Facts and stats

• PRS for Music collectively manages the rights of 95,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK.
• With 150 agreements in 90 different countries PRS for Music leads the way in UK and worldwide licensing.
• In 2010 PRS for Music collected £611m for its membership from broadcasters, digital services, music sales, public performance and international use of members’ repertoire.
• 90p in every pound collected going direct to PRS for Music members.
• PRS for Music currently manage around 10 million musical works and in 2010 processed 1 billion uses of music.
• 10,226 new songwriter, composer and music publisher members joined in 2010.
• PRS for Music operates over 40 different tariffs starting from as little as £44 per year (+VAT), enabling businesses and community groups to tailor their licence to their exact needs.  All our licences have been agreed with the relevant trade bodies and organisations.
• Songwriters and composers do not get paid to write music, they only get paid when that music is used.
• PRS for Music, through its foundation, is the largest funder of new music in the UK.
• PRS for Music operates under the 1988 Copyright, Design and Patents Act.  The UK has had an effective copyright and intellectual property law since 1843 enabling a strong creative economy.
• MusicWorks for you (.com), a joint research project with PPL, has identified the range of benefits music has to businesses including improving productivity and boosting staff morale.
• The UK music business is worth £3.9bn* to the British economy and, with America and Sweden, is one of only three net exporters of music in the world.  *source: 2009 PRS for Music economic research.