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2026 ASCAP Experience | Buy Early Bird Tickets!
2026 ASCAP Experience | Buy Early Bird Tickets!
The ASCAP Experience is a one-of-a-kind gathering for music creators to hone their craft, find their community and navigate the future of music.
ASCAP Top New Classic Holiday Songs 2025
ASCAP Top New Classic Holiday Songs 2025
ASCAP Podcast: Jerskin Fendrix| Bugonia, film score, composing, screen music, Yorgos Lanthimos
ASCAP Podcast: Jerskin Fendrix| Bugonia, film score, composing, screen music, Yorgos Lanthimos
The bizarre, brilliant Bugonia is the third collaboration between visionary director Yorgos Lanthimos and British composer Jerskin Fendrix. Despite never having read the script or seen a frame of footage, Fendrix captured the film’s massive emotional gamut with an intense, often bombastic score. We spoke with Fendrix about Bugonia, his new solo album, Japanese street food and more.
The ASCAP Foundation Holiday Auction
The ASCAP Foundation Holiday Auction
Founded in 1975, The ASCAP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their ...
Apply for the Jam & Lewis BMAC Music Maker Grant
Apply for the Jam & Lewis BMAC Music Maker Grant
ASCAP Experience 2026 | Where Music Creators Connect
ASCAP Experience 2026 | Where Music Creators Connect
ASCAP Grammy Nominees 2026 | Jack Antonoff, Cirkut, Leon Thomas, Amy Allen, Chris Stapleton, Hayley Williams
ASCAP Grammy Nominees 2026 | Jack Antonoff, Cirkut, Leon Thomas, Amy Allen, Chris Stapleton, Hayley Williams
The nominations are in for the 68th annual GRAMMYs, and ASCAP members are well-represented across the entire genre spectrum! Leading our nominees are the prolific writer-producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut, with seven nominations apiece. Leon Thomas earned six nominations for his acclaimed R&B album MUTT, while Amy Allen – who last year became the first woman to win Songwriter of the Year – is up for the category again, along with three other nominations. Also earning four nominations are Justin Bieber, Bryce Bordone, EJAE, Sierra Hull, Chris Stapleton and Hayley Williams.
Brandon Lake Wins ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter of the Year for 2nd Time; “Praise” Named ASCAP Christian Music Song of the Year; Essential Music Publishing Is ASCAP Christian Music Publisher of the Year
Brandon Lake Wins ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter of the Year for 2nd Time; “Praise” Named ASCAP Christian Music Song of the Year; Essential Music Publishing Is ASCAP Christian Music Publisher of the Year
ASCAP today announces the songwriters and publishers of Christian music’s most-performed songs of the past year.
ASCAP's 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees | country, hip-hop, pop, rock, R&B
ASCAP's 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees | country, hip-hop, pop, rock, R&B
The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its 2026 class, and 19 ASCAP songwriters are on the ballot! This bumper crop of hitmakers has written beloved songs that span the genre spectrum, from pop smashes to hip-hop classics, pump-your-fists rock anthems to country tearjerkers.
Four Major US PROs Announce Expansion of Songview
Four Major US PROs Announce Expansion of Songview
Versed Podcast: Lucius
Versed Podcast: Lucius
The Grammy-nominated indie-pop quartet Lucius have been crafting innovative, exciting and absolutely otherworldly music for nearly 20 years. Driven by the intricately-blended vocals of Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, Lucius’s songs deliver provocative and soulful journeys into the human heart, all set in soundscapes that are by turns edgy and cinematic. On the heels of releasing their fourth studio album, Holly and Jess talk to VERSED about their roots, the art of collaboration and how their enduring partnership has carried them through music-making, motherhood and more.
Producers With the Most Hot 100 No. 1s in the 21st Century
Producers With the Most Hot 100 No. 1s in the 21st Century
Here are the producers with the most Hot 100 No. 1s in the first quarter of the 21st century.
VERSED: The ASCAP Podcast | songwriting, composing, producing, technology, music, career, royalties
VERSED: The ASCAP Podcast | songwriting, composing, producing, technology, music, career, royalties
VERSED is a monthly podcast illuminating the heart and soul of music. Featuring in-depth interviews with songwriters and composers, plus tips and insights to help you navigate your music career. Brought to you by ASCAP, home of the world's greatest music creators.
How Laufey & Spencer Stewart Co-Wrote "Sabotage"
How Laufey & Spencer Stewart Co-Wrote "Sabotage"
Spencer Stewart is many things: Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, trained jazz bassist, gearhead – the list goes on. He is also Laufey's go-to collaborato...
ASCAP and RMLC Settle Rate Court Proceeding
ASCAP and RMLC Settle Rate Court Proceeding
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) today announced a new settlement agreement with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) that secures higher rates payable by almost 10,000 of America’s commercial terrestrial radio stations to publicly perform more than 20 million musical works in the ASCAP repertory.
Explore ASCAP statement guides
Explore ASCAP statement guides
ASCAP is happy to introduce improved Domestic and International Performance Statements. We hope you find the new statement design more informative. We have created easy to read fonts, added line numbers and page numbers and improved line shading. These statements also offer more high level summary information about your performances and payments you may be making to third parties.
Statement on Senate Hearing
Statement on Senate Hearing
For the first time, lawmakers publicly debated how AI developers who knowingly and intentionally train AI on massive amounts of copyrighted works without permission from the creators could be liable for criminal copyright infringement.
Say ‘No’ to Unlicensed AI Training!
Say ‘No’ to Unlicensed AI Training!
Your Voice Matters, It's Time to Take Action! Below you’ll find the campaigns that the Copyright Alliance is facilitating. We encourage all creators and friends of the creative community to review the campaigns and participate in the ones that
ASCAP AI Principles
ASCAP AI Principles
The recent upswing in awareness about artificial intelligence has raised both exciting new possibilities and real concerns for music creators. While sophisticated AI tools are being used by creators, the regulations that will protect their work in the context of AI are still being written. Nobody has all the answers. But ASCAP has protected the value and the dignity of our members’ music for more than a century of technological disruption, and we’ll continue to do so as AI evolves.
Your 2025 ASCAP Tony Award Nominees
Your 2025 ASCAP Tony Award Nominees
🎶 We had a dreeeaaam 🎶 a dream about these 2025 Tony Award nominees! Tony nominations were announced Thursday, May 1 and the global ASCAP musical theatre family hit the heights: members of our ASCAP fam were the musical minds behind every nominee for Best Musical, and earned nods in all musical creator categories, including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations, Best Book of a Musical and Best Revival.
ASCAP Responds to US Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Warns Against Further Regulation of Music Creators’ Income
ASCAP Responds to US Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Warns Against Further Regulation of Music Creators’ Income
4 Ways to Maximize Your ASCAP International Royalties
4 Ways to Maximize Your ASCAP International Royalties
National Recording Registry Inducts Music of Chicago, Broadway’s Hamilton, Mary J. Blige, Tracy Chapman, Bernie Taupin and More ASCAP Greats
National Recording Registry Inducts Music of Chicago, Broadway’s Hamilton, Mary J. Blige, Tracy Chapman, Bernie Taupin and More ASCAP Greats
BLONDIE at the 2019 ASCAP Pop Music Awards
BLONDIE at the 2019 ASCAP Pop Music Awards
ASCAP Statement Guides
ASCAP Statement Guides
U.S. Copyright Office AI Guidance Agrees with ASCAP: Human Creators First
U.S. Copyright Office AI Guidance Agrees with ASCAP: Human Creators First
Justin Tranter | Behind the Songs
Justin Tranter | Behind the Songs
Charitybuzz: The ASCAP Foundation
Charitybuzz: The ASCAP Foundation
ASCAP New Music Friday
ASCAP New Music Friday
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NO FAKES Act | Human Artistry Campaign
NO FAKES Act | Human Artistry Campaign
📝 Tell Congress to Protect the Value of Music in the Age of AI
📝 Tell Congress to Protect the Value of Music in the Age of AI
Billboard | "Protecting Songwriters In the Age of AI" by Paul Williams
Billboard | "Protecting Songwriters In the Age of AI" by Paul Williams
2023 ASCAP Experience | Watch free Music Creator Panels and Programs
2023 ASCAP Experience | Watch free Music Creator Panels and Programs
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ASCAP Newsletter 📝 | Industry Updates, Wellness Tips & More
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