Problem with ASCAP/PRS payments
Hi.
I’m a UK-based musician who uses PRS for Music as my PRO. I released an album in 2022 and registered all tracks with PRS and, through them, ASCAP in the US. Since then the album’s received about 3 million streams, the majority in the US, but I’ve never received any US royalty payments.
I started querying this with PRS about a year ago and they first told me I just had to wait. However, after looking through the Songview database I saw none of the tracks were showing as being in the ASCAP catalogue.
After several more messages with PRS they finally agreed to contact ASCAP and look into it, using the example of the highest-performing track on the album. They’ve since responded that ASCAP have confirmed the song is registered with them but that “there are no eligible performances captured prior to the works registration with us.”
I’ve asked PRS twice now to clarify on what date the song was actually registered with ASCAP, but so far they seem to be avoiding answering that question. I suspect this means it’s only just been registered with them. (The song does now appear in the Songview database.)
I’m thinking now that it’s pretty obvious there was an error in registering these songs with ASCAP, whether through the fault of PRS or ASCAP themselves. Assuming that’s the case, is there any chance of me actually receiving these royalties and, if so, how??
Any advice much appreciated!