<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41);font-family:Poppins, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(248, 248, 248);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: National; font-size: 19.5px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">“The music industry is a mirror to the film industry — there is a lot of fanfare about supporting women, but little actual change among the most popular songs,” Smith said. “While there may be movement in the independent space, the songs and charts evaluated represent the agenda-setting music that has the greatest opportunity to launch and grow a career. Until the people in the executive ranks and A&R roles take seriously the lack of women in the industry, we will continue to see little change.” <p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5">“Women artists in 2024 saw little change,” Smith said. “In fact, it is the number of men that has declined while the number of women in 2024 was consistent with prior years. This suggests that it is fluctuations in the number of men, not gains for women, that is driving these findings. For those interested in seeing change in the music industry, this is not a sign of progress.”<p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5">Behind the scenes, there was also little movement for women. The percentage of women songwriters in 2024 was 18.9%, similar to the percentage in 2023 (19.5%) and significantly higher than the 11% in 2012. Just over half (54%) of songs in 2024 featured at least one woman songwriter, on par with 2023 and significantly higher than 2012. Additionally, women of color were largely responsible for the gains seen in 2023, but not in 2024: Last year, the number of women of color working as songwriters dipped while white women increased. (<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: National; font-size: 19.5px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 200; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative)<p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(40, 40, 40);font-family:National;font-size:19.5px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5">Your tax-deductible donation goes towards scholarships for women to go to school for music production and sound engineering, grants for studio time, and workshops.

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“The music industry is a mirror to the film industry — there is a lot of fanfare about supporting women, but little actual change among the most popular songs,” Smith said. “While there may be movement in the independent space, the songs and charts evaluated represent the agenda-setting music that has the greatest opportunity to launch and grow a career. Until the people in the executive ranks and A&amp;R roles take seriously the lack of women in the industry, we will continue to see little change.” <p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">“Women artists in 2024 saw little change,” Smith said. “In fact, it is the number of men that has declined while the number of women in 2024 was consistent with prior years. This suggests that it is fluctuations in the number of men, not gains for women, that is driving these findings. For those interested in seeing change in the music industry, this is not a sign of progress.”<p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">Behind the scenes, there was also little movement for women. The percentage of women songwriters in 2024 was 18.9%, similar to the percentage in 2023 (19.5%) and significantly higher than the 11% in 2012. Just over half (54%) of songs in 2024 featured at least one woman songwriter, on par with 2023 and significantly higher than 2012. Additionally, women of color were largely responsible for the gains seen in 2023, but not in 2024: Last year, the number of women of color working as songwriters dipped while white women increased. (USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative)<p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:200;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;margin:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">Your tax-deductible donation goes towards scholarships for women to go to school for music production and sound engineering, grants for studio time, and workshops.

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