I’m no longer surprised when I hear that one of my favourite artists is Canadian, it figures. Canada is home to some of the most successful musicians of our decade.
Like many industries, the music business is male-dominated, and to this day, women in music are horribly objectified for their bodies while their talent is overlooked.
Unfortunately, the sexualization of women makes men a lot of money.
If you go behind the scenes, it doesn’t get much better. According to a 2020 study on representation and equality in the music industry, only two percent of producers were female-identifying while approximately 98 percent were male.
This gives me every reason to amplify Canadian women in music because I believe no woman has ever gotten as much recognition as she deserves.
Celine Dion
Billboard calls her the “Queen of Pop,”
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Celine Dion brings pride to fellow French-Canadians, with accolades in both languages as the best-selling Canadian recording artist and the best-selling French-language artist of all time.
Truly an amazing and inspirational woman who shaped the sound of modern pop.
Salome Bey
Known as “Canada’s first lady of the blues,” Salome Bey formed a Jazz group with her siblings at the age of 17, Andy and The Bey Sisters.
In 1996, Salome was honoured with the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Lifetime Achievement and later was inducted as an honorary member of the Order of Canada.
It’s important to acknowledge that black women work harder than white women to get half of the recognition. Salome Bey should be a household name.
Joni Mitchell
Known for her insightful songwriting and her sweet mezzo-soprano voice. Once described as the “Yang to Bob Dylan’s Yin, equaling him in richness and profusion of imagery,”
Joni Mitchell’s deeply personal and imagery-based lyricism carries heavy meaning. Mitchell is among other “album artists” from the ’60s who didn’t believe in singles, “My music is not designed to grab instantly. It’s designed to wear for a lifetime, to hold up like a fine cloth,”