Jack Antonoff, Teddy Swims’ ‘Lose Control,’ Sony Music Publishing Win Top Honors at ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2025

Jack Antonoff and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” were the top winners at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Thursday night.

Antonoff took home the ASCAP Pop Music Songwriter of the Year award, with credits on the PRO’s most-performed songs of the past year including Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” as well as Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” “Fortnight,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)” and “Karma.”

“Lose Control” won for ASCAP Pop Music Song of the Year, co-written by Joshua “Ammo” Coleman. The song recently became the longest-running song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at 58 weeks, and is published by Kobalt Music and Top Notch High Quality Music.

Sony Music Publishing was awarded the ASCAP Pop Music Publisher of the Year award, with songs including Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go!,” Dua Lipa’s “Houdini,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season,” Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” and more.

“I’m in awe of the talent and the caliber of songs being recognized tonight and we are thrilled to accept ASCAP’s 2025 Publisher of the Year award,” says Katie Welle, Sony Music Publishing president and head of A&R. “Thank you to the Sony Music Publishing team, huge congratulations to our honorees, and to all the creators in the room who are shaping music history – your songs carry the world through thick and thin; we are so lucky to work alongside you.”

ASCAP also recognized some of the most performed songs of the year, including Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” Morgan Wallen and Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” and Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby.”