Despite having initially been released in late 2014, Mark Ronson’s retro dance (soon to be) classic “Uptown Funk” has been named the biggest-selling song of 2015 in the UK notching up a combined sales and streaming total of 1.76 million, reports the Official Charts Company. The song spent seven weeks at number[…]
Here’s a great good news story. UK singer songwriter CAROL LEE SAMPSON has passed the target she hoped to raise for charity with her latest release, a Christmas six song release called ‘Precious Gift’ which we (DOXMEDIA) have the pleasure of aggregating Worldwide to all leading digital music download and[…]
A new exhibition A PORTRAIT OF BRITISH SONGWRITING by photographer Rachel King (that’s Rachel in the article photo) looks at the world of songwriting. The exhibition sees songwriters offer a glimpse into what inspires them, picturing a number of writers alongside audio interviews by Rachael Castell. “If you’re an artist, your eyes[…]
Half of this website is dedicated to our aggregation service DOXMEDIA (See the section/pages under the ‘Doxmedia Aggregation’ banner on the website home page). DOXMEDIA offers a consistent and reliable aggregation service to a growing list of artist/bands, record labels and management companies. An aggregator is the digital equivalent of a distributor or[…]
A recent news report on people’s music ‘consuming’ habits/preferences reported that Streaming music has reached a record high with use in the UK up over 80% and in the USA up over 92% compared to last year. But, the rise of streaming is not wiping out everything else in its path.[…]
Apple have announced details of their new music streaming service APPLE MUSIC. The new app combines a streaming song and music video library, an internet radio station and also a way for artists to share unreleased tracks and other material. It includes a recommendation system that uses both human curators[…]
One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay helped UK artists account for one in seven of the albums sold globally during 2014, the BPI has said. One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay head the list of best selling British artists that help account for one in seven of the albums sold Worldwide[…]
For several months Dox Music Services has been sharing and lending knowledge and experience (and a love of administration!) to our client, the record label aRTy Records, on a consultancy basis. As part of our working in partnership with the label we’ve recently overseen the release of this stunningly beautiful[…]
The Musicians’ Union (MU) has launched a new campaign calling for fair pay to musicians. Maddy Radcliff, Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer at the MU, states “Working musicians are frequently being asked to work for nothing. It’s fair to say many engagers (someone booking a band for their wedding, village fete,[…]
BBC Introducing have teamed up with the PRS For Music Foundation I to offer three unsigned and under-the-radar UK jazz acts the chance to play in a showcase gig at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on Wednesday 1st July. Top jazz artist and BBC Radio 2 presenter Jamie Cullum will[…]