NPR Music's new book, How Women Made Music, looks at the role of women in popular music. From the Grammy stage to lawsuits, women have been the subject of protest and celebration.

Women remain underrepresented in the music industry, per University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s report. Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

Billboard launched Latin Women in Music - or Mujeres Latinas en la Música - in 2023 as a response to an exploding Latin music business that crossed borders and continents but was united in ...

The GRAMMY winner launches Leading Vibe Initiative to empower female artists, producers, and songwriters across Africa.

The music industry has historically remained a “boys’ club.” In 2024, women only made up 37.7% of artists on the year-end Hot 100 chart, with 18.9% of songwriter credits and 5.9% of producer ...

Business Leadership Women in music are also reshaping the business side of the industry. Historically, music business leadership roles have been dominated by men, but women have increasingly broken ...

It hasn’t been all bad news for women execs: Mabe is still in place at UMG Nashville, and Taylor Lindsey, who had been vp of A&R, will take the chairman/CEO role at Sony Music Nashville at the ...

Women in the music industry held on to their gains in climbing the charts towards equality in 2024 but made little new ground, according to a new study by USC‘s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

Female Representation in Music Sees ‘Little Change,’ but Number of Men Is Declining: Annenberg Inclusion Report The percentage gain for women artists is due to a numerical decline in men on ...

Both music industry students, sophomore Lauren Doyle and senior Hannah Wolf, attended to support Condon and her band, but also enjoyed the community the event provided. “As a woman in music and trying ...

Her music, aesthetics and celebrity persona popularized a fresh perspective on women’s sexual and emotional experiences— a perspective that did not conform to typical standards of heterosexuality.