Prm Prepares ₱13.03 Million Royalty Distribution for Producers and Performers

Philippines Recorded Music Rights Inc. (PRM) is preparing to distribute ₱13,033,983.29 in royalties to producers and performers in November 2026, with changes designed to connect payments more closely to documented music use.

According to its November 12 release, the distribution covers royalties collected in 2025, including payments received for earlier licensing periods. Final checks on usage records, ownership information, and calculations were still underway when the announcement was issued.

PRM said the cycle is scheduled to become its first distribution completed within its planned timeline. During its early operations, the organization relied on manual work to consolidate reports, verify rights, and calculate allocations.

More weight for music played in businesses

For the 2025 cycle, PRM increased the importance of usage reports from licensed establishments, including hotels, restaurants, gyms, and other businesses.

For producers, the weighting rose from 70% in the previous 2023–2024 distribution to 84.23%. For performers, it increased from 70% to 77%.

These figures describe the role of establishment reports in the calculation methodology. They are not payout rates or percentages of the total fund assigned to each group.

PRM said the approach gives greater recognition to recordings regularly played in businesses, including songs that may not rank prominently on popularity charts. The Official Philippines Chart from IFPI and radio monitoring data from BMAT remain supplementary references.

New system supports producer calculations

This distribution also marks PRM’s first use of SoundSys by BMAT for producer royalty processing.

The system helps match reported music use with registered recordings, check ownership details, identify conflicting claims, and calculate producer shares. It also supports reports that connect allocations with individual recordings and usage records.

Performer royalties are calculated separately by PRM for this cycle. All calculations remain subject to the organization’s review before payments are released.

PRM is coordinating with 14 record labels and music rights partners. That number does not represent the final count of individual recipients.

The covered performer categories include featured artists and non-featured artists, such as session musicians. Individual recipients and the final recipient count will depend on completed calculations and verification.

For rights holders, the announced changes concern both timing and accountability: when royalties are distributed and how the amounts can be traced to reported music use.

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