Thania Garcia A new study conducted in partnership with Middle Tennessee State University, Howard University, We Are Moving the Needle and Jaxsta has found electronic and Americana genres have the highest percentage of female and non-binary people holding in-studio leadership roles.
The “Fix The Mix” report examines gender representation — specifically, as it pertains to women and non-binary technical creators and professionals — across 14 genres deriving from top-of-the-chart playlists across major DSPs, the 65th Grammy Awards’ genre-specific categories, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Diamond Certified List.
The ultimate goal of the inaugural study aims to motivate major labels to expand their Diversty, Equity and Inclusion initiatives to usher in more women and non-binary producers and engineers.
This edition of the Fix The Mix report analyzes data from 2022 across a total of 1,128 songs. It regularly references the research conducted by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which released six reports on the music industry spanning from 2012 through 2023.
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