Photos: Amy Allen, Laufey & More Honored at ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Last week, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) celebrated top industry musicians with an exclusive event in Los Angeles to honor this year’s ASCAP Pop Music Award winners. Take a look at photos below.

A go-to collaborator for some of today’s biggest pop stars, Amy Allen took home ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year. The reigning Grammy Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical co-wrote five of ASCAP’s most-performed songs of the past year, including “APT.” (ROSÉ & Bruno Mars) and “High Road” (Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph) along with the Sabrina Carpenter hits “Tears,” “Manchild,” and “Bed Chem.”

“Die with a Smile” is the ASCAP Pop Music Song of the Year. Co-written by ASCAP songwriter James Fauntleroy and published by Warner Chappell Music, the record-breaking duet from Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars spent five weeks at #1 and 60 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 overall. It also topped Billboard’s year-end Hot 100, making history as the first-ever duet by a female and male soloist each in lead roles to do so in the chart’s 67-year history.

ASCAP Pop Music Publisher of the Year went to Sony Music Publishing. The publisher takes home the prestigious recognition for its contributions to pop music over the past year. Among its list of works are hits penned and recorded by ASCAP members such as “Blue Strips” (Jessie Murph), “Folded” (Kehlani), “It's ok I'm ok” (Tate McRae), “Man I Need” (Olivia Dean), “Messy” (Lola Young), “Mutt” (Leon Thomas), “Ordinary” (Alex Warren), “Pink Pony Club” (Chappell Roan) and more. 

Two-time Grammy-winning composer, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey accepts the ASCAP Creative Voice Award. The award was presented by British actress and singer Suki Waterhouse. It recognizes ASCAP members whose significant career achievements are informed by their creative spirit and their contributions to the role that a creator can play in the community, and has previously gone to artists including Questlove, Wyclef Jean and Lyle Lovett.

Other 2026 ASCAP Pop Music Award-winning songwriters include Jack Antonoff (“Manchild,” “luther,” “squabble up,” “tv off”), EJAE (“Golden”), Cirkut (“Abracadabra,” “APT.”), Justin Bieber (“DAISES,” “YUKON”), Max Martin (“The Fate of Ophelia,” “Dancing in the Flames,” “Opalite,” “Twilight Zone”), Myles Smith (“Nice to Meet You”), Ashley Gorley(“Love Somebody”), Audrey Hobert (“That’s So True”), Daniel Nigro (“Pink Pony Club”), David Guetta (“Forever Young”), Dijon “Mustard” McFarlane (“tv off”) and Timbaland (“Sticky”). 

The ASCAP Pop Music Awards honor the songwriters and publishers of the most-performed ASCAP pop songs of 2025. The winning songs are determined by data for terrestrial and satellite radio and for programmed and on-demand audio streams, all provided by Luminate Data LLC in accordance with ASCAP's publicly available rules. More information on the 2026 ASCAP Pop Music Awards winners is available here.

Photo Credit: Lester Cohen