American Songwriter is proud to announce the Overall Winners for the 2023 Song Contest. The Grand Prize Winner, Category First and Second Place Winners were selected by our esteemed panel of judges.

The art of the singer-songwriter will never die, and these three songs from 1968 will continue to inspire artists for decades to come.

There are no more CD sales (what’s a CD?) and streaming revenue is just a trickle of what Songwriters once earned. Superstar performers’ hits now list teams of songwriting contributors and although ...

The Copyright Royalty Board has granted songwriters and publishers a royalty bump starting in January. Songwriters and publishers will see a royalty bump in the new ...

TikTok has launched TikTok Songwriter Features in beta. The new set of features and tools have been designed to highlight and give due credit on TikTok to the work of songwriters and the music they ...

The songwriter of the year honor has been a long time coming for the Grammy Awards. But whom will it actually end up honoring? By Andrew Unterberger Veteran pop singer-songwriter Autumn Rowe recalls ...

Hit Nashville songwriter Troy Jones, whose credits included a Grammy nomination for the Billy Currington hit "People Are Crazy," has died at the age of 64. According to industry sources on social ...

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