Songtrust grew 59% adding 23K new songwriters in 2021

Songtrust added 23,216 new songwriters to its roster in 2021. That’s a 59% increase over 2020. 437,429 new songs were onboarded to the platform last year.

Songtrust is a global digital rights management platform which allows songwriters and artists to manage their music publishing and related rights. Based in New York, it is a division of Downtown and handles music publishing services for many indie artists and platforms including Downtown owned CD Baby.

“At Songtrust, we like to focus on the future – how can we keep pushing forward our service, our clients’ satisfaction, the independent community, and creator education? But looking back has its own value, and as we review our successes and challenges, we’re all the more equipped for new accomplishments coming up,” wrote Songtrust President Molly Neuman. “So as we look forward to a bigger and better 2022, we wanted to share a look at Songtrust in 2021, focusing on our impact, the clients we support, and the work Songtrust teams do day in and day out.”

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.