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New Post: Latin Artists Fuel Dramatic Growth of Spain’s Live Scene - https://lnkd.in/g8ZpZccT - Thirty-three shows by Latin artists — including Christian Nodal, Camilo, Emilia, Nicki Nicole and Eladio Carrión — are set to take place at the WiZink Center arena in Madrid this year, out of a total of 97 planned concerts. That’s triple the number of shows by Latin artists who performed at the venue in 2019. Nearby, at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, which will soon reopen after a three-plus-year renovation, Mexican star Luis Miguel will be the first artist to play two back-to-back shows at the venue when he headlines in July. The numbers provide a glimpse of Spain’s shifting musical tastes and exploding touring market. According to the country’s Association of Musical Promoters, 2022 ticket revenue reached a record gross of 459 million euros ($492 million); the 2023 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona drew 500,000 fans over two weekends, according to the concert promoters association. For touring in Spain, the pandemic also demarcated a distinct before and after, with Spanish-speaking acts coming from Latin America and the United States now touring in Spain more than English-speaking acts. “We could, perhaps, consider Rosalía as a precursor since she introduced and popularized internationally style that had not yet fully taken off in Spain and is now incredibly popular and growing day by day,” WiZink Center director Paz Aparicio says. Related Spain’s Music Market Is Booming As It Welcomes Latin Talent From Around The Globe 03/08/2024 Rosalía’s global appeal helped catalyze the shift, along with listeners who are now more open to music in a variety of styles beyond Spain’s long-dominant traditional pop. And Latin music’s growth in the United States — where the genre’s revenue has surpassed $1 billion with a 24% growth that outpaced the overall market, according to IFPI — has also bolstered demand overseas. “The U.S. is the country with the greatest strength and influence in the development of cultural and commercial phenomena. In fact, Spain and Europe have always looked more toward what has come from there. It has always been our main reference,” explains Alfonso Santiago, CEO of Last Tour, which promotes festivals such as Bilbao BBK Live and BIME Live. “I believe that the high number of Latinos in the U.S. is key, the fact that music in Spanish is occupying more and more space there every day is very important.” Today, Spain’s Latin touring scene is very eclectic, making the country a key market for new Latin artists. “In the past, very little Latin was produced in Spain, and programming more alternative artists was very

👩 Last year, women comprised only 30% of artists on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart. 📊 What's more revealing is that the stats for female songwriters and producers have hardly changed over the past 10 years. This stagnant representation in the music industry today poses a crucial question: 👀 How far have we really come in recognizing and valuing women's contributions to music? In my latest article, "Melodies in the Shadows," I embark on a journey through history to rediscover influential women who have shaped the music we love – from Hildegard von Bingen to Nadia Boulanger. 📖These remarkable figures navigated a labyrinth of societal constraints, yet their legacies resonate through time. Read the full article here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dASq2_sr . . . #women #history #music #musicindustry #songwriter #composers #musicians #womeninmusic #femalecomposers #musichistory #historicalperspectives

Age is just a number! Despite facing ageism in the music industry, I'm still passionate and excited to share my music with the world. Here's to all women in the industry who aren't letting their age define them! #FemaleMusician #femalemusicians #femalemusiciansoftiktok #femalemusicianempowerment #femalemusiciansrock #femalemusicianvoices #WomenInMusic #womeninmusicbusiness

🎉🎉In a landmark moment for the UK music industry, today’s launch by Women in CTRL of their 2024 Seat at the Table report marks a pivotal turning point as representation of women on UK music trade association boards has risen to 52%. This reflects substantial progress since the inaugural 2020 report, where women held just 32% of seats. The report examines the representation of women in executive teams, including in CEO and Chairperson positions, across the boards of UK Music and the 10 music trade associations that make up the umbrella trade body. ⭐️Key Findings: 1️⃣52% of board members across the UK Music trade bodies are women. An increase from 32% in 2020 and 42% in 2021. 2️⃣16% of board members across the organisations are women from a global majority background. An increase from 3% in 2020 and 7% in 2021. 3️⃣100% of the organisations featured have increased their gender representation on their boards. 4️⃣Over 55% of organisations have achieved 50% gender representation on their boards. 🔗Go to https://lnkd.in/eAxX7BXX to check out the full report.

New Post: Urgent action required to tackle “endemic” misogyny faced by women in music - https://lnkd.in/gg2EUq4P - Women pursuing careers in the music industry face “endemic” misogyny and discrimination, the Women And Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned. In a new report published today (January 30), the WEC said “urgent action” was required to tackle the issue, and noted that the sector is “dominated by self-employment and gendered power imbalances”. The document – titled ‘Misogyny In Music’ – described the industry as a “boys’ club” where sexual harassment and abuse is common, and the non-reporting of such incidents is high. Victims who do speak out struggle to be believed or may find their career ends as a consequence, it claimed. The WEC stated that women in music still encounter limitations in opportunity, a lack of support and persistent unequal pay – with these said to be intensified for those facing intersectional barriers, particularly racial discrimination. It said that female artists are “routinely undervalued and undermined, endure a focus on their physical appearance in a way that men are not subjected to, and have to work far harder to get the recognition their ability merits”. Following up on the report, the WEC – a cross-party committee of MPs – has made “a series of strong and wide-ranging recommendations” and urged ministers to take legislative steps to amend the Equality Act. This would ensure that freelance workers have the same protections from discrimination as employees, and would bring into force Section 14 to improve protections for people facing intersectional inequality. Home Recording Studio Stock Photo. CREDIT: mixetto/Getty Images The WEC also recommended that the UK government should legislate to impose a duty on employers to protect workers from sexual harassment by third parties, a proposal the government initially supported and then rejected last year. It said that both the music industry and government should increase investment in diverse talent and make more funding available to the schemes that support it. The WEC added that pathways to careers for women working in the sector must improve, particularly in male-dominated areas such as A&R, sound engineering and production. Additionally, the committee urged record labels to commit to regular publication of statistics on the diversity of their rosters. It said that all organisations with more than 100 employees should be required to publish data on the diversity of their workforce, as well as gender and ethnicity pay gaps. The report highlighted non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) too, citing distressing testimonies of victims who had been “threatened into silence”. In turn, the WEC has called on ministers to prohibit the use of NDAs and other forms of confidentiality agreements in cases involving sexual abuse, sexual harassment or sexual misconduct, bullying or harassment, and discriminat

This year's Grammy Awards was historic for women.    Several women won awards for the first time, such as veterans Miley Cyrus and Victoria Monét, while Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for the 4th time, setting a new record and making her one of the most decorated artists. 7 out of 8 Album of the Year nominees were by women and SZA led with the most nominations. Women also made gains behind the scenes, with women of colour driving the first increase in female songwriting credits in 12 years.    We know that when public wins happen for women such as equal pay in sport for women in sports, we see the ripple effects in our own workplaces. These Grammy wins are historic as the music industry has traditionally been dominated by men. Approximately 96.6% of producers are male whilst only 3.4% are women. In addition, women represent less than a third of top-selling artists in music and only 14% of songwriters. The dominance of women at this year Grammys demonstrates a breakthrough in the industry that we hope is here to stay and reflected in the wider world. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e7JSybZN

James Brown once said 🎤 "This is a man's world. But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” Now that that song is in your head, hop on over to youtube to see the legend himself perform it: https://lnkd.in/eXdEZNms Ok, you’re back, great. So, 7 of 8 artists nominated in 3 major Grammy categories this year — Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year — are women. Women also make up just over half of the eight of this year’s Best New Artist nominees. Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Karla Hernandez, and Sam Wheeler of USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative found that 2023 was a great year to be a woman in music. ✓ Female artists increased from 30.2% in 2022 to 35% in 2023 ✓ Female producers increased from 3.5% in 2022 to 6.5% in 2023 ✓ Female songwriters increased from 14.1% in 2022 to 19.5% in 2023 ✓ Grammy nominations to women increased from 15.5% in 2023 to 24% in 2024 There’s still miles to go, however. 30 to 1. That’s the degree to which women are outnumbered by men as music producers. 2023 saw men producing 93.5% of all music studied --- women were credited with just 6.5%. If you factor in color, the picture is even more grim. 0.96% of all producers were women of color.    Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eyv7ivHd And don’t forget the #BarbieSnub. If you haven’t already, read about that here: https://lnkd.in/eiW3M_eQ 💡💡 While you may not be able to directly influence the number of women in the music industry, I bet you can highlight more than one here on LinkedIn who is a rockstar. Try it out. It's going to feel great, I promise :) #WomenInMusic, #Grammys, #DiversityInMusic, #Inclusion, #MusicIndustry

The Misogyny in Music report had a lot of powerful findings, but how do we even begin to speak out? For the first essay of the new era of Drowned in Sound, I asked Nina Marie C. - who won a landmark case with Good Law Project last year - to unpick the world of SLAPPS, NDAs and to share some thoughts on the ifs and whens, if you decide to speak out. https://lnkd.in/eb-Ny5ei