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BMI Congratulates Our Members on More Than 375 Grammy Nominations!

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Read BMI’s 2011 Grammy nominees news story from Decmeber 2, 2010. Name, Number of Nominations Eminem, 10 Lady Gaga, 6 John Legend, 5 Rihanna, 5 The Roots, 5 B.o.B, 4 Drake (socan), 4 Cee Lo Green,…


From News, posted 2.08.11

BMI Trendsetters Lead List of 2010 Latin Grammy Nominees

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BMI’s Latin music leaders dominate the list of 2010 Latin Grammy nominees. Perennial favorite Juan Luis Guerra earned an impressive four nods, including Album of the Year for his acclaimed A Son de Guerra. Guerra will also vie for Best Contemporary Tropical Album and Best Tropical Song thanks to "Bachata en Fukuoka,” while he is the featured guest on Song of the Year nominee “Cuando Me Enamoro.”…


From News, posted 9.13.10

Latin Grammys Love Shakira, Calle 13

Just like Wyclef Jean chants in her massive hit "Hips Don't Lie," New York's Madison Square Garden echoed with cries of "Shakira, Shakira" last night (11/2) as the Colombian singer added four Latin Grammys to her already full trophy shelf. Taking home some of the night's biggest awards -- Record and Song of the Year for "La Tortura," and Album of the Year and Best Female Pop…


From News, posted 11.02.06

Five For Fighting

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It requires considerable artistic agility to write deeply personal songs that also reflect the broader world. That’s just what platinum-certified Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter John Ondrasik and his band Five For Fighting has consistently accomplished on each of his previous CDs. Now with Two Lights, his new Aware/Columbia release, John delivers his most personal album to date, creating nothing less than an American family portrait. John’s…


From MusicWorld, posted 8.17.06

Harrington Musical Theatre Award Winners Feted

The BMI Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce the winners of the 7th Annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards in recognition of outstanding creative achievement in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. BMI's Jean Banks, Director of the Workshop, and Patrick Cook, Artistic Coordinator of the Workshop, presented certificates and cash prizes during a cocktail reception held…


From News, posted 7.06.06

Diverse Latin Sounds Heard at BMI Showcase

BMI New York's Latin Urban Alternative Showcase, held May 30 at S.O.B.'s, featured a diverse display of fresh Latin sounds that tantalized a variety of taste buds by infusing various traditional Latin flavors into rock, hip-hop and alternative blends. The showcase included stellar performances by L. Negro, U-NIQ, Sr. Escobar & M. Corcho, Una Via,


From News, posted 6.20.06

Sardina, Café Tacuba Score at Latin Grammys

BMI Latin songwriters, producers and composers were among the top winners at the 5th annual Latin Grammy Awards held September 1 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Producer Rafa Sardina was BMI's big winner of the night, taking home three Latin Grammys, including Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album for Alejandro Sanz's No Es Lo Mismo, while the album's title track earned Sardina the Record…


From News, posted 9.01.04

Bacilos: Cross-Cultural Hitmakers

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Bacilos, literally translated from Spanish, may refer to a disease-causing microorganism, but for this adventurous trio, catchy grooves, witty lyrical innuendo and spirited musical performances are the only symptoms. Puerto Rican-born percussionist, Jose Javier Freire, Jorge Villamizar, a Colombian singer/songwriter/guitarist, and bassist/vocalist André Lopes, a native of Brazil, first met as college students in the mid-'90s at the University of Miami. Originally a…


From MusicWorld, posted 7.21.04

The Calling: Single-Minded Success

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The Calling’s 22-year-old lead singer Alex Band didn’t go to college, but the last three years have offered their own kind of education. The band — which is essentially Band and guitarist/instrumentalist Aaron Kamin, who started collaborating while still high school students in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley — traveled literally around the world on the strength of their 2001 RCA debut album, Camino Palmero…


From MusicWorld, posted 3.03.04

BMI Welcomes Huey Dunbar to Latin Family

New York-based Latin singer/songwriter Huey Dunbar (seated) is welcomed by BMI's Jessie Lema in the New York office as he signs his affiliation papers. The Puerto Rican/Jamaican-bred artist is the former lead singer of tropical-club/dance act DLG (Dark Latin Groove) whose 1996 hit "No Morira" held the #1 spot on the Billboard Tropical chart for six weeks. His 2001 Sony Discos debut as a solo…


From News, posted 6.09.03

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