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Dec 2015
10. Music Industry Structure 2016 (Alpha)

Here’s something for the christmas break. The music industry structure for artists and songwriters in 2016. It’s time to throw away those old charts. This is still in alpha but it will be improved upon, updated and turned into a pretty poster soon. If you have any suggestions please get in touch.
Brad Matala
Can you explain:
BPI?
AIM?
PPL?
MMF?
MPG?
MU?
Arts Council?
FAC?
PRS Foundation?
BASCA?
Thanks, Love the site.
Jon Hockley
Hi Brad.
Thank you for reaching out to comment. These are mainly UK music organisations that represent certain occupations and business in the industry.
BPI The British Phonographic Industry – Represent record labels.
AIM Association of Independent music – Represent most roles in the creation and distribution of independent music.
PPL Phonographic Performance Limited – Administrate royalties for performers on records
MMF Music Managers Forum – Represent Managers
MPG Music Producers Guild – Represent Music Producers
MU Musicians Union – Represent Musicians
Arts Council – A public organisation for sustaining the arts culture in the UK
FAC Featured Artist Coalition – Represent featured artists.
PRS Performing rights Society Foundation. Funding for songwriters setup by the PRS.
BASCA British Academy of Song Writers Composers and Authors. Representing Songwriters, composers and authors.