The award-winning trio of Coco Jones, Amanda Jones and Autumn Rowe are this year's ASCAP Rhythm & Soul's Women Behind the Music honorees. The 16th annual celebration will take place on November 12 in Los Angeles.
Nicole George Middleton, senior vice president of ASCAP and executive director of the ASCAP Foundation, will present the awards as a salute to pioneering women in music. “This event is so special to us,” George-Middleton said in a statement. “For the past 16 years, ASCAP Women Behind the Music has given us a platform to celebrate exemplary women and their incredible achievements as leaders in the music industry. We are so proud to recognize women who are making such a profound impact through their leadership and art, and we hope to empower the next generation to do the same.”
Coco Jones, nominated for five Grammys last year, including best new artist, won her first gramophone for best R&B performance earlier this year for her hit “ICU.” The now-platinum-certified track was the lead single from Jones' 2022 EP What I Didn't Tell You, released via High Standardz/Def Jam Recordings. With a new album in the works, the singer-songwriter-actress (Peacock's Bel-Air; Netflix's Vampires vs. the Bronx) recently released her latest single, “Most Beautiful Design” featuring London On Da Track & Future.
Songwriter-producer-advocate Rowe is also a Grammy honoree, winning album of the Year in 2022 for her contribution to Jon Batiste's We Are. Her songs include Alexis Jordan's 'Happiness', the official song of the FIFA World Cup, as well as collaborations with Dua Lipa and Diana Ross, among other artists. A staunch supporter of songwriter rights and women in music, Rowe recently launched her publishing joint venture with Spirit Music Group and a mentoring program with BMG and SONA, “Ask the Insider.”
The first African-American to be nominated in the Primetime Emmy category, composer Amanda Jones received this nod for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) for the Apple TV+ documentary series Home Season 1 (the “Maine” episode ). Jones won the first Daytime Emmy in 2023 for Outstanding Music Composition and Direction for her original score on two episodes of Apple TV+'s Home Season. Upcoming projects include Apple TV+'s #1 On the Call Sheet starring Halle Berry and Angela Bassett.
Producer DJ Niyah will provide musical entertainment for ASCAP Rhythm & Soul's Women Behind the Music. Past honorees include artists Kelly Rowland, Victoria Monét, Salt-N-Pepa, Summer Walker and Jazmine Sullivan, songwriting duo Nova Wav and industry executives Phylicia Fant of Amazon Music and Nicole Wyskoarko of Interscope Geffen A&M.
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