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Female Representation in Music Sees ‘Little Change,’ but Number of Men Is Declining: Annenberg Inclusion Report


After documenting significant change for women last year, the 2024 USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report reveals little progress has been made.

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter are also all up for record, song and album of the year. According to a new study on women in music from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative(with support from Spotify), some positive upticks in representation across the industry were present throughout 2024, but there is still not much behind-the-scenes progress to report. “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.

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