Alicia Keys Calls the Music Industry a ‘Good Old Boy Network’, Says Women Are ‘Not Given an Open Door’

Apr 25, 2026 10:06am PT Alicia Keys Calls the Music Industry a ‘Good Old Boy Network’, Says Women Are ‘Not Given an Open Door’

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Alicia Keys recently told The Times of London that the music industry can feel like a boys’ club, and that it is difficult for women, particularly if they are working as producers or studio engineers, to break in.

“The music world becomes a good old boy network and all the incredible women working as engineers and producers are not given an open door,” Keys says. “Women make up 2 per cent of the entire business. I’m a producer and here we are, doing a bunch of work, killing it, so it’s shocking that the number is so small. Rather than just being pissed off about that, it was time to create opportunities.”

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