Spotify raised the voices of female artists with EQUAL Türkiye

Spotify is celebrating the 3rd anniversary of EQUAL, its global initiative to support gender equality in music by empowering the work of female artists around the world, in Turkey and around the world. With EQUAL playlists that have exceeded 31 billion streams since 2021, Spotify aims to raise and strengthen the voices of women in the music industry and create more opportunities for female artists. To date, within the scope of EQUAL Turkey, 36 Turkish female artists have become EQUAL ambassadors of the month and more than 200 female artists have been hosted by Spotify in EQUAL Turkey playlists.

Designed to make women’s voices heard and to enable more people to be inspired by them, EQUAL continues to strengthen the voices of female artists. Data published by Spotify once again reveals the increasing success and power of female artists in Turkey:

• Since EQUAL Turkey was launched in 2021, the listening rate of female artists in Turkey on Spotify has increased by 140 percent.
• The number of streams of female artists in Turkey on Spotify’s editorial playlists increased by 36 percent in 2023 compared to 2022.
• The number of female artists in Turkey’s Top 50 list for 2023 has increased by over 110 percent since 2021, which is an indication that female artists continue to significantly increase their presence in the Top lists.
• Among the playlists created by users, there was a more than 50 percent increase in the listening rates of female artists from 2022 to 2023.
• Since 2021, the listening rates of female artists in Turkey outside Türkiye have increased significantly by 130 percent.

Carla Armogida, Spotify’s Southern Europe Regional Artist and Production Company Relations Leader, stated the following on the subject: “We are proud of what EQUAL has achieved both in the world and in Turkey in these three years. Thanks to the editorial support, marketing support and collaborations we offer, we have created opportunities for thousands of women both within and outside the Spotify platform. To date, we have hosted over 1000 female artists all over the world as EQUAL ambassadors. Additionally, the fact that we have implemented global programs such as EQUAL in Turkey is an important indicator of our commitment to the Turkish market as Spotify. “We are very excited that EQUAL has been received so positively in the Turkish market and that we are bringing the voices of female artists in Turkey to large audiences both in Turkey and around the world.”

Turkey’s leading female artists and important stakeholders of the music industry attended the invitation given by Spotify to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of EQUAL Turkey and to hold a special Masterclass session for artists and production companies in Turkey, as well as all over the world. At the invitation, a panel focusing on the power of female voices in the Turkish music scene took place, with the participation of the iconic name of pop, Nilüfer, who was selected as the global EQUAL ambassador of the month for the first time with a Turkish song with her song “Kara Gözüsü Hasretinden”. In the panel moderated by İpek Atcan, Nilüfer, one of the influential names of pop music, as well as the artist Paptircem, who is featured in Spotify’s RADAR Turkey program, and the artist Paptircem, who aims to strengthen diversity and creativity in the music scene and also dreams of a polyphonic world where gender equality is the norm, will be present. Beril Sarıaltun, Founder and Director of social enterprise Kreşendo, also took part.

Spotify EQUAL Türkiye announced the most listened to female artists of 2023 on its 3rd anniversary

Due to the 3rd anniversary of EQUAL Turkey, Spotify announced the most listened to female artists of 2023; announced the most listened to songs of female artists and the most listened to female artists in the world.

The most listened to female artists in Turkey in 2023:

1. Sezen Aksu
2. Sun
3. Melike Sahin
4. Symbol
5. Hande Yener
6. Ebru Gündeş
7. Gulshan
8. Sertab Erener
9. İrem Derici
10. Zeynep Bastık

The most listened to Turkish female artists in the world in 2023:

1. Symbol
2. Sezen Aksu
3. Zeynep Bastık
4. İrem Derici
5. Sun
6. Hande Yener
7. Derya Uluğ
8. Gulshan
9. Aleyna Tilki
10. Ebru Gündeş

The most listened to songs by female artists in 2023:

1. Let Me Be Your Love – Simge
2. NKBI X I CAN’T DO IT – Remix – Lvbel C5, Güneş
3. 24/7 – ALIZADE, BEGE
4. Summer Rose – İrem Derici
5. Thorn or Rose? –Sibel Can, Eypio
6. Wail – Hadise
7. Diva Yorgun – Melike Şahin
8. One of My Crimes – Güneş
9. Cruel – Sezen Aksu
10. NKBI – Sun