US e-commerce spending rose 9% to a record $241 billion over the holiday period, sparked by widespread discounts, according to data from Adobe.

The head of ERA, Kim Bayley, called 2024 a "banner year" for music, with sales at more than double the low point of 2013. "We can now say definitively - music is back," she added in a statement. However, music industry revenue still lags far behind the 2001 figures in real terms.

Noah Kahan had the year's most popular single with "Stick Season," which generated the equivalent of 1.99 million sales in Britain.

UK sales of recorded music topped the 2001 record of £2.2bn and Taylor Swift is to thank for a sizeable chunk, according to new figures released by the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA).

Subscriptions to streaming services and the revival of the popularity of vinyl pushed the UK music industry’s revenues to a record high last year at almost £2.4 billion, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said.