The ASCAP Foundation Honors 2020

Desmond will be honoring JADA.

The ASCAP Foundation Is Proud To Honor Our 2020 Scholarship and Award Recipients!

Click here for a printable and complete listing of our 2020 recipients.

Please join us virtually when we honor a new generation of composers and songwriters who need our support now more than ever. And as we acknowledge the donors who make this possible.

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About Desmond Child:

Grammy-winning and Emmy nominated songwriter-producer Desmond Child is one of music’s most prolific and accomplished hitmakers. He’s a film, television and music producer, recording artist, performer, and author. His credits appear on more than eighty Billboard Top 40 singles spanning five decades, including “Livin’ On A Prayer,” “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “I Was Made For Lovin’ You,” “Dude Looks Like A Lady,” “Angel,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” “The Cup Of Life,” “Waking Up In Vegas” and many more.

From Aerosmith to Zedd, his genre-defying collaborations also include KISS, Bon Jovi, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, Michael Bolton, Ricky Martin, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Meat Loaf, Cyndi Lauper, Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez, Ava Max, Mickey Mouse and Kermit the Frog, selling over 500 million records worldwide with downloads, YouTube views and streaming plays in the billions.

Desmond Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008 and serves on its Board of Directors as well as the Board of ASCAP. In 2018 he received ASCAP’s prestigious Founders Award celebrating 40 years as a proud member of ASCAP. He also co-founded the Latin Songwriters Hall Of Fame where he serves as Chairman Emeritus.

He recently wrote and co-produced “Lady Liberty” on Barbra Streisand’s latest album “WALLS.” He also released his album DESMOND CHILD LIVE in October 2019 on BMG Rights and currently has the #1 Euro Airplay hit “Kings & Queens” with Ava Max. Child and his pop band Desmond Child & Rouge will be releasing 2 re-mastered albums, DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE and RUNNERS IN THE NIGHT on October 16, 2020 and a new remake of their top 40 hit single “OUR LOVE IS INSANE XX” on October 23, 2020 on BMG Rights. Child released a new single “VIVA LA DIVA” Ft. Countess Luann from The Real Housewives Of New York City on August 21, 2020 on BMG Rights. Child and the song were featured in the season finale on Bravo TV on September 3, 2020. He has also recently completed his autobiography LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER: BIG SONGS BIG LIFE with David Ritz.

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