UMPG was named
ASCAP 2020 Latin Publisher of the Year at the virtual
EL Premio ASCAP Awards, which honored 2019's top Spanish-language songs, songwriters, producers and artists in the U.S.
Along with the Latin POTY trophy, UMPG songwriters also took home top awards, including
Bad Bunny for Songwriter of the Year and
Romeo Santos for Songwriter/Artist of the Year. UMPG also won Song of the Year for "Con Calma," written by
Michael Grier,
Edmond Leary,
Terry Moltke and
MC Shan.
"It is an incredible honor to be named Publisher of the Year, a prestigious industry recognition which our talented family of songwriters helped us to achieve. We warmly congratulate our writers whose effort, passion and dedication to their craft has defined the sound of Latin music in the last year. I also want to thank our outstanding team who share in this achievement for their hard work," said
Alexandra Lioutikoff, President for Latin America and U.S. Latin, UMPG.
UMPG represents twenty songs that were awarded as ASCAP’s Most Performed Songs:
- "Aullando" – Romeo Santos
- "Callaíta" – Bad Bunny
- "Canalla" – Romeo Santos
- “Con Calma” – Michael Grier, Edmond Leary, Terri Moltke and Shawn Moltke pka MC Shan
- "Date La Vuelta" – Sebastián Yatra
- “HP" - Madmusick (Giencarlos Rivera & Jonathan Rivera)
- "Inmortal" – Romeo Santos
- “La Canción" – Bad Bunny & Gilbert Rodriguez Marte
- "Me Gusta" – Simón Restrepo
- “Ni Bien Ni Mal” – Bad Bunny
- "No Lo Trates" – Edgardo Franco pka El General
- "No Me Conoce (Remix)" – Bad Bunny
- "Qué Pretendes" – Bad Bunny
- “Nunca Es Suficiente" – Natalia Lafourcade
- "Parecen Viernes" – Stiven Rojas pka Miky La Sensa
- "Sólo De Mí" – Bad Bunny
- "Soltera (Remix)" – Bad Bunny & Noah K. Assad
- "Secreto" – Henry De La Prida
- "Tú Eres La Razón (Electrocumbia Remake)" – Alexander Rangel
- "Un Año" – Roberto Andrade Dirak, Jesús Navarro (Reik), Gilberto Marín (Reik) and Sebastián Yatra