Women are setting the tone in pop music 2024 was a historic year for the music industry. It also embodies a major cultural transformation in a historically male-dominated industry.

More music, more listeners, no problems. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023 ...

If you streamed a lot more music in 2024 — and in particular, a lot of women pop performers — you are not alone. In the U.S., on-demand audio streams grew at a rate of 6.4%, totaling 1.4 trillion.

"Women led the charge, with 63.4 percent of the U.S. top 100 pop audio streams performed by female artists," highlights a Luminate report for 2024. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Indeed ...