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54-532: Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award , Grammy Award , an Emmy Award , two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 1997 to 1999. She first gained recognition for her work on DeBarge 's 1985 single " Rhythm of the Night ". By the late 1980s, she joined the record label EMI , where she became

108-454: A "cluttered, airless room". In 2012, Warren said that nothing in her office had been cleaned or moved for 17 years because she is superstitious; she prefers to think of that room as her "secret world". In that room, Warren records melodies with a tape recorder on which she plays them again and chooses the songs she likes the most. Warren did allow part of a 2016 interview with CBS News Sunday Morning correspondent Ben Tracy to be taped in

162-477: A "vote online" that makes up 50% of the judging criteria. The other 50% came from different music critics where in addition, ASCAP inducts jazz greats to its Jazz Wall of Fame in an annual ceremony held at ASCAP's New York City offices and honors PRS members that license their works through ASCAP at an annual awards gala in London, England. ASCAP also gives annually the special accolades Vanguard Award , Songwriter of

216-742: A Thing " ( Aerosmith , 1998). Two of the top 13 hits in the Hot 100's 57-year history were composed by Warren. She has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . She has been rated the third most successful female artist in the UK, leading her to win the Ivor Novello Award and Special International Award in 2008. Warren has received 15 competitive Academy Award nominations without

270-404: A child growing up. Her family's surname "Warren" was originally "Wolfberg", but her father changed the name because he wanted it to sound less Jewish. Warren says she was rebellious as a child and told NPR's Scott Simon that she got into trouble and ran away as a teen but returned because she missed her cat. As a child, Warren loved listening to and dreamed of performing on the radio herself. She

324-561: A composer. Beginning in 1986, ASCAP created the Golden Soundtrack Award to honor composers for "outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music." In 1996, it was renamed the Henry Mancini Award to pay tribute to the late composer's history of achievements in the field. ASCAP also bestows the near-annual Deems Taylor Awards to writers and music journalists. Named after

378-618: A congressional investigation into the practice of payola in 1959. In the 1950s and 1960s, television was introduced as a new revenue stream for ASCAP, one that maintains its importance today. With the birth of FM radio , new ASCAP members, including John Denver , Jimi Hendrix , Quincy Jones , Janis Joplin , and Carly Simon scored massive hits. Many Motown hits were written by ASCAP members Ashford & Simpson , Marvin Gaye , Smokey Robinson , and Stevie Wonder . Both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones licensed their works through ASCAP, and

432-410: A foothold in that genre. At the same time, ASCAP member Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. started having country hits for ASCAP. By 1970, a new generation of ASCAP board members decided to launch a campaign to attract more songwriters and music publishers away from BMI. The campaign led to Motown Records switching most of its music publishing from BMI to ASCAP in 1971. During the last three decades of

486-434: A license, being considered a promotional vehicle for song sales. In 2009, Mike Masnick , the founder and CEO of Floor64 , accused ASCAP of keeping some royalties instead of passing them on to artists. He claimed ASCAP collects royalties from all sizes of live performance on behalf of all the artists it represents but passes on the royalties only to artists whose music is represented in one of "the top 200 grossing US tours of

540-400: A life focused almost entirely on her art. The original name for her publishing company, Realsongs, was "Warren Piece" because "War and Peace" was already taken. In 1998, Realsongs and its international partner, EMI Music Publishing, distributed A Passion For Music , a six-CD box set showcasing her music. EMI Music's London office assisted in distributing 1,200 copies of the box set primarily to

594-437: A metal shed for her to practice and took her to music auditions. She wrote Celine Dion 's 1996 song " Because You Loved Me " as a tribute to her father for his encouragement. She attended Los Angeles Pierce College and graduated from California State University, Northridge in 1978, but largely considered her education a waste as she focused most of her time on improving her songwriting skills instead of on her education. On

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648-872: A ringtone public performance. In statements to the press, ASCAP noted the following: On October 14, 2009, a federal court ruled that "when a ringtone plays on a cellular telephone, even when that occurs in public, the user is exempt from copyright liability, and [the cellular carrier] is not liable either secondarily or directly." The ruling made clear that playing music in public, when done without any commercial purpose, does not infringe copyright. (US v. ASCAP, US District Court, Southern District of New York). Further controversies arose involving ASCAP in 2009 and 2010. The organization requested that some websites pay licensing fees on embedded YouTube videos, even though YouTube already pays licensing fees, and demanded payment from Amazon.com and iTunes for 30-second streaming previews of music tracks, which traditionally does not require

702-625: A win; she received an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in November 2022. She founded the publishing company Realsongs, through which she holds the masters of her work. Her debut studio album was released on August 27, 2021. Warren, the youngest of three daughters, was born to David, an insurance salesman, and Flora Warren, in the Los Angeles community of Van Nuys , where she said she felt misunderstood and "alienated" as

756-641: Is unable to negotiate satisfactory terms with ASCAP, or is otherwise unable to get a license, may go to the court in the Southern District of New York overseeing the consent decree and litigate the terms they find objectionable, and the terms set by the court will be binding upon the licensee and ASCAP. BMI also signed a consent decree in 1941. ASCAP's membership diversified further in the 1940s, bringing along jazz and swing greats, including Duke Ellington , Count Basie , Benny Goodman , and Fletcher Henderson . The movies also soared in popularity during

810-494: The Electronic Frontier Foundation , and Creative Commons , creating notable controversy as many argued that these licenses are a form of copyright and offer the artist an extra choice. Lawrence Lessig , a co-founder of Creative Commons, responded stating that they are not aiming to undermine copyright, and invited ASCAP for a public debate. The offer was turned down by ASCAP's Paul Williams . It

864-745: The Official Academy Award Database and Web -based official AMPAS documents. Bob Hope was honored on four separate occasions. ( Posthumous ) ASCAP Foundation The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ( ASCAP ) ( / ˈ æ s k æ p / ) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadcasters, and digital streaming services (music stores). ASCAP collects licensing fees from users of music created by ASCAP members, then distributes them back to its members as royalties . In effect,

918-474: The Sherman Anti-Trust Act . The Justice Department sued ASCAP in 1937 but abandoned the case. The Justice Department sued again in 1941, and the case was settled with a consent decree in which the most important points were that ASCAP must fairly set rates and not discriminate between customers who have basically the same requirements to license music, or "similar standing". Also, anyone who

972-414: The 1920s brought an important new source of income for ASCAP. Radio stations originally only broadcast performers live, the performers working for free. Later, performers wanted to be paid, and recorded performances became more prevalent. ASCAP started collecting license fees from the broadcasters. Between 1931 and 1939, ASCAP increased royalty rates charged to broadcasters by more than 400%. In 2010, ASCAP

1026-550: The 1930s and 1940s, and with them came classic scores and songs by new ASCAP members like Harold Arlen , Dee Libbey , Johnny Mercer , Cole Porter , Morton Gould , and Jule Styne . Classical-music composers Aaron Copland , Igor Stravinsky , Florence Price , and Leonard Bernstein brought their compositions into the ASCAP repertory in the 1940s. In the 1940s, it was common for ASCAP and BMI to send out field representatives to sign new songwriters and music publishing companies, as

1080-479: The 20th century, ASCAP's membership grew to reflect every new development in music, including the funk , punk rock , heavy metal , hip-hop , techno , and grunge music genres. Creators ranging from Lauryn Hill and Dr. Dre to the Ramones , Slayer , and John Zorn joined. ASCAP launched a Latin membership department to serve ASCAP Latin writers— Marc Anthony , Joan Sebastian , and Olga Tañon among them–with

1134-673: The February 12, 2016, edition of All Things Considered , Warren said that she had been molested at age 12 and had later experienced sexual harassment and assault by a sound engineer during her working career. Warren's first hit was " Solitaire ", which Laura Branigan took to No. 7 in the US pop charts in 1983. She's actually more like the Emily Dickinson of Pop. As in the case of the great nineteenth-century reclusive New England poet known for her simple yet eloquent verses, Warren leads

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1188-534: The Jew in me". Warren considers herself to be cynical regarding romance, but she does not let this affect her songwriting and prefers to write alone rather than co-writing, commenting "When I write with other people, the experience is different. You have to compromise, which I have problems with. I'd rather listen to my own mind". In a 2000 interview, Warren explained that she never let go of music despite experiencing rejections, depression and poverty. In 1994, Warren's house

1242-680: The Richer , LeAnn Rimes , Gavin DeGraw , Kierra Sheard , Mandy Moore , Hilary Duff , Haylie Duff , Lindsay Lohan , Lady Gaga , Chrissy Metz , Claire Richards , Starship , and Westlife , producing some of the songs as well. Her songs have been covered by artists including Joe Cocker , Weezer , Edwin McCain , Milli Vanilli , Mark Chesnutt , and Sara Evans . Warren wrote three songs for Carrie Underwood 's debut album, Some Hearts (2005) that were "Lessons Learned", "Whenever You Remember" and

1296-1448: The Schools. The initiative provides sheet music, band arrangements, folios, and method books to each of the schools that are already recipients of musical instruments from the VH1 Save the Music Foundation . In 2004, Warren released a compilation album of love songs titled Diane Warren Presents Love Songs , which includes several of her hits. Warren continues to write hit songs for and with artists of all mainstream genres, including Bette Midler , Stevie B. , Celine Dion , Cheap Trick , En Vogue , Whitney Houston , Belinda Carlisle , Taylor Dayne , Britney Spears , Marcia Hines , Alice Cooper , Christina Aguilera , Beyoncé , TLC , Aaliyah , Heart , Agnetha Fältskog , Elton John , Cher , Tina Turner , Bryan Adams , Selena , Jessica Simpson , Air Supply , Olivia Newton-John , Barbra Streisand , Aretha Franklin , Roberta Flack , Roy Orbison , Trisha Yearwood , Patti LaBelle , Michael Bolton , NSYNC , Rene Froger , Gloria Estefan , Reba McEntire , Enrique Iglesias , Paloma Faith , Russell Watson , Rod Stewart , RBD , Aerosmith , The Cult , Kiss , Ricky Martin , Monica , Faith Hill , Michael W. Smith , Meat Loaf , Sugababes , Mariah Carey , Toni Braxton , Exposé , Leigh Nash of Sixpence None

1350-588: The Spanish-speaking world as their audience. In 1981, ASCAP prevailed against CBS in an eleven-year-old court case challenging the ASCAP blanket license. ASCAP licenses over 11,500 local commercial radio stations, more than 2500 non-commercial radio broadcasters and hundreds of thousands of "general" licensees (bars, restaurants, theme parks, etc.). It maintains reciprocal relationships with nearly 40 foreign PROs across six continents, and licenses billions of public performances worldwide each year. ASCAP

1404-567: The US Billboard Hot 100 , all by different artists, and overall 33 of her songs have hit the US top ten. Additionally, two of the top 13 hits in the Hot 100's 57-year history were written by her - " How Do I Live " (number four) and " Un-Break My Heart " (number 13). She has had even more success on the US Adult Contemporary charts, where sixteen of her songs have gone to No. 1, and overall more than 40 songs have hit

1458-440: The US has been paralleled in the UK, where she has been rated the third most successful female artist. Peter Reichardt, former chairman of EMI Music Publishing UK, credited her as "the most important songwriter in the world." Warren is the first songwriter in the history of Billboard magazine to have seven hits, all by different artists, on the singles chart at the same time. Warren has had nine of her compositions hit No. 1 in

1512-545: The Year, and Publisher of the Year. In 1979, to honor composers of concert music (Classical) in the early stages of their careers, ASCAP created The ASCAP Foundation Young Composer Awards which, upon the death of ASCAP President Morton Gould in 1996, were renamed the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards to honor Gould's lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators as well as his own early development as

1566-468: The arrangement is the product of a compromise: when a song is played, the user does not have to pay the copyright holder directly, nor does the music creator have to bill a radio station for use of a song. In 2021, ASCAP collected over US$ 1.335 billion in revenue, distributed $ 1.254 billion in royalties to rights-holders, and maintained a registry of over 16 million works. ASCAP membership surpassed 900,000 and revenues exceeded $ 1.5 billion in 2022. ASCAP

1620-434: The contest, Warren wrote a special anthem which was recorded by the finalists and produced by Humberto Gatica . Warren has been recognized six times as ASCAP Songwriter of the Year and four times as Billboard's Songwriter of the Year. In 2012, Warren wrote the song "Counterfeit" for Tulisa 's debut solo album The Female Boss . Warren wrote Paloma Faith 's 2014 song " Only Love Can Hurt Like This ". Warren's success in

1674-745: The copyrighted musical compositions of its members, who were mostly writers and publishers associated with Tin Pan Alley . ASCAP's earliest members included the era's most active songwriters, George M. Cohan , Rudolf Friml , Otto Harbach , Jerome Kern , John Philip Sousa , Alfred Baldwin Sloane , James Weldon Johnson , Robert Hood Bowers and Harry Tierney . Subsequently, many other prominent songwriters became members. Composers who could not read and write musical notation were ineligible for membership. This requirement, since dropped, excluded many songwriters in such genres as country . However, an exception

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1728-637: The film and television industry for consideration in soundtracks and other commercial endeavors. It was not marketed to consumers. As of 2011, Warren's music has appeared in the soundtracks of over sixty films. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2001. The Diane Warren Foundation, in conjunction with the ASCAP Foundation and the VH1 Save the Music Foundation created a joint initiative, beginning in 2000, called Music in

1782-425: The firms were not household names; one such ASCAP employee was Loring Buzzell , who later formed the music publishing company Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music . The rise of rock and roll derived from both country music and rhythm and blues music caused airplay of BMI licensed songs to double that of ASCAP licensed songs. ASCAP officials decided that the practice of payola was the reason. So ASCAP spearheaded

1836-723: The first president of ASCAP, Deems Taylor , they were established in 1967 to honor his memory. The Deems Taylor Award "recognizes books, articles, broadcasts and websites on the subject of music selected for their excellence." ASCAP attracted media attention in 1996 when it threatened Girl Scouts of the USA and Boy Scouts of America camps that sang ASCAP's copyrighted works at camps with lawsuits for not paying licensing fees. These threats were later retracted. However, it has drawn negative attention for cracking down on licensing fees on other occasions as well, such as when it demanded that open mic events need to pay licensing (even if most or all of

1890-561: The first songwriter in the history of Billboard magazine to have written seven hit songs , each recorded by different artists, prompting EMI's UK Chairman Peter Reichardt to call her "the most important songwriter in the world". Warren has written nine number-one songs and 33 top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 including " If I Could Turn Back Time " ( Cher , 1989), " Because You Loved Me " ( Celine Dion , 1996), " How Do I Live " ( LeAnn Rimes , 1997) and " I Don't Want to Miss

1944-507: The office. Warren is autistic and believes being neurodiverse has made her a better songwriter. A jukebox musical is planned to be written by Joe DiPietro and directed by Kathleen Marshall , titled Obsessed, The Story of Diane Warren...so far . Warren has composed nine No. 1 and 33 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in a career spanning 40 years. Note: Bold denotes chart-topper. Academy Honorary Award Unless otherwise specified, Honorary Award recipients receive

1998-567: The ones worn by the women in the film, interspersed with clips from the film. Warren has never married, and does not think of herself as a person of commitment. In interviews, she has said that she believes that her lack of a romantic life makes her more peculiar as a songwriter. She was in a relationship with songwriter and record producer Guy Roche that ended in 1992 and claims she has not had another relationship since, commenting "I've never been in love like in my songs. I'm not like normal people. I'm no good at relationships. I draw drama to me—it's

2052-686: The same gold Oscar statuettes received by winners of the competitive Academy Awards. Unlike the Special Achievement Award instituted in 1972, those on whom the Academy confers its Honorary Award do not have to meet "the Academy's eligibility year and deadline requirements". Like the Special Achievement Award, the Special Award and Honorary Award have been used to reward significant achievements of

2106-513: The song marked the first time a song written by Warren hit the top ten of the US Hot 100 in 22 years. The soundtrack single "Gonna Be You" from the movie 80 for Brady was released January 20, 2023. The song was written by her and performed by Dolly Parton , Belinda Carlisle , Cyndi Lauper , Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan . The official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while wearing football jerseys similar to

2160-517: The songs are original). ASCAP has also been criticized for its extremely non-transparent operations, including the refusal to release attendance records for board members, the notes from board meetings, and the reasoning behind their weighting formulas which determine how much money a song or composition earns for use on television or radio. In 2009, an ASCAP rate court case regarding ringtones generated considerable public attention. Critics claimed that ASCAP may seek to hold consumers responsible for

2214-472: The stations played regional music and styles (like rhythm and blues or country) that had been rejected by ASCAP. Upon the conclusion of litigation between broadcasters and ASCAP in October 1941, ASCAP settled for a lower fee than they had initially demanded. In the late 1930s, ASCAP's general control over most music and its membership requirements were considered to be in restraint of trade and illegal under

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2268-615: The title track , originally written for Marshall Crenshaw . In 2009, Warren co-wrote the United Kingdom 's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest with Andrew Lloyd Webber . The song " It's My Time " was sung by Jade Ewen and achieved 5th place, the best for the UK since 2002. In 2010, Warren partnered with Avon Products as a celebrity judge for Avon Voices , Avon's global online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women. For

2322-404: The top ten on that chart. Warren has had three No. 1 hits in the UK and more than 20 top ten hits. She has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Warren's debut studio album, Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions Vol. 1 , was released on August 27, 2021, via Di-Namic Records and BMG. Its first single, "Times like This" with Darius Rucker ,

2376-451: The very first country Grammy Award went to ASCAP writer Bobby Russell for " Little Green Apples ". During this period, ASCAP also initiated a series of lawsuits to recover the position they lost during the boycott of 1941, without success. The early 1960s folk music revival, led by ASCAP member Bob Dylan (later switched to SESAC ) made ASCAP a major player in that genre. Dylan's expansion into rock music later that decade gave ASCAP

2430-506: The year that did not fit in existing categories, subsequently leading the Academy to establish several new categories, and to honor exceptional career achievements, contributions to the motion picture industry, and service to the Academy. Years for which the Special Award and Honorary Award recipients received their awards and the annual Academy Awards ceremonies at which they received them provided within parentheses throughout (as pertinent) follow this information for recipients listed in

2484-427: The year." This is true in accordance with ASCAP's membership agreement, which states that top performing writers and publishers receive, "bonus incentives", which are taken from the untraceable revenue brought in by bars, nightclubs, and similarly situated venues. In June 2010, ASCAP sent letters to its members soliciting donations to fight entities that support weaker copyright restrictions, such as Public Knowledge ,

2538-410: Was also influenced by music her parents and her sisters would play. She began writing music when she was 11 but took a more serious approach at 14, commenting "music saved me." Warren has said that her mother asked her to give up her dream of a songwriting career and take a secretarial job. However, her father continued to believe in her and encouraged her. In addition, he bought her a 12-string guitar and

2592-490: Was damaged by the Northridge earthquake , causing her to be miserable and homeless, drifting from hotels to rental houses. She has said that therapy helped her with songwriting. She has also revealed that she works 12–16 hours a day, always takes her keyboard whenever she travels and is "...more crazy and intense than I was at 20..." Warren does not usually allow anyone into her Hollywood Hills office, which she describes as

2646-532: Was founded on February 13, 1914, by Victor Herbert , together with composers George Botsford , Silvio Hein, Irving Berlin , Louis Hirsch , John Raymond Hubbell , Gustave Kerker , and Jean Schwartz ; lyricist Glen MacDonough ; publishers George Maxwell (who served as its first president) and Jay Witmark and copyright attorney Nathan Burkan at the Hotel Claridge in New York City, to protect

2700-506: Was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame . In 1940, when ASCAP tried to double its license fees again, radio broadcasters formed a boycott of ASCAP and founded a competing royalty agency, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI). During a ten-month period lasting from January 1 to October 29, 1941, no music licensed by ASCAP (1,250,000 songs) was broadcast on NBC and CBS radio stations. Instead,

2754-510: Was made to admit Irving Berlin . In 1919, ASCAP and the Performing Rights Society of Great Britain (since 1997 known as PRS for Music ), signed the first reciprocal agreement for the representation of each other's members' works in their respective territories. Today, ASCAP has global reciprocal agreements and licenses the U.S. performances of hundreds of thousands of international music creators. The advent of radio in

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2808-425: Was released on November 10, 2020. The second single, "She's Fire" with G-Eazy and Carlos Santana , was released on July 13, 2021. The single "Seaside" with Rita Ora , Sofía Reyes , and Reik was released on the same day as the album. In October 2023, "Say Don't Go", a song Warren wrote with singer-songwriter Taylor Swift in 2013, was released as part of Swift's album 1989 (Taylor's Version) . Debuting at #5,

2862-508: Was reported in April 2020, that songwriters and composers were facing delays in receiving royalties. This was delivered via a memo to hundreds of thousands of members from CEO Elizabeth Matthews, who said the global disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic was to blame. This raised contention as those critical of the announcement wondered why the pandemic at that time would affect payments related to

2916-471: Was the first U.S. PRO to distribute royalties for performances on the Internet and continues to pursue and secure licenses for websites, digital music providers and other new media. ASCAP honors its top members in a series of annual awards shows in seven different music categories: pop, rhythm and soul , film and television, Latin , country , Christian , and concert music . Awards are presented through

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