Spice Girl Melanie Brown, better known as Mel B or Scary Spice, has spoken of the sexism that the girl group faced in a male-dominated music industry during the 1990s., Brown, who became a member of the iconic British pop group upon its formation in 1994, talked about a struggle to be taken seriously.
"When we came out in the early 90s it was still very male predominant, you know, every interview, every board meeting that we went to, it was all male, and now you do see women in positions of power, not enough, not clearly enough, but it is changing," she added., which surveyed 2,874 people working behind the scenes of the music industry, found that women in senior positions had risen from 40.4% in 2020 to 48.3% in 2024.
Additionally, 51% of women in the U.K. music industry have said they experienced discrimination while working as a musician, compared with only 6% of men, according to the 2024