Live Concert Royalties

Pop Concerts

BMI pays separately on the top 300 concert tours and/or concert events/festivals each quarter as determined by an independent source. We get set lists from the acts performing at these events and we then calculate a royalty payment for each work that’s been performed, based on the license fees collected from each tour or event. Since the number of BMI works changes each quarter, the royalty rate will also change.

BMI Live (Small-Venue Performances)

BMI Live allows performing songwriters to input up to six months of their performance data to be considered for payment. Songwriters may input their tour information at their convenience for concerts from the previous six months and receive these royalty payments quarterly.  Both headliners and opening acts may input tour information, and the program is open to all BMI songwriters.

Classical Concerts

We pay royalties for original classical works performed at live classical concerts in the U.S. that are put on by organizations that have BMI classical and symphonic licenses. We pay based on a census of concert programs we receive from the licensed venues. Rates are determined each year based upon the fees received from this source and the total number of BMI works performed.

BMI represents more than 500,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with more than 7.5 million works.

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