Today, Spotify is celebrating International Women's Day by sharing the music and stories of women creators, artists, activists, and nonprofits around the world. The music, lyrics, and voices coming from women in the industry and beyond are complex and vibrant-something we're amplifying for our listeners this month through the creation of platform initiatives, release of new music created entirely by women, and off-platform support of nonprofits.
New playlists and a refreshed EQUAL hub Spotify is starting off International Women's Day With Love, a podcast playlist series created in partnership with social impact agency Invisible Hand with production support by Pod People. With Love celebrates and honors 24 women who share love letters to their past selves or to a key supporter who changed their lives during a pivotal moment in time. There will be three playlists: one for Artists, one for Storytellers, and one for Changemakers. Artists like Fefe Dobson and Pyra, songwriters like Jennifer Decilveo and Kuinvi, creators like Munroe Bergdorf and Rintik Sedu, and activists like Dominique Morgan and Lauren Wasser all share their stories in the collection playlists. These personal anecdotes of wisdom, gratitude, and compassion spotlight the vast landscape of what it means to be a woman and the outsized impact that women have in the world.
Spotify is also highlighting five global nonprofits focused on gender equity by amplifying each nonprofit's own curated playlist themed around the voices of the communities they serve. Organizations include:
The Okra Project: This collective seeking to address the global crises facing Black trans women will include R&B powerhouses like Beyonc , Ciara, and Whitney Houston in their playlist.
Vital Voices: This global nonprofit focusing on uplifting women leaders will feature pop stars from throughout the years like Lady Gaga, Chaka Khan, Adele, and Diana Ross.
Women in Music: This nonprofit working to advance equity for women in the audio space will showcase up-and-coming hip-hop artists like Flo Milli, Tierra Whack, Amber Mark, Chl e, and Justine Skye on their playlist.
Mama Glow Foundation: This nonprofit supporting women during their birthing processes will include soulful tunes from The Internet, Jhen Aiko, LION BABE, and Solange on their playlist.
Casa 1: This nonprofit focusing on shelter for LGBT+ people expelled from homes throughout South America amplifies Brazilian feminists MULAMBA, Liniker, Z lia Duncan, and Letrux on their playlist.
In addition to spotlighting these organizations on the platform, Spotify will be giving donations to each of them to support their critical work.
The With Love and nonprofit playlists will all live on the EQUAL Global Hub, which continues to be a one-stop destination for listeners who want to discover music from emerging women artists.
This month, the hub is getting a new look and feel and will be available in new markets, including those in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan. It will also include an EQUAL Arabia playlist from MENA and EQUAL Pakistan. Both are the latest markets to join EQUAL.
EQUAL x Spotify Singles In addition to these playlists, listeners can find brand-new music on the EQUAL Global Hub. EQUAL and Spotify Singles, two of Spotify's innovative music programs, are uniting to bring listeners recordings from an incredible slate of emerging women artists.
EQUAL fosters equity for women in the music and audio space and has helped highlight the careers of women around the world. Spotify Singles, which launched in 2017, gives artists an opportunity to record new versions of their own songs, songs of artists they love, or an original song. Since its launch almost six years ago, tracks from the program have collectively hit over 5 billion streams.
For International Women's Day, the two programs collaborated to produce three songs created exclusively by women-from the production to the recording to the engineering.
Ethel Cain, whose music reflects on her upbringing as a backwoods churchgoer in the deep South and who is Spotify's first-ever transgender EQUAL ambassador, took this moment to cover Britney Spears's 2003 hit Everytime. Produced by Ethel and recorded in Los Angeles, the harmonica-backed cover of the iconic ballad with its haunting, acoustic guitar puts her wide-ranging, layered vocals at the forefront.
I've always loved this song and immediately knew I could take Britney's melodies and make something super dreamy with it, shared Ethel. I usually record alone at home, so working in the Spotify studio with all the synths and old vintage gear was a really special and fun experience. I think Britney wrote a very lovely song, and it was an honor to put my spin on it.
Mexican composer, singer, songwriter, and producer Bruses took to the studio in Monterrey, Mexico, with producer Daniela Mendez to record her own unique spin on Spice Girls' Wannabe. Known for her Latin-inspired indie-pop sound, Bruses brings girl power front and center in this single.
For me, the most important thing with this song as a fan was to respect the original essence. It's one of those hits that last a lifetime; it's a classic, explained Bruses. In this version we add a bit of rock and punk, especially in the chorus. I always imagined that part a little heavier, so we added some electric guitars, and it was from the little we recorded; the rest is sampled. It is very much directed towards electronic music or pop.
South Korea's SUNMI gives fans an all-new original track, titled Oh Sorry Ya. Created in collaboration with the Los Angeles-based songwriting duo, LYRE, the song kicks off with a swell of new-wave synths in a shadowy minor key before building to bubblegum pop perfection with a huge, infectious chorus that still has hints of
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Today, Spotify is celebrating International Women's Day by sharing the music and stories of women creators, artists, activists, and nonprofits around the world. The music, lyrics, and voices coming from women in the industry and beyond are complex and vibrant-something we're amplifying for our listeners this month through the creation of platform initiatives, release of new music created entirely by women, and off-platform support of nonprofits. 
