About Paq

Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”) is the world’s No. 1 music publishing company headquartered in New York with a network of 38 offices across the globe.

With its songwriter-first mission, Sony Music Publishing provides best-in-class services on a global scale to its songwriters and catalogs while also leading the industry with its high-level synchronization operation and production music businesses.

Sony Music Publishing is a part of Sony’s suite of powerful entertainment brands, reflecting its identity as “A Creative Entertainment Company with a Solid Foundation of Technology”.

Sony/ATV was established in 1995 through a joint venture with Michael Jackson that brought together the original Sony Music Publishing with Jackson’s ATV Music. Jackson had acquired ATV Music, which owned the Northern Songs catalogue, in 1985. Northern Songs owned the rights to all the songs that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote during their time with the Beatles. In 2016, Sony acquired the Michael Jackson Estate’s 50% share of Sony/ATV making it a wholly owned Sony company.

In 2007, Sony/ATV acquired Famous Music which included some of the great American film and television catalogues and in 2012 Sony, along with a group of investors, purchased EMI Music Publishing. In 2018, Sony bought out the remaining ownership interests in EMI which cemented Sony/ATV’s status as the world’s leading music publisher. In 2020, the company marked 25 years of supporting songwriters.

Sony Music Publishing is home to the world’s greatest songwriters, with classic catalogues including The Beatles, Queen, Ashford & Simpson, Motown, Carole King, Leiber & Stoller, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, Claudia Brant, Michael Jackson, as well as beloved contemporary songwriters like Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Calvin Harris, Daddy Yankee, Gabby Barrett, Jay-Z, Luke Bryan, Maluma, Miranda Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Sara Bareilles, Sean “Love” Combs and many more.

The company’s robust catalogue includes classic movie songs and themes including “Over The Rainbow”, “Moon River”, “Singin’ In The Rain”, “The James Bond Theme”, “The Pink Panther Theme”, “Rocky”, “The Mission Impossible Theme” and “Theme From New York, New York”. The company also represents evergreen hits such as “Blue Moon”, “Happy Days Are Here Again”, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco”, “Moonlight Serenade”, “Stardust”, “The Nearness Of You” and “That Old Black Magic”.

Sony Music Publishing and its songwriters have been the recipients of some of the most treasured honors in music, including Grammy, BRITS, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and Ivor Novello awards.

In 2020, more than 60 SMP songwriters participated in GRAMMY wins across over a dozen genres at the 2020 GRAMMY Awards. Among the many winners, some of the highlights are Tyler, the Creator’s Best Rap Album win for IGOR; Ricky Reed and Jesse Saint John for Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’, which won Pop Solo Performance; Lil Nas X for ‘Old Town Road’ ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, which was awarded best Pop Duo/Group Performance; Rostam Batmanglij for earning the Alternative Album Award for Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride; Alex Harvey and Larry Collins for their work on Tanya Tucker’s album While I’m Livin’, which won Best Country Album; and the team of Marc Anthony, Santiago Castillo, Henry Castillo, Erika Ender and Oscar Hernandez for their work on Marc Anthony’s album Opus, which was awarded best Tropical Latin Album. Major SMP honors also included those in film—Beyoncé for her documentary “Homecoming” and Lady Gaga for her work in the film “A Star Is Born”.

Sony Music Publishing’s songwriters have also received industry awards from around the world within the last year. At the 2020 Brit Awards, Tyler, The Creator took home the International Male Solo Artist award, and RØMANS co-wrote Lewis Capaldi’s song entitled, “Someone You Loved”, which won the Song of the Year award. Additionally, SMP songwriters won across several categories at the prestigious Swedish Grammis, including Avicii’s single “SOS”, which won Best Electronic and Song of the Year, and Smith & Thell, who won Composer of the Year.

The company and its songwriters have further been honored countless times by U.S. performance rights societies ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. This includes the company winning Publisher of the Year at BMI’s 2020 R&B/Hip-Hop awards and Pop Awards and winning Publisher of the Year at both the 2020 BMI and SESAC Latin Music Awards