Country Music Excludes Women, Especially Over Age 40, Study Finds
A new study from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative finds that female artists and songwriters are being severely underrepresented in Nashville, with women over 40 being particularly excluded.
Women's voices and perspectives — and particularly those of more mature female artists and songwriters — are not being heard out of Nashville. That's the conclusion reached by researchers at the University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, who on Friday released a study on the gender gap in country music.
Despite the successes of musicians like Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves — who the 2019 Grammy for album of the, as well as best country album and best country solo performance — the voices of women creators are severely underrepresented.
