ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the world   
   leader in performing rights and advocacy for music creators, today announced   
   that Nate Ruess, songwriter and vocalist for the GRAMMY-winning group fun.,   
   has extended his    
   agreement for representation of public performances of his songwriting   
   catalog. Ruess recently released his first solo album, Grand Romantic, and   
   received the prestigious Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall   
   of Fame.   
      
   "Nate writes big songs that capture universal emotions and bring us all along   
   for the ride," said John Titta, ASCAP Executive Vice President of Membership.   
   "That's a combination that will always win listeners and fans. Nate's success   
   with fun. is only    
   the first chapter of what we are sure will be a long career as one of the   
   great songwriters of his generation."   
      
   "I'm very happy to be re-upping my membership with ASCAP," said Ruess. They've   
   taken care of me since as far back as I've been writing songs."   
      
   As frontman for fun., Ruess has achieved incredible success by any measure.   
   With the band he collected two GRAMMYs, critical praise, platinum sales of   
   their second album Some Nights and a ubiquitous, record-breaking lead single   
   in "We Are Young" (named    
   ASCAP's Pop Song of the Year in 2013). The following year, Ruess earned an   
   additional GRAMMY nomination for "Just Give Me A Reason," his writing and   
   performance collaboration with P!nk. More recently, Ruess collaborated with   
   Eminem on his song "   
   Headlights," with Ke$ha on "Die Young," Zedd on "Stay The Night" featuring   
   Hayley Williams, and co-wrote on projects with Maroon 5 and Ellie Goulding.   
      
   Now, Ruess is striking out on his own with Grand Romantic, which debuted at   
   No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart and No. 7 on the Billboard 200.   
   The first single from the album, "Nothing Without Love," hit number 6 on the   
   Hot Rock Songs chart on    
   May 30. Ruess is now on tour through November 21 with dates in the U.S.,   
   Canada, Japan and South Korea.   
      
   ASCAP also recently renewed agreements with Max Martin (Pink, Katy Perry,   
   Britney Spears), 2 Chainz, Lenny Kravitz, Garth Brooks, The Doors, Rick James,   
   Richie Sambora, Sara Bareilles and Diplo, among others.   
      
   About ASCAP   
   The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a   
   professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music   
   publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP's mission is to license and promote   
   the music of its members and    
   foreign affiliates, obtain fair compensation for the public performance of   
   their works and to distribute the royalties that it collects based upon those   
   performances. ASCAP members write the world's best-loved music and ASCAP has   
   pioneered the efficient    
   licensing of that music to hundreds of thousands of enterprises who use it to   
   add value to their business - from bars, restaurants and retail, to radio, TV   
   and cable, to Internet, mobile services and more. The ASCAP license offers an   
   efficient solution    
   for businesses to legally perform ASCAP music while respecting the right of   
   songwriters and composers to be paid fairly. With 530,000 members representing   
   more than 10 million copyrighted works, ASCAP is the worldwide leader in   
   performance royalties,    
   service and advocacy for songwriters and composers, and the only American   
   performing rights organization (PRO) owned and governed by its writer and   
   publisher members. www.ascap.com   
      
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   CONTACT:   
   Cathy Halgas Nevins   
   ASCAP   
   cnevins (at) ascap.com   
      
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