UK Music
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| Formation | 26 September 2008 |
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| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Industry Representation |
| Headquarters | British Music House, 26 Berners Street |
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Region served
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United Kingdom |
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Membership
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Association of Independent Music, the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters, BPI Limited, PRS for Music, MMF, Music Publishers Association Limited, Musicians Union, Phonographic Performance Limited. |
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CEO
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Jo Dipple |
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Chairman
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Andy Heath |
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Staff
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7 |
| Website | UK Music |
UK Music is a British umbrella organisation which represents the collective interests of the production side of UK's commercial music industry: artists, musicians, songwriters, composers, record labels, artist managers, music publishers, studio producers and music collecting societies. Launched on 26 September 2008,Feargal Sharkey, former member of The Undertones, became Chief Executive Officer and Andy Heath, former chairman of British Music Rights (BMR) became chairman.
Sharkey left the organisation in November 2011, with Jo Dipple taking over as Acting CEO. UK Music confirmed on 27 January 2012 the appointment of Dipple as the next CEO. In January 2017, the organisation announced that Dipple is to stand down as its CEO in June 2017.
Members include the Association of Independent Music (AIM), the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, PRS for Music, the MMF, the Music Publishers Association Limited (MPA), the Musicians Union (MU) and Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).
The core goals of the organisation are the promotion of awareness and understanding of the following facets:
In November 2008, the magazine Music Week reported that Sharkey had written to Sir Ian Blair, then head of the Metropolitan Police Service, and Information Commissioner Richard Thomas "to clarify the 'use and purpose' of form 696, which asks for personal details on artists and musicians performing at gigs and the style of music they will be playing." In his letter, Sharkey wrote:
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