It's Still A Man's (Country Music) World

This isn't the first time I've blogged about how much harder it is for the average new country female singer than it is for a new guy.

The stats remain unchanged again this week, with 88 people being considered for airplay (one in three is a female):

Alaina, Lauren

Aldean, Jason

Allan, Gary

Allen, Joe

Baird, Rob

Bentley, Dierks

Blackberry Smoke

Blazer, Justine

Bradley, Ry

Brice, Lee

Brooks, Kix

Bryan, Luke

Burly Clyde

Calabrese, Kayla

Chesney, Kenny

Clarkson, Kelly

Claypool, Phillip

Clyde, Burly

Crow, Sheryl

Currington, Billy

Dee, Colby

Diffie, Joe

Downday

Ducas, George

Edwards, Trae

Eldridge, Brett

Eli Young Band

Farr, Tyler

Florida Georgia Line

Frazier, Morgan

Gardner, Denae

Gibson, Andy

Gracin, Josh

Grits and Glamour (Tillis/Morgan)

Hayes, Hunter

Henningsons, The

Houser, Randy

Karl & Billy

Keith, Toby

Kershaw, Sammy

Kramer, Jana

Lady Antebellum

Lamb, Rachelle

Lambert, Miranda

Lawrence, Tracy

Lewis, Aaron

Little Big Town

Lockets, The

Love & Theft

Lynae, Rachele

Lynch, Dustin

Lynn, Sherry with Crystal Gayle

Lyons, Elizabeth

McCreery, Scotty

McGraw, Tim

Meade, Robin

Moore, Justin

Morgan, Craig

Musgraves, Kacey

Nail, David

Nichols, Joe

Outshyne

Paslay, Eric ╩

Patin, Rick

Pickler, Kellie

Pope, Cassadee

Rhett, Thomas

Ross, Andy

Sawyer Brown

Scott, Dylan

Sebastian, Gwen

Stapleton, Chris

Sturgeon, Jason

Swift, Taylor

Taylor, Kayla

Thompson Square

Tudeen, Logan

Uncle Kracker

Underwood, Carrie

Urban, Keith

VanHoy, Christine

Watson. Aaron

Weeks, Hanna Michelle

White, Jimmy

Wilson, Gretchen

Young, Chris

Zac Brown Band 

...and yet only one of the ten best testing titles - two if you could Taylor and Tim's duet - and three  - or four if you include the duet - of the top 20 is by a woman (Rate The Music national 25-54 averages):

It's not fair, but it's a fact:  it's still much, much harder for women to score well with country radio's audience.