Desperado — who wrote it?
ISWC T9187276262 Recorded by Rihanna and others⚠ share in dispute
Desperado was written by Jillian Banks, James Edward II Fauntleroy, Christopher Michael Taylor, Omar Elias Grant, Robyn R Fenty, Krystin Landryn Watkins. US mechanical royalties are collected by Kobalt Music Pub America INC (43.75%), BMG Platinum Songs (35%), Emi Blackwood Music INC (10%).
Writers
6
credited writers
Publishers & admins
11
5 collecting groups
Linked recordings
673
matched to this work
Share registered
93.75%
partial
Unclaimed
6.25%
may be uncollected
⚠ This song has a disputed share
Ownership of this song is contested at The MLC, which can hold up mechanical royalty payments.
Who collects the mechanical royalties
US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.
Kobalt Music Pub America INC 43.75%Kobalt Music Pub America INC · 43.75%
BMG Platinum Songs 35%BMG Platinum Songs · 35%
Emi Blackwood Music INC 10%Emi Blackwood Music INC · 10%
WC Music Corp. · 2.5%
BMG Gold Songs · 2.5%
Unregistered · 6.25%
Kobalt Music Pub America INC 43.75% BMG Platinum Songs 35% Emi Blackwood Music INC 10% WC Music Corp. 2.5% BMG Gold Songs 2.5% Unregistered 6.25%
- 35%
- 1.5%
BMG Gold Songs · Admin
- 1%
- 25%
Kobalt Music Pub America INC · Sub-publisher
- 9.38%
Kobalt Music Pub America INC · Sub-publisher
- 9.37%
- 10%
- 2.5%
- Omar Elias GrantUnclaimed
IPI 00535359049 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
- Krystin Landryn WatkinsUnclaimed
IPI 00704171086 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
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.