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Do you know the stats? The WIM website provides educational statistics about the major gender inequalities within the music industry:
70/30
The gender divide across all regions is roughly 70% male to 30% female.
15%
15% of label members are majority owned-by women. (US) -A2IM
6%
6% of recognized producers are women. (US & Canada) – WIM Canada
7%
7% of women identify as having a role within sales/biz dev. (Canada) – WIM Canada
50%
50% of freelance women earn less than £10,000 annually. (UK) – HM Revenue & Customs
16%
16% of PRS members are women (UK) – PRS
20%
Across the participating countries’ collecting societies, women represent 20% or less of registered composers and songwriters (Europe) – Keychange
12%
12% of JACAP members are women. (Jamaica) – JACAP
19%
19% of COSCAP members are women (Barbados) – COSCAP
22%
22% of all performers across the 600 most popular songs from 2012 to 2017 were female. – USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
12%
12% of songwriters of the 600 most popular songs from 2012 to 2017 were women. – USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
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