Women in the music industry
Subject in Music Commentary
Women in the music industry has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Gabriella Di LaccioBrazilian-born classical soprano and founder of the Donne Foundation, which documents women composers
Di Laccio acknowledges progress but says the music industry remains male-dominated and still treats women poorly.
“But the music industry is still very male. It's still, you hear From different experiences, still things happening that are not the best for women”
TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 29:25
Manoush ZomorodiHost of NPR's TED Radio Hour
Zomorodi notes that the share of women on Billboard Hot 100 charts has risen from about 22-23 percent to around a third.
“it's gone up from about 22 percent, 23 percent women on those charts. And now it's around like a third or so”
TED Radio Hour: The women missing from music (Oct 2, 2026) · Listen from 28:36
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
The women missing from musicTED Radio Hour · Oct 2, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with soprano Gabriella Di Laccio about forgotten women composers and AI, then airs Nadya Tolokonnikova's TED Talk on Pussy Riot's resistance.