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Sony/ATV Music Publishing is the leading global music publisher with a diverse catalogue of iconic songs written by legends such as The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Queen and The Rolling Stones, as well as contemporary superstars such as Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Drake, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, P!nk, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran. 

Headquartered in New York, the company owns or administers iconic music catalogs including those from Jobete/Motown, Famous Music, Leiber andamp; Stoller and Mijac Music. It became a solely-owned Sony company in 2016.

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With its songwriter-first mission, Sony/ATV 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, Extreme Music and EMI Production Music. 

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Sony/ATV Music Publishing can trace its history back to 1955 when British-based businessman and impresario Lew Grade founded Associated Television (ATV). In 1957 ATV acquired Pye Records, at the time one of the three major record companies in the U.K. alongside EMI and Decca Records.

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Out of the ATV acquisition ATV Music Publishing was then created to exploit the catalog of songs written by artists on the Pye Records label and for the themes to Independent Television Corporation and ATV programs. Under Grade, ATV Music Publishing’s acquisitions included in 1968 Northern Songs, which had been set up five years earlier to look after songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

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The ATV song catalog, including Northern Songs, was eventually acquired in 1985 by Michael Jackson and was then merged in October 1995 with Sony Music Publishing to form Sony/ATV Music Publishing. It became a solely-owned Sony company in 2016. Since 2012 Sony/ATV has administered EMI Music Publishing, making it the world’s leading music publisher based on market share. In November 2018 EMI became 100% wholly owned by Sony.

Sony/ATV’s robust catalog of songs includes some of the most iconic and celebrated compositions of all time.

Among the countless highlights are 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", while the many standards it represents include "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".

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Sony/ATV covers every era and genre of popular music, including the copyrights of some of the most famous and successful songwriters and artists of all time, such as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Sting, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder.

Its ever-growing roster of chart-topping artists, writers and producers includes Beyoncé, The Chainsmokers, Cardi B, Drake, Calvin Harris, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Sia, Sam Smith, Stargate, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams.

Sony/ATV 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.

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This year, more than 60 Sony/ATV 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 Sony/ATV 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/ATV’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, Sony/ATV 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 andamp; Thell, who won Composer of the Year.

Sony/ATV 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 both the 2019 ASCAP and BMI Pop Awards and completing a Triple Crown by winning Publisher of the Year at the 2019 ASCAP, BMI and SESAC Latin Music Awards.

Some material sourced from sonyatv.com