The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States.

Founded in 1998, PayPal, an eBay Company, enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. PayPal's service builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards and utilizes the world's most advanced proprietary fraud prevention systems to create a safe, global, real-time payment solution.

MI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music

Billboard.com is the Internet home of Billboard magazine, the leading international newsweekly of music, video and home entertainment. Billboard magazine has served the information needs of the entertainment business since 1894. Headquartered in New York, Billboard has offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Washington, D.C., London, and Tokyo, and has editorial correspondents in major cities around the globe.

 
ASCAP is a membership association of over 180,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership.