ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew in pandemic 2020 – but it was the smallest increase in 5 years

US-based collection society ASCAP distributed more money to its publisher and songwriter members in 2020 than it did in 2019. That’s positive news for a music business that might have feared Covid’s impact on these numbers would have seen payouts go into decline.

Source: ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew in pandemic 2020 – but it was the smallest increase in 5 years