The Women of Bawley

Bawley To The Future is celebrating International Women's Day with a list of the 50 best songs by women who have appeared in 10 years of the Bawley 100.

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/
https://unwomen.org.au/campaign/international-womens-day-2017/
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

50 Crystal Castles - Celestica

49 Chvrches - Recover

48 Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl

47 Laura Mvula - Green Garden

46 Sleigh Bells - Born To Lose

45 CSS - Fuck Everything

44 Meg Mac - Never Be

43 PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder

42 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best

41 Lana Del Rey - Video Games

40 Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener

39 Abbe May - Doomsday Clock

38 Grimes - Oblivion

37 Romy (Jamie xx) - Loud Places

36 Let's Eat Grandma - Rapunzel

35 Chvrches - Leave A Trace

34 Jess Ribeiro - Hurry Back To Love

33 Tkay Maidza  - Carry On

32 St Vincent - Digital Witness

31 Tkay Maidza  - M.O.B.

30 Little Dragon - Ritual Union

29 The New Pornographers  - Champions Of Red Wine

28 Feist - 1234

27 Lily Allen - The Fear

26 Kelis - Jerk Ribs

25 Middle Kids - Edge of Town

24 Natalie Prass  - Bird Of Prey

23 Solange - Cranes in the Sky

22 Garbage - Empty

21 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy

20 Cat Power - Ruin

19 The xx - Crystallised

18 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

17 Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat

16 Regina Spektor  - All The Rowboats

15 Neko Case  - Man

14 Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight

13 Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave

12 Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)

11 Ladyhawke - My Delirium

10 Mia Dyson - She Can't Take The World

9 Lorde - Royals

8 Portishead - Machine Gun

7 Robyn - Dancing On My Own

6 Christine and the Queens - Tilted

5 Elizabeth Morris (Darren Hayman) - I Know I Fucked Up

4 Janelle Monáe - Tightrope - feat. Big Boi

3 Courtney Barnett - Depreston

2 Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire) - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

1 M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Spotify Women of Bawley playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/bawley/playlist/1cqPt1xdUMhAZj6yrxIDFc

Distribution of artists in the Bawley 100

After 10 years and 1000 songs, 485 artists have appeared in the Bawley 100.

The Privileged Few

It appears that not every artist is equal. The top 20 Artists (4%) have contributed 191 (19.1%) songs.

Who are the privileged few?

The Long Tail

Along with a privileged few the Bawley 100 history reveals a large class of disadvantage. 288 (59.3%) artists have had just one entry.

As we said in the 2011 countdown. We are the  99% 59.3%.