AC CO L AD E SASCAP MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

THE GOLDEN

AGE

ASCAP members united our world in 2019.

2019 was another record-breaking, game-changing year for ASCAP members. Their music evolved in magnificent ways, connecting, inspiring, lifting and healing us as only music can. Here’s a look back at some of our members’ most remarkable achievements from 2019 and the past decade - a small sampling of the milestones met by our global family of music creators. We’ve also highlighted six ASCAP members from throughout our repertory who experienced breakout years in 2019.

Congratulations to ASCAP’s chart-topping, mold-breaking songwriters and composers – and to all of our 740,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members – for giving us something to sing about.

BILLIE EILISH & FINNEAS THE GOLDEN AGE

While Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS

gained plenty of attention since their 2016

debut single “Ocean Eyes,” 2019 was the year

when they transformed into record-breaking,

worldwide superstars. Released in late

March, Eilish’s debut album When We All Fall

Asleep, Where Do We Go? (written by the two

of them, and produced entirely by FINNEAS)

earned rapturous critical and commercial

acclaim, becoming the year’s best-selling

album in the US and several other countries;

it also set a record for most simultaneously

charting Hot 100 songs (14) by a female artist.

With the release of her “Bad Guy” single and a

subsequent Justin Bieber remix, Eilish became

the first artist born in the 2000s to notch a

#1 single in the US (it topped the charts in

another 15 countries). By year’s end, Eilish had

logged a sold-out world tour, performed at

Coachella and made her Saturday Night Live

debut – all with FINNEAS alongside her in her

backing band. The accolades kept flowing:

the pair won the ASCAP Vanguard Award

in May, and were nominated for a collective

11 Grammys; Eilish also picked up honors at

the American Music Awards, Apple Music

Awards, MTV VMAs, Teen Choice Awards and

more. By year’s end, FINNEAS had become

the #1 songwriter of 2019 on Billboard’s Hot

100 Songwriters list, not long after releasing

his own debut, Blood Harmony EP; and Eilish

was named Billboard’s Woman of the Year and

Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year. To cap off their

incredible year, the pair won 10 Grammys,

making Eilish the first woman to win all four

major Grammy categories, and FINNEAS the

youngest ever winner of Producer of the Year.

Not bad for a pair of homeschooled siblings

who created an entire sonic universe in their

childhood bedroom.

ASCAP superstars honored across the genre spectrum

2020 GRAMMY AWARDS Highlights…

BILLIE EILISHBest New ArtistRecord of the Year - “Bad Guy”Album of the Year - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Song of the Year - “Bad Guy”Best Pop Vocal Album - When We All Fall Asleep,Where Do We Go?

FINNEASProducer of the Year, Non-Classical Record of the Year - “Bad Guy”Album of the Year - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Song of the Year - “Bad Guy”Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

JACOB COLLIERBest Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella - “Moon River”Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - “All Night Long”

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERSBest Dance Recording - “Got to Keep On” (w/ Steve Dub Jones)Best Dance/Electronic Album - No Geography

for KING & COUNTRYBest Contemporary Christian Music Performance/ Song - “God Only Knows” (w/ Jordan Reynolds)Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - Burn the Ships

2020 GOLDEN GLOBES & OSCARS

BERNIE TAUPINBest Original Song - “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”from Rocketman

PULITZER PRIZEIN MUSIC

ELLEN REID - p r i s m

PRIMETIME EMMYS

MARCO BELTRAMI & BRANDON ROBERTSOutstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special - Free Solo

ADAM SCHLESINGER & JACK DOLGENOutstanding Original Music and Lyrics“Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO & DANIEL PALLADINOOutstanding Music SupervisionThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

PAUL ANTONELLI, KEN CORDAY & D. BRENT NELSONOutstanding Music Direction & Composition - Days of Our Lives

ANTHONY FERRARI & CASEY KASPRZYKOutstanding Original Song - “You’re the One” from The Bold and the Beautiful

THE CAST OF THE BAND’S VISITOutstanding Musical Performance - “Answer Me,” performed on the Today Show

ANAÏS MITCHELLBest Musical - HadestownBest Score - HadestownFirst Best Musical winner with book, music & lyrics written single-handedly by a woman

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA!Best Revival of a Musical

HAROLD WHEELERLifetime Achievement Award JASON MICHAEL WEBBSpecial Tony Award

LATIN GRAMMYS Highlights…

ALEJANDRO SANZRecord of the Year - “Mi Persona Favorita”Best Pop Song - “Mi Persona Favorita”Best Music Video Long Version - “Lo Que Fui Es Lo Que Soy” ANDRÉS CALAMAROBest Pop/Rock Album - Cargar La SuerteBest Rock Song - “Verdades Afiladas” (w/ German Wiedemer)

THE GOLDEN AGE THE GOLDEN AGE

PEDRO CAPÓSong of the Year - “Calma” (w/ George Noriega & Rec808)Best Urban Fusion/Performance - “Calma (Remix)” (w/ Farruko) EL GUINCHOAlbum of the Year - El Mal QuererBest Engineered Album - El Mal Querer KANY GARCÍABest Singer-Songwriter Album - Contra El VientoBest Music Video Short Version - “Banana Papaya”

CMA AWARDS

GARTH BROOKSEntertainer of the YearUnprecedented 7th win in this category

GREG KURSTINAlbum of the Year - Girl OLD DOMINIONVocal Group of the Year DAN + SHAYVocal Duo of the Year TRENT REZNORMusical Event of the Year -“Old Town Road (Remix)”

Highlights…

JONATHAN McREYNOLDSArtist of the YearCD of the Year - Make RoomContemporary CD of the Year - Make RoomContemporary Male Vocalist of the YearMale Vocalist of the YearSong of the Year - “Not Lucky, I’m Loved”Producer of the Year (w/ Darryl “Lil Man” Howell)Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance of the Year - “Not Lucky, I’m Loved” JEKALYN CARRAlbertina Walker Female Vocalist of the YearTraditional CD of the Year - One Nation Under GodTraditional Female Vocalist of the Year

HITMAKERS LIST

BILLIE EILISHHitmaker of the Year BTSGroup of the Year LOUIS BELLProducer of the Year Hitmakers:AMY ALLENTOMMY BROWNCIRKUTFINNEASSAM HOLLANDERJONAS JEBERGILYA

JOZZYSAVAN KOTECHAMADISONVICTORIA MONÉTANTHONY ROSSOMANDOSTARGATEBILLY WALSH

THE CHART

TOPPERS

WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS

ANTHONY ROSSOMANDOBest Original Song - “Shallow” from A Star Is Born MICHAEL ABELS - Discovery of the YearJOHN POWELL - Public Choice Award KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKIFRÉDÉRIC DEVREESELifetime Achievement Awards

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

BTSFavorite Duo or Group – Pop/RockFavorite Social ArtistTour of the Year BILLIE EILISHNew Artist of the YearFavorite Artist – Alternative Rock DAN + SHAYFavorite Duo or Group – CountryFavorite Song – Country: “Speechless” BEYONCÉFavorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B CARDI B Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop QUEEN Favorite Soundtrack - Bohemian Rhapsody

APPLE MUSIC AWARDS

BILLIE EILISHArtist of the YearSongwriter of the Year (w/ FINNEAS)Album of the Year - When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

LATIN MUSIC AWARDS

Highlights…

ROMEO SANTOSTropical Artist of the Year, SoloTropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group (w/ Aventura)Tropical Song of the Year - “Sobredosis” CASPER MÁGICO, NIO GARCÍA, DARELL & BAD BUNNY - “Te Boté”Hot Latin Song of the YearStreaming Song of the Year DADDY YANKEEDigital Song of the Year - “Dura” NATTI NATASHAHot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female RAYMIXRegional Mexican Song of the Year - “Oye Mujer” REIKLatin Pop Song of the Year - “Me Niego”

THE GOLDEN AGE

BAD BUNNYASCAP members set streaming and chart records, and crafted the sound of 2019.

THE CHART TOPPERS

YEAR-END SONGWRITER & PRODUCER CHARTS

BAD BUNNY#1 Hot Latin Songwriter LOUIS BELL#1 Hot 100 Producer#1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Producer#1 Hot Rap Songs Producer FINNEAS#1 Hot 100 Songwriter ASHLEY GORLEY#1 Hot Country Songwriter DANN HUFF#1 Hot Country Producer FREDDIE MERCURY#1 Hot Rock Songwriter

ASCAP songwriters in the Top 25 of the year-end Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart, and top 5 of year-end individual genre charts:

ANTHONY BROWNCARDI BDABABYBILLIE EILISHARIANA GRANDEJAHMAL GWINSAM HOLLANDERLIL BABY

STEVE MACMAX MARTINJORDAN REYNOLDSDAN SMITHDAN SMYERSANDREW TAGGARTBRENDON URIEBILLY WALSH

GLOBAL TOP LISTS - TOP 5

MOST-STREAMED ARTISTS

2. BILLIE EILISH3. ARIANA GRANDE5. BAD BUNNY

MOST-STREAMED FEMALE ARTISTS

1. BILLIE EILISH2. ARIANA GRANDE

MOST-STREAMED MALE ARTISTS

3. BAD BUNNY

MOST-STREAMED TRACKS

1. “Señorita” – co-written by Charli XCX2. “Bad Guy” – co-written by Billie Eilish & Finneas3. “Sunflower” – co-written by Louis Bell & Billy Walsh4. “7 Rings” – Ariana Grande - co-written by Charles “Scootie” Anderson, Tommy Brown, Ariana Grande, Oscar Hammerstein, Victoria Monét, Richard Rodgers, Njomza Vitia5. “Old Town Road (Remix)” - co-written by Jozzy & Trent Reznor

MOST-STREAMED ALBUMS

1. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish3. Thank U, Next Ariana Grande

Latin trap and reggaeton star Bad Bunny is one of the biggest names in Latin music, the kind of star whose every

release is advertised on the sides of buildings in his native Puerto Rico. But 2019 was the year when he broke through

to music’s mainstream. Following the massive global success of “I Like It” with Cardi B and J Balvin (the 2019 ASCAP

Latin Song of the Year), Bad Bunny dropped his debut LP X 100pre on Christmas of 2018. Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and

The New York Times praised its off-kilter mix of styles and sonic textures; the album sent over a dozen songs onto the

Latin charts, including the massive crossover hit “MIA,” a top 5 smash on the Billboard Hot 100. Next up was Oasis,

a laid-back collaborative album between Bad Bunny and J Balvin that hit #9 on the mainstream album charts on the

strength of singles like “Qué Pretendes” and “La Canción.” A week after X 100pre won the Latin Grammy for Best

Urban Music Album, Bad Bunny made history with “Vete” – the highest Hot 100 debut for a Spanish-language song

with no features. No doubt, Bad Bunny earned his #1 spot on the Billboard Year-End Hot Latin Songwriters chart –

he’s one of the most prolific, creative songwriters we’ve got in any genre.

DABABY

A DECADE OF ASCAP

DOMINANCE

The man with the biggest smile in hip-hop had

a lot to smile about in 2019. After releasing 13

mixtapes in under four years, Charlotte, NC

native DaBaby signed to Interscope in late

January, and dropped his top 10 debut album

Baby on Baby in early March. The album

spawned “Suge,” a trap banger that went

double platinum, and netted DaBaby two

Grammy nominations. In June, he snagged

a spot in XXL’s prestigious Freshman Class,

kicking off a slew of high-profile features on

songs by Post Malone, Trippie Redd, Megan

Thee Stallion, Chance the Rapper and the

Dreamville collective (Complex called his

verse on the Dreamville track “Under the

Sun” a “defining breakout moment for a new

rap superstar”). Amidst that steady stream of

guest verses, DaBaby found time to record

and release another full-length, Kirk, which

fared even better than his debut, hitting #1 in

its first week of release. When the sun set on

2019, DaBaby’s charismatic flow was on more

Billboard Hot 100 entries (22) than any other

artist that year.

A DECADE OF ASCAP DOMINANCE

As the decade came to an end, editorial boards proclaimed ASCAP music as the finest of the 2010s and beyond.

PITCHFORK: BEST 200 ALBUMS OF THE 2010sASCAP ALBUMS IN THE TOP 25 3. Beyoncé - Beyoncé5. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...6. Solange - A Seat at the Table7. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City8. Robyn - Body Talk9. D’angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah11. Grimes - Art Angels14. Lorde - Melodrama17. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell19. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!21. Beach House - Teen Dream25. Jamie XX - In Colour

THE 100 BEST SONGS OF THE 2010sTOP 10

1. “Dancing on My Own” - co-written by Robyn & Patrik Berger2. “Alright” - co-written by Kawan Prather3. “Rolling in the Deep” - co-written by Paul Epworth4. “Formation” - co-written by Beyoncé & Mike Will6. “Runaway” - co-written by Peter Phillips, Malik Yusef7. “Thank U, Next” - co-written by Charles “Scootie” Anderson, Tommy Brown, Ariana Grande, Victoria Monét, Njomza Vitia8. “Follow Your Arrow” - co-written by Brandy Clark9. “I Like It” - co-written by Bad Bunny, Cardi B, Craig Kallman, Mambo Kingz, Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, Vincent “Invincible” Watson10. “Hotline Bling” - co-written by Paul “Nineteen85” Jefferies

25 BEST CLASSICAL WORKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

1. Hans Abrahamsen - “Let Me Tell You”

2. George Benjamin - “Written on Skin”

3. Harrison Birtwistle - “The Minotaur”

4. György Kurtág - “Fin De Partie”

5. Thomas Adès - “The Tempest”

6. Kaija Saariaho - “L’amour De Loin”

7. Louis Andriessen - “La Commedia”

8. Jonathan Harvey - “String Quartet No 4”

9. Heiner Goebbels - “Hashirigaki”

11. Gerald Barry - “The Importance of Being Earnest”

12. Unsuk Chin - “Cello Concerto”

14. Pascal Dusapin - “Passion”

15. David Lang - “Little Match Girl Passion”

19. Cassandra Miller - “Duet for Cello and Orchestra”

20. Caroline Shaw - “Partita”

22. Linda Catlin Smith - “Piano Quintet”

23. James MacMillan - “Stabat Mater”

25. Jennifer Walshe - “XXX Live Nude Girls”

HILLARY LINDSEYOver a 25-year career, Hillary Lindsey has established herself as one of country music’s most

successful, versatile hitmakers. In 2019, we were reminded over and over just how good she

is. The same year Lindsey was honored with ASCAP’s Global Impact Award, she co-wrote four

songs for Miranda Lambert’s #1-selling album Wildcard, including the sassy lead single “It All

Comes Out in the Wash,” a Grammy nominee for Best Country Song. Her partnership with Lady

Gaga continued to bear fruit, as “Always Remember Us This Way” and “I’ll Never Love Again,”

from A Star Is Born, earned her two more Grammy nods (she would eventually win for “I’ll Never

Love Again,” her third career Grammy). The video for Lindsey’s Carrie Underwood single “Cry

Pretty,” which Billboard proclaimed as the #1 Best Country Song of 2018, was named Video of

the Year at the 2019 CMT Music Awards. And 17 years after her first chart-topping country song,

she added another to her 23-song catalog of #1s: Luke Bryan’s “Knockin’ Boots.” “This radio needs

three songs to play/To get me ‘cross town to you,” Bryan sings in the first verse. Chances are,

Hillary Lindsey wrote them all.

HONORING THE

GREATS

MICHAEL ABELS If Michael Abels’s 2017 score to Get Out

alerted the film world to a bold new composer

talent, his score to Jordan Peele’s 2019

horror masterpiece Us cemented Abels as

an utterly original voice in film music. Abels

drew from his diverse, decades-long musical

background in classical music, West African

drumming, choral music and beyond for Us’s

sinister soundscapes, even arranging the hip-

hop classic “I Got 5 on It” for an electronically-

treated string ensemble. For his stunning work

on Us, Abels was named Discovery of the Year

at the World Soundtrack Awards, and earned

an Outstanding Original Score nomination

at the inaugural Society of Composers &

Lyricists Awards; The Wrap even crowned Us

as “Score of the Decade.” Abels also found

time in 2019 to score Spike Lee’s sci-fi feature

See You Yesterday. In addition to his scoring

work, Abels continued his post as Director of

Music for New Roads School in Santa Monica;

he also co-founded the Composers Diversity

Collective, an advocacy group aimed at

increasing the visibility of composers of color

in film, game and streaming media.

HONORING THE GREATS

The ASCAP family includes innumerable songwriters and composers who have influenced generations of listeners. These greats continued to receive accolades in 2019.

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEESTHE CUREDEF LEPPARDRADIOHEADTHE ZOMBIES

SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES MISSY ELLIOTYUSUF/CAT STEVENSJACK TEMPCHINContemporary Icon Award

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE NPR: 8 WOMEN WHO INVENTED AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC BESSIE SMITHELLA FITZGERALDMARY LOU WILLIAMSCELIA CRUZSISTER ROSETTA THARPE

KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES EARTH, WIND & FIREMICHAEL TILSON THOMAS

ABDULLAH IBRAHIMMARIA SCHNEIDERBOB DOROUGH

INDUCTIONS CAB CALLOWAY“Minnie The Moocher” (1931) PABLO CASALSBach: Six Cello Suites (c. 1939) STAN FREBERGStan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1961) BENJAMIN BRITTENWar Requiem (1963) NINA SIMONE“Mississippi Goddam” (1964) CAST OF HAIRHair - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1968) EARTH, WIND & FIRE“September” (1978) SYLVESTER“You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” (1978) VARIOUS ARTISTSSchoolhouse Rock! The Box Set (1996) JAY-ZThe Blueprint (2001)

ELLEN REIDIn late 2018, composer Ellen Reid became the

first composer to have works commissioned

and performed by all four major LA ensembles

- the LA Phil, LA Master Chorale, LA Chamber

Orchestra and LA Opera - and all within a year’s

span. But it was 2019 when her renown went

global. Reid was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for

p r i s m, her visionary opera (with libretto by Roxie

Perkins) about a woman suffering through the

psychological effects of a sexual assault. Later in

the year, the NY Phil commissioned a new piece

from Reid as part of its Project 19 - the largest

women-only commissioning initiative in history,

commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th

amendment’s ratification. The debut recording of

p r i s m came out on Decca Gold in August, and in

the fall, Reid began her tenure as Creative Advisor

and Composer-in-Residence for Los Angeles

Chamber Orchestra. All the while, this inveterate

boundary breaker continued her vital work

with the Luna Composition Lab - a mentorship

program for young female-identifying, non-

binary and gender non-conforming composers,

co-founded by Reid and fellow ASCAP member

Missy Mazzoli.

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