By Vanessa Obioha
Following the launch of Equal Hub in commemoration of International Women’s Day, music streaming platform Spotify has now extended its global commitment to fostering equity for women in music with new Equal Music Programme. The programme was officially launched today.
Equal Music Programme is uniquely designed to foster gender equity in music by adapting and extending the cumulative blueprint of Spotify’s successful programmes into a cohesive experience – supporting female creators under one brand. Only one in five artists in the charts are women, a stark contrast to how integral women’s influence is to Spotify’s success today and the music industry at large. Spotify takes the responsibility of upending these disparities seriously, and believes the first step towards amplifying the work of all creators identifying as women is to extend critical resources to this community to create opportunity.