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10 Questions: Wayne Hector

When Wayne Hector picks up the phone at his home in Surrey, England, his voice is competing with the sound of laughing children and birds loudly singing. It’s as if he’s on the line from a scene in a beautiful old Disney cartoon, and Hector — who has 30 number one hits on his resume — admits he’s living a charmed life. He’s written smash records, including the current chart-burners…
Majority of 2012 BRIT Award Nominations Go to BMI Songwriters

BMI’s international songwriting family earned a commanding 55% of the nominations for the BRIT Awards 2012, the celebration of the year’s best popular music in the U.K. and around the world. Many of the nominees are members of British performing rights organization PRS for Music, but choose BMI to represent them in the United States. 2011 belonged to Adele, and her soulful reign is reflected in nominations…
Billboard Honors BMI’s Barbara Cane, Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj at Women in Music Event

Billboard saluted the industry’s foremost women at its 6th annual Women in Music event, held December 2 at Capitale in New York. BMI’s Barbara Cane, who began working at the company in 1970 as a high schooler, was celebrated for her longtime leadership, mentorship, and many BMI achievements, alongside 39 other leaders, all dubbed the “top 40 executives in the music business today.” Cane wasn’t the only…
Kanye West, Adele Lead BMI List of Grammy Nominees

Kanye West and Adele top the long list of BMI nominees for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday, November 30. With seven, West garnered the most nods of any artist. His prolific risk-taking over the past year helped ensure his nominations haul. He’ll compete against himself in the Best Rap Album field: solo effort My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch the Throne,…
Taylor Swift, Adele & Nicki Minaj Lead BMI Winners at American Music Awards

Taylor Swift, Adele and Nicki Minaj triumphed at the 2011 American Music Awards, held Sunday, November 20 at the Nokia Theatre in L.A. BMI songwriters took home 76% of the fan-voted trophies, illustrating the effervescent popularity of the BMI catalog with listeners in all formats. Swift took home top Artist of the Year overall, as well as Favorite Female Artist and…
Adele Leads List of 2011 American Music Awards Nominees

Adele leads the list of 2011 American Music Awards nominees, reaffirming that pop culture supremacy and artistic achievement are best enjoyed hand in hand. The U.K. phenom earned four nods, including Artist of the Year, as well as genre-specific pop or rock and adult contemporary nominations. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, the Band Perry, and
BMI Songwriters Dominate First Six Months of 2011 Awards Season
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Half of 2011 is already history, complete with a suite of awards ceremonies celebrating music’s best. From the Grammys to the Tonys, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep repertoire has been on full display. January The year launched with a high bar, as Atticus Ross’s music for The Social Network earned Best Original Score at the 68th Annual Golden Globes and 83rd
The Method to the Madness of Nicki Minaj

Autobiography plays a huge role in hip-hop music. MCs rap about their abilities, their street cred and their rags-to-riches stories. They name-drop friends. They stoke feuds with enemies. They take their share of liberties with the literal truth. But they remain, without question, the central characters in the dramas. When Trinidad-born, Southside Jamaica, Queens-raised Nicki Minaj began popping up a handful of years ago on
Chris Brown Leads BMI Blitz at 2011 BET Awards

BMI songwriters took home the overwhelming majority of the BET Awards statuettes handed out Sunday, June 26. As member after member of BMI’s family of songwriter/artists were crowned the year’s best, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep urban repertoire was on full display. With four trophies, Chris Brown led the pack, earning Best Male R&B Artist, the fan-voted Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice award and Video of the…
NARM Law Conference Set for May 12

The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) will orchestrate its Los Angeles Entertainment & Technology Law Conference on Thursday, May 12 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Sponsored by BMI, the event kicks off with a networking lunch at noon, which is followed by a stacked lineup of panels until 5:30 p.m. The schedule features in-depth presentations and discussions that “intersect technology, copyright and law issues that are at the…
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| Dec 2 2011 | Billboard Women in Music 2011: New York |
