When the Grammy Awards nominees were announced last November for 2021, we can look forward to a guaranteed a female winner in the Best Rock Performance category! A male-dominated…
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The influence of American culture and music is all pervading across the globe. With awards season approaching in spring, today we look at the Grammys. Statista found that between 2013…
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As we ring in the new year, we give ourselves hope to leave behind the harsh realities of turbulent times that have effectively put the world on pause, and we take with us the reflections of months…
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Thank you to our 16 sponsors for acknowledging what we do in supporting our work for a gender balanced music industry! Creative Europe, Songtrust, SoundCloud, FACTOR/Canada, Musicians Union…
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It goes without saying that the need for funding is more important than ever before. In their new report “Moving More Money to the Drivers of Change: How Bilateral and Multilateral Funders…
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The same EIGE report found that where childcare is the case – earnings are estimated to go up by 4.8%! Not to mention being able to simultaneously focus on careers. Whilst this is heartening, it must…
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An EIGE report found that across the EU, the bulk of unpaid care work is done by women with 92 % providing unpaid care several days a week. Why is this important to note? Irrespective of industry, the…
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992 is the number of female songwriters listed by the Ask Clara, launched by Présence Compositrices to showcase their repertoire to allow the public, performers and concert programmers…
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The first of our Friday Figures today comes from a Harris Interactive study on gender equality conducted among female authors, songwriters and publishers who are members of Sacem…
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With DICE Spain and Whisper Not Agency on board, we are now on a total number of 13 Keychange Pledge signatories for Spain! Thinking of getting your organisation or company signed up…
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In a study by Mujeres de la Industria de la Música (MIM), supported by the Ministry of Culture and INAEM in Spain, it was discovered that of independent companies in the Spanish music industry…
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More than doubling our Italian signatories this week, we are proud to say we have now have 5! Thank you to Linecheck, FIMI , We Reading , BUTIK and SheTechItaly for signing the Keychange Pledge…
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In a study presented by NUOVO IMAIE in February 2020, it found that that in Italy only 7,44% of the main roles in the music industry are occupied by women! We repeatedly wonder why this is so…
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We are ending today with a figure from The Canadian Festival Report Card, which has been tracking Canadian festival line ups, found that 116 festivals graded for gender balance in 2019…
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We continue our geographical take with today’s Friday Figures in Canada. Where gender split may be equal, the pattern all over must be noted “Across all sectors, women’s artistic and…
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In addition to the MELT Festival , renowned concert agency Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion, the Jung von Matt music agency, White Horse Music, Hamburg music clubs Mojo Club, Nochtspeicher, Uebel &…
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The Allbright Foundation’s September 2020 report “Germany’s Special Path: The share of Women on DAX executive boards declines during the crisis” found that of the 30 largest companies…
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Following on from the last number, we round the week off with Poland on some impressive figures, so let’s just let the numbers do the talking: Beloved singer-songwriter Katarzyna Nosowska…
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We remain optimistic and have not one, but TWO positive numbers from Poland to share. Rising composer Hania Rani took home the most Gryderyki in 2020, winning in four categories: Alternative…
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In today's Friday Figures, we fittingly look at Poland. We start off with an estimated gender breakdown of artists. A study conducted by SWPS University on the number of musical artists in Poland…
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