The proportion of BAME (Black, Asian, minority ethnic) representation in the music industry’s workforce is 15.6 percent, higher than the UK population as a whole (12.8 percent), a new report from UK Music has revealed. Among new starters in the music industry, those who have worked for under a year, 27.5 percent are BAME, suggesting the work being done to encourage diversity at this level is having a positive effect. At the same time, the research discovered that the proportion decreases by age: between the ages of 35 and 44 the figure is 11.7 percent and from 45 to 64, this figures sits at 7.6 percent. The overall split of men to women (53.6 percent to 45.3 percent) in the music industry shows women are slightly underrepresented in comparison with the UK population (49.3 percent to 50.7 percent). However, between the ages of 25 and 34, women account for 54.5 percent of the workforce which looks more positive for younger women in the industry. This number drops to 41.4 percent in the 35 to 44 age range and to 32.7 percent between 45 and 64. UK Music’s workforce diversity survey was launched in July 2016 by the UK Music […]

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