Alicia Keys Honors Gracie Abrams At She Is The Music’s ‘Women Sharing The Spotlight’ Event

She Is The Music honored 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.

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 honor 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.’”

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.

Additionally, TuneCore’s Andreea Gleeson took the stage with Dr. Stacy L. Smith of USC Annenberg to discuss key findings from the new Inclusion in the Music Business report—conducted in partnership with Believe and TuneCore—which reveals that 84.2% of top executives at major music companies are white men, only 13.2% of CEO/President roles are held by women, and just 5.3% of top roles are held by women of color, a number unchanged since 2021.

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. 

 

She Is The Music Honorees:

Alexandra Lioutikoff

Alison Smith

Amanda Marks

Ann Mincieli

Barbara Cane

Beth Matthews

Carianne Marshall

Carole Kinzel

Cyndi Forman

Desiree Perez

Dina LaPolt

Ebonie Ward

Gail Mitchell

Geni Lincoln

Golnar Khosrowshahi

Heather Kolker

Jen McDaniels

Jenna Park Adler

Jennifer Knoepfle

Jenifer Mallory

Jennifer Justice

Jocelyn Cooper

Joi Brown

Julie Hurwitz

Julie Swidler

Katie Welle

Lila Gerson

Lori Feldman

Lou Taylor

Lucy Dickins

Luke Burland

Melissa Miller Ormond

Michele Anthony

Michelle An

Michele Bernstein

Natalia Nastaskin

Nicole George Middleton

Nicole Wyskoarko

Phylicia Fant

Sam Kirby Yoh

Samantha Saturn

Stephanie Shim

Sulinna Ong

Susan Genco

Sylvia Rhone

Tammy Hurt

Theola Borden

Tina Davis

Vivien Lewit

Wendy Goldstein

Yvette Noel Schure

Honorees/Committee

Alexis Giles

Ali Harnell

Carolyn Williams

Jacqueline Saturn

Jeanine McLean

Jessica Letkemann

Jody Gerson

Kelly Chappel

Madison Anglin

Marcie Allen

Michelle Yablans

Mo Rhim

Nazanin Fatemian

Nicole Onufrey

Samii Carpintero

Shirley Halperin

Stacey Portnoy