Gracie Abrams honored by Alicia Keys at star-studded 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


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