Kid Harpoon on Harry Styles, navigating the music business – and creating one of the biggest hits in history

MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series interviews Harry Styles’ collaborator Kid Harpoon, aka Thomas Hull
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Audio streaming volume grew by its biggest EVER amount in the UK in 2020, as Brits turned to music during pandemic lockdown

But it was a less good year for CD albums, with sales down by nearly a third on 2019
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Sony Music revenues grew by over $250m in calendar 2019, topping $4bn

Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music’s biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year
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Harry Styles helps push Sony Music revenues up 11% – as downloads claim just 13% of firm’s sales

Streaming revenues jump 22% and claim 39% of Sony labels’ overall revenues

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Harry Styles has launched his own independent label – Erskine Records

Companies House filing shows limited business was established last year

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