The UK Music Diversity Taskforce based their findings on reports from a record 3,670 people working in the music industry.
The latest survey on diversity in the U.K. music industry has revealed progress across the wider workforce but a lack of equal gender and ethnic representation at senior executive levels. Findings come from trade body UK Music.
Headline stats from the 2020 Music Industry Workforce Diversity Survey include:
Representation of black, Asian and other ethnic minorities among those aged 16-24 in the music industry stands at record 30.6%—up from 25.9% in 2018.
Proportion of women increases to new high of 49.6% in 2020 from 45.3% in 2016.
The number of people from black, Asian and other ethnic minority communities at entry-level rises to a new high of 34.6% in 2020 from 23.2% in 2018.
The number of women in the 45-64 age group drops to 35% in 2020 from 38.7% in 2018.
And representation of black, Asian and other ethnic minorities at senior executive levels rises to a new high of 19.9% from 17.9% in 2018.
