In the Press

Opinion pieces

• Watson, Jada. 2023. “Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That” is Now No. 1 on the Charts. That’s a Problem for Country Music.” Toronto Star, 3 August.
• Watson, Jada. 2023. “Country Music Almanac 2023: In the Loop.” Nashville Scene (19 December).
• Watson, Jada. 2021. “Grammys 2021 performer Mickey Guyton makes history – without country radio’s support.” NBC News Think, 14 March.
• Watson, Jada. 2020. “Country Radio Has Ignored Female Artists for Years. And we have the data to prove it.” NBC News Think, 17 February.

 

Media Interviews

2025

• Harmsen, Natalie. 2025. “Stomp-clap-hey: Why folk-pop music is having a comeback.” CBC, 7 January.
• McMackin, Rose. 2025. “The Chicks are Everywhere in Country Music. Except it’s Hall of Fame.” The Barbed Wire, 6 January.

2024

• Pelletier, Daniel Blanchette. 2024. “2024, l’année des ‘filles de la pop’. Oui, mais…” Radio Canada, 30 décembre.
• Goudge, Alex. 2024. “Canadian Musicians look to ‘America’s Got Talent,’ other TV contests for career boosts,” Canadian Press, 13 July.
• Williams, Andrea. 2024. “Willie Jones’ post about Shaboozey Exposes the Conflict of Being Black in Country Music.” The Tennessean, 3 May.
• Willman, Chris. 2024. “At BMAC Event in L.A., Mickey Guyton, INK and Other Panelists Assess What Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy’ Moment Means for Black Female Country Artists.” Variety, 26 April.
• Lubeck, Andrea. 2024. « ‘Cowboy Carter’ : bien plus qu’un chef-d’œuvre, le nouvel album de Beyoncé est une leçon d’histoire. » 24 heures, 4 April.
• Khaki, Ateqah, and Vinita Srivastava. 2024. “Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Transmits Joy, Honours Legends and Challenges a Segregated Industry.” The Conversation, 4 April.
• Sisario, Ben. 2024. “Does Country Radio’s Treehouse Have Room for Beyoncé?” The New York Times, 31 March.
• Weaver, Jackson. 2024. “Beyoncé’s country era is here. Will it change anything for Black country musicians?” CBC, 28 March.
• Hassan, Jennifer. 2024. “Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Top Billboard Country Music Chart,” Washington Post, 21 February.
• Mansfield, Brian. “CRS Gets Ready To Spill the Diversi-Tea,” Country Insider, 21 February.
• McClay, Caché. 2024. “Will the Country Music Establishment Embrace Beyoncé? Here’s How to Tell.” The Tennessean15 February.,
• Williams, Andrea. 2024. “Nashville is Complicity Country Music’s Diversity Problem and Leaders Need to Step Up,” The Tennessean, 5 January.

2023

• Griffiths, Nathan. 2023. “Why we can’t get enough of Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey during the holidays,” Vancouver Sun, 20 December.
• Ingold, Jeffrey. 2023. “‘Dangerous gatekeeping’: Why is Country Music Still Resistant to Diversity?” The Guardian, 4 October.
• Horton, Adrian. 2023. “‘Sticking it to the Liberal Media’: How Conservative Pop Culture Broke Out this Summer.” The Guardian, 9 September. [story translated here: “Se tenir aux médias libéraux” : comment la culture pop conservatrice a éclaté cet été, News Explorer.]
• Lourenço, Marina. 2023. “Country acusado de racismo reúne sucessos e domina paradas musicais dos Estados Unidos.” g1, 11 August.
• Benchetrit, Jenna. 2023. “As Aldean and Combs Top Country Music Charts, the Genre’s Black History Reemerges.” CBC, 4 August.
• Nussbaum, Emily. 2023. “Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville.” The New Yorker, 24 July.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2023. “Country Radio’s Crossroads with Female Artists Examined in New Study.” The Tennessean, 6 July.
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2023. “Country Radio Still Playing the Same Old Song When It Comes to (Not) Playing Female Artists, Study Finds.” Billboard, 24 May.
• Gerson, Jennifer. 2023. “The radio divide: How airplay reinforces the gender gap in country music.” The 19th, 14 March.
• Gerson, Jennifer. 2023. “The Chicks were silenced over politics. 20 years later, those lessons shaped country music’s new generation.” The 19th, 10 March.

2022

• Griffiths, Nathan. 2022. “Holiday hits are old – here’s why.” Vancouver Sun, 22 December.
• Blanchette Pelletier, Daniel. 2022. « Les palmarès pris d’assaut par la musique de Noël. » Ici Radio Canada, 23 décembre.
• Martinez, Amanda Marie. 2022. “Personifying a country ideal, Loretta Lynn tackled sexism through a complicated lens.” NPR, 9 October.
• Moore, Bobby. 2022. “Linda Martell Documentary Will Tell Country Pioneer’s Crucial Story on Her Own Terms.” Wide Open Country, 23 March. [Geo-blocked in Canada, contact SongData for a copy.]
• Song Suffragettes. 2022. Press Release, Song Suffragettes Honor Kelsea Ballerini at 8th Anniversary Celebration on Monday, March 28 at Nashville’s Listening Room Café. The Country Note, 22 March.

2021

• Martinez, Amanda Marie. 2021. “As Country Music Faces a Racial Reckoning, a New Question: Where are the Latinos?” Los Angeles Times, 28 June.
• Abdelmahmoud, Elamin. 2021. “There’s Room for Everyone in the Church of Brandi Carlile.” BuzzFeed News, 23 April.
• Cholst, Rachel. 2021. “Academy of Country Music Wants to Make Country Music Reflect This Country.” The Boot, 17 April.
• Leimkuehler, Matthew. 2021. “New Study Illustrates Broad Racial Disparity in Country Music.” The Tennessean, 23 March.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Black Artist Representation in Country Music Remains Woefully Low: New Study.” Billboard, 12 March.

2020

• Ibrahim, Erika. 2020. “How Spotify Seized Control of our Musical Tastes and Sidelined all the Cool Songs.” Roots Music Canada, 12 December.
• Keel, Beverly. 2020. “How Have Women Artists Fared on Country Radio So Far in 2020?” Inside Radio, 3 November.
• Barker, James. 2020. “We’re Queer, We’re Not Here: LGBTQ+ Representation on Country Radio,” Country Queer, 31 August.
• Yahr, Emily. 2020. “When Will the Country Music Industry End the Myth That Fans Don’t Like Ballads By Women?” Washington Post, 24 August.
• Willman, Chris. 2020. “Ingrid Andress Replaces Gabby Barrett at No. 1 on Country Radio Chart, Marking a Historic First for Two Debuting Women.” Variety, 27 April.
• Yahr, Emily. 2020. “How SiriusXM’s The Highway, airing ‘Stagecouch’ this Weekend, Became a Not-so-Secret Weapon for New Country Singers.” Washington Post, 23 April.
• Leimkuehler, Matthew. 2020. “Women accounted for 10% of country radio airplay in 2019, new report says.” The Tennessean, 17 February.
• Hall, Kristin M. 2020. “Can Equality Pledges Fix Country Music’s Gender Problem?” APnews.com, 22 January.

2019

• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “20 Country Songs by Women that Should Have Been Hits.” Rolling Stone Country, 18 December.
• Chayka, Kyle. 2019. “Can Monoculture Survive the Algorithm?” Vox, 17 December.
• Sumanac-Johnson, Deana. 2019. “Women on Country Radio are Endangered Species, New Research Says.” CBC News, 17 August.
• Godwin, Cody. 2019. “Trisha Yearwood: ‘Country Music Has to Change’.” BBC News, 8 July.
• Godwin, Cody. 2019. “Garth Brooks on Country Music’s Gender Bias: ‘We Don’t Have Enough Female Voices’.” BBC News, 3 May. [Reprinted in Business Ghana, 13 June.]
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “New Study Examines Impact of Country Radio Programming on Women.” Rolling Stone Country, 26 April.
• Vallet, Stéphanie. 2019. “Palmarès : où sont les femmes?” La Presse, 8 mars. [Mise à jours le 11 mars, “Palmarès musicaux : où sont les femmes?“]
• Moss, Marissa R. 2019. “Women on Country Radio: CRS 2019 Sends Mixed Messages.” Rolling Stone Country, 27 February.

2018

• Moss, Marissa R. 2018. “Go-Karting With Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line, 2018’s Unlikeliest Hitmaking Team.” Billboard Magazine, 15 December.
• Buchholz, Amanda B. 2018. “Gender Equity Strikes a Chord in Country Music Industry.” The Progressive, 1 November.

Research Mentioned in Popular Press and Media

2024

• Rousseau, Marie-Lise. 2024. “Nouveau country, nouveau public.” L’actualité, 30 Octobre.
• Ward, Dennis. 2024. “Representation of Indigenous Women Canadian Country Music Industry ‘Abysmal’ Says Singer-Songwriter.” APTN NEWS, 8 October.
• Wheeler, Brad. 2024. “Rapper Haviah Mighty co-hosts Billboard Canada’s Inaugural Billboard Women in Music Gala.” The Globe and Mail, 4 September.
• Dector, Rosie Long. 2024. “Announcing Billboard Canada Women in Music’s 2024 Honourees.” Billboard Canada, 3 September.
• Rangel, Leslie. 2024. “Country Musicians of Color are Seizing the Moment Beyoncé Gave ‘Em.” The Barbed Wire, 28 August.
• iHeart. 2024. “Study Finds Female Musicians are Underrepresented on Canadian Radio.” iHeartRadio, 4 June 2024.
• Gordon, Holly. 2024. “Women have been Underplayed on Canadian Radio for Last Decade, New Study Shows.” CBC, 3 June.
• Lapierre, Megan. 2024. “Music by Women Vastly Underrepresented on Canadian Radio.” Exclaim, 3 June.
• Friend, David. 2024. “Female Musicians Underrepresented on Canadian Radio Playlists: Study.” Toronto Star, 3 June. Published in La Presse on 3 June 2024: « Les artistes féminines sous-représentées dans les listes d’écoute des radios canadiennes. »
• Victorian, Brande. 2024. “Mickey Guyton: Intentional Consumerism of Black Country Music is Needed Beyond Beyoncé.” Essence, 26 April.
• Hamilton, Gary Gerard. 2024. “Beyoncé is Bringing her Fans of Color to Country Music. Will They Be Welcomed In?” Associated Press, 15 April.
• Austin, Nefertiti. 2024. “‘I ain’t No Regular Singer, Now Come Get Everytin’ You Came For’: How Beyoncé Reclaimed Country Music,” Vibe, 6 April.
• McGovern, Nuala. “Women in Country Music,” BBC Women’s Hour, 1 April.
• Ebert, Chaz. 2024. “Beyoncé and My Daughter Love Country Music,” rogerebert.com, 31 March.
• Sherman, Maria. 2024. “Music Review: Beyoncé’s Epic ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’ defies categorization, redefines American Style,” Associated Press, 29 March.
• Daykin, James. 2024. “‘What is Country Music?’ asks Rissi Palmer on a special ‘Color Me Country’,” Entertainment Focus, 21 March.
• Yahr, Emily. 2024. “Beyoncé Has a Country Hit. How Will Country Handle That?” Washington Post, 17 March.
• Walker, Allegra. 2024. “Beyoncé is Redirecting Country Music to its Black Roots,” Study Breaks, 4 March.
• Mansfield, Brian. 2024. “For CRS Panel, Diversity Means Goes Deeper Than Beyoncé.” Country Insider, 4 March.
• Unknown. 2024. “Can Beyoncé Save Country Music’s Reputation?” The Culture Newspaper, 3 March.
• Jefferson, J’Na. 2024. “Black Women Have Always Been in Country Music, You Just Haven’t Been Looking Hard Enough.” Uproot, 1 March. [Shared via Black News.]
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2024. “Beyoncé’s Country Pivot with ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ a Hot Topic During Country Radio Seminar,” Billboard, 1 March.
• CNN. 2024. “Rissi Palmer discusses Beyonce and Black Women in Country Music,” CNN Newsnight with Abby Phillip, 19 February. [Transcript available.]
• Martinez, Amanda Marie. 2024. “Beyoncé is Getting Played on Country Radio. Could her Success Help Other Black Women?” NPR, 17 February.
• Abdelmahmoud, Elamin. 2024. “How Beyoncé Changed the Country Music Conversation,” CBC’s Commotion, 16 February.
• Thompson, Erica. 2024. “US 99 Joins Small Group of Country Stations Playing Beyoncé’s New Music,” Chicago Sun Times, 15 February.Thompson, Eliza. 2024. “Oklahoma Radio Station Plays Beyoncé’s New Country Songs After Backlash from Fans,” US Weekly, 14 February.
  
  2023
• Newman, Melinda, and Jessica Nicholson. 2023. “Country Music Remains Tough for Women. These Artists are Finding Alternative Paths to Success.” Billboard, 15 December.
• Kaplan, Ilana. 2023. “Maren Morris is Leaving the ‘Toxic’ Parts of Country. What Does That Mean for Women in the Genre?” Elle, 29 November.
• Black, Jo. 2023. “Female Artists Absent in Mediabase Country Airplay Top 20 for Second Consecutive Week.” Country Now, 29 November.
• Brennan, Kate. 2023. “Tracy Chapman Becomes First Black Songwriter to Win CMA’s Song of the Year.” The Story Exchange, 9 November.
• Dorion, Desiree. 2023. Interview for Global Winnipeg (CKND), 3 November.
• Blackwelder, Carson. 2023. “Latino Country Artists are Expanding the Genre While Honoring their Roots.” Good Morning America, 13 October. [view video]
• Lerner, Haley. 2023. “Black Opry, a country music collective, creates community among Black musicians.” WBGH, 8 August.
• Simon, Scott, and Ryan Benk. 2023. “Black Opry founder Holly G. is Fighting for Black Country Music to be Recognized.” NPR, 22 July.
• CNN. 2023. “Chart-Topping Cover of ‘Fast Car’ Helps Tracy Chapman Make Country Music History.” CNN, 16 July.
• Yahr, Emily. 2023. “Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs and the Complicated Response to ‘Fast Car’.” Washington Post, 13 July.
• Dundon, Luke Siddham. 2023. “Why Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ is Making Country Music History.” Radio National, 9 July.
• Roland, Tom. 2023. “Song Suffragettes Grow Beyond Nashville as it Looks to Get More Female Voices Heart.” Billboard, 30 May.
• Roland, Tom. 2023. “Female Kickstarter Song Suffragettes Grows its Brand as a Consequential Showcase.” Billboard Country Update, 26 May.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2023. “Issue #8: No Two Ladies Back to Back!” Don’t Rock the Inbox, 23 May.
• Wynn, Ron. 2023. “Black Women Country Artists: A Look to the Future.” The Tennessee Tribune, 26 January.
  
  2022
• Neilson, Tami. 2022. “Queen of country music, Tami Neilson,” interview with Radio New Zealand, 11 October.
• Burke, Sarah. 2022. “2022 CCMAs: Women in Country Music Panel.” Women in Media (live panel discussion hosted by Sarah Burke ). This panel took place on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at CCMA week, and aired on Women in Media podcast on Monday, September 12, 2022.
• Glusac, Elaine. 2022. “Making the Rounds on Nashville’s Singer-Songwriter Circuit.” New York Times, 25 August.
• Darden, Jenée. 2022. “Black Opry Revue Helps Reestablish the Black Community’s Connection to Country Music.” Shondaland, August 11.
• Nashville Public Television. 2022. “Unapologetically Black Country: The Black Opry.” Part of the Country Music: A Nashville Story series of PBS for the Arts. Released 19 July.
• Willman, Chris. 2022. “CMT’s Leslie Fram Leads the Charge to Bring Women Back Out of Country Music’s Margins.” Variety’s Strictly Business podcast, 6 July. Listen to podcast episode.
• Willman, Chris. 2022. “Black Music Action Coalition Issues Damning Report on Country Music’s Scant Black Representation.” Variety, 17 June.
• Araba, Anatola. 2022. “Mickey Guyton is the Future of Country Music.” Elle, 13 June.
• Good, Hannah. 2022. “15 Country Songs by Women Everyone Should Know, According to an Expert.” The Washington Post, 10 May.
• Small, Alan. 2022. “It’s Not All Fun and Games for Manitoba Country Musician: Desiree Doiron Would Like to See More Indigenous Artists Get Radio Airplay.” Winnipeg Free News, 16 April.
• Liebig, Lorie. 2022. “New Documentary Spotlights Black Artists Staking Their Rightful Claim in Country Music.” The Boot, 15 March.
• Yahr, Emily. 2022. “Black Artists Have Been Sidelined in Country Music for Decades. The Black Opry is Here to Change That.” The Washington Post, 9 February.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2022. “Apple Music Country Radio unzips terrestrial radio’s ‘straight jacket’.” The Tennessean, 2 February. 
• Lents, Braydyn. 2022. “Black Voices: Black Country Artists Increasingly Break Barriers, Gain Popularity.” Indiana Daily Student, 21 January.
  
  2021
• Cottom, Tressie McMillan. 2021. “The Black Vanguard in White Utopias.” The Undefeated, 31 December.
• Bohn, Isabelle. 2021. “Country Music is Seemingly Changing for the Better but Radio Stations are Stuck in the Past.” The Tennessean, 30 December.
• Sheppard, Elena. 2021. “Morgan Wallen’s Country Music Redemption Arc is a Sad Sign of the Times.” NBC Think, 6 December.
• BBC. 2021. “Changing Country Music,” BBC Sounds (documentary), 27 November.
• Roland, Tom. 2021. “The CMA Awards Ballot Shows Country’s Interest in Equity – How Long Will It Last?” Billboard Country Update, 8 November.
• Goldstein, Tiffany. 2021. “12 Rising Female Stars Making Waves in Country Music.” Music Mayhem, 18 October.
• Vox Media. 2021. “Country Music.” Episode of Netflix documentary series Explained. Produced by Elizabeth Rowley.
• Wilson, Carl. 2021. “Country Music Needs Mickey Guyton More Than She Needs Country Music.” Slate, 30 September.
• Cholst, R. (2021). “Building a Bigger Table: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at AmericanaFest.” The Boot, 20 September.
• Paulson, Dave. 2021. “‘We Risked It All’: Country Music’s Black Voices are Striving to Be Heart.” The Tennessean, 24 September.
• Barker, James. 2021. “CMA Nominations 2021: Don’t Pretend the Deck’s Not Stacked.” CountryQueer, August.
• Caza, Pierre-Etienne. 2021. « À l’écoute des femmes en musique.» Actualités UQAM, 31 August.
• Barker, James. 2021. “CMA Awards Nominations Are Open. Time to Walk the Walk.” CountryQueer, August.
• D’orjay the Singing Shaman. 2021. “Why Did I, a Black & Queer Woman, Choose Country Music.” Canadian Musician, 27 July.
• Unknown. 2021. “Morgan Wallen is Back After N-Word Scandal – Has he Changed?” The Boot, 24 July.
• Lee, Veronica. 2021. “Numbers Don’t Lie: Lilli Lewis Talks Black Presence In Americana.” Off Beat, 8 July.
• D’orjay the Singing Shaman. 2021. “Pride Month Conversation Series Episode 4 | With Stephen Krajinovic & D’orjay The Singing Shaman.” 23 June.
• Nawaz, Amna, and Gretchen Frazee. 2021. “Long Excluded from Country Music, Black Women are Finally Breaking Through.” PBS News Hour, 15 April.
• Frazee, Gretchen. 2021. “How These Black Women are Reshaping Country Music.” PBS News Hour, 15 April.
• Fox, Rebecca. 2021. “Country Music a Fight for Women.” Otago Daily Times, 1 April.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Black and Multiracial Bro-Country Stars are Paving the Way.” Nashville Scene, 25 March.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Solomon Burke: The Country Star?” Holler, 23 March.
• Dowling, Marcus K. 2021. “Last Week Was the Greatest Black Week in Country Music History.” The Medium, 19 March.
• Stefano, Angela. 2021. “Study: Artists of Color Still Vastly Underrepresented in Country Music.” The Boot, 12 March.
• Rodman, Sarah. 2021. “Black, Female and Carving out Their Own Path in Country Music.” New York Times, 17 February.
• Hughes, Charles. 2021. “Three Lessons to Learn from to Learn from Morgan Wallen’s Racial Reckoning.” Slate, 13 February.
• Abdelmahmoud, Elamin. 2021. “If Morgan Wallen’s Racism Won’t Bring a Reckoning to Country, What Will?” BuzzFeed News, 8 February.
  
  2020
• Moss, Marissa. 2020. “The O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack Turns 20.” Stereogum, 4 December.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “How Kalie Shorr Went From Independent Artist To Signing A Record Deal In A Pandemic.” Forbes, 30 November.
• Fitzpatrick, Hayley. 2020. “Women in Country Music Talk Pushing for More Representation and Diversity in the Genre.” Good Morning America, 10 November.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “Can Taylor Swift’s ‘betty’ Help Country Radio’s Gender Imbalance?” Sounds Like Nashville, 17 August.
• Lyle, Ashley. 2020. “Mickey Guyton’s Hard-Earned Breakthrough.” Hits Daily Double, 4 August.
• Neilson, Tami. 2020. “Basic Folk Podcast: Tami Neilson.” FolkAlley.com, 3 August. [In conversation with Basic Folk’s Cindy Howes, Neilson speaks about SongData’s research in her discussion about inclusion and diversity in country music.]
• Keefe, Jonathan. 2020. “Review: The Chicks’s Gaslighter is a Defiant Act of Rebranding.” Slant, 13 July.
• Guyton, Mickey. 2020. “A conversation with country star Mickey Guyton.” NPR 1A, 2 July. [In conversation with 1A‘s Celeste Headlee, Guyton cites SongData’s research in her discussion of the gender disparity on country radio.]
• Mazonowicz, Max. “‘I sometimes throw on a wig that I had custom made by a drag queen in the States who does a lot of the wigs for RuPaul’s Drag Race’ We Chat with Tami Neilson.’ The Digital Fix, 11 May.
• Hight, Jewly. 2020. “Is Country Music Finally Ready for Mickey Guyton?” Los Angeles Times, 9 April.
• Easton, Steacy. 2020. “Why Can’t Women Catch a Break in Nashville These Days?” City Pages, 30 March.
• InsideRadio. 2020. “For The First Time In Seven Years, Three Female Country Artists Make Top 10.” Inside Radio, 18 March.
• Willman, Chris. 2020. “Country Radio has Three Women in Top 10 for First Time in Seven Years.” Variety, 16 March.
• Shewfelt, Raechal. 2020. “Jennifer Nettles on ‘Extreme’ Gender Imbalance in Country Music: ‘I don’t Think This Will be Able to Last Much Longer’.” Yahoo.com, 6 March.
• Johns, Nikara. 2020. “Jennifer Nettles Rips Into Patriarchy, Talks That ‘Equal Play’ Pantsuit & Using Fashion for Good.” Footwear News, 6 March.
• Cantwell, David. 2020. “No One is Writing Better Songs Than Brandy Clark Is.” The New Yorker, 6 March.
• Keel, Beverly. 2020. “Female Country Artists Deserve More Respect, Money and Airplay.” The Tennessean.
• Paulson, Ken. 2020. “Country music sexism: Women fight for equality on the airwaves, and country radio shrugs.” The Tennessean, 24 February.
• Liebeg, Lorie. 2020. “Carrie Underwood Says ‘Songwriters Aren’t Writing for Women,’ But She Understands Why.” The Boot, 21 February.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2020. “Women on Country Radio: Data Mixes With Lip Service at CRS 2020.” Rolling Stone Country, 21 February.
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2020. “CRS: Is 2020 The Year of the Female Artist?” Music Row News, 21 February.
• Newman, Melinda. 2020. “Programmers Suggest Ways to Get More Women onto Radio During Country Radio Seminar Panel.” Billboard Bulletin, 21 February, p. 4.
• Willman, Chris. 2020. “CMT Throws a Data Party to Prove Country Fans Want More Female Voices.” Variety, 20 February.
• Stefano, Angela. 2020. “Country Music’s Women Earning Only 10 Percent of Radio Airplay, Chart Spots, New Study Finds.” TheBoot, 19 February.
• Shelburne, Craig. 2020. “Research Shows Fans Would Welcome More Women on Radio.” CMT.com, 19 February.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “Next Steps For Gender Parity at Country Radio Discussed at CMT & Change the Conversation Event.” Billboard.com, 19 February.
• Advocacy. 2020. “How The AM-FM Act Can Close The Music Gender Gap.” Grammy.com, 19 February.
• Newman, Melinda. 2020. “Is the Tide Finally Turning for Women at Country Radio?” Billboard.com, 18 February.
• Hollabaugh, Lorie. 2020. “CMT Study Reveals 84% Of Listeners Want Equal Airplay For Female Artists.” Music Row News, 18 February.
• Hollabaugh, Lorie. 2020. “SongData Study Reveals Women’s Voices Are “Nearly Invisible” On Country Radio.” Music Row News, 18 February.
• Vaden, Monta. 2020. “Q&A: Fram Leads Equal Play.” Country Aircheck, 18 February (Issue 692), pp. 1, 7.
• Leimkuehler, Matthew. 2020. “Want to Hear More Women on the Radio? Most Listeners Do, says new poll.” The Tennessean, 18 February.
• Smith, Courtney E. 2020. “Maren Morris Hits No. 1 at Country Radio & A Study Shows that Women Want to Hear Women.” Refinery29, 18 February.
• Somvichian-Clausen, Austa. 2020. “Inside the Myth that Listeners don’t Want to Hear Female Singers.” TheHill, 18 February.
• Weaver, Jackson. 2020. “Stand by your man – and woman: Country music radio station pledges equal play.” CBC, 25 January.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2020. “How CMT’s Pledge to Play More Videos by Women Could Influence Country Radio.” Rolling Stone Country, 24 January.
• Stiernberg, Bonnie. 2020. “CMT Promises Gender Parity. Why Won’t Country Radio Do the Same?” InsideHook, 23 January.
• Jashinsky, Emily. 2020. “CMT Just Pledged To Play Male and Female Artists the Same, But Will it Matter?” The Federalist, 22 January.
• Bernheim, Lucie. 2020. “Equal Play: The Movement That Won’t Quiet Down Until Radio Listens.” NYCOUNTRYSWAG.COM, 21 January.
• Reuter, Annie. 2020. “CMT Pledges Equal Airplay For Female Artists.” Billboard, 21 January.
• Thiessen, Connie. 2020. “Kingston’s Pure Country Commits to Week of Equal Play.” Broadcast Dialogue, 20 January.
• Schwartz, Drew. 2020. “Inside Country Radio’s Hidden, Sexist Policies That Keep Female Artists Off the Air.” Vice.com, 17 January.
• Venman, Kate. 2020. “Kacey Musgraves Clapping Back At Sexist Country Radio Is So Important.” GOAT, 17 January.
• Hudak, Joseph. 2020. “Twang’s Up? Samantha Bee Explores Sexism in Country Music.” Rolling Stone Country, 16 January.
• Trageser, Stephen. 2020. “Margo Price Debuts ‘Stone Me,’ Talks Sexism in Country Music on Full Frontal.” Nashville Scene, 16 January.
• Wang, Stephanie. 2020. “Kacey Musgraves Calls Out Sexism in Country Radio.” Nylon.com, 16 January.
• Wynne, Kelly. 2020. “Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini Blast Country Radio Station for Saying it Can’t Play Two Female Artists in a Row.” Newsweek, 16 January.
• Bee, Samantha. 2020. “Sexism in Country Music.” Produced by Todd Bieber and Kim Burdges with Grace Leeson. Edited by Jesse Coane with graphics by Daniel Spenser. Featuring Amy Hoggart and Sasheer Zamata. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee on TBS, 16 January.
  
  2019
• Moore, Bobby. 2019. “New Study Finds That Things Keep Getting Worse for Women on Country Radio.” Wide Open Country, 11 December.
• Inside Radio. 2019. “New Study Reveals Worsening Gender Gap in Country Music Airplay.” Inside Radio, 10 December.
• Liptak, Carena. 2019. “Study: At All Times of Day, Country’s Women Find Themselves Crowded Out of Airplay.” TheBoot.com, 9 December.
• Reuter, Annie. 2019. “New Study Shows Staggering Imbalance of Gender Representation at Country Radio.” Billboard, 6 December.
• Neal, Jocelyn. 2019. “Five Myths About Country Music.” Washington Post, 27 November.
• Fowler, Jena. 2019. “Country Music Needs to do Better.” Her Campus, 20 November.
• Shewfelt, Raechal. 2019. “Jennifer Nettles calls for ‘equal play’ for women in country music with CMAs red carpet look.” Yahoo! News, 13 November.
• Smith, Courtney E. 2019. “Yes, Miranda Lambert Married A Hot Cop. She’s Also a Country Music Star.” Refinery29, 31 October.
• McDonnell, Brandy. 2019. “Interviews, photos and video: Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae talk about women in country music ahead of Tulsa tour stop.” The Oklahoman, 18 October.
• McDonnell, Brandy. 2019. “Carrie the torch: Carrie Underwood is lifting up fellow country music women Maddie & Tae and Runaway June on ‘Cry Pretty Tour 360’.” The Oklahoman, 18 October.
• Gerson, Jennifer. 2019. “Country music has a gender issue. Kacey Musgraves is the latest woman to be shut out.” the 19th, 15 October.
• Gender Avenger. 2019. “ACT NOW | Spotify, Country Music, and the Commission of Women Artists.” Gender Avenger, 4 October.
• Thiessen, Connie. 2019. “The Podcast: Four-Time CCMA Music Director of the Year Winner Amanda Kingsland.” Broadcast Dialogue, 27 September.
• Watters, Gemma. 2019. “Country’s New Supergroup ‘The Highwomen’ Unite to Make Way for Unsung Female Artists,” NPR, 15 September.
• Murtha, Tara. 2019. “The Highwomen are Revolutionizing Country Music (Opinion).” CNN, 13 September.
• Thiessen, Connie. 2019. “Study Finds Men Outplaying Women on Canadian Country Radio 8.7 to 1.” Broadcast Dialogue, 11 September.
• CBC Radio. 2019. “Why Don’t We Hear More Women on Country Radio?” CBC Radio q episode, 6 September. [Group of panelists discuss the findings of report on Canadian country format radio.]
• Johnston, Abby. 2019. “The Highwomen are the Superbly Talented, Feminist Supergroup Country Music Needs.” Texas Observer, 5 September.
• Moore, Bobby. 2019. “Women Don’t Want to Hear Women? Country Music History Proves Otherwise.” The Boots, 4 September.
• Weiner, Natalie. 2019. “Country Music is a Man’s World. The Highwomen Want to Change That.” The New York Times, 3 September.
• Inside Radio. 2019. “Female Country Artists Had Only Four No. 1’s in Past 19 Months.” InsideRadio, 5 August.
• Dredge, Stuart. 2019. “Flagship Country Streaming Playlists Outdo Radio for Diversity.” Music Ally, 5 August.
• Eggersten, Chris. 2019. “Female Artists Account for Just 21% of Songs on Billboard’s Country Airplay Charts: SongData Research Finds a ‘Significant Gender Imbalance’ in Country Radio.” Billboard, 2 August.
• Stilwell, Rachel. 2019. “Rachel Stilwell.” Storyophonic, 15 July. [In conversation with Storyophonic’s Dan Kimpel, Stilwell cites SongData’s research in her discussion of the impact of the Telecommunications Act on diversity in radio programming.]
• Brunner, Jeryl. 2019. “Trisha Yearwood Says Life is a ‘Sliding Scale. Everything is Not Always in Perfect Balance.” Parade, 12 July.
• Barnes, Hannah. 2019. “Kelleigh Bannen Says the State of Women in Country Music is ‘Really Wild’.” PopCulture.com, 2 July.
• Stimeling, Travis. 2019. “It’s Time to Stop Promoting the White, Working-Class Cliche of Country Music.” 100 Days in Appalachia, 1 July.
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “Country Music’s Reckoning: Race and Gender, 2019-Style.” Pop Literacy, 25 June. [Pop Literacy‘s Jennifer Armstrong and Kimberly Potts discuss gender and racial inequity in country music with Moss.]
• Savage, Mark. 2019. “Maren Morris: Country Music Has A Problem with Sexuality.” BBC News, 12 June.
• Marissa, Moss. 2019. “One More Scoop of Vanilla: A New Proposal Looks to Loosen Radio Ownership Rules.” NPR, 7 June.
• Yahr, Emily. 2019. “Why Kacey Musgraves, Who Keeps Winning wards, Still Can’t Get a Country Radio Hit.” Washington Post, 6 June. [Reprinted in print editions of National Post, 12 June; “Radio Silence: Country Radio Stations Ignore Star,” The Ottawa Citizen, 18 June; “Country Star Gets No Respect From Radio,” The Vancouver Sun, 18 June.
• Erickson, Kevin. 2019. “Podcast #196 – The Campaign to Keep Local Radio Local.” Radio Survivor, 4 June. [Host Paul Riismandel discusses issues of localism and diversity in radio programming with Erickson, from Future of Music Coalition.]
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “Banding Together: From Country and R&B to hip-hop and rock, female artists are taking their show on the road…together.” Entertainment Weekly, 31 May.
• Ward, Rachel. 2019. “The Sociology of Country Music Lyrics.” The Economist, 30 May.
• Houghton, Cillea. 2019. “Female Nashville Execs Speak out at ‘Women Who Rock’ Music Biz Event.” The Variety, 9 May.
• Moss, Marissa. 2019. “Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Sounds Like Country’s Future. So Why Has Nashville Snubbed It?” Los Angeles Times, 1 May.
• Brown, Harley. 2019. “Consolidation is Harming Diversity and Localism in Terrestrial Radio, According to New Report.” Billboard Biz, 30 April.
• Inside Radio. 2019. “Research Delves into Female-Male Artist Disparity on Country Radio.” Inside Radio, 29 April.
• Maddison, Katie. 2019. “Men Still Dominate Country Radio Airplay, Distressing Study Reveals.” Country Daily, 29 April.
• Moore, Bobby. 2019. “Even Country Radio’s Most-Played Women Struggle Compared to its Most-Played Men, Study Finds.” The Boot, 29 April.
• Radio Ink. 2019. “Study: Lack of Female Artists on Radio is Real.” Radio Ink, 29 April.
• Smith, Courtney E. 2019. “Want to Hear a Woman on Country Radio? You’ll Have to Sit Through 44 Songs by Men First.” Refinery29, 27 April.
• Hughes, William. 2019. “Study Reveals Shocking Result: Country Radio is Still Totally Dominated by Dudes.” AV/News, 26 April.
• Whitaker, Sterling. 2019. “New Study Reveals Nearly 10-to-1 Disparity Between Men and Women at Country Radio.” Taste of Country, 26 April.
• Nicholson, Jessica. 2019. “Spun Out: New Study Examines Drastic Decline in Female Artists on Country Radio.” MusicRow, 26 April.
• Brown, Harley. 2019. “Study Finds ‘Alarming’ Gender Representation on Country Radio.” Billboard, 26 April.
• Mercuri, Monica. 2019 “Reba McEntire’s ACM Award Criticism Speaks to Ongoing Issues for Female Country Artists.” Forbes, 8 April.
• Moss, Marissa R. 2019. “New Country Music Study Examines Scarcity of Women on Radio.” Rolling Stone Country, 5 April.
  
  2018
• Smith, Courtney E. 2018. “The Man Who Thinks Women in Country Music Are ‘Tomatoes’ Is At It Again.” Refinery29, July 8.
  
  

  Media Appearances

• Panel Discussion with Sarah Burke with Women in Media Podcast, “Share the Air Panel: Discussion on Landmark Music Industry Research,” 2 July 2024.
• Interview with Zoë Argiropulos-Hunter on CKCU FM’s First Crush, 30 June 2024.
• Interview on CBC’s Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud; presented by guest host Amil Niazi, “Why are Female Artists Underplayed on Canadian Radio?” 10 June.
• Interview for CBC’s The National, “Female Artists Underplayed on Canadian Radio,” 9 June.
• Interview with Alison Brunette for CBC Quebec (Sherbrooke), “Women are Underrepresented on Canadian Radio,” 7 June.
• Interview for CBC’s Here and Now, “New study reveals artists get less airplay on Canadian radio, especially those of colour and transgender artists,” 4 June.
• Interview with Crystal Garrett for CTV Morning Live Atlantic, “Beyoncé’s Effect on Country Music,” 2 May 2024.
• A Conversation Around ‘Three Chords and the Actual Truth’ | Black music Action Coalition with Billboard, Billboard.com, 26 April.
• Interview with Vinita Srivastava, “Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Transmits Joy, Honours Legends and Challenges a Segregated Industry.” Don’t Call Me Resilient, 4 April.
• Interview for The National, Beyoncé’s Country Album Giving Artists Hope for a Black Country Renaissance, 29 March.
• Interview with Rissi Palmer. “Episode 88: What is Country Music: Part 1. Chris Molanphy and Dr. Jada Watson Help Define Country.” Color Me Country Radio, 22 March.
• Interview with Sarah Burke, Episode #77, Jada “Data” Watson, Women in Media, March 2024.
• Interview with Jack Hurley, The 25th Hour: Is Country Music Diverse? Capital Current, 18 December 2023.
• Interview with Robyn Bresnahan, on Taylor Swift as Person of the Year, CBC Radio One, 13 December 2023.
• Interview with Paige and David Biderman for Disarming Data, “Episode 20: The Politics of Sound: Equity and Inclusion in Country Music Labels ft. Dr. Jada Watson,” 3 October.
• Interview with Amanda Debison for CTV Morning Live Atlantic, “Taylor Swift’s Impact,” 9 August.
• Interview with Deana Sumanac-Johnson for The National, Luke Combs’s cover of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car Inspires Complicated Feelings, 4 August 2023.
• Interview with Cody “Murph” Murphy for Weekdays with Murph podcast, 20 June 2023.
• “SongData with Jada Watson,” with Olivia Adams. Loud and Clear (podcast), 11 November 2022.
• “Women of Country: Through the Decades,” audio documentary for Absolute Radio Country. Produced by Audio Always, March 2022. [Not available in Canada]
• “What High Revenues Mean for the Music Industry,” with Manjula Selvarajah.” CBC Radio, 18 November 2021.
• On Spotify, with Manjula Selvarajah. CBC Radio, 29 September 2021.
• 92Y. “Diversity in Country Music.” From Nashville – Music Talks with Hunter Kelly,  19 May 2021.
• Country Soul Songbook. “Spring 2021 Almanac.” 13 April 2021.
• Interview with Victoria Banks and Sarah DeFors. “Special Episode! BIPOC in Country Music w/Musicologist and Researcher Jada Watson.” The Table Women Podcast, 16 March 2021.
• Interview with Billy Dukes. “The Grammy Awards Showed Progress – Is It Real?” The Country Music Media Podcast, 15 March 2021.
• Interview with CBC Ottawa. “Representation in Country Music,” 8 March 2021.
• Interview with Rissi Palmer. “Episode 13: Musicologist Jada Watson and Historian Amanda Martinez Give a Music Industry Crash Course,” Color Me Country, 28 February.
• “Interview with Tami Neilson for Episode 8” of the Tami Show, 18 June 2020.
• “Women of Country: Country Music Radio Has a Problem – What’s at Stake?” episode in Southword series, produced by Red Clay Media,  17 February 2020.
• Interview with Dahlia Kurtz for The Goods on 580 CFRA, November 16, 2019.
• Interview with Jon Caramanica for an episode on “The Highwomen, Miranda Lambert, and the Women Invigorating Country Music” on the New York Times Podcast (Podcast), 19 October.
• Interview with Andrew and Sean of Country-Country Music podcast, “Women on Country Radio,” October 9, 2019.
• Interview with Cody “Murph” Murphy for Weekdays with Murph podcast, October 7, 2019.
• Entrevue avec Rudy Desjardins pour Le Café Show du Radio-Canada, “Musique country : de moins en moins de femmes à la radio,” September 16, 2019.
• Interview with Giacomo Panico for CBC Radio Ottawa Morning. Gender Representation on Country Music Radio, August 22, 2019.
• Interview with Deana Sumanac-Johnson for The National, Women in Country Music Get Less Airplay, 16 August, 2019.
• Interview with guest host Cormac MacSweeney for Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe – 1310 News, Discussion on Gender Gap in Country Radio, 30 July 2019 [33:00-43:50].
• Interview with Sarah Boesveld for The Big Stories Podcast, “Country Music Has a Woman Problem,” 29 July, 2019.
• Interview with Connie Thiessen for Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast, “Dr. Jada Watson on the widening gender gap in Country radio,” May 3, 2019.
• Interview with Preston Mulligan for Maritime Noon (CBC – Halifax), “Phone-in with Brett Kissel about the growing popularity of country music,” October 18, 2018 [12:38-53:03].