BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour released its Power List of “the 40 most powerful women currently working in the music industry”.
The Power List was announced on BBC Music Day in a special programme hosted by Jenni Murray and broadcast from BBC’s Maida Vale studios. The Top 5 includes, in order, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Vanessa Reed (Chief Executive of the PRS Foundation), Adele, and Stacey Tang (Managing Director of RCA UK).The list celebrates “women who are demonstrating power in the music industry, innovators and ground-breakers supporting and championing the work of other women or changing the industry from within.” Editor of Woman’s Hour, Karen Dalziel, said of the list:
“I am delighted to celebrate and champion the 40 remarkable women on the Woman’s Hour Power list 2018. All are experts in their chosen field and each individual has demonstrated the leadership and perseverance to change the music industry from the inside. Their passion and commitment are truly inspiring and inclusion on this prestigious list acknowledges their role in paving the way for other women to have opportunity, profile and power in this exciting industry.”The full list is below:
1. Beyoncé (musician)2. Taylor Swift (musician)3. Vanessa Reed (Chief Executive of the PRS Foundation)4. Adele (musician)5. Stacey Tang (Managing Director of RCA UK)6. Gillian Moore (Director of Music at Southbank Centre)7. Rebecca Allen (President of Decca Records)8. Marin Alsop (conductor)9. Chi-chi Nwanoku (musician, founder of Chineke! orchestra)10. Maggie Crowe (Director of Events and Charities at BPI, Administrator of the BRIT Trust)11. Olga Fitzroy (Recording and mix engineer)12. Annie Mac (DJ)13. Desiree Perez (Chief Operating Officer, Roc Nation)14. Cardi B (musician)15. Sia (songwriter, musician)16. Ellie Rowsell (musician)17. Sarah Stennett (CEO at First Access Entertainment)18. Nicola Benedetti (musician)19. Hattie Collins (journalist)20. Dua Lipa (musician)21. Kathryn McDowell (Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra)22. Julie Pilat (Global Head of Operations for Beats1)23. Alice Farnham (conductor and co-founder of Women Conductors)24. Fiona Stewart (Director of Green Man Festival)25. Taponeswa Mavunga (Head of Publicity at Columbia Records)26. Emma Banks (Co-head at Creative Artists Agency)27. Edwina Wolstencraft (Editor at BBC Radio 3)28. Linda Perry (songwriter, musician)29. Vick Bain (CEO of British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors )30. Jasmine Sandlas (musician)31. Anna Meredith (composer)32. Amber Davis (A&R Director at Warner/Chappell Music)33. Deborah Annetts (Chief Executive at Incorporated Society of Musicians)34. Sas Metcalfe (President, Global Creative, of Kobalt Music)35. Fiona Dalgetty (Chief Executive of Feis Rois)36. Grace Ladoja (founder of Metallic Inc and artist manager)37. Mandy Parnell (mastering engineer and founder of Black Saloon Studios)38. Issie Barratt (composer)39. Nadine Shah (musician)40. Sara Sesardic (Music Editor at Spotify UK)
