Sony/ATV Is No. 1 Music Publisher for Five Consecutive Years

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has achieved the incredible accomplishment of five consecutive years as the No. 1 music publisher in the U.S. The company attained this landmark achievement after occupying first place on the latest quarterly publisher rankings based on U.S. radio performance. It is Sony/ATV's 20th consecutive quarter at #1, and that adds up to a full five years at being No. 1.

The rankings are compiled every three months by Billboard and are determined by music publishers' market share of the top 100 U.S. radio airplay songs for the last quarter, according to Nielsen Music data and song splits compiled by the Harry Fox Agency. The latest survey covers the period April to June 2017.

Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO Martin Bandier said: "Being in first place for five years doesn't happen by accident, but is a tribute to the immense talent of our songwriters, the amazing songs they create and the hard work of our team. It is an amazing accomplishment and one we are very proud of."

For its 20th consecutive quarterly victory, Sony/ATV achieved a 23.3% market share and was represented on 49 of the top 100 songs on U.S. radio during Q2 2017. Nine of the quarter's Top 10 radio songs are co-published by Sony/ATV, led by the Bruno Mars hit "That's What I Like", which is the period's No. 1 hit, and "Shape Of You", which was co-written and performed by Sony/ATV songwriter Ed Sheeran, at No. 2. The Sheeran hit spent 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's weekly Radio Songs airplay chart, the joint longest chart-topping run on the chart this decade.

Sony/ATV's other big radio hits during the quarter include the No. 3-ranked "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, "Stay" by Zedd feat. Alessia Cara at No. 4 and "It Ain't Me" by Kygo feat. Selena Gomez at No. 5. Sony/ATV songwriter Alessia has a second song in the quarter's Top 10 with "Scars To Your Beautiful" at No. 10.

Sony/ATV's other songs in the period's Top 10 include at No. 9 "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber. Since the end of the quarter, "Despacito" has extended its run at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart to 13 weeks, one of only 11 songs to have ruled this long, and it became the first-ever predominantly non-English song to top the all-format Radio Songs airplay chart. It is currently attracting a U.S radio audience of more than 140 million listeners every week.

Below are Sony/ATV's songs in the Q2 Top 10, alongside Nielsen Music's quarterly chart ranking

No.1 "That's What I Like" by Bruno Mars (Sony/ATV(s) writer Ray Romulus)
No. 2 "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle)
No. 3 "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay (Andrew Taggart)
No. 4 "Stay by Zedd feat. Alessia Cara (Alessia Cara, Sarah Aarons, Anders Froen, Jonnali Parmenius)
No. 5 "It Ain't Me" by Kygo feat. Selena Gomez (Kygo)
No. 6 "Say You Won't Let Go" by James Arthur (James Arthur)
No. 7 "Issues" By Julia Michaels (Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen)
No. 9 "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (Luis Fonsi, Erika Ender)
No. 10 "Scars To Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara (Alessia Cara, Warren Felder)

Sony/ATV first led Billboard's Publishers Quarterly in Q3 2012 and has been No. 1 in every subsequent survey. Its top ranking U.S. radio airplay song annually since then has been:

2013 - "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell Williams
201 4 - "All Of Me" by John Legend
2015 - "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
2016 - "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber
2017* - "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran
*up to chart week ending August 19 2017

ABOUT SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING: Sony/ATV Music Publishing, established in 1995, is the world's leading music publisher. Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns or administers more than 3 million copyrights, including those of EMI Music Publishing and iconic music catalogs such as Leiber & Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music. Sony/ATV also controls many of the best known songs ever written such as "New York, New York", "Hallelujah", "All You Need Is Love", "You've Got a Friend", "Moon River", "Jailhouse Rock", "The Mission Impossible Theme", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Over the Rainbow", "Stand By Me", "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "Singin' in the Rain". In addition, Sony/ATV represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Sting, The Supremes, Wyclef Jean, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others. Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists, writers and producers includes Avicii, The Chainsmokers, Drake, Calvin Harris, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Sia, Sam Smith, Stargate, Taylor Swift, Walk The Moon, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams.

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