Publishing · the songs

Recordings not linked to their composition

8 of 16 songs — Streaming services report plays by the recording's ISRC. Societies pay writers by the composition's ISWC. When the two are not linked, the society cannot tell which song was played, and the writers' money waits, or ends up shared out to others.

First, check

Is it really missing, or just not in open data?

We read open music databases. Your society may already have these songs registered correctly — check there before changing anything.

If it is missing: how to fix it

Link the recording to its composition

Check that the work is registered at your society and note its ISWC.
Send the recording's ISRC with the work's ISWC to your publisher or society so plays of this recording are matched to the work.
Ask your distributor to add the songwriters and the ISWC to the release metadata.
Ask for the plays that were not matched in past periods to be redistributed where the society allows it.

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The 8 songs, most listened first

Is it really missing?

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