Olivia Rodrigo Named ASCAP Pop Music Songwriters of the Year for 2024

Olivia Rodrigois the 2024 ASCAP Pop Music Songwriter of the Year making it also the second award in the top category for Rodrigo, who first received the honor in 2022.

Chappell Roan, the singer of a fast-climbing hit with “Good Luck, Babe!,” which she co-wrote with Nigro and Justin Tranter, presented Nigro with his award on Wednesday (May 8) at an invitation-only event in Los Angeles celebrating this year’s ASCAP Pop Music Award winners.

Rodrigo have also shared two Grammy nods for song of the year (for “Driver’s License” and “Vampire”) and one for best rock song (for “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”). In less than three and a half years, Rodrigo has amassed 17 top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including three songs – “Driver’s License,” “Good 4 U” and “Vampire” – that entered the chart at No. 1.

Rema’s hit single, ‘Calm Down,’ reaches 1bn streams on Spotify

The hit song “Calm Down,” by Rema featuring Selena Gomez,also  wins ASCAP Pop Song of the Year. This song is Co-written by Rema, Gomez, Michael “LONDON” Hunter, Amanda “Kiddo AI” Ibanez and Andre Vibez, the song reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 and rode the chart for 57 weeks.

“Calm Down” is published by Hook Like Behavior, Kobalt Music Publishing, Livelihood Music Company, SMG Tunes, Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group and Warner Chappell Music.

Charli XCX received the ASCAP Global Impact Award. Currently, Charli is warming up for the release of her sixth solo album, BRAT on June 7 and a North American tour with Troye Sivan.

Reporting by Kristin Robinson.