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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Safi Bugel

Number of BAME people in music industry has dropped since 2020, study finds

Driving positive changes on diversity and inclusion … UK Music Diversity Taskforce chair Ammo Talwar.
Driving positive changes on diversity and inclusion … UK Music Diversity Taskforce chair Ammo Talwar. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

The latest biennial UK Music report into industry diversity has found a decrease in the total number of employees from ethnically diverse communities at all levels.

Overall just over one fifth (21.04%) of individuals working in the music industry identify as Black, Asian or minority ethnic – down from 22.3% two years ago – while in entry-level positions the number has fallen from 34.6% to 23.6%, and from 19.9% to 18.3% at a senior level.

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