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Toronto – SOCAN, the largest organization in the Canadian music industry, today announced another record year in 2016, with its music creator and publisher members generating a third-of-a-billion dollars in total revenue – an impressive eight percent year-over-year increase. According to preliminary financial results,[1] SOCAN’s nearly 150,000 member songwriters, composers and music publishers continued to […]

Toronto – New Year’s resolutions like “get in shape” and “hit the gym” regularly top lists, but too often the motivation to stick to them runs out by the Spring. A new Music Drives Fitness study1 by SOCAN and Leger, The Research Intelligence Group, suggests that music could make a huge difference to staying motivated […]

Toronto – “Music ♥’s Everybody” is the intriguing message of a new merchandise campaign unveiled by SOCAN today, with all proceeds going to the Unison Benevolent Fund, a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music community. The e-commerce site was launched today (at www.kt8merch.com/store/pages/socan) with several pieces of […]

Montréal – SOCAN and M for Montréal have partnered to achieve a first for Québec: all 24 live music venues participating in this year’s music festival are Licensed To Play with SOCAN. After confirming that all venues are legally licensed with SOCAN to use live music, M for Montréal was presented with a special Licensed […]

SOCAN – the Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada – expressed its deep sadness after the passing of Leonard Cohen, one of the organization’s most iconic members, at the age of 82. Born in the Westmount area of Montréal, Cohen was the creator of hundreds of works, including international classic songs such […]

Montréal – The 27th annual SOCAN Montréal Awards Gala (Gala de la SOCAN) returns to Montréal’s iconic music venue, Métropolis, on Sept. 12, 2016, to celebrate and shine a spotlight on Quebec’s songwriters, composers, and music publishers for their extraordinary contributions to music. Among the artists and industry players honoured will be songwriter Stéphane Venne, […]

Toronto – The SOCAN Foundation today announced the 24 winners of the 2016 SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers and Young Audio Visual Composers. This year’s competition attracted 224 entries, awarding a total of $51,000 to the prize winners. The jury awarded the grand prize to Canadian, New York-based Taylor Brook for his inspiring piece […]

Toronto and New York – SOCAN, the member-based organization representing the Canadian performing rights of more than four-million Canadian and international music creators and publishers with revenue of CAD$308-million in 2015, has confirmed that it has purchased 100% of New York-based Audiam. The acquisition empowers SOCAN to provide a unique global music industry solution with […]

Toronto – Toronto-based indie rock band Fast Romantics have been voted the winner of the 11th annual English SOCAN Songwriting Prize for their song “Julia,” written by founding band member Matthew Angus. From June 9 to 23, 2016, Canadian music fans voted for their favourite from the 10 songs nominated by a panel of music […]

The Weeknd, Alessia Cara, Johnny Reid among the honoured