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Championing music rights

We pay hundreds of thousands of members for the use of their recorded music through licensing in the UK and collecting royalties from around the world.

Ensuring our members’ talent and investment is fairly rewarded.

Become a member

If you are a performer or rightsholder of commercially recorded music, you should be a member of PPL.

Discover the benefits of being a member

Get paid

If you make music, you should be paid when it’s played. We collect royalties in the UK and around the world on behalf of hundreds of thousands of performers and recording rightsholders.
More about royalties

Get a licence

If you broadcast music, you’ll probably need a PPL licence. We license numerous radio stations, TV channels and some online services to include recorded music in their broadcasts.
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Latest news

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Walt Disco perform at Paper Dress Vintage Jan 2026

Independent Venue Week: why local music spaces are the “lifeblood of the scene”

PPL joined Independent Venue Week for a Q&A with Walt Disco on the role independent venues play in developing artists.
Amique, Halfway Kid, JayaHadADream - the PPL Momentum Music Fund grantees

Latest PPL Momentum Music Fund and Accelerator grantees announced

18 artists have been announced in the latest round of acts to receive support across the PPL Momentum Music and Accelerator Funds - programmes designed to support new music and talent development.
Jazz singer performing in nightclub

PPL joins global MEDI partnership to help accelerate music economy growth worldwide

PPL’s involvement adds to MEDI’s network of industry data partners, which includes IFPI, ICMP, Music in Africa Foundation and over 50 collective management organisations worldwide.
Natalie-Waite

Natalie Wade, PPL Director of Music Industry Engagement, awarded MBE in New Year Honours list 2026

In His Majesty the King’s 2026 New Year Honours list, Natalie Wade has been awarded the honour of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the Creative Industries.
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PPL Annual Review

An overview of how PPL delivered value for members, partners and the wider industry in 2024.
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