ASCAP MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2021
ASCAP members gave us music with
the most heart, soul and impact in 2021.
From the very rst #1 song of 2021 (Mariah Carey & Walter
Afanasie’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”) to the single that
dominated December (Adele’s “Easy on Me,” co-written and
produced by Greg Kurstin), ASCAP members were behind the
world’s most popular, impactful music throughout the year.
ASCAP members inspired us to sing and dance, think and feel
in 2021. Their music kept us connected when we couldn’t be
together, and gave us hope when we most needed it. They
showed that music can make a dierence.
Here are some of the many milestones that our ASCAP family
achieved in 2021, another culture-dening year for the 850,000
songwriters, composers and publishers we represent.
ACADEMY AWARDS
JON BATISTE & TRENT REZNOR
Best Original Score - Soul
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
CARLY PEARCE “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
Single of the Year
Music Event of the Year
DAN + SHAY
Duo of the Year
HILLARY LINDSEY
Songwriter of the Year
OLD DOMINION
Group of the Year
CHRIS STAPLETON
Album of the Year - Starting Over
JIMMY ROBBINS
Song of the Year: “The Bones”
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
BTS
Artist of the Year
Favorite Pop Duo or Group
Favorite Pop Song - “Butter”
OLIVIA RODRIGO - New Artist of the Year
DAN + SHAY - Favorite Country Duo or Group
CARDI B - Favorite Hip-Hop Song (“Up”)
THE WEEKND - Favorite Male R&B Artist
BECKY G - Favorite Female Latin Artist
BANDA MS DE SERGIO LIZÁRRAGA - Favorite Latin
Duo or Group
KALI UCHIS - Favorite Latin Song (“telepatía”)
ANNIE AWARDS
JON BATISTE & TRENT REZNOR
Best Music - Feature - Soul
BET AWARDS
JAZMINE SULLIVAN
Album of the Year - Heaux Tales
CARDI B - “WAP”
Best Collaboration
Video of the Year
LIL BABY
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
BEYONCÉ
Viewer’s Choice Award - “Savage Remix”
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Highlights...
THE WEEKND
Top Artist
Top Male Artist
Top Hot 100 Artist
Top Radio Songs Artist
Top R&B Artist
Top R&B Male Artist:
Top R&B Album - After Hours
Top Hot 100 Song
Top Radio Song - “Blinding Lights”
Top R&B Song - “Blinding Lights”
BTS
Top Duo/Group
Top Song Sales Artist
Top Social Artist
Top Selling Song - “Dynamite”
ASCAP Shirley Walker Award winner Germaine
Franco is one of few women working full-time in
Hollywood as a composer and music producer for
lm, TV and interactive media. She gained critical
acclaim in 2018 with her work on Pixar’s much-
beloved Coco, co-orchestrating the score, and
co-writing and producing ve original songs with
screenwriter and co-director Adrian Molina. Fast
forward three years, and Franco is in high demand
for her colorful orchestrations and unmatched
ability to provide an authentic Latinx sound.
2021 found her scoring another smash-hit family
lm, Encanto, Disney’s animated musical about a
magical family in an enchanted Colombian oasis.
Franco’s vibrant score, coupled with Lin-Manuel
Miranda’s songs, denitely struck a chord with
kids and parents alike. The Encanto soundtrack hit
#1 on the Billboard 200 chart in January, the rst
animated soundtrack to top the charts in three
years. With more projects in the works, Germaine
Franco is building a powerful and exciting legacy in
the world of screen music.
WIN-WIN SITUATIONS
ASCAP STARS WON MAJOR AWARDS FOR THEIR MUSIC IN 2021
BRIT AWARDS
DUA LIPA
Mastercard Album - Future Nostalgia
Female Solo Artist
J HUS
Male Solo Artist
ARLO PARKS
Breakthrough Artist
THE WEEKND
International Male Solo Artist
BILLIE EILISH
International Female Solo Artist
HAIM
International Group
CMA AWARDS
CHRIS STAPLETON
Male Vocalist of the Year
Album of the Year - Starting Over (w/ Vance Powell)
Single of the Year - “Starting Over” (w/ Vance Powell)
Song of the Year - “Starting Over”
KELSEA BALLERINI - “Half of My Hometown”
Musical Event of the Year (w/ Jimmy Robbins)
Music Video of the Year
BROTHERS OSBORNE
Vocal Duo of the Year
CARLY PEARCE
Female Vocalist of the Year
OLD DOMINION
Vocal Group of the Year
DAYTIME EMMYS
BRANDON CAMPBELL
Best Music Direction & Composition -
The Letter for the King
JESS LACHER & THOMAS REILLY
Best Original Song for Preschool, Children’s or Animated
Program - “Suragette City” from Animaniacs
MICHELLE LEWIS
Best Original Song - “Unsaid Emily” from
Julie and the Phantoms
PRIMETIME EMMYS
BO BURNHAM
Outstanding Music Direction - Bo Burnham: Inside
STEVEN PRICE
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary
Series or Special - David Attenborough: A Life on Our
Planet
GAME AUDIO NETWORK GUILD AWARDS Highlights...
GORDY HAAB
Music of the Year - Star Wars: Squadrons
AUSTIN WINTORY
Best Music for an Indie Game - The Pathless
JOHN ROBERT MATZ
Best Original Soundtrack Album - Mythgard
GUY WHITMORE
Lifetime Achievement Award
WILBERT ROGET, II
GANG Recognition Award
CODY MATTHEW JOHNSON
Distinguished Service Award
GAUDEAMUS AWARD
ANNIKA SOCOLOFSKY
Prestigious concert music prize for young music pioneers
GOLDEN GLOBES
JON BATISTE & TRENT REZNOR
Best Original Score - Soul
DIANE WARREN, LAURA PAUSINI &
NICCOLÒ AGLIARDI
Best Original Song - “Io Si (Seen)” from The Life Ahead
GRAMMYS Highlights…
BEYONCÉ
Now the most-decorated woman in Grammy history (28)
Best R&B Performance - “Black Parade”
Best Rap Performance - “Savage Remix”
Best Rap Song - “Savage Remix”
Best Music Video - “Brown Skin Girl”
BILLIE EILISH & FINNEAS O’CONNELL
Record of the Year - “Everything I Wanted”
Best Song Written for Visual Media - “No Time to Die”
FIONA APPLE
Best Rock Performance - “Shameika”
Best Alternative Music Album - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
KAYTRANADA
Best Dance Recording - “10%”
Best Dance/Electronic Album - Bubba
MARIA SCHNEIDER
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Data Lords
Best Instrumental Composition - “Sputnik”
AARON DESSNER
Album of the Year - folklore
iHEARTRADIO MUSIC AWARDS Highlights...
THE WEEKND
Male Artist of the Year
Song of the Year - “Blinding Lights”
TikTok Bop of the Year - “Blinding Lights”
Titanium Song of the Year - “Blinding Lights”
Titanium Artist of the Year
ASHLEY GORLEY
Songwriter of the Year
MAX MARTIN
Producer of the Year
AC/DC
Rock Album of the Year - Power Up
LIL BABY
Hip-Hop Album of the Year - My Turn
OLIVIA RODRIGO
Social Star Award
IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS
LIANNE LA HAVAS
Best Album - Lianne La Havas
DAVE & FRASER T SMITH
Best Contemporary Song - “Children of the Internet”
BARNEY LISTER & OBONGJAYAR
Best Song Musically & Lyrically - “God’s Own Children”
AMY ALLEN
PRS for Music Most Performed Work - “Adore You”
GEOFF BARROW, BEN SALISBURY & THE INSECTS
Best Television Soundtrack - Devs
MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
The Ivors Classical Music Award
ALISON GOLDFRAPP & WILL GREGORY
The Ivors Inspiration Award
RICHIE SAMBORA (for Bon Jovi)
Special International Award with Apple Music
WIN-WIN SITUATIONS WIN-WIN SITUATIONS
LATIN GRAMMYS Highlights…
CAMILO
Best Pop Vocal Album - Mis Manos
Best Pop Song - “Vida de Rico”
Best Tropical Song - “Dios Así Lo Quiso”
Best Urban Fusion/Performance - “Tattoo (Remix)”
RUBÉN BLADES
Album of the Year - Salswing!
Best Salsa Album - Salsa Plus!
Person of the Year
DESCEMER BUENO, EL FUNKY, GENTE DE ZONA,
YADAM GONZÁLEZ, MAYKEL OSORBO & YOTUEL
Song of the Year - “Patria y Vida”
Best Urban Song - “Patria y Vida”
VICENTICO
Best Rock Album - El Pozo Brillante
Best Rock Song - “Ahora”
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS Highlights…
OLIVIA RODRIGO
Best New Artist
Push Performance of the Year - “drivers license”
Song of the Year - “drivers license”
JUSTIN BIEBER
Artist of the Year
Best Pop - “Peaches”
BILLIE EILISH
Best Latin - “Lo Vas a Olvidar”
Video for Good - “Your Power”
FOO FIGHTERS
MTV Global Icon Award
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
BEYONCÉ
Outstanding Female Artist - “Black Parade”
Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album - “Brown Skin
Girl” (w/ Blue Ivy Carter & Wizkid)
Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song - “Savage Remix”
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) -
“Savage Remix”
JON BATISTE
Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album - Soul
(w/ Trent Reznor)
Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental - Music From and
Inspired by Soul
THE CLARK SISTERS
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album - The Return
SOMI
Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal - Holy Room – Live at
Alte Oper
PREMIOS LO NUESTRO Highlights...
CAMILO
New Artist Male
Pop Artist of the Year
Pop Collaboration of the Year - “Si Me Dices que Sí”
(w/ Reik, Farruko)
Pop Album of the Year - Por Primera Vez
Urban/Pop - Song of the Year - “Si Me Dices que Sí”
(w/ Reik, Farruko)
ROMEO SANTOS
Tropical Artist of the Year
Tropical Song of the Year - “La Mejor Versión de Mi”
(w/ Natti Natasha)
Tropical Collaboration of the Year - “Nuestro Amor”
(w/ Alex Bueno)
NICKI NICOLE
New Artist Female
WIN-WIN SITUATIONS
2021 was the season of Summer Walker. She
splashed onto the scene in 2018 with her excellent
mixtape Last Day of Summer, and went even
bigger for her debut album, Over It, which set
a record for the biggest streaming debut week
ever for a female R&B artist. Not to be outdone
in 2021, Walker had her most explosive year yet.
Her sophomore album Still Over It debuted at
#1 on the Billboard 200, and sent an incredible
18 songs onto the Hot 100 – simultaneously –
making Walker the only woman besides Taylor
Swift with that many chart entries at the same
time. Still Over It was the rst R&B album by a
woman to top the album charts since Solange’s A
Seat at the Table in 2016. To top it o, Still Over It
set the record for the best-ever R&B album debut
on Apple Music – and became the streaming
service’s biggest-ever release by a woman in any
genre. Summer Walker does it bigger and better
with every release, and we can’t wait to see what
the future holds for this R&B superstar.
PULITZER PRIZE IN MUSIC
Winner: TANIA LEÓN - “Stride”
Finalists: MARIA SCHNEIDER - Data Lords &
TED HEARNE - Place
SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS &
LYRICISTS AWARDS
JON BATISTE & TRENT REZNOR
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film - Soul
SAVAN KOTECHA, FAT MAX GSUS &
RICKARD GÖRANSSON
Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media -
“Husavik (My Home Town)” from Eurovision Song
Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
MIKOLAI STROINSKI & GARRY SCHYMAN
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media -
Metamorphosis
SPIKE LEE
Spirit of Collaboration Award
STELLAR AWARDS Highlights…
TASHA COBBS LEONARD
Albertina Walker Female Vocalist of the Year
Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year
Praise and Worship Album of the Year -
Royalty: Live at the Ryman
Song of the Year - “Something Has to Break” (Live)
THE CLARK SISTERS
Duo/Chorus Group of the Year
James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award
Special Event Album of the Year - The First Ladies
of Gospel
Traditional Duo/Chorus Group of the Year
MAVERICK CITY MUSIC
Album of the Year - Maverick City Music Vol. 3 Part 1
New Artist of the Year
TONY AWARDS
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL
Best Musical
KATIE KRESEK, CHARLIE ROSEN & MATT STINE
Best Orchestrations - Moulin Rouge! The Musical
WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS
DANIEL PEMBERTON
Film Composer of the Year – Enola Holmes,
Rising Phoenix, The Trial of the Chicago 7
STEPH JONES, JORDAN POWERS & FLORENCE WELCH
Best Original Song – “Call me Cruella”
(from Disney’s Cruella)
NAINITA DESAI
Discovery of the Year - The Reason I Jump
BENJI MERRISON
Public Choice Award - SAS: Red Notice
DOUGAL KEMP
SABAM Award for Best Original Composition by
a Young Composer
WIN-WIN SITUATIONS
BOX OFFICE MOJO:
TOP 10 FILMS (DOMESTIC)
1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
Composer: Michael Giacchino
2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Composer: Joel P. West
3. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Composer: Marco Beltrami
4. Black Widow
Composer: Lorne Balfe
7. No Time to Die
Composer: Hans Zimmer
8. A Quiet Place Part II
Composer: Marco Beltrami
GLOBAL YEAR-END CHARTS
Most Streamed Songs
1. OLIVIA RODRIGO - “drivers license”
3. JUSTIN BIEBER “STAY”
4. OLIVIA RODRIGO - “good 4 u”
5. DUA LIPA - “Levitating (feat. DaBaby)”
Most Streamed Albums
1. OLIVIA RODRIGO SOUR
2. DUA LIPA Future Nostalgia
3. JUSTIN BIEBER Justice
Most Streamed Artists
3. BTS
5. JUSTIN BIEBER
FINNEAS
#1 Hot Rock & Alt Producer
#1 Hot Alternative Producer
ASHLEY GORLEY
#1 Hot Country Songwriter
GREG KURSTIN
#1 Hot Hard Rock Songs Producer
DAN NIGRO
#1 Hot 100 Producer
OLIVIA RODRIGO
#1 Hot 100 Songwriter
LIL BABY
#1 Hot Rap Songwriter
NATE RHOADS
#1 Hot R&B Songs Producer
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN
#1 Hot Hard Rock Songwriter
MATTHEW WEST
#1 Hot Christian Songwriter
OFF THE CHARTS
ASCAP MEMBERS WROTE THE TOP TUNES IN EVERY MEDIUM
YEAR-END SONGWRITER & PRODUCER CHARTS
2021 was an unforgettable year for rising superstar
Olivia Rodrigo. Already well known as an actress,
she ascended to pop royalty with “drivers license,”
her earnest heartbreak ballad that rocketed to
record-breaking success. When the song topped
the Hot 100, it made the then 17-year-old Rodrigo
the youngest artist ever to debut atop the chart,
and introduced a singer-songwriter to be reckoned
with. The quadruple-platinum song spent eight
consecutive weeks at #1. When her debut album
SOUR dropped in May 2021, accompanied by four
straight top 10 singles, it was clear that Olivia Rodrigo
had made something magical. Written amidst the
isolation of the pandemic with producer Dan Nigro,
SOUR is a rollicking romp through the heartaches
of youth. The album cemented Rodrigo as a new
household name, and netted her seven GRAMMY
nominations, a visit to The White House and the top
spot on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 Songwriters
chart. With her pick of new collaborators and a
sold-out spring tour on the books, Olivia Rodrigo
shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
OFF THE CHARTS
10 MOST-WATCHED TV SHOWS
1. Squid Game
Composer: Jung Jae-il
2. Lupin pt 1
Composer: Mathieu Lamboley
3. Money Heist Season 5
Composers: Manel Santisteban &
Iván Martínez Lacámara
4. Maid
Composers: Este Haim & Christopher Stracey
5. Sex/Life
Composer: Isabella “The Machine” Summers
6. Sweet Tooth
Composer: Je Grace
7. Fate: The Winx Saga
Composer: Anne Nikitin
8. Sex Education Season 3
Composers: Oli Julian & Ezra Furman
9. Shadow and Bone
Composer: Joseph Trapanese
10. Lupin pt. 2
Composer: Mathieu Lamboley
TOP 100 SONGWRITERS
ASCAP writers in the top 50
1. ASHLEY GORLEY
3. JOSH OSBORNE
4. COREY CROWDER
7. HUNTER PHELPS
8. JONATHAN SINGLETON
12. ZACH CROWELL
16. CHRIS STAPLETON
20. JERRY FLOWERS
21. MARTIN JOHNSON
26. JORDAN DAVIS
36. KURT ALLISON
38. MATT ROGERS
39. PAUL DIGIOVANNI
40. HILLARY LINDSEY
45. BRETT JAMES
47. LAINEY WILSON
49. CARLY PEARCE
50. DAN SMYERS
In a town built on songs, country songwriter
Josh Osborne is undoubtedly one of Nashville’s
master craftsmen. Some 40 songs were
released in 2021 that bore his imprint as a writer
and/or producer, including superb singles by
Carly Pearce, Old Dominion, Midland, Sam
Hunt and Darius Rucker. He was nominated for
Songwriter of the Year at the ACMs and Album
of the Year at the CMAs (for Carly Pearce’s 29),
and was named MusicRow’s CountryBreakout
Songwriter of the Year, a feat he repeated in
2022. Proving that a great song is a great song,
regardless of genre, Osborne also took home
a whopping 13 ASCAP awards at our Pop and
Country Music Awards, including his rst ever
ASCAP Songwriter of the Year honor. While
Josh Osborne’s résumé of #1 country hits
stretches back a decade now, 2021 may go
down as his biggest year yet.
Composer and mentor Tania Léon has never stopped
moving forward. Soon after immigrating to New York
from Havana, Cuba in 1967, Léon established the music
school at the Dance Theater of Harlem. She initiated
the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert series
and co-founded the Sonidos de las Américas Festivals,
has advised and conducted major orchestras around the
world, earned countless honors and commissions, and
helms the advocacy organization Composers Now – all the
while holding down professorships at the Conservatory
of Music at Brooklyn College and CUNY. In 2021 came
another major milestone: just one week after she joined
The ASCAP Foundation Board, Léon won the Pulitzer
Prize for her thrilling orchestral work “Stride,” a tribute
to pioneering suragist Susan B. Anthony. It was a tting
coda for a work composed by another boundary-breaking
woman; more than half a century into her illustrious career,
Léon continues to move American culture forward.
CLASSICAL MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO
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GABRIELA LENA FRANK
ANNA MEREDITH
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN
SHRUTHI RAJASEKAR
CAROLINE SHAW
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER
MARI ESABEL VALVERDE
CHEN YI
GRAMMYS: FIVE ARTISTS PUSHING
JAZZ INTO THE FUTURE
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE
NICOLE MITCHELL
LINDA MAY HAN OH
CRITICAL MASS
ASCAP MEMBERS WOWED THE PRESS IN 2021
500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME
ASCAP songs in the top 50 (ASCAP writers/aliates)
Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On” (Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland)
The Beatles, “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Paul McCartney)
Missy Elliott, “Get Ur Freak On” (Missy Elliott, Timbaland)
Stevie Wonder, “Superstition” (Stevie Wonder)
The Beatles, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (Paul McCartney)
Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z, “Crazy in Love” (Jay-Z, Beyoncé)
Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Freddie Mercury)
Robyn, “Dancing on My Own” (Robyn, Patrik Berger)
Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (Lewis Allan)
The Beatles, “A Day in the Life” (Paul McCartney)
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, “Runaway” (Malik Yusef, Pete Rock)
Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You” (Joni Mitchell)
Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime”
(Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth)
Lorde, “Royals” (Lorde, Joel Little)
Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy” (Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G.)
Outkast, “B.O.B.” (David Sheats)
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (Joy Division)
Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Redemption Song” (Bob Marley)
The Temptations, “My Girl” (Ronald White)
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright” (Kawan Prather)
M.I.A., “Paper Planes” - (M.I.A., Diplo, The Clash)
Elton John, “Tiny Dancer” (Bernie Taupin)
Radiohead, “Idioteque” (Radiohead, Paul Lansky)
Lauryn Hill, “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (Lauryn Hill)
Daddy Yankee, “Gasolina” (Daddy Yankee, Eddie Avila)
Celebrated Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine
Tesori had a standing ovation-worthy year in 2021. The
woman behind the music of shows like Thoroughly
Modern Millie, Shrek the Musical, Soft Power and the
ve-time Tony Award winner Fun Home, Tesori has
made a name for herself as an innovative emotional
powerhouse of a composer. Her latest o-broadway
smash, Kimberly Akimbo, dazzled audiences at Atlantic
Theater Company in 2021 and is sure to migrate
to Broadway. Her celebrated musical Caroline or
Change revived to rave reviews at The Roundabout
Theater Company. She also worked her magic as a
development music consultant and supervising vocal
producer on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story lm
remake, drawing on over 25 years of experience in
musical theater composition. Tesori continues to create
exciting and evocative music to light up the stage (and
screen) and is certainly one of the great musical theater
creators setting the stage for the future on Broadway
and beyond.
Photo by Rodolfo Martinez
Colombian singer Camilo had a breakout year for
the books in 2021. His name trended all across Latin
music Twitter and IG (check his whopping 25.6 million
Instagram followers), thanks to an unending stream of
top-shelf, top 5 Latin pop singles like “Millones” and
“Índigo,” and his wonderfully optimistic presence on
social media. This mustachioed troubadour earned 10
Latin GRAMMY nominations and won four of them,
including Best Pop Vocal Album for his generously-
praised debut Mis Manos, featuring collaborations
with his wife Evaluna Montaner, his brothers-in-law
Mau y Ricky, El Alfa and more; Mis Manos is also up
for a 2022 GRAMMY for Best Latin Pop Album. He also
reached across the English/Spanish divide in 2021, with
high-prole collabs with Selena Gomez (“999”) and
Shawn Mendes (“Kesi”). In a Latin music market where
reggaetón and trap hold a lot of commercial power,
Camilo has taken the spotlight with his swooning
acoustic pop balladry. He continues to make waves in
the global music industry – and fans around the world
are falling in love.
IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE RISING SUN GOLD
AND SILVER RAYS
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
Conferred by the Japanese government in recognition of his
lifetime of emancipating the world through his piano and his
contribution to Japan-South African friendship
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS
JOAN BAEZ
GARTH BROOKS
NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
BUDDY CANNON
AMY GRANT
NEA JAZZ MASTERS FELLOWSHIP
HENRY THREADGILL
Honoring living legends who have made exceptional contributions
to the advancement of jazz
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
FOO FIGHTERS
THE GO-GO’S
JAY-Z
KRAFTWERK
LL COOL J
RANDY RHOADS
GIL SCOTT-HERON
NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY
Inducted recordings with contributions
by ASCAP members/aliates
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCHESTRA
“When the Saints Go Marching In” (1938)
ODETTA
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957)
MARLO THOMAS AND FRIENDS
Free to Be…You & Me (1972)
JACKSON BROWNE
Late for the Sky (1974) (album)
KERMIT THE FROG
“The Rainbow Connection” (1979)
KOOL & THE GANG
“Celebration” (1980)
JESSYE NORMAN
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs (1983)
JANET JACKSON
Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO’OLE
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” / “What a Wonderful
World” (1993)
NAS
Illmatic (1994)
LEGACIES OF GREATNESS
ASCAP LEGENDS CITED FOR THEIR LIVES IN MUSIC
The announcement that composer and saxophonist/
utist Henry Threadgill would receive an NEA Jazz
Masters Fellowship in 2021 came as little surprise
to the legions of colleagues and admirers that he
has inuenced over his 50+ year career. Threadgill
made a name for himself as a founding member of
the Association for the Advancement of Creative
Musicians (AACM), the legendary Chicago group that
has nurtured many of the great names in avant-garde
jazz since the mid-’60s. Since then he’s earned great
acclaim for boldly exploring the limits of composition,
improvisation, musicianship and the space where
all three meet. With a Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim
Fellowship, Aaron Copland Award, the Vietnam
Veterans of America’s Excellence in the Arts Award,
and induction onto the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame all
on his professional CV (among many other accolades),
Threadgill has long since proven that he is one of the
most vital and respected composer-musicians in jazz.
The NEA Jazz Masters honor is a welcome reminder of
his incredible legacy, one that he is still writing today.
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