Sony/ATV Wins ASCAP Pop Publisher of the Year

Sony/ATV Music Publishing was crowned Publisher of the Year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

The company was awarded the honour at the 34th annual event held at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Thursday night after 22 of its songs were individually recognised. This is the fourth time in five years that Sony/ATV has won the Publisher of the Year award.

The Sony/ATV winning songs included “Closer”, “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Roses”, which were all co-written by “Drew” Taggart and recorded by his group The Chainsmokers. Greg Kurstin was also a multiple Sony/ATV winner as he was honored for “Cheap Thrills” with Sia Furler and the Adele hit “Hello”.

Other Sony/ATV winners included Fetty Wap for “679”, Mike Posner for “I Took A Pill In Ibiza”, Calvin Harris for “This Is What You Came For” and Walk The Moon for “Shut Up And Dance”.

The full list of Sony/ATV winning songs with the company's ASCAP writers alongside are:

679 - Fetty Wap

Cheap Thrills - Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler

Closer - Andrew Taggart, Frederic Kennett, Isaac Slade, Joseph King

Don’t Let Me Down - Andrew Taggart

Ex’s And Oh’s - Dave Bassett

Gold - David Singer-Vine

Hello - Greg Kurstin

Hide Away - Brett Mclaughlin

I Hate U I Love You - Gnash, Olivia O’brien

I Took A Pill In Ibiza - Mike Posner

Let Me Love You - Louis Bell, Lumidee Cedeno

Me, Myself & I - G-Eazy

Needed Me - Adam King Feeney

Never Forget You - Arron Davey

One Call Away - Maureen Mcdonald

One Dance - Paul Jefferies

Pillow Talk - Anthony Hannides. Michael Hannides

Roses - Andrew Taggart

Same Old Love - Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen

Shut Up And Dance - Eli Maiman, Kevin Ray, Nicholas Petricca, Sean Waugaman

This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris

Work Monte Moir - Allen Ritter, Boi-1da, Rupert Thomas