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ACC OLA DES ASCAP MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019 ASCAP members united our world in 2019.

2019 was another record-breaking, game-changing year for ASCAP members. Their evolved in magnificent ways, connecting, inspiring, lifting and healing us as only music can.

Here’s a back at some of our members’ most remarkable THE achievements from 2019 and the past decade - a small sampling of the milestones met by our global family of music creators. We’ve also GOLDEN highlighted six ASCAP members from throughout our repertory who experienced breakout years in 2019. AGE Congratulations to ASCAP’s chart-topping, mold-breaking and – and to of our 740,000 , and members – for giving us something to sing about. THE GOLDEN AGE & FINNEAS ASCAP superstars honored across the genre spectrum

2020 Highlights… logged a sold-out world tour, performed at Coachella and made her BILLIE EILISH Best New Artist debut – all with FINNEAS alongside her in her Record of the Year - “Bad Guy” backing . The accolades kept flowing: of the Year - All Fall Asleep, ? the pair won the ASCAP Vanguard Award of the Year - “Bad Guy” in May, and were nominated for a collective Best Pop Vocal Album - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 11 Grammys; Eilish also picked up honors at FINNEAS the , Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Awards, MTV VMAs, and Record of the Year - “Bad Guy” Album of the Year - When We All Fall Asleep, more. By year’s end, FINNEAS had become Where Do We Go? the #1 songwriter of 2019 on Billboard’s Hot Song of the Year - “Bad Guy” Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - 100 Songwriters list, not long after releasing When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

his own debut, EP; and Eilish JACOB COLLIER While Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS acclaim, becoming the year’s best-selling was named Billboard’s of the Year and Best , or - “” gained plenty of attention since their 2016 album in the US and several other countries; Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year. To cap off their Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - “All Night Long” debut single “Ocean Eyes,” 2019 was the year it also set a record for most simultaneously incredible year, the pair won 10 Grammys, when they transformed into record-breaking, charting Hot 100 (14) by a female artist. making Eilish the first woman to win all four Best Recording - worldwide superstars. Released in late With the release of her “Bad Guy” single and a major Grammy categories, and FINNEAS the “Got to Keep On” (w/ Steve Dub Jones) March, Eilish’s debut album When We All Fall subsequent , Eilish became youngest ever winner of Producer of the Year. Best Dance/Electronic Album - No Geography Asleep, Where Do We Go? (written by the two the first artist born in the 2000s to a Not bad for a pair of homeschooled siblings for KING & COUNTRY Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/ who created an entire sonic universe in their of them, and produced entirely by FINNEAS) #1 single in the US (it topped the charts in Song - “” (w/ Jordan Reynolds) earned rapturous critical and commercial another 15 countries). By year’s end, Eilish had childhood bedroom. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - Burn the Ships THE GOLDEN AGE THE GOLDEN AGE

2020 GOLDEN GLOBES & OSCARS ANTHONY FERRARI & CASEY KASPRZYK PEDRO CAPÓ Original Song - “You’re the ” Song of the Year - “Calma” Highlights… from The Bold and the Beautiful (w/ George Noriega & Rec808) Best Original Song - Best Urban Fusion/Performance - JONATHAN McREYNOLDS “(’m Gonna) Me Again” THE CAST OF ’S VISIT “Calma (Remix)” (w/ ) Artist of the Year from Rocketman Outstanding Musical Performance - “Answer Me,” performed on the Today Show CD of the Year - Make Room Album of the Year - El Mal Querer Contemporary CD of the Year - Make Room Best Engineered Album - El Mal Querer Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year PULITZER PRIZE Male Vocalist of the Year IN MUSIC KANY GARCÍA Song of the Year - “Not , I’m Loved” ANAÏS MITCHELL Best -Songwriter Album - Contra El Viento Producer of the Year (w/ Darryl “Lil Man” Howell) ELLEN REID - p r i s m Best Musical - Hadestown Best Short Version - Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance Best Score - Hadestown “Banana Papaya” of the Year - “Not Lucky, I’m Loved” First Best Musical winner with book, music & PRIMETIME EMMYS written single-handedly by a woman JEKALYN CARR CMA AWARDS Albertina Walker Female Vocalist of the Year MARCO BELTRAMI RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! Traditional CD of the Year - One Nation Under God & BRANDON ROBERTS Best Revival of a Musical Traditional Female Vocalist of the Year Outstanding Music Composition for a Entertainer of the Year Documentary Series or Special - Free Solo HAROLD WHEELER Unprecedented 7th win in this category Lifetime Achievement Award HITMAKERS LIST ADAM SCHLESINGER & JACK DOLGEN Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics JASON WEBB Album of the Year - Girl BILLIE EILISH “Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal” Special Tony Award Hitmaker of the Year from Ex-Girlfriend OLD DOMINION BTS Vocal Group of the Year AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO Group of the Year LATIN GRAMMYS Highlights… & DANIEL PALLADINO DAN + SHAY LOUIS BELL Outstanding Music Supervision Vocal Duo of the Year Producer of the Year The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Record of the Year - “” Best Pop Song - “Mi Persona Favorita” TRENT REZNOR Hitmakers: DAYTIME Best Music Video Long Version - Musical Event of the Year - AMY ALLEN JOZZY “Lo Que Fui Es Lo Que Soy” “ (Remix)” TOMMY BROWN SAVAN KOTECHA CIRKUT MADISON PAUL ANTONELLI, KEN CORDAY ANDRÉS CALAMARO FINNEAS VICTORIA MONÉT & D. BRENT NELSON Best Pop/Rock Album - Cargar La Suerte Outstanding Music Direction & Composition - SAM HOLLANDER Best Rock Song - “Verdades Afiladas” Days of JONAS JEBERG STARGATE (w/ German Wiedemer) ILYA BILLY WALSH THE GOLDEN AGE

WORLD AWARDS APPLE MUSIC AWARDS

ANTHONY ROSSOMANDO BILLIE EILISH Best Original Song - “Shallow” Artist of the Year from A Star Is Born Songwriter of the Year (w/ FINNEAS) Album of the Year - When We Fall Asleep, MICHAEL ABELS - Discovery of the Year Where Do We Go? JOHN POWELL - Public Choice Award

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI AWARDS FRÉDÉRIC DEVREESE Lifetime Achievement Awards Highlights…

ROMEO SANTOS AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Tropical Artist of the Year, Solo THE Tropical Artist of the Year, Duo or Group BTS (w/ Aventura) Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock Tropical Song of the Year - “Sobredosis” Favorite Social Artist Tour of the Year CASPER MÁGICO, NIO GARCÍA, DARELL CHART & - “Te Boté” BILLIE EILISH Hot Latin Song of the Year New Artist of the Year Streaming Song of the Year Favorite Artist – DAN + SHAY Digital Song of the Year - “Dura” TOPPERS Favorite Duo or Group – Country – Country: “Speechless” NATTI NATASHA Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Female BEYONCÉ Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B RAYMIX Regional Mexican Song of the Year - “Oye Mujer” Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop Song of the Year - “” QUEEN Favorite Soundtrack - THE CHART TOPPERS BAD BUNNY ASCAP members set streaming and chart records, and crafted the sound of 2019. and 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 (the 2019 ASCAP Latin Song of the Year), Bad Bunny dropped his debut LP on Christmas of 2018. , and YEAR-END SONGWRITER & PRODUCER CHARTS praised its off-kilter mix of styles and sonic textures; the album sent over a dozen songs onto the GLOBAL TOP LISTS - TOP 5 Latin charts, including the massive crossover hit “MIA,” a top 5 smash on the . Next up was Oasis, BAD BUNNY MOST-STREAMED ARTISTS a laid-back collaborative album between Bad Bunny and J Balvin that hit #9 on the mainstream album charts on the #1 Hot Latin Songwriter strength of singles like “Qué Pretendes” and “La Canción.” A week after X 100pre won the Latin Grammy for Best 2. BILLIE EILISH LOUIS BELL 3. Urban Music Album, Bad Bunny made history with “” – the highest Hot 100 debut for a Spanish-language song #1 Hot 100 Producer 5. BAD BUNNY with no features. No doubt, Bad Bunny earned his #1 spot on the Billboard Year-End Hot Latin Songwriters chart – #1 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Producer #1 Producer he’s one of the most prolific, creative songwriters we’ve got in any genre. MOST-STREAMED FEMALE ARTISTS

FINNEAS 1. BILLIE EILISH #1 Hot 100 Songwriter 2. ARIANA GRANDE

ASHLEY GORLEY MOST-STREAMED MALE ARTISTS #1 Hot Country Songwriter 3. BAD BUNNY DANN HUFF #1 Hot Country Producer MOST-STREAMED TRACKS 1. “Señorita” – co-written by Charli XCX FREDDIE MERCURY 2. “Bad Guy” – co-written by Billie Eilish & Finneas #1 Hot Rock Songwriter 3. “Sunflower” – co-written by Louis Bell & Billy Walsh ASCAP songwriters in the Top 25 of the year-end 4. “” – Ariana Grande - co-written by Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart, and top 5 of Charles “Scootie” Anderson, Tommy Brown, Ariana Grande, year-end individual genre charts: Oscar Hammerstein, Victoria Monét, , Njomza Vitia ANTHONY BROWN STEVE MAC 5. “Old Town Road (Remix)” - co-written by Jozzy CARDI B & Trent Reznor DABABY JORDAN REYNOLDS BILLIE EILISH DAN SMITH MOST-STREAMED ARIANA GRANDE DAN SMYERS JAHMAL GWIN ANDREW TAGGART 1. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? SAM HOLLANDER BRENDON URIE Billie Eilish BILLY WALSH 3. , Next Ariana Grande DABABY

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 in early March. The album spawned “Suge,” a trap banger that went double platinum, and netted DaBaby two A DECADE 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 , Trippie Redd, Megan OF ASCAP Thee Stallion, Chance and the Dreamville collective (Complex called his verse on the Dreamville track “Under the Sun” a “defining breakout moment for a new DOMINANCE rap superstar”). Amidst that steady stream of guest verses, DaBaby found time to record and release another full-length, Kirk, which fared even 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 2010s 25 BEST CLASSICAL WORKS ASCAP ALBUMS IN THE TOP 25 OF THE 21ST CENTURY 3. Beyoncé - Beyoncé 1. Hans Abrahamsen - “Let Me Tell You” 5. - The Idler Wheel... 6. Solange - A Seat at the Table 2. George Benjamin - “Written on ” 7. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City 3. Harrison Birtwistle - “The Minotaur” 8. - Body Talk 4. György Kurtág - “Fin De Partie” 9. D’angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah 5. Thomas Adès - “The Tempest” 11. - Art Angels 6. Kaija Saariaho - “L’amour De Loin” 14. - Melodrama 7. Louis Andriessen - “La Commedia” 17. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 8. Jonathan Harvey - “String Quartet No 4” HILLARY LINDSEY 19. - Norman Fucking Rockwell! 21. Beach House - Teen Dream 9. Heiner Goebbels - “Hashirigaki” Over a 25-year career, Hillary Lindsey has established herself as one of ’s most 25. - In Colour 11. Gerald Barry - “The Importance of Being Earnest” 12. Unsuk Chin - “ Concerto” successful, versatile hitmakers. In 2019, reminded over and over just how good she 14. Pascal Dusapin - “Passion” is. The same year Lindsey was honored with ASCAP’s Global Impact Award, she co-wrote four THE 100 BEST SONGS OF THE 2010s 15. David Lang - “Little Match Girl Passion” songs for ’s #1-selling album Wildcard, including the sassy “It All TOP 10 19. Cassandra Miller - “Duet for Cello and ” Comes Out in the Wash,” a Grammy nominee for Best Country Song. Her partnership with 1. “” - co-written by Robyn 20. Caroline Shaw - “Partita” & Patrik Berger 22. Linda Catlin Smith - “ Quintet” Gaga continued to bear fruit, as “Always Remember Us This Way” and “I’ll Never Love Again,” 2. “Alright” - co-written by Kawan Prather 23. James MacMillan - “Stabat Mater” from A Star Is Born, earned her two more Grammy nods (she would eventually win for “I’ll Never 3. “” - co-written by 25. Jennifer Walshe - “XXX Live Nude Girls” Love Again,” her third career Grammy). The video for Lindsey’s single “ 4. “Formation” - co-written by Beyoncé & Mike Will 6. “” - co-written by Peter Phillips, Malik Yusef ,” which Billboard proclaimed as the #1 Best Country Song of 2018, was named Video of 7. “Thank U, Next” - co-written by Charles “Scootie” the Year at the 2019 CMT Music Awards. And 17 years after her first chart-topping country song, Anderson, Tommy Brown, Ariana Grande, Victoria Monét, Njomza Vitia she added another to her 23-song catalog of #1s: ’s “Knockin’ Boots.” “This radio needs 8. “” - co-written by Brandy Clark three songs to play/To get me ‘cross town to you,” Bryan sings in the first verse. Chances are, 9. “I Like It” - co-written by Bad Bunny, Cardi B, Craig Kallman, Mambo Kingz, Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, Hillary Lindsey wrote them all. Vincent “Invincible” Watson 10. “” - co-written by Paul “” Jefferies Michael Abels’s 2017 score to Get Out MICHAEL ABELS 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 , West African drumming, choral music and beyond for Us’s sinister soundscapes, even arranging the hip- hop classic “ 5 on It” for an electronically- HONORING 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 THE at the inaugural Society of Composers & 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 GREATS 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 . HONORING THE GREATS ELLEN REID The ASCAP family includes innumerable songwriters and composers who have influenced In late 2018, composer Ellen Reid became the generations of listeners. These greats continued to receive accolades in 2019. first composer to have works commissioned and performed by all four major LA ensembles ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME - the LA Phil, LA Master Chorale, LA Chamber INDUCTEES Orchestra and LA Opera - and all within a year’s INDUCTIONS

RADIOHEAD span. But 2019 when her renown went CAB CALLOWAY THE ZOMBIES global. Reid was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for “” (1931) p r i s m, her visionary opera (with by Roxie SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME PABLO CASALS INDUCTEES Bach: Six Cello Suites (c. 1939) Perkins) about a woman suffering through the MISSY ELLIOT STAN FREBERG psychological effects of a sexual assault. Later in YUSUF/CAT STEVENS Stan Freberg Presents the of America, JACK TEMPCHIN the year, the NY Phil commissioned a new piece Vol. 1: The Early Years (1961) Contemporary Icon Award from Reid as part of its Project 19 - the largest BENJAMIN BRITTEN War Requiem (1963) women-only commissioning initiative in history, NPR: 8 WOMEN WHO INVENTED commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th AMERICAN NINA SIMONE “Mississippi Goddam” (1964) amendment’s ratification. The debut recording of BESSIE SMITH ELLA FITZGERALD CAST OF HAIR p r i s m came out on Decca Gold in August, and in MARY LOU WILLIAMS Hair - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1968) CELIA CRUZ the fall, Reid began her tenure as Creative Advisor EARTH, WIND & and Composer-in-Residence for “September” (1978) KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES Chamber Orchestra. All the while, this inveterate EARTH, WIND & FIRE SYLVESTER “You Feel (Mighty Real)” (1978) boundary breaker continued her vital work MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS with the Luna Composition Lab - a mentorship VARIOUS ARTISTS Schoolhouse Rock! The Box Set (1996) program for young female-identifying, non- JAY-Z binary and gender non-conforming composers, ABDULLAH IBRAHIM (2001) MARIA SCHNEIDER co-founded by Reid and fellow ASCAP member BOB DOROUGH Missy Mazzoli. © 2020 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP)