Checkmate — who wrote it?

no ISWC✓ No disputed shares

Checkmate was written by Melvin Raiford, Melvin Finnie. US mechanical royalties are collected by Songtrust Blvd (50%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

50%

partial

Unclaimed

50%

may be uncollected

⚠ 50% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 13 recordings may be going uncollected. We find who’s missing and help recover it.

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Songtrust Blvd 50%Songtrust Blvd · 50%

Unregistered · 50%

Songtrust Blvd 50% Unregistered 50%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Melvin Raiford	00839923298		Composer / Lyricist	50%
Songtrust Blvd	00615755145	Songtrust Blvd		50%
Melvin Finnie	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

This song is leaving royalties on the table

Unclaimed shares or a missing ISWC mean mechanical royalties go uncollected. We help get it corrected at The MLC.