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\n\tShe Is The Music (SITM)<\/a> will honor Gracie Abrams and her all-female team at its inaugural Women Sharing the Spotlight celebration. The Women\u2019s History Month event is being held on March 27 at The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles. In keeping with its ongoing advocacy for more inclusion, She Is The Music will also honor 50 other impactful women from various sectors of the music industry. And in further support of the organization\u2019s mission, each of the 50 women will share their spotlight with another woman in the business.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBeing surrounded by such an incredible team of women has changed the way I see everything,\u201d said Abrams of her team in a statement. \u201cThey\u2019re not only insanely talented in their individual capacities, but also intentional about supporting each other. I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to learn from each of them. I\u2019m deeply honored to be recognized by She Is The Music, an organization that has done so much to acknowledge and uplift women in this industry. I hope our team is a small example of what\u2019s possible when women support each other and build together.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tGlobal star and She Is The Music co-founder Alicia Keys stated, \u201cGracie Abrams and her incredible team are living proof of what happens when women uplift each other \u2014 when we step into our power, we change the game. In an industry where female-led teams are still the exception, their success is a reminder that we belong in every room, at every table, leading every conversation. She Is The Music is about breaking barriers, opening doors and making sure the next generation of women in music don\u2019t just have a seat at the table \u2014they build the table.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0As part of the Women Sharing the Spotlight celebration, each honoree will receive one of Barbie\u2019s newly unveiled Career of the Year: Women In Music dolls, a musical artist and tour manager duo created to illuminate women in the music industry.<\/p>\n \n\tUniversal Music Publishing Group Chairman\/CEO and She Is The Music co-founder Jody Gerson also noted, \u201c<\/em>Women supporting women is at the very core of She Is The Music\u2019s mission. Creating a sisterhood of accomplished women and the next generations of working women across all facets of the music industry is our collective path forward to success.\u00a0We are delighted to host our inaugural Women Sharing the Spotlight and to celebrate so many wonderful women in our business.\u00a0We are also making a powerful statement by honoring Gracie Abrams and her team for embodying the spirit of sisterhood. This recognition is not only well deserved but also a testament to the fact that women in our industry can reach the highest levels of success on their own terms \u2014 especially when they uplift and support one another in meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe evening will also spotlight key takeaways from the newly released\u00a0\u201cInclusion in the Music Business\u201d report, conducted by USC Annenberg\u2019s Inclusion Initiative in partnership with\u00a0Believe\u00a0and\u00a0TuneCore. Chief among the findings: 84.2% of the most senior executives\u00a0at major music companies are white men; only 13.2% of CEO\/president roles are held by women and only 5.3% of top executives are women of color \u2014an unchanged statistic since 2021. The full report can be viewed\u00a0HERE.<\/a> <\/p>\n \n\tBoth TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleeson\u00a0and\u00a0USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative founder Dr. Stacy L. Smith\u00a0will present the aforementioned and other findings at Women Sharing the Spotlight. \u201cIn recent years, our work has shown that women and people of color are increasing their presence on the popular charts as artists,\u201d commented Smith in the press announcement. \u201cBut this progress is not matched by the executive ranks that are responsible for the business of music. It\u2019s clear that there are still real discrepancies in who gets to lead.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tAdded Gleeson, \u201cWe can\u2019t afford to sit back and wait for this issue to fix itself. Artists are pushing boundaries and redefining music every day. It\u2019s time for the executive ranks to reflect that same diversity and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n