SONG OF THE YEAR: PUBLISHERS ON THE RECORD

Who’s going home with the Song of the Year trophy at Sunday night’s Grammys? We dared a handful of publishing execs to go on the record with their picks. Just to remind you, here are the nominated songs and their writers/publishers (and artists):

• "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith, William Phillips and James Napier; Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Words Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork (Sam Smith)
• "Chandelier" by Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin; EMI Music Publishing Inc./EMI April Music Inc./Aidenjulius Music (Sia)
• "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor and Kevin Kadish; Year Of The Dog Music/Over-Thought Under-Appreciated Songs (Meghan Trainor)
• “Take Me to Church” by Andrew Hozier-Byrne; The Evolving Music Company Ltd., PRS/Sony-ATV Music Publishing U.K. Ltd., PRS/EMI Music Publishing Ltd., PRS/Sony-ATV Allegro (Hozier)
• “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift, Max Martin and Shellback; Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music/MXM admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (Taylor Swift)

And now to the picks.

Evan Lamberg, President UMPG North America, “Stay With Me”

Zach Katz, Chief Creative Officer, BMG Chrysalis North America, “Stay With Me”

Ron Perry, President/Head of A&R, SONGS Music Publishing: “Chandelier”

Justin Shukat, President, Primary Wave Music Publishing: “All About That Bass.”

Jenna Rubenstein, Creative Director, Insieme Music Publishing: “Chandelier”

Stay tuned for more Grammy picks very soon.