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- The music industry continues to be a male-dominated industry. To the average listener, this may not seem to be the case, as they may see lots of female artists at the top of the charts. However, when you look at the data, you’ll see that women are seriously being left out of the equation across the industry.
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Mar 26, 2021 · Responses from a new survey of woman creatives working in music revealed some of the three core drivers of gender inequality in the industry.
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Mar 8, 2022 · Eighty-four percent of respondents had faced discrimination equally across all racial identities, 77 percent felt they had been treated differently in the music industry because of their gender...
- The Numbers Across The Music Industry
- Numbers Regarding Artist Race/Ethnicity
- Grammy Awards from 2013 to 2021
- Gender Pay Gap
- Gender Bias
- Conclusion
With a study from 2012 to 2020 by USC Annenberg, examining 900 popular songs within those years, the numbers show most female artists are still below 30%, with the most ever reaching 28.1%. Male artists are above 70% all the time. 30% is still a pretty low number considering this is the whole general idea of artists grouped together. In this percen...
When it comes to the subject of the race or ethnicity of an artist, looking at the numbers of 2020, 41% are white and 59% are from a different race or ethnicity. This was considered as a peak year for underrepresented artists of different races and ethnicity. Seeing as though, compared to the numbers of 2012, the percentage has increased 20.6% over...
The Grammys also take part in gender inequality. Over those nine years, the most notable awards in the music world were ‘Record Of The Year’, ‘Album Of The Year’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best New Artist’, and ‘Producer Of The Year’. With a total number of 1359 people nominated for a Grammy Award in between those nine years, the numbers show that 13.4%...
There’s also a gender pay gap in the music industry regarding male and female artists. This is regarded as even worse than just the population of female artists in the music industry. Statistics published by ‘Music Business Worldwide‘ shed some light on the matter of the pay gap in the music industry. In the United Kingdom, the statistics show that...
“A whopping 64% of respondents named sexual harassment and objectification as a major challenge women face in the industry“, according to Forbes. “84% of women felt that they had been treated differently due to their gender”, according to Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship.
Looking at these statistics, it’s no secret that gender inequality is still a big thing in the music industry. Looking at the numbers from the past years, we can safely say that women are still far off from being seen as equal to men within the music industry. On the bright side, there are currently really powerful female artists that are clearing ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Among the key findings, the survey found that — despite some recently documented gains for women in music creation and representation — women and gender expansive people are far more likely...
- Katie Bain
Feb 2, 2024 · Gender discrimination permeates every layer of the music industry. Although representation of women has increased in recent years, men still dominate leadership roles.
- Laura Hamer
Mar 8, 2021 · The latest study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California found that women’s representation in music has not improved in the last decade.
Mar 31, 2022 · The music industry is nowhere near reaching gender parity. According to a new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, women lag behind men as artists, but the problem is...
