Major record labels, streaming platforms and broadcasters pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable donations.
Delving deeper into the numbers, the authors of the 25-page report, led by Stacy L.
After filtering out subsidiaries, the researchers looked at the uppermost leadership positions — chief executives, chairmen and presidents — in a subset of 70 major and independent companies, and found that 86.1 percent of those people were both white and male.
“Underrepresented and Black artists are dominating the charts, but the C-suite is a ‘diversity desert,’” Dr.
Each year since 2018, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has tracked the artists, songwriters and producers behind the biggest hits.
Black executives fared best within record labels, making up 14.4 percent of all positions, and 21.2 percent of artist-and-repertoire, or A&R, roles, which tend to work most closely with artists.
Even at record labels, where Black executives were best represented, Black women held only 5.3 percent of executive jobs.
This week, the Black Music Action Coalition, a group of artist managers, lawyers and other insiders, is expected to release a “report card” on how well the industry has met its own commitments to change.
The authors of the report, who also include Marc Choueiti, Katherine Pieper, Zoe Moore, Dana Dinh and Artur Tofan, said they want to spur the industry toward change.