It's barely November and already it's time for the end-of-year awards and gongs from industry companies (and just like Christmas, it seems to get going earlier and earlier each year). For Apple Music, one artist truly owned 2022: Bad Bunny (aka Benito Martinez Ocasio). 

It tends to come together very late each autumn (typical music biz) but BBC Introducing's week of edutainment events, gigs and panels has been massive this year.

Not content with launching his own books imprint and sponsoring a new generation of Cambridge graduates, Britain's biggest rapper has turned his attention to Britain’s biggest sport, in an attempt to make football as diverse behind the scenes as it is on the pitch.

When it comes to the climate emergency, some artists are putting their money where fans' mouths are. A startup called Cove, which is making biodegradable water bottles, has raised $20M since 2018. 

Takeoff, real name Kirsnick Khari Ball, was sadly shot and killed at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

She has become the first established artist to premiere a music video on OnlyFans after dropping an explicit version of her Shlut visual on the platform. The censored edition of the video, directed by Diana Kunst, originally dropped last month following the release of her debut album Nymph and sees Shygirl appear in a romantic monochromatic world.

Little Simz, The London rapper has won the coveted award for the best British or Irish album of the last 12 months. The 28-year-old took the £25,000 award for her fourth album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, a hip-hop coming-of-age tale delivered with a cinematic sweep.

Join Somewhere Soul founder Josh Mason across four different workshops – each will be followed by drinks and a networking session in the venue bar, along with a free resource to take away with you.