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MUSIC. MORE THAN EVER. ASCAP MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020
ASCAP MUSIC WAS A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS IN 2020. In a year marked by division, uncertainty and isolation, the global ASCAP family lifted our spirits and kept us connected when we couldn’t be with each other in person. ASCAP members met this challenging year head on. They wrote extraordinary music that spoke to the difficult times we live in. They inspired change and reflection, and united fans from disparate backgrounds. They broke records and barriers. Here’s a look back at some of ASCAP members’ remarkable achievements from 2020 – just a few of the countless reasons we had to be proud of the 800,000 songwriters, composers and publishers we represent.
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When global pop star Dua Lipa released her highly-anticipated sophomore album Future Nostalgia on March 27 of 2020, the world was in the process of plunging into the new reality of COVID-19. Pre-lockdown, the London native had already locked in GRAMMYs, Brit Awards, the ASCAP Vanguard Award and an ocean of critical praise. But Future Nostalgia rocketed her into the stratosphere, by giving the world exactly what we needed in 2020. The album struck a chord with millions of housebound fans looking to dance their anxieties away from the safety of their homes – especially the infectious disco hit “Don’t Start Now,” her highest-charting song in the US so far. And despite the cancellation of a massive tour, Dua even managed to bring a live experience to her fans through her four- night livestream Studio 2054, a stunning tribute to New York’s iconic club Studio 54 featuring superstar guests including Bad Bunny, Elton John, FKA Twigs, J Balvin and Kylie Minogue. To close out the year, Dua picked up a massive six GRAMMY nominations.
TOP BRASS ASCAP STARS HONORED
WITH MAJOR AWARDS AND GRANTS
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS BECKY G
Favorite Female Artist, Latin
OLD DOMINION
Group of the Year CARDI B
Song of the Year – “One Man Band” (w/ Josh Osborne) Favorite Song, Rap/Hip-Hop – “WAP”
DAN + SHAY DUA LIPA
Duo of the Year Favorite Song, Pop/Rock – “Don’t Start Now”
CAYLEE HAMMACK
ANNIE AWARDS
Fooled Around and Fell in Love
HILLARY LINDSEY
Songwriter of the Year DAN LEVY (SACEM)
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated
TENILLE TOWNES Feature – I Lost My Body
New Female Artist of the Year
APRA MUSIC AWARDS Highlights...
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
TONES AND I (APRA)
DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER Song of the Year – “Dance Monkey”
Collaboration of the Year – “10,000 Hours” Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
Favorite Song, Country – “10,000 Hours”
Favorite Duo or Group, Country (Dan + Shay) KIAN (APRA) – “Waiting”
Favorite Male Artist, Pop/Rock (Justin Bieber) Most Performed Australian Work (co-writer: Jerome Farah)
Most Performed Alternative Work (co-writer: Jerome Farah)
THE WEEKND (SOCAN)
Favorite Male Artist, Soul/R&B HILLTOP HOODS (APRA)
Favorite Album, Soul/R&B – After Hours Songwriter of the Year
Favorite Song, Soul/R&B – “Heartless” Most Performed Urban Work – “Leave Me Lonely”
(co-writers: Barry Francis, Matthew Lambert, Leigh Ryan
BAD BUNNY & Daniel Smith – all APRA)
Favorite Male Artist, Latin
Favorite Album, Latin – YHLQMDLG GREG KURSTIN & SIA (APRA)
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas –
BTS “Cheap Thrills”
Favorite Duo or Group, Pop/Rock
Favorite Social Artist
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BET AWARDS DORIS DUKE ARTIST AWARD
BEYONCÉ, BLUE IVY & WIZKID ANDREW CYRILLE ...for his prowess at reshaping jazz’s
BET Her Award – “Brown Skin Girl” rhythmic syntax while engaging with its lineage
DABABY
DAYTIME EMMYS
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
JASON ALEXANDER
MIGOS
Outstanding Original Song – “The Bad Guys?”
Best Group
from Brainwashed by Toons
BRIT AWARDS PAUL ANTONELLI, KEN CORDAY & D. BRENT NELSON
Outstanding Music Direction & Composition for a Drama
LEWIS CAPALDI (PRS) Series – Days of Our Lives
Best New Artist
Song of the Year – “Someone You Loved” GLENN SLATER
Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult
DAVE (PRS) or Animated Program – “Waiting in the Wings”
Album of the Year – Psychodrama from Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure
BILLIE EILISH
International Female Solo Artist PRIMETIME EMMYS
TRENT REZNOR
MABEL (PRS)
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited
Best Female Solo Artist
Series, Movie or Special – Watchmen
STORMZY (PRS)
AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO & DANIEL PALLADINO
Best Male Solo Artist
Outstanding Music Supervision –
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS
DAN + SHAY GAME AUDIO NETWORK GUILD AWARDS
Vocal Duo of the Year Highlights...
GREG KURSTIN GORDY HAAB
Single of the Year - “The Bones” Music of the Year – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Best Original Choral Composition – “Cordova’s Theme”
OLD DOMINION from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Vocal Group of the Year
AUSTIN WINTORY
CARLY PEARCE Best Original Instrumental – “Know Thyself” from Erica
Musical Event of the Year - “I Hope You’re Happy Now” Best Interactive Score – Erica
(graduate of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop)
CHARLEY PRIDE
Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
HEINZ AWARD
JIMMY ROBBINS
Song of the Year - “The Bones” GABRIELA LENA FRANK …for breaking cultural, gender
and disability barriers in classical music
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IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS BTS (KOMCA)
Best Group
DAVE (PRS) Best Pop – “On”
Best Contemporary Song – “Black” Best K-Pop – “On”
CALVIN HARRIS & RAG ‘N’ BONE MAN (PRS) THE WEEKND (SOCAN)
PRS for Music Most Performed Work – “Giant” Video of the Year – “Blinding Lights”
Best R&B – “Blinding Lights”
INFLO (PRS)
Best Album – Grey Area (Little Simz)
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
STEVE MAC (PRS)
Songwriter of the Year BEYONCÉ
Outstanding Album – Homecoming: The Live Album
LATIN GRAMMYS
Outstanding Female Artist
Highlights...
Outstanding Song, Traditional – “Spirit”
JULIO REYES COPELLO Outstanding Song, Contemporary – “Before I Let Go”
CARLOS HERNÁNDEZ CARBONELL Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration –
ALEJANDRO SANZ (SGAE) “Brown Skin Girl” (w/ Blue Ivy & WizKiD)
Record of the Year - “Contigo” Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album –
The Lion King: The Gift
NATALIA LAFOURCADE
Album of the Year - Un Canto por México, Vol. 1 NEA JAZZ MASTERS AWARD
Best Alternative Song - “En Cantos”
Best Regional Song - “Mi Religión” ROSCOE MITCHELL
Honoring living legends who have made exceptional
FITO PAEZ contributions to the advancement of jazz
Best Pop/Rock Album - La Conquista del Espacio
Best Pop/Rock Song - “La Canción de las Bestias” PEABODY AWARDS
MIKE BAHÍA ENTERTAINMENT
Best New Artist KYLE DIXON & MICHAEL STEIN – Stranger Things
DRUM & LACE & IAN HULTQUIST – Dickinson
MAURICIO RENGIFO
GARY GUNN - David Makes Man
Producer of the Year
TRENT REZNOR – Watchmen
DAN ROMER & MIKE TUCCILLO – Ramy
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE (PRS) – Fleabag
ARIANA GRANDE DOCUMENTARIES
Song of the Year – “Rain on Me” NATHAN MATTHEW DAVID – Surviving R. Kelly
Best Collaboration – “Rain on Me” ERIK ENOCKSSON, JOAQUIN GARCIA
Best Music Video From Home – “Stuck with U” & UNO HELMERSSON (all STIM) - POV: The Distant
(w/ Justin Bieber) Barking of Dogs
LEONARDO HEIBLUM & JACOBO LIEBERMAN
COLDPLAY (both SACM) – POV: The Silence of Others
Best Rock – “Orphans”
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ALEX SOMERS (PRS) – Independent Lens: Hale County SPHINX MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE
This Morning, This Evening
CARLOS SIMON ...recognizing extraordinary
CHILDREN’S & YOUTH
classical Black and Latinx musicians
LORENZO CASTELLI WITH THE
(graduate of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop)
EGGPLANT COLLECTIVE (SOCAN) – Molly of Denali
PREMIOS LO NUESTRO Highlights...
STELLAR AWARDS
TASHA COBBS LEONARD
DADDY YANKEE
Artist of the Year
Artist of the Year
Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year
Crossover Collaboration of the Year –
“Con Calma” (w/ Snow) JJ HAIRSTON
Remix of the Year – “Soltera (Remix)” Praise and Worship Album of the Year – Miracle Worker
(w/ Bad Bunny & Lunay)
Single of the Year – “Con Calma” (w/ Snow) RONALD HILL
Song of the Year – “Con Calma” (w/ Snow) Producer of the Year – Long Live Love
Urban Song of the Year – “Con Calma” (w/ Snow)
DESMOND DAVIS, MARSHON LEWIS
Urban Male Artist of the Year
& ROBERT WOOLRIDGE
BAD BUNNY Song of the Year – “Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus)”
Album of the Year – Oasis
Remix of the Year – “Soltera (Remix)” WOODY GUTHRIE PRIZE
(w/ Lunay & Daddy Yankee)
Tour of the Year JOAN BAEZ ...in honor of her groundbreaking
Urban/Trap Song of the Year – “Callaíta” career and impact on humanitarian causes
Video of the Year – “Flor”
SEBASTIÁN YATRA WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS
Pop/Rock Artist of the Year
Pop/Rock Song of the Year – “Un Año” (w/ Reik) ALFONSO G. AGUILAR (SGAE)
Regional Mexican Collaboration of the Year – “Un Año” Public Choice Award - Klaus
PEDRO CAPÓ & FARRUKO – “CALMA (REMIX)” BRYCE DESSNER
Pop/Rock Collaboration of the Year Discovery of the Year - The Two Popes
Urban/Pop Song of the Year CYNTHIA ERIVO (PRS)
Best Original Song - “Stand Up” from Harriet
PULITZER PRIZE ANA KASRASHVILI
ANTHONY DAVIS SABAM Award for Best Original Composition by a
Music – The Central Park Five Young Composer
(graduate of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop)
MICHAEL R. JACKSON GABRIEL YARED (SACEM)
Drama – A Strange Loop Lifetime Achievement Award
*First Black musical theatre writer to win a Pulitzer
CHARTED TERRITORY
Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Group Performance, and netted Ramsey a sec- Geoff Sprung and Brad Tursi have been playing ond nom in the Best Country Song category. And music together for a long time, and earned plen- the love rolled in for their radio smash “One Man ty of accolades in the process. But 2020 saw a Band,” co-written with Josh Osborne – the song landslide of honors, awards and distinctions at was ACM Song of the Year and ASCAP Country a scale unimaginable during an unpredictable Song of the Year, won a CMT award for Group year. They were named ACM Group of the Year Video of the Year, and was nominated for the and CMA Vocal Group of the Year, both for the CMA Song of the Year. With a trail of platinum third time. Their hit “Some People Do” earned hits in their wake, Old Dominion sailed into 2021 the band a GRAMMY for Best Country Duo/ with the wind at their backs.
CHARTED TERRITORY
ASCAP MEMBERS CRAFTED THE MOST POPULAR MUSIC OF 2020
YEAR-END SONGWRITER & PRODUCER CHARTS
BAD BUNNY LIL BABY
#1 Hot Latin Songwriter #1 Hot 100 Songwriter
#1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriter
AARON DESSNER #1 Hot Rap Songwriter
#1 Hot Rock Songs Producer
OZ (SOCAN)
FINNEAS #1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Producer
#1 Hot 100 Producer #1 Hot Rap Producer
DANN HUFF TYSON TRAX
#1 Hot Country Songs Producer #1 Hot R&B Songs Producer
THE WEEKND (SOCAN)
#1 Hot R&B Songwriter
ASCAP songwriters in the top 20 of the year-end Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot Country Songwriters charts, or the top
10 of year-end Hot Christian, Hot Dance/Electronic, Hot Gospel, Hot Latin, Hot R&B, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop, Hot Rap and
Hot Rock Songwriters charts:
AHMAD ASHAD “BELLY” BALSHE (SOCAN) HILLARY LINDSEY
TRAVIS BARKER STEVE MAC (PRS)
LOUIS BELL JOHNNY D. MARKS
JUSTIN BIEBER MAX MARTIN (STIM)
DABABY JOSH OSBORNE
DADDY YANKEE POO BEAR
DAHEALA (SOCAN) JIMMY ROBBINS
DUA LIPA SETHINTHEKITCHEN
BILLIE EILISH JONATHAN SINGLETON
ASHLEY GORLEY TONES AND I (APRA)
JAHMAL GWIN MATTHEW WEST
OSCAR THOMAS HOLTER (STIM) CRAIG WISEMAN
JETSONMADE YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAINPuerto Rico’s Jhay Cortez has long been a go-to songwriter for reggaeton’s biggest stars, including Bad Bunny, Natti Natasha, J Balvin and Tainy. 2020 was the year when Jhay emerged as a hitmaking artist in his own right. In February he released Famouz Reloaded, a souped-up version of his 2019 album featuring new songs and collabs with Karol G, Wisin & Yandel and Ozuna. Three months later the music video for “No Me Conoce (Remix)” – Jhay’s massively successful collaboration with J Balvin and Bad Bunny – joined YouTube’s Billion Views Club. And in October, his hypnotic Bad Bunny collab #1 “Dákiti” became the first Spanish-language song to reach #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US 200 charts simultaneously. With no end in sight for this prolific singer-songwriter’s creativity, the sky’s the limit for his success.
STOP THE PRESSES
Amanda Jones’s rise in the world of screen music has been meteoric. Just a few years ago, she was working as an assistant at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios. In 2020, she became the first Black woman to receive an Emmy nomination for original television score, for her work on the Apple TV+ series Home. Her credits piled up last year, with interesting and exciting projects including OWN’s anthology series Cherish the Day, created and produced by Ava DuVernay, and BET’s Twenties, created and written by Lena Waithe. And Jones is using her success to lift up others – she is a co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective, where she connects producers and studios with underrepresented composers. Through both her own work and her elevation of others, Amanda Jones is changing the landscape of screen music for the better.
STOP THE PRESSES
ASCAP MEMBERS SINGLED OUT FOR CRITICAL ACCLAIM
TINY DESK CONTEST METACRITIC TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2020
LINDA DIAZ Aggregates rankings by professional critics
“Green Tea Ice Cream”
1. FIONA APPLE – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
4. PHOEBE BRIDGERS – Punisher
HITMAKERS HONOREES 6. RUN THE JEWELS – RTJ4
7. HAIM – Women in Music, Pt. III
JENNA ANDREWS (SOCAN)
10. DUA LIPA – Future Nostalgia
Isolation Salvation Song of the Year – “Supalonely”
14. NEIL YOUNG – Homegrown
LEWIS CAPALDI (PRS) 15. DEFTONES – Ohms
Songwriter of the Year
16. FLEET FOXES – Shore
CHARLI XCX 17. PORRIDGE RADIO (PRS) – Every Bad
Innovator of the Year
18. JARV IS… (PRS) – Beyond the Pale
LIL BABY 24. BIFFY CLYRO (PRS) – A Celebration of Endings
Voice of Impact Award 25. THUNDERCAT – It Is What It Is
MUSTARD 26. KELLY LEE OWENS (PRS) – Inner Song
Producer of the Year 27. ADRIANNE LENKER – songs and instrumentals
THE WEEKND (SOCAN) 28. CARIBOU (PRS) – Suddenly
Hitmakers Record of the Year – “Blinding Lights” 31. HAYLEY WILLIAMS – Petals for Armor
34. LIANNE LA HAVAS (PRS) – Lianne La Havas
35. SPARKS – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
36. CHARLI XCX – how i’m feeling now
39. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – Unfollow the RulesANTHONY DAVIS Acclaimed pianist and composer Anthony Davis has built a career out of writing complex, compelling operas about real-life human rights and civil rights stories. 34 years after he premiered X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X – considered the first contemporary political opera – Davis earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for his latest, The Central Park Five, about the five Black youth wrongly convicted of rape and assault in 1990. Davis’s propulsive score weaves strains of jazz, R&B and hip-hop into a cutting-edge classical framework, and in the words of the Pulitzer jury, “skillfully transforms a notorious example of contemporary injustice into something empathetic and hopeful.” Next up? Operas grappling with 2015 Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. GABRIELA LENA FRANK Named one of the 35 most significant women composers in history by The Washington Post, Gabriela Lena Frank writes colorful classical music often imbued with the unique sounds and languages of Latin America. Frank’s compositions reflect her multiracial heritage and kaleidoscopic musical interests, but they also reflect her activist, humanist spirit – traits that underpin her work at the burgeoning Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy in rural Boonville, CA. In 2020 Frank won the 25th anniversary Heinz Award, in recognition of her pioneering work as a composer breaking gender, disability and cultural barriers, and also as a champion of emerging composers from diverse backgrounds.
THE G.O.A.T.
Since the release of his first mixtape Perfect Timing, hip-hop superhero Lil Baby’s star has continued to rise. His 2018 debut album Harder Than Ever was certified platinum and subsequent releases climbed the charts and garnered the Atlanta native a legion of loyal fans. But 2020 saw Lil Baby truly explode and meet the cultural moment. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the protests of summer 2020, he released “The Bigger Picture” – a stirring tribute and rallying cry to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was nominated for two GRAMMY Awards, and became his biggest chart success so far. Lil Baby’s voice kept ringing out proudly in 2020 with the release of his album My Turn. It was the most-consumed album of 2020, and helped Lil Baby become Global Artist of the Year at the 2020 Apple Music Awards. Lil Baby truly made a difference in 2020, proving himself a vital voice in the music community, a fierce advocate for the Black community, and a true hip-hop innovator.
THE G.O.A.T. HONORING
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
SONGWRITERS WITH MOST #1 HITS WRITTEN SOLO THE 100 GREATEST DEBUT SINGLES OF ALL TIME
LIONEL RICHIE (8) PHIL COLLINS (PRS) (4) 1. “…Baby One More Time” (Britney Spears)
DIANE WARREN (8) JOHN DENVER (3) Writer: Max Martin (STIM)
GEORGE MICHAEL (7) BILLY JOEL (3) 2. “I Want You Back” (The Jackson 5)
PAUL McCARTNEY (PRS) (7) RICHARD MARX (3) Writers: Berry Gordy, Alphonso Mizell, Frederick Perren
STEVIE WONDER (7) MAURICE STARR (3) 3. “Anarchy in the U.K.” (The Sex Pistols)
Writers: The Sex Pistols (PRS)
NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY 4. “Sucker M.C.’s/It’s Like That” (Run-DMC)
INDUCTIONS Writer: Darryl McDaniels
7. “Good Times Bad Times” (Led Zeppelin)
PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Writers: Led Zeppelin
“Whispering” (1920) 9. “Blitzkrieg Bop” (The Ramones)
MEMPHIS MINNIE – “Me and My Chauffeur Blues” (1941) Writers: The Ramones
PUCCINI’S Tosca (1953) 12. “Old Town Road” (Lil Nas X)
ALLAN SHERMAN – “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (1963) Writers: Jozzy, Trent Reznor
GLEN CAMPBELL – “Wichita Lineman”
13. “White Riot” (The Clash)
(written by Jimmy Webb) (1968)
Writers: The Clash (PRS)
FRED ROGERS – Mister Rogers Sings 21 Favorite Songs
from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1973) 15. “Rock Lobster” (The B-52’s)
FREDERICK FENNELL AND THE CLEVELAND Writers: The B-52s
SYMPHONIC WINDS – Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, 16. “Creep” (Radiohead)
Suite No. 2 in F / Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Writers: Radiohead (PRS), Albert Hammond
Bach: Fantasia in G (1978) 17. “Player’s Ball” (Outkast)
DR. DRE – The Chronic (1992) Writer: André 3000
WHITNEY HOUSTON – “I Will Always Love You” (1992) 19. “Dreaming of Me” (Depeche Mode)
MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA – Writer: Vince Clarke (PRS)
Concert in the Garden (2004)
COLIN CURRIE – Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto
(2008)
NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES STEVE EARLE
BOBBIE GENTRY
JOAN BAEZ BRETT JAMES
GARTH BROOKS SPOONER OLDHAM© 2021 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP)
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