Attendees also heard powerful remarks from Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman and CEO and She Is The Music co-founder Jody Gerson and She Is The Music Executive Director Michelle Yablans.
She Is The Music honoured GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams and her team of women at the Women Sharing The Spotlight event at The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on March 27. The powerful evening celebrated 50 impactful women in the music industry, each of whom shared their spotlight with another woman in the business.
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At the event, global superstar Alicia Keys took the stage to introduce Gracie Abrams, saying, “When I found out that she has, like, 40 women who are a part of her team… this is the living embodiment, the walking the walk, the breathing the breath, the doing the thing that we’re talking about. Because it’s one thing to talk about it, it’s another thing to actually live it and breathe it and execute it and be it and believe in it …”
“This all female led team is still an exception in this business, and this is a reminder that we belong in every room, we belong at every table, and we should be leading every conversation.”
Gracie Abrams accepted the honour by saying, “It’s an interesting time to be a woman in America and I firmly believe that the way we survive and thrive is by leading together, by sticking our necks out for each other – especially when it’s difficult – and by being in community as much as possible. To improvise off Margaret Mead if you’ll allow: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed WOMEN can change the world. In fact it’s the only thing that ever has.’”
The She Is The Music event is made possible through the support of industry leaders who share the mission of creating a more inclusive music business. The Hollywood Reporter serves as the event’s exclusive media partner, with Live Nation Women also lending their support to champion women in music. Follow She Is The Music here.
