Irish radio station, Spin 103.8 (which reached gender parity in its Top 20 Radio playlist) overtook FM104 as the number 1 radio station in Dublin! Increasing growth in audience, this demonstrates that there is…
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You know how much we love a new report – comparative analysis and statistics are indicators and drivers for areas of change. The latest report from Why Not Her? does just that. The Gender Disparity Data…
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Barriers to entry, and indeed to stay in the music industry are exacerbated, as we well know, by the persisting pay gap. Further to gender, we know that race (alongside other intersections) make for multiple barriers…
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Today’s positive stats comes in the form of 3 free resources that you can use to combat sexual violence if you’re involved in the nightlife sector in Europe! Sexism Free Night have put together 3 training courses…
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The normalisation of sexual violence in nightlife continues to persist with women and gender minorities facing this at consistently high, terrifying levels. Sexism Free Night conducted a Europe-wide websurvey…
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There truly is value to dedicated targets (such as the Keychange pledge), programmes (the Keychange programme) and others, like the Music Leaders Network, marking tangible change in the music industry for…
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A follow on from last year’s reporting on gender pay gaps in large organisations for 2020 in the UK, we find that (depressingly), both the median and mean pay gap have increased for the latest 2021 figures for three of…
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We would like to take the opportunity to highlight the brilliant work Keychange core partner PRS Foundation do, and the contributions (both economic and cultural) this has made to the UK music industry.
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As we are London this week, we take a little look at some UK statistics. In 2020, Women in CTRL found that just 3% of songs in the UK 100 Airplay Charts had women credited as producers. We cannot stress enough…
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We are a little tired of men speaking for women and that surely, a woman can’t be interested in playing guitar, drums, metal [add ‘masculine’ instrument or genre of choice]. Leading guitar brand Fender conducted…
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Let’s take a look today at instruments – namely the guitar. Guitar database, Find My Guitar, researched the top 21 guitar brands and found that only 5.8% of signature guitars made are from women musicians…
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If you want to be cynical and talk crudely about the bottom line when it comes to gender parity and intersectional opportunity in the music industry, we suggest you look at the report by Women in Music Canada in…
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Today we take a look at Women in Music Canada’s report, Action Plan & Framework: Advancing Gender Balance In The Canadian Music Industry, analysing a survey of women and gender minority individuals…
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The recent launch of Brighter Sound’s bold new manifesto calls on all organisations, companies and individuals who contribute to music ecosystems to make actionable ideas and commitments for an equitable…
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Given the substantial number of freelancers in the music industry, not being supported is of particular concern, being seen as a disposable element rather than a crucial cog in the wheel that deserves…
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We would like to think that it’s not all gloom and doom! The Black Lives in Music ‘Being Black in the UK Music Industry: Music Industry Professionals – Part 1’ report found that attitudes are shifting where diversity…
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Given all the work and activism around gender parity in the music industry, we need only to take a look at recently as last year to see the trajectory for the inclusion (or lack thereof!) of women in the studio…
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Harassment, perception gap, value gap, confidence gap – in these four simple areas, the ‘BE THE CHANGE – Women in music 2022’ MIDiA Research, TuneCore and Believe makes a call for action for companies…
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Over 1000 respondents over the world took part in the ‘BE THE CHANGE – Women in music 2022’ report which included men, and looked at both creators and executives in the music. Released this week by MIDiA…
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A more positive figure around recognition for women is the nominations for Best New Artist category at the Grammy Awards. Interestingly, however, it is important to note that whilst this figure was at 75%…
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