8% of music bosses is Black

Cherie Hu has made a list of all the board members and C-Suite executives across the top three record labels (Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment) and their biggest imprints, as well as the top two concert promoters (Live Nation and AEG), to see what is the percentage of Black people among them. There are 61 board members and C-Suite executives on her list. 53 of them are white, and only five of them - or 8% of the total - are Black: Jon Platt (Sony), Nadia Rawlinson (Live Nation), Maverick Carter (Live Nation), Jeffrey Harleston (Universal), and Kevin McDowell (AEG), Hu wrote on her Music & Water blog. She then expanded her scope to include President and Executive Vice President (EVP) roles and label imprints as well, and the percentage improved slightly - the total number of executives increased to 121 people. 92 of them are white, while 22 (around 18% of the total) are Black.