

Bringing the dolls to life are Keys and
Did you know that only 22% of artists across music charts are female?
The Diary of Alicia Keys. &ldquo Barbie team won three GRAMMY’s after earning its first 11 nominations. A year after the iconic moment, Barbie announces its 2025 Career of the Year: Women in Music – with special honors for Alicia Keys.
According to the Mattel team, “The 2025 Barbie Women in Music Career of the Year set features two distinct industry roles – Musical Artist and Tour Manager – designed to inspire the next generation to explore careers in music, both on stage and behind the scenes.”
Bringing the dolls to life are Keys and Ann Mincieli, Keys’ recording and mix engineer. For those unfamiliar, Mincieli is a four-time GRAMMY Award-winning Engineer and Producer most known for engineering Keys’ second studio album,
The Diary of Alicia Keys. “She earned a second career GRAMMY in the same category at the 56th GRAMMYs for Keys’ Girl On Fire,” the academy’s website reads.
With only “22% of artists across music charts being female, the Barbie Musical Artist doll celebrates the women leaving their hearts on the stage by performing and singing their own music across genres,” Mattel wrote.
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