Radio giants iHeartMedia and Mediabase are quietly scrubbing the word “urban” from job titles and chart names, sources say
Keystone-SDA/Shutterstockwhich sparked a plethora of heated, industry-wide conversations about systemic racism, companies and executives are still debating the use of the word “urban” in job titles, awards categories, and other facets of the music business. While not all organizations are in agreement about what to do with the word, the— the U.S.
In addition, multiple major label executives and other industry sources familiar with the matter tellthat the iHeart-owned data analytics company Mediabase, which powers the industry’s go-to charts on radio airplay, is planning to remove “urban” from its chart names. Mediabase currently publishes two charts reflecting the top-played tunes at U.S. Urban stations and Urban Adult Contemporary stations; these charts will be renamed Hip-hop/R&B and R&B, respectively, sources say.
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