{"id":140528,"date":"2018-06-13T10:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T10:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/haim-fired-agent-for-being-paid-10-times-less-than-male-artist\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T10:01:51","slug":"haim-fired-agent-for-being-paid-10-times-less-than-male-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/haim-fired-agent-for-being-paid-10-times-less-than-male-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Haim fired agent for being paid 10 times less than male artist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Haim claim they sacked their agent after finding out they were paid 10 times less than a male artist performing at the same festival.<\/p>\n

The band say they initially "didn't think twice" about their pay, because they hoped playing the festival would help them get noticed.<\/p>\n

"We later found out that someone was getting paid 10 times more than us," singer Danielle Haim told Grazia magazine.<\/p>\n

The sisters didn't name the festival.<\/p>\n

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Image caption Danielle Haim is the band's middle sister <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alana Haim said the band - sisters Este, Danielle and Alana - had to defend themselves in the music industry.<\/p>\n

"It's scary out there and [messed] up not even to be paid half the same amount. But to be paid a tenth of that amount of money? It was insane," she said. <\/p>\n

Danielle added: "We had been told that our fee was very low because you played at the festival in the hope you'd get played on the radio.<\/p>\n

"We didn't think twice about it, but we later found out that someone was getting paid 10 times more than us. <\/p>\n

"And because of that we fired our agent."<\/p>\n

Image copyright Getty Images <\/figure>\n

The Los Angeles trio previously told Radio 1 Newsbeat they are encouraging more women to work in the music industry, especially in technical roles.<\/p>\n

"We do see women working in the studios but we want to see more. It's a quantity issue," said Danielle.<\/p>\n

"There's so many amazing women that work in music and I think it's time more girls looked into being engineers and studio technicians."<\/p>\n

Skip Twitter post by @HAIMtheband <\/p>\n

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MANCHESTER \ud83d\udcf7 @SHOTBYPHOX pic.twitter.com\/iS6T128t9M<\/p>\n

\u2014 HAIM (@HAIMtheband) June 12, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Report <\/p>\n

End of Twitter post by @HAIMtheband<\/p>\n

"We'll go to alternative radio stations in the States and there won't even be a girls' restroom," Este said at the Brits.<\/p>\n

"That's a clear indication that something needs to change."<\/p>\n

The Want You Back singers are currently in the UK as part of their world tour.<\/p>\n

Recent news reports have only reinforced their point. <\/p>\n

At the UK branches of Sony and Warner music, women were paid an average of 33.8% less than men last year. <\/p>\n

On the Official Charts, only 28% of the year's best-selling songs have a female lead artist; and just 16% of the acts headlining UK festivals this summer are female.<\/p>\n

Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. <\/p>\n

Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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