Spotify hosts first all-women pageant, EQUAL – Dancing Astronaut
by: Melisa Yuriar
Apr 10, 2022
After taking a stand in assist of Ukraine, Spotify continues to make the most of its $27 billion platform to assist different issues of significance, particularly amplifying ladies in music. Spotify initially unveiled the EQUAL hub in 2021 to indicate its “dedication to fostering fairness for ladies in music globally.” The hub spans 50 nations, a myriad of genres, moods, and even mediums, with podcasts additionally credited as a serious class. After efficiently turning its ¡Viva Latino! and Rap Caviar playlists into stay occasions, Spotify has introduced the launch of EQUAL, it’s very first all-female music pageant. “We perceive that equity in music is a posh difficulty that goes past the business, however we wish to do our half from the trenches,” a spokesperson for Spotify mentioned. “By giving artists extra energy, more room, and extra assist, we are able to get extra individuals to take heed to them, extra ladies to know that it may be achieved and that every single day extra alternatives are created and there are extra ladies on the taking part in subject. The music itself shapes a extra equitable future.”
The Colombia-based occasion kicked off on April 1 at El Teatro in Bogota and can culminate on April 29. Produced by Spotify’s music staff in Colombia, EQUAL unites 13 of Colombia’s standout ladies acts to the primary stage. Celebrating ladies’s artistry and contributions to music is Paola Jara, who is ready to carry out on April 20; Lido Pimienta and Nidia Gongora, headlining on April 22; Andrea Echeverri and Maria Cristina Plata, acting on April 27; and Farina and Unhealthy Milk, who will shut out the pageant on April 29.
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