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Stillwater Runs Deep: Marti Frederiksen and the Next Great Song

Like David Foster, Diane Warren, Timbaland and other multi-platinum writer/producers before him, Marti Frederiksen has earned an enviable reputation for being one of the industry’s most reliable “go-to” composers. Over the course of a still flourishing career, Frederiksen has penned tunes for a veritable gallery of superstars, including Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Sheryl Crow, Pink,
Taylor Swift’s Fearless Ascension

Country music’s newest contribution to the crowded mainstream has succeeded in surpassing the industry’s previous expectations and perhaps even dreams: At 19 years old, Taylor Swift is coolly staring down superstardom. 2008’s best-selling artist in the United States, Swift enchanted critics and fans alike with her eponymous debut: The New York Times called it a “small masterpiece of pop-minded country,” and in a year of flagging record…
More Than Half of 2008’s International Top Sellers Feature BMI Songwriters
International record company trade association IFPI recently released its year-end list of the world’s best-selling albums, and BMI songwriters and composers contributed music to 66 percent of the top 50 ranking releases. Mama Mia’s Abba-inspired soundtrack, Duffy’s (PRS) debut Rockferry, Leona Lewis’s (PRS) Spirit, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, the High School Musical 3: Senior Year soundtrack, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter…
2008 Golden Globe Nominees Include Slew of BMI Composers
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards Thursday, December 11, and BMI composers number prominently among the prestigious nominees. In the Best Original Score field, multiple BMI Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat garnered a nod for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Versatile Indian composer A.R. Rahman was also tapped in the prestigious Best Original Score category for…
Hank Williams, Jr., Taylor Swift, Casey Beathard, Sony/ATV Earn Top BMI Country Honors
The 56th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the genre’s elite Tuesday, November 11 at BMI’s Music Row offices in Nashville. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville Jody Williams, the black-tie ceremony toasted the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed country songs in the BMI repertoire. See All 2008 Award-Winning Songs …
BMI Salutes ‘Don’t Blink’ Co-Writer Casey Beathard
BMI hosted a lively party in its Music Row lobby on Tuesday, January 15 for serial hit maker Casey Beathard and the rest of the creative hive behind Kenny Chesney’s multi-week no. 1 hit, “Don’t Blink.” Beathard, who co-penned the tune with Chris Wallin, also co-wrote George Strait’s current chart-climber “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls,” Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus' "Ready, Set,…
The Future Is Bright for Multi-Talented Miley Cyrus

Selling out tickets on a concert tour faster than Bruce Springsteen … releasing an album that zoomed to #1 and went double-platinum in just a few weeks … and starring in a hit TV show, to boot? Things can’t get much brighter for 14-year-old Miley Cyrus, whose alter ego “Hannah Montana” on the like-named Disney Channel series has propelled her to the top of the pop heap.…
