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We envision a music industry that values a level playing field and strives to give an equal voice to all people.
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The music industry has long struggled with gender inequality, and yet there’s still a lack of accessible, artist-level data that shows just how deep the imbalance runs. Chartmetric’s Make Music Equal initiative aims to help change that by building a dataset focused on the self-declared pronouns of artists — a starting point for understanding who is (and isn’t) being represented.
While pronouns don’t always align perfectly with gender identity, they offer a publicly available, artist-defined way to begin tracking gender equity across the industry. By analyzing this data at scale, the project highlights the gender gaps that persist in everything from festival lineups to streaming playlists. Our goal is to make the problem visible — because what gets measured gets changed.
We envision a music industry that values a level playing field and strives to give an equal voice to all people.
Our 2025 Make Music Equal report displays the power of our pronoun dataset, breaking down gains and persistent disparities across the music industry into 10 bite-sized, shareable insights.
Click here to read the reportartists from 230 countries and territories
We group artists into six tiers to reflect their footprint in the music world. At the top are the Legendary—icons who’ve been shaping music for over 30 years. Superstars are today’s household names who have released music in the past three decades. The Mainstream tier features well-known acts with wide appeal. Mid-Level and Developing artists are new talents gaining momentum, and then we have Undiscovered—millions of creators waiting to be heard.
Chartmetric tracks more than 1,000 genres–ranging from R&B to bedroom pop. Explore the artist pronoun breakdown of the top 100 genres with the most artists on Chartmetric.
Chartmetric has pronoun data for artists from 230 countries and territories. Explore the artist pronoun breakdown in the top 100 countries with the most artists on Chartmetric.
Explore the breakdown between solo artists and bands in the top 100 countries with the most artists on Chartmetric.
We update the database every month on the 5th, unless otherwise specified. All pronouns are pulled from public bios on social media and streaming platforms. Due to the dynamic nature of personal identifiers, pronouns listed may be outdated or incorrect. We do our best to keep this database as accurate as possible, please email hi@chartmetric.com if you want update information in the database. We focus on pronouns because they’re often publicly shared—and we don’t want to make assumptions about anyone’s gender identity.
