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New UK Music report reveals one in three music jobs were lost during the pandemic

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coronavirus pandemic.The trade body, which represents the collective voice of the UK music industry, has laid out the stark findings in their newly published annual report, This Is Music 2021.According to the report, 69,000 jobs in the UK music industry have been lost during the pandemic, with employment figures plunging by 35 per cent in 2020.Other findings include how the UK music industry’s economic contribution fell by a record 46 per cent (from £5.8bn to £3.1bn) in 2020, while music exports suffered a drop of 23 per cent last year (from £2.9 billion in 2019 to £2.3 billion).Live music revenues in the UK collapsed by around 90 per cent in 2020, with the coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music forcing many musicians and people.

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