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Female artists represent less than 10% in some key genres, new Deezer data reveals
● Deezer’s global streaming data shows just 4% of top 100 electronic artists are female, with only 7% in hip hop and rock
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Johannesburg, 2 March 2021: Female artists represent a small proportion of the top 100 charts for electronic, hiphop and rock music. New data from global audio streaming service, Deezer, reveals that just 4% of the top 100 streamed electronic artists are women. Hiphop (7% of the top 100) and rock (also 7%) continue to fall short when it comes to gender diversity.
Deezer wants to help shine a light on the many challenges women still face in the music industry ahead of International Women’s Day. Highlighting the data and launching our new exclusive women’s content series is part of our work to consciously support female artists. Pop is the most diverse genre on Deezer today, with 42% of the top global streamed artists b