Kwanzaa — who wrote it?
no ISWC✓ No disputed shares
Kwanzaa was written by Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Paul Jackson, Michael Jeffrey Clark. US mechanical royalties are collected by Artistshare, INC. (20%), Backdoors Music (20%), Benpin Music Co. (20%).
Writers
6
credited writers
Publishers & admins
5
4 collecting groups
Linked recordings
43
matched to this work
Share registered
80%
partial
Unclaimed
20%
may be uncollected
⚠ 20% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC
Mechanical royalties on 43 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.
Artistshare, INC. 20%Artistshare, INC. · 20%
Backdoors Music 20%Backdoors Music · 20%
Benpin Music Co. 20%Benpin Music Co. · 20%
Red Brick Songs 20%Red Brick Songs · 20%
Unregistered · 20%
Artistshare, INC. 20% Backdoors Music 20% Benpin Music Co. 20% Red Brick Songs 20% Unregistered 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- Bennie MaupinUnclaimed
IPI 00061711798 · Composer
No publisher collecting
- Mike ClarkUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
- Bill SummersUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
- Paul JacksonUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
- Michael Jeffrey ClarkUnclaimed
IPI 00086333368 · 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.