{"id":5584,"date":"2026-08-05T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:08:14","slug":"music-industry-moves-alicia-keys-signs-with-caa-in-all-areas-sonas-emerging-songwriter-award-nominations-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5584","title":{"rendered":"Music Industry Moves: Alicia Keys Signs With CAA in All Areas; SONA\u2019s Emerging Songwriter Award Nominations Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<strong>Alicia Keys<\/strong> has signed with <strong>CAA<\/strong> in all areas, the company announced earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5582\">Avi Nash Joins FX Drama \u2018Disinherited\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAmong her many achievements, the singer-songwriter has sold an estimated 65 million records since the release of her 2001 debut album, \u201cSongs in A Minor,\u201d and is the subject of \u201cHell\u2019s Kitchen,\u201d a Broadway musical featuring her music and lyrics inspired by her life growing up in New York in the 1990s. It won two Tony Awards amid 13 nominations and a 2025 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. She is also a founding member of She Is the Music, a nonprofit to advance women\u2019s careers in music. She is managed by Roc Nation; she had previously been with WME for nearly 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>+ Songwriters of North America<\/strong> has announced that nominations for the <strong>2026 Emerging Songwriter Award<\/strong>, presented by YouTube Songwriters, are now open. According to the announcement, the award \u201cuplifts a SONA member who exemplifies originality, craft, and a commitment to creative integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFive finalists \u2014 who must be SONA members to be considered \u2014\u00a0will be recognized, with the recipient announced live at the Annual SONA Awards on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. Songwriter must have at least three publicly released songs in the past two years and at least three outside cuts (songs cut by another artist).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNominations are open through Friday, August 14, 2026. The finalists and winner will be decided by the SONA membership. Finalists will receive a package which includes priority invitations to YouTube events like writing camps and masterclasses, dedicated strategy sessions with the YouTube team, SONA and YouTube curated stewardship with SONA Award nominees and winners, the opportunity to perform at select SONA events, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cSONA has always been built on a simple idea: by Songwriters, for Songwriters. That\u2019s what makes this award, created in partnership with YouTube Songwriters and voted on by SONA members, so meaningful. It\u2019s Songwriters celebrating Songwriters, and recognizing the incredible new voices shaping what comes next,\u201d said Michelle Lewis, SONA Co-Founder and CEO of SONA and the SONA Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt is incredibly exciting to watch this award continue to take shape now in its second year, further cementing YouTube Music and SONA\u2019s shared commitment to championing songwriters at every step of their journey,\u201d said Jenna Rubenstein, Head of Songwriter Relations for YouTube Music. \u201cWe are honored to keep shining a light on the songwriting community\u2019s immense talent, and it remains deeply meaningful that this award comes directly from fellow songwriters who intimately know the soul of this work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5580\">Perez Hilton\u2019s TikTok Account Banned After Disturbing Livestream and Hospitalization<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>+ Prescription Songs<\/strong> has signed Nashville-based producer-songwriter-engineer <strong>Rich Harris<\/strong>, who has worked closely with SZA, DJ Khaled and Sexyy Red, among others, as well as commercial work. The signing was led by A&amp;Rs Chris Martingago and Sophia Battaglia, in partnership with Pray for My Haters, a venture founded by producer-songwriter Tony Esterly and manager Dave Hopper.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThis is the dream team!\u201d Harris said. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful to be working with a group of people that so personally understands my work and operates with such intention. Everyone on this crew has already been pushing hard for me and I couldn\u2019t be more excited to have made this official.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>+ The Country Music Association<\/strong> has announced the newest class of participants into its <strong>Women\u2019s Leadership Academy,<\/strong> after a record year of applicants, according to the announcement. The academy kicked off with an opening reception on August 2, at the Chloe Nashville, where Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, and Tiffany Kerns, Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Philanthropy, delivered opening remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cOver the next 12 weeks, the cohort-based program will guide 16 high-performing, high-potential women through weekly group coaching, peer connection, and hands-on leadership training,\u201d the announcement reads. \u201cBeyond learning directly from executive coaches and industry mentors, participants join a growing community of program alumni who continue supporting one another well beyond the program\u2019s conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cEvery new class of the Women\u2019s Leadership Academy reminds me how much talent and heart exist in this industry,\u201d says Kerns. \u201cThis program was built to outlast its 12 weeks. The relationships, confidence and perspective these women gain stay with them well beyond the program. Watching this cohort step into the program with such openness and ambition has been inspiring, and I know they\u2019ll carry that same spirit forward as they help define what\u2019s next for our business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe new class of CMA\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Academy includes:<\/p>\n<p>\n\tElisabeth Ashley (Manager)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKelly Bolton (Vice President, A&amp;R, Warner Records)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVictoria Cappelli Greiner (Senior Director of Digital Marketing, Global Touring, AEG Presents)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5578\">\u2018I Love LA\u2019 Season 2: Taron Egerton, Jamie Chung Among 6 Cast in Guest Star Roles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnnie Flook (Vice President, Artist Relations, AXS)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHannah Galluzzi (Vice President, A&amp;R, MCA)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tClaire Heinichen (Senior Editor, Country, Spotify)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLindsay Hyslop (Director of Recorded Music, Canada, BMG)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLucia Kaminsky (President, The Sandbox)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMarne McLyman (Manager, Maverick Nashville)<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKelsey Middleton (Head of Marketing &amp; 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