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# Number of top women musicians has grown just 1.5% in 10 years [new USC Annenberg Study]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/number-of-top-women-musicians-has-grown-just-1-5-in-10-years-new-usc-annenberg-study/
- Published: 2022-03-31T15:52:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-31T15:56:38.000Z
- Description: The fifth annual USC Annenberg Study shows that women gained little grown within the music industry of the last decade. Just 23.3% of artists on the 2021 Billboard Hot 100. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/03/number-of-top-women-musicians-has-grown-just-1-5-in-10-years-new-usc-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

The fifth annual USC Annenberg Study shows that women gained little grown within the music industry of the last decade.

Just 23.3% of artists on the 2021 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart were women. That’s a rise of just 1.5% from 21.8% in 10 years and 1,000 songs. The total percentage of women in the U.S population is 51%.

Just 14.4% of songwriters were women, according to the study, up just 1.7% in the last 10 years. Women represent just 2,8% of top music producers.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/variety-com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/untitled-13-3-w-681-amp-h-383-amp-crop-1.jpg)

“Despite industry activism and advocacy, there has been little change for women on the popular charts since 2012,” [said](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/female-songwriters-artists-producers-usc-annenberg-study-1235219635/?ref=hypebot.com) **Dr. Stacy L. Smith of the [USC](http://annenberg.usc.edu/aii?ref=hypebot.com) [Annenberg Inclusion Initiative](http://annenberg.usc.edu/aii?ref=hypebot.com).** “Although the data reveal an increase for women of color, these findings indicate that there is more work to be done

Download the full report [here.](https://www.hypebot.com/content/files/assets-uscannenberg-org/docs/aii-inclusion-recording-studio2021.pdf)

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*