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# Warner/Chappell Music Named ASCAP Publisher Of The Year 2016
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/warnerchappell-music-named-ascap-publisher-of-the-year-2016/
- Published: 2016-04-28T10:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-28T10:15:00.000Z
- Description: Warner/Chappell Music has been named ASCAP's Music Publisher of the Year 2016, it was announced at last night’s 33rd annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, Major Labels, Songwriting & Music Publishing, music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

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In addition, Ryan McMahon and Benjamin Berger of WCM songwriting trio Captain Cuts were honored with the “Song of the Year” award for co-writing Walk the Moon’s smash hit “Shut Up and Dance” last night by ASACP.

In 2012, Warner/Chappell was named ASCAP’s Music Publisher of the Year for the first time in more than a decade, and the company has now received this prestigious honor in three out of the last five years.

22 WCM songrwiters were given “Most Performed Song Awards” last night by ASCAP:

- “Bad Blood,” co-written by Kendrick Lamar
- “Can’t Feel My Face,” co-written by Ali Payami
- “Centuries,” co-written by Suzanne Vega
- “Cool for the Summer,” co-written by Ali Payami
- “Earned It,” co-written by Ahmad Balshe AKA Belly
- “GDFR,” co-written by Mike Caren, Andrew Cedar & Justin Franks
- “Heartbeat Song,” co-written by Audra Mae
- “Here,” co-written by Robert Gerongco
- “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” co-written by Justin Weaver
- “Love Me Harder,” co-written by Ahmad Balshe AKA Belly & Ali Payami
- “Love Me Like You Do,” co-written by Tove Lo, Ali Payami & Ilya
- “Riptide,” co-written by James Keogh AKA Vance Joy
- “See You Again,” co-written by Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Dann Hume, Josh Hardy & Phoebe Cockburn
- “Shut Up and Dance,” co-written by Ryan McMahon & Benjamin Berger of Captain Cuts
- “Somebody,” co-written by Joe Khajadourian & Alex Schwartz
- “Style,” co-written by Ali Payami
- “Talking Body,” co-written by Ludvig Soderberg, Jakob Jerlstrom & Tove Lo
- “The Hills,” co-written by Ahmad Balshe AKA Belly & Emmanuel Nickerson
- “Uptown Funk,” co-written by Bruno Mars
- “What Do You Mean?” co-written by Mason Levy
- “Want to Want Me,” co-written by Sam Martin
- “Worth It,” co-written by Priscilla Renea

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