The results of a new research report reveal that for women in music, the last decade has been one of insignificant change in the recording studio.

The study provides a comprehensive industry update on inclusion across the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart, examining the artists, songwriters, and producers credited on each of the 1,000 songs on this popular chart from 2012 to 2021 and assessing every Grammy nominee in the categories of Record the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and Producer of the Year for the same time frame.

In 2021, 23.3% of artists on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Chart were women. There has been little change over time for women artists — only 21.8% of artists across ten years and 1,000 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Charts were women.

https://annenberg.usc.edu/news/research-and-impact/women-popular-music-song-still-same

https://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-inclusion-recording-studio-20220331.pdf