PPL is the UK’s collective management organisation (CMO) for over 110,000 performers and record companies. It licenses recorded music in the UK when it is played in public or broadcast and ensures that revenue flows back to its members, including independent and major labels, grassroots performers and festival headliners. It also collects internationally when recorded music is played or broadcast, made possible through more than 95 agreements with CMOs around the world. In 2018 it collected £246.8 million.