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. TOP BRASS 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. ASCAP STARS HONORED TOP BRASS 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 Fooled Around and Fell in Love ANNIE AWARDS 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 TOP BRASS 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 CHARLEY PRIDE (graduate of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop) 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 TOP BRASS 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 Outstanding Female Artist Highlights... LATIN GRAMMYS Outstanding Song, Traditional – “Spirit” Outstanding Song, Contemporary – “Before I Let Go” JULIO REYES COPELLO Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration – CARLOS HERNÁNDEZ CARBONELL “Brown Skin Girl” (w/ Blue Ivy & WizKiD) ALEJANDRO SANZ (SGAE) 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” TOP BRASS 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 STELLAR AWARDS PREMIOS LO NUESTRO Highlights... 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.