The song contest's audience of over 160 million last year shows its unrivaled reach as a marketing platform for record labels to develop artists.
Australia, Austria and Belgium among countries with popular acts joining favorites Sweden and Finland on Saturday night at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena.
In U.K.’s first Eurovision hosting in 25 years, Liverpool stands in for 2022 winner Ukraine, which continues to fight a war with Russia.
The "BRIT Billion" award makes the United Kingdom the first country in the streaming era to recognize the milestone of drawing 1 billion career streams.
Vinyl generated more money than CDs for the first time in over three decades, though overall revenue from physical formats declined.
Trade group U.K. Music is pushing officials to lobby against the U.S. proposal, which would more than double rates for foreign artists playing U.S. shows.
The agency, which represents The 1975, The Cure and others, wanted out of the merger after selling to ICM Partners in 2020.
Despite the upturn, Saturday's show still drew the Brits' third-smallest TV audience.
The U.K.’s biggest music awards show is facing a backlash over no female artists being nominated in the gender-neutral best artist category.
The Parliament's DCMS committee says the UK needs to develop a "wide-ranging national strategy for music."
