It Gets Better — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by James Fortune and others✓ No disputed shares

It Gets Better was written by James Fortune, Donald Ray JR Atkins, Carvena Jones, Donald Atkins, James Howard III Fortune. US mechanical royalties are collected by Msi Music Administration (30%).

James Fortune

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

30%

partial

Unclaimed

70%

may be uncollected

⚠ 70% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

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Who collects the mechanical royalties

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

Msi Music Administration 30%Msi Music Administration · 30%

Unregistered · 70%

Msi Music Administration 30% Unregistered 70%

- Msi Music Administration
  Msi Music Administration · Admin
  30%
James FortuneUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Donald Ray JR AtkinsUnclaimed
IPI 00343561178 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
Carvena JonesUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Donald AtkinsUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
James Howard III FortuneUnclaimed
IPI 00407738253 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	30%
Msi Music Administration	00128852164	Msi Music Administration	Admin	30%
James Fortune	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Donald Ray JR Atkins	00343561178	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
Carvena Jones	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Donald Atkins	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
James Howard III Fortune	00407738253	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed