Music helps beat the lockdown blues
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Kirkheaton: 13 cases; 207.1 rolling rate
Cowcliffe and South Fixby: 14 cases; 204.0 rolling rate
Northorpe and Crossley: 13 cases; 203.5 rolling rate
Primrose Hill, Newsome and Berry Brow: 13 cases; 203.0 rolling rate
Lepton, Grange Moor and Flockton: 13 cases; 199.8 rolling rate
Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe and Roberttown: 16 cases; 196.0 rolling rate
Birkenshaw: 14 cases; 192.2 rolling rate
Scholes and Hunworth: 13 cases; 191.4 rolling rate
North Lindley and Birchencliffe: 15 cases; 186.2 rolling rate
Edgerton and Marsh: 12 cases; 173.8 rolling rate
Staincliffe and Healey: 13 cases; 169.6 rolling rate
Almondbury and Waterloo: 10 cases; 169.5 rolling rate
Honley and Brockholes: 14 cases; 165.5 rolling rate
Denby Dale, Cumberworth and Clayton West: 16 cases; 160.2 rolling rate
Liversedge, Littletown and 10 cases; 160.2 rolling rate
Shelley and Shepley: 10 cases; 159.8 rolling rate
Kirkburton and Farnley Tyas: 11 cases; 158.1 rolling rate
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Longwood and Quarmby: 10 cases; 155.0 rolling rate
Earlsheaton and Chickenley: 15 cases; 152.9 rolling rate
Ravensthorpe: 14 cases; 151.3 rolling rate
Batley Carr and Mount Pleasant: 11 case; 145.0 rolling rate
Upper Batley and Soothill: 10 cases; 145.0 rolling rate
Holmfirth, New Mill and Hepworth: 17 cases; 139.1 rolling rate
Dewsbury Moor Upper: 9 cases; 136.8 rolling rate
Dalton Long Lane: 8 cases; 135.5 rolling rate
Moldgreen and Ravensknowle Park: 8 cases; 133.6 rolling rate
Slaithwaite and Linthwaite: 9 cases; 132.6 rolling rate
Huddersfield Leeds Road and Fartown: 10 cases; 132.1 rolling rate
Mirfield Central and Hopton: 9 cases; 129.5 rolling rate
Gomersal: 9 cases; 124.0 rolling rate Dewsbury Central and Westborough: 9 cases; 120.6 rolling rate
Shaw Cross and Hanging Heaton: 7 cases; 114.1 rolling rate
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Wilton Park, Carlinghow and Brookroyd: 4 cases; 53.0 rolling rate
Cleckheaton: 3 cases; 34.9 rolling rate.
MUSIC helped people get through lockdown with more streaming last year, according to new figures.
Music consumption was up for a sixth year, record labels association the BPI said.
Some 155 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed or bought in 2020, an 8.2 per cent rise on 2019.
There were 139 billion audio streams, up by over a fifth, the BPI said, with nearly 200 artists streamed over 100 million times.
The figures have been released as streaming giants have come under pressure over payments to singers and musicians.
Sir Paul McCartney recently became the latest star to highlight the issue, saying: “They probably don’t pay enough. But (the platforms are) in such a powerful position. What can people do?”
Streaming now accounts for 80pc of UK music consumption, although vinyl and cassette sales have continued to grow. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said: “The performance of recorded music in 2020 was remarkable, and reminds us how important music is to our country, even when our lives are disrupted.”