Music Industry Has Made ‘Insignificant’ Progress for Female Songwriters, Artists and Producers: USC-Annenberg Study
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn the last day of Women’s History Month, results of a new research report reveal from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative concludes that, for women in music, “the last decade has been one of insignificant change in the recording studio.”The study, titled “Inclusion in the Recording Studio?” is the fifth annual report on the music industry from Dr.
Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. The report, which was funded by Spotify, provides a comprehensive industry update on inclusion across the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart.
Specifically, the study examines the artists, songwriters, and producers credited on each of the 1,000 songs on this popular chart from 2012 to 2021.
The investigation also quantitatively analyzes the gender and race/ethnicity of every individual in those three roles, and assesses every Grammy nominee receiving recognition in the categories of Record the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and Producer of the Year for the same time frame.In 2021, 23.3% of artists on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart were women.
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