Reports and Studies on inclusion and diversity in the country music industry. Several studies, conducted in consultation with WOMAN Nashville, undertake data-driven analyses of country format radio. Other studies focus on Spotify’s streaming algorithm, twenty years of CMA nominations and results, and evaluations of representation on satellite radio.

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New Study: Gender Representation on Country Music Radio

Posted on SongData

Since 2015 and the infamous #TomatoBarb, researching gender inequality via chart data has been at the center of my work. I have had the great fortune of sharing this work with my colleagues at the International Country Music Conference, the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, and PopCon. In September 2018, I published the results of my first study in Popular Music & Society, and there are more studies in the pipeline. Today SongData is releasing a large-scale Report on Gender Representation on Country Music Radio. … Continue readingNew Study: Gender Representation on Country Music Radio