BPI's Geoff Taylor responds to Alan Davey comments
29 May 2013Responding to Alan Davey's comments on the BBC's Today programme, Geoff Taylor, BPI Chief Executive said:
"Alan Davey's remarks about the lack of risk-taking in pop music are ill-informed and out of touch. UK labels have invested £1 billion over the last five years in new music. The results speak for themselves: five out of the top ten best-selling albums last year were from the UK. It is difficult to see that global breakthroughs such as Adele, Mumford & Sons, Emeli Sande, Ed Sheeran, Muse and Jessie J represent short-termism, or a failure to back talent. And huge successes such as One Direction who emerged from the X Factor should be celebrated.
"The new Arts Council fund represents a drop in the ocean - around a third of one per cent - compared to annual investment by UK labels. New funding for investment in UK talent is always a good thing, but the Arts Council should be supporting the music industry's excellent record of breaking talent, not attacking it with ill-judged soundbites."
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