The Annenberg Inclusive Initiative took a shot at The Recording Academy’s diversity efforts following the launch of a survey on women’s representation in music.
, analyzed the progress of the Women in the Mix program. “Only four women producers were credited on the 2020 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart — none of whom worked with one of the 38 pledge-takers who had a song on the chart,” the report stated. “Moreover, Ariana Grande was the sole pledge-taker to work with a woman engineer — herself — of those who appeared on the chart.
That same study found that women accounted for only 2.6% of the producers for the Billboard Hot 100 songs. The annual Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reports have provided a benchmark--though limited to the most popular songs-- to measure the progress by women in certain sectors of the industry.Harvey Mason Jr.
, acknowledged the Women in Mix initiative had not yielded the hoped for results and the survey would hopefully help provide guidance. "Two years ago, we started our Women in the Mix initiative with the primary goal of raising awareness and had an overwhelming initial response, garnering support from more than 650 of the most influential music people, executives and organizations," said Mason."While we are hopeful that we will still see benefit from that effort, we haven’t seen enough progress to date.
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