Dean Kay

American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers operates as a membership association. It is composed of U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. The firm protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Country Music Association (CMA) is a trade association that promotes country music. The private company is based in Nashville, TN. The organization was the first of its kind and is committed to sharing the emotional and poetic qualities of country music with the world. Sarah Trahern has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

The Academy of Country Music is an organization that promotes both up-and-coming and established country music artists. The American company also supports charitable causes through their program, ACM Lifting Lives. Damon Whiteside has been the CEO of the private company since 2019.

The Welk Group, Inc. owns and operates music records. The music business includes labels Sugar Hill Records, Vanguard Records, and Ranwood Records. It operates singer-songwriter, folk & blues music label Vanguard Records, the roots, folk & bluegrass record label Sugar Hill, and the easy listening label Ranwood Records. The company was founded in 1955 by Lawrence Welk and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

National Music Publishers'' Association, Inc. is a non-profit organizations that represent American music publishers and songwriting partners. It provides reproduction licenses, public performance licenses, synchronization licenses, and folio licenses. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.