George Garner

Feb 28, 2025 | musicweek.com | George Garner

Let’s take a second to rewind the clocks back to November, 2024. Fresh from achieving a rare feat of three No.1s in the same week – spanning the albums, singles and UK airplay charts, with three different artists – Polydor Label Group president Ben Mortimer told Music Week it was a real sign of intent from his company. “There’s a palpable fizz around the place right now,” concluded Mortimer, who was at that point still fresh from celebrating No.1 success with The Cure’s sensational return.

Dec 5, 2024 | musicweek.com | George Garner

The year may be racing towards its conclusion, but Taylor Swift is clearly not done with it yet. On Friday December 6, her blockbuster album  hit No.1 for the ninth week this year, racking up another 23,047 sales according to Official Charts Company data. This shouldn't exactly come as a surprise. As reported throughout 2024, Taylor Swift – very much in an imperial phase of her career – has made a habit of breaking chart and live records.

Dec 3, 2024 | mojo4music.com | George Garner

MOJO ranks and rates all of the Antipodean rock giants’ studio albums. From playing bars in Sydney to selling out stadia around the world, AC/DC’s story is a 50-plus-year maelstrom of riffs, booze, school uniforms, double entendres, tragedy and triumph. That the group, co-founded by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, have sold over 200 million records worldwide is hardly a surprise given their prodigious work ethic: between 1975 and 1980 alone they released a staggering eight albums.

Nov 28, 2024 | musicweek.com | George Garner

Polydor Label Group president Ben Mortier has hailed both his team and star acts in helping the company pull off a “rare achievement" in the charts. Fresh from their recent big result with The Cure’s triumphant return, PLG are back on top this week with three No.1s – spanning the albums, singles and UK airplay charts – with three different artists. This is in addition to a host of other heavy hitters delivering notable positions this week.

Nov 28, 2024 | musicweek.com | George Garner

Polydor Label Group president Ben Mortimer has hailed both his team and star acts in helping the company pull off a “rare achievement" in the charts. Fresh from their recent big result with The Cure’s triumphant return, PLG are back on top this week with three No.1s – spanning the albums, singles and UK airplay charts – with three different artists. This is in addition to a host of other heavy hitters delivering notable positions this week.