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Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and "Call Me Maybe" Celebrated as Milestone Music Achievements at 30th Annual SOCAN Awards


Drake, Murda Beatz, Ed Robertson, Frank Dukes, Jack Lenz, Jessie Reyez, Ralph Murphy and many more to be honoured

TORONTO, March 20, 2019 /CNW/ - The outstanding accomplishments of Canada's most prestigious songwriters, composers and music publishers will be celebrated at the 30th anniversary SOCAN Awards on April 1st in downtown Toronto, where legendary and emerging Canadian music creators, producers, writers and publishers spanning nearly every genre will come together to shine a spotlight on Canada's tremendous talent.

The SOCAN Awards will be marked with special honours for SOCAN-member music creators who have achieved the greatest collective number of radio, live, digital, television, and screen performances in SOCAN's history.

Thirtieth Anniversary Honours:1

2019 Special Achievement Winners:2

In what is certain to be an unforgettable moment, legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie will be officially inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, recognizing her lifetime of unparalleled achievements as one of Canada's all-time greatest music creators.

"In SOCAN history, Canadian music creators and publishers have been played worldwide, streamed billions of times, and continue to shine in Canada and globally," said SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste. "It is our privilege to honour the very best in Canadian music, and we look forward to celebrating the achievements of this past year while honouring the Canadian creators of the past three decades who have left their universal mark."

In addition to performances by Dallas Smith and celebrated JUNO Award-winners Barenaked Ladies, "The SOCANs" are expected to include live performances by Meghan Patrick, Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine and Anders.

More than 45 awards will be presented at The SOCANs, for success in songwriting, composing, film scoring and music publishing based on SOCAN data compiled over the last calendar year.

SOCAN Achievement and 30th Anniversary Award winners receive "The SOCAN" ? the world's first and only music industry trophy that's also a musical instrument. The SOCAN trophy integrates five custom bronze SABIAN crotales, tuned this year with notes from the chorus of "Call Me Maybe," chosen especially by Carly Rae Jepsen.

The full list of this year's SOCAN Award winners will be released on the evening of April 1, 2019.

Sponsors of the 2019 SOCAN Awards are Gowling WLG, Crowe Soberman, Yamaha Canada Music, Recording Artists' Collecting Society (ACTRA RACS), Hargraft Schofield LP, and Long & McQuade. Official charity partners: the Unison Benevolent Fund and the SOCAN Foundation.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the SOCAN Awards, a milestone and celebration of the accomplishments of Canadian music creators and publishers. The SOCAN Awards have been held in Toronto annually since 1990. The 2019 Gala de la SOCAN, celebrating and honouring the work of SOCAN's Francophone members, will be held in September in Montréal.

About SOCAN
SOCAN is a rights management organization that connects more than four-million music creators worldwide and more than a quarter-million businesses and individuals in Canada. Nearly 160,000 songwriters, composers, music publishers and visual artists are its direct members, and more than 100,000 organizations are Licensed To Play music across Canada. With a concerted use of progressive technology and unique data as well as a commitment to lead the global transformation of rights management, with wholly-owned companies Audiam, Dataclef and MediaNet, SOCAN is dedicated to upholding the fundamental truths that music and visual arts have value and creators and publishers deserve fair compensation for their work. For more information: www.socan.com

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1
Determined through extensive SOCAN data research of total domestic performances on all performance platforms.
2 Determined by SOCAN's Board of Directors and the leaders of SOCAN's Membership department.

SOURCE SOCAN



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