The Culture, Media and Sport Committee was awarded the Industry
Champion Award at the 2023 Artist & Manager Awards for its
work on music streaming and advocating for the concerns of
artists.
The cross-party Committee received the award following its work
scrutinising the economics of music
streaming. The inquiry gave artists and managers a platform
to speak openly to MPs about their experiences of music streaming
and the economic impact it is having on artists and the industry.
The Committee’s 2021 reportwas called
‘genuinely groundbreaking’ by the judges for its calls for ‘a
complete reset of music streaming’ to fairly reward performers
and creators.
The Government acknowledged the Committee’s report as a ‘key moment for the music
industry’ and accepted many of the report’s key
recommendations, including referring major music groups to the
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Since the report, all
sides of the industry have been encouraged to participate in
Government-led programmes which aim to deliver reform.
Last week, the Committee held a follow-up
session to examine some of the progress that has been made.
Among those giving evidence was multi-Grammy winning
musician Nile Rodgers, who posed with members and the Industry
Champion award.
At the meeting, the Chair also paid tribute to departing member
, who has been instrumental in
all the Committee’s work on music and remuneration for
professionals.
Chair's comment
Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair, , said:
“The Industry Champion award is recognition of the key role that
our committee has played in promoting the real concerns that
artists have about the unfair structure of payments when it comes
to music streaming. Despite some progress, there is still more to
do to ensure the complete reset that we called for. We will
continue to advocate for the rights of artists and press the
Government, major record labels and streaming services for
change.”
