bands and artists have taken their place as the royalty of the musical universe: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Dusty Springfield, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Elton John, Queen, The Clash, The Police, Annie Lennox, U2, Coldplay, Amy Winehouse and Adele. Since the British Invasion in the 1960s, U.K. Indeed, the music business as we know it wouldn’t exist without the massive contributions made by Brits over the last six decades. Special are the inheritors of a rich and colorful legacy.

executives and entrepreneurs showcased in the U.K. THE SUN NEVER SETS: The talented female U.K. There’s still much to be done in terms of righting the exclusionary trends of the past, but even a casual flip through the volume you’re holding shows how much change has already occurred in the U.K.Īnd now, here’s how we got to this point in music-biz history. The three British men now running the major-label groups- Sir Lucian Grainge, Rob Stringer and Max Lousada-have made diversity a priority, and have made strides in empowering women in key posts throughout their organizations on both sides of the pond. The resulting Blue Wave was driven largely by women and swept into a power a class of freshman Dem legislators that is more diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity than at any time in history. President and his administration-helped pave the way for a political and cultural uprising that supercharged the midterm elections on this side of the pond. The Weinstein and other scandals that roiled the entertainment world-and the blatant misogyny of the U.S. as well) is part of what has made 2018 a Year of the Woman. That progress still has a ways to go, particularly in terms of women at the very top of the food chain, but it’s undeniable that an evolution is underway, and that this evolution (in the U.S. biz-including the corner office-marks, in some substantial ways, a serious departure from the history we’ll be detailing in a moment. The number of women working the levers in virtually every corner of the U.K.

issue, with editorial from the head of our London bureau, Rhian Jones, provides ample evidence of the significant progress that’s been made in the British music business in terms of gender diversity.

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES: Our just-published annual U.K.

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