues injunction against operator of Followerschmiede.de, as part of broader effort to prevent ‘fake streams’. IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide, and its German national group, BVMI, announced today that the Berlin District Court has issued an injunction against the operator of Followerschmiede.de, a prominent stream manipulation site. The injunction orders the […]

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2nd March 2020

Taylor Swift Named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2019

IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has named Taylor Swift the world’s best-selling recording artist of 2019. This is the second time Swift has won the award; the first time being in 2014. Taylor Swift had another hugely successful year in 2019, releasing her seventh studio album, Lover, in August. The […]

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