# PRS for Music partners with B2B streaming service Soundtrack to get data on music played in 7,000 UK shops, bars and public spaces – and pay royalties accordingly

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/prs-for-music-partners-with-b2b-streaming-service-soundtrack-to-get-data-on-music-played-in-7000-uk-shops-bars-and-public-spaces-and-pay-royalties-accordingly/
- Published: 2026-10-28T11:15:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T03:59:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Music Business Worldwide
- Original article: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/prs-for-music-partners-with-b2b-streaming-service-soundtrack-to-get-data-on-music-played-in-7000-uk-shops-bars-and-public-spaces-and-pay-royalties-accordingly/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music, Space, Technology, TV, UK, World

## Key points

- PRS will use Soundtrack data from about 7,000 UK premises.
- The data will inform royalty payments from December 2026.
- The partnership aims to make distributions reflect actual music use.

## Summary

PRS for Music has partnered with business streaming service Soundtrack to use direct play-by-play data from music played in around 7,000 UK shops, bars and public spaces. From December 2026, the data will help determine royalty payments to songwriters, composers and publishers, reducing reliance on estimates and making distributions better reflect music actually played.

Soundtrack customers include Uniqlo, Dr. Martens, Four Seasons Hotels and the UK Parliament. PRS represents more than 190,000 members and paid £1.07 billion in royalties in 2025; public performance revenue, including music played in shops and restaurants, reached £313.4 million. Soundtrack says its catalogue covers 150 million songs.

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