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Platten’s Diamond Award, SESAC Celebrates Artists
Marking over 10 million units sold in the United States, singer-songwriter Rachel Platten receives RIAAA’s Diamond Award for “Fight Song” by Sony Music Publishing, joining ... -
Kirk Franklin Honored, NSAI Rise Program
Kirk Franklin Honored With 30+ years of hits, multi-Grammy winning artist-songwriter-producer Kirk Franklin receives SoundExchange’s Hall of Fame Award as one of the most-streamed artists ... -
Chili Pepper Sale, SourceAudio Music Monitoring
Chili Pepper Sale WMG acquires catalog masters of the Red Hot Chili Peppers for rumored over $300 million (a joint venture with Bain Capital). Catalog ... -
Song Biz, June 2026: What's Going On This Month?
ROSALÍA’s Ivor Award Singer-songwriter ROSALÍA is The Ivors’ International Songwriter of the Year Award. El Mal Querer (2018) reimagined flamenco, she wrote/performed/recorded/produced 2022’s MOTOMAMI (global ... -
Song Biz, May 2026: What's Going On This Month?
Tina Turner’s Pophouse Sweden-based investment firm Pophouse Entertainment (co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus) acquires majority stake in Tina Turner’s catalog—including name, image, likeness—in a deal ... -
Song Biz, April 2026: What's Going On This Month
Cat’s Is Out Now Director-writer Rick Korn’s award-winning documentary, Harry Chapin - Cat’s In the Cradle: The Song that Changed Our Lives is out now on digital streaming ... -
Song Biz, March 2026: What's Going On This Month
AYO Adds Diamond Launching in 2024, copyright administrator AYO Music Group develops a new Gapfinder tool, has new releases set for 2026, and adds to ... -
Song Biz, February 2026: What's Going On This Month
SMP Signs Spiro Sienna Spiro signs to global publishing with SMP. With 6.6+ M Spotify listeners/1.5 M TikTok followers, EP SINK NOW, SWIM LATER hit ... -
Song Biz, January 2026: What's Going On This Month?
SMP Renews Daecolm Daecolm renews (2016) global publishing with Sony Music Publishing, for existing and futures. With 420+ million streams for 2024’s “I Adore You,” ... -
Song Biz, November 2025: What's Going on This Month
2025 SESAC Awards Ariana Grande was named SESAC’s 2025S Songwriter of the Year, with “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” named Song of ...
