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Bobby Braddock, Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Sony/ATV & More Honored at 2011 BMI Country Awards

BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind country music’s most-performed songs of the past year during the 59th annual BMI Country Awards. BMI staged the event in its Nashville offices, located in the heart of Music Row, where behind-the-scenes hit-makers and center stage superstars came together to toast one another as songwriters. Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson share the Songwriter of the Year crown. Georgia natives and close…
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. var flashvars = {}; var params…
BMI Sponsors Atlantis Songwriters Festival
BMI invaded paradise with a dazzling array of Nashville's finest songwriters in tow for the Atlantis Songwriters Festival in the Bahamas. From November 28 through December 3, the event celebrates Music City hitmakers through nightly acoustic performances, pool parties and beach picnics. Held exclusively at the Atlantis Resort, the live music attracted hundreds of tourists and locals. BMI presented Kerzner's Murray Bannon with…
No Time ‘Wasted’ in Toasting Carrie Underwood’s Fourth No. 1
BMI honored the co-writers of Carrie Underwood's latest No. 1 "Wasted" with a roof top party yesterday at its Music Row offices. BMI songwriters Marv Green and Troy Verges, along with hit maker Hillary Lindsey, formed the songwriting super troupe responsible for the BMI country phenom's record-breaking fourth trip to the top of the charts.
‘It Just Comes Natural’: Marv Green & Jim Collins Celebrate No. 1 Single with BMI
BMI songwriters Marv Green and Jim Collins attracted quite the crowd last week. The co-writers of George Strait’s recent No. 1 “It Just Comes Natural,” Green and Collins celebrated the title track to King George’s latest album with a packed crowd of friends, family and peers. More BMI parties may be waiting in the wings for both of the serial hitmakers:…
‘Amazed’ Stands on Five Million Mountain
During a luncheon hosted by BMI Nashville, "Amazed" songwriters Marv Green, Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey were indeed amazed to learn that the song has tallied five million broadcast airplays, vaulting it into the Top 125 of BMI's repertoire of 4.5 million works. Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Golden Wheat Music, Songs of Nashville DreamWorks, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., and Mayo's company Silverkiss Music, "Amazed" was…
Andy Griggs Creates a Scene For ‘This I Gotta See’
Andy Griggs was surrounded by friends and colleagues eager to celebrate the release of This I Gotta See during a party hosted by BMI Nashville. Produced by Randy Scruggs, Griggs's third RCA album features "She Thinks She Needs Me," already a Top 10 hit and rising. Griggs co-wrote two songs for This I Gotta See, with contributions from fellow BMI Award-winning writers Sonny LeMaire, Shane Minor,
BMI Celebrates Country Music at Awards Ceremony
Performing rights organization BMI presented its annual Country Awards November 5, honoring the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed country songs. Ultimate honors went to Lonestar’s “I’m Already There” as Song of the Year, to Tom Shapiro and Troy Verges as Songwriters of the Year, and to Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville as Publisher of the Year. The BMI Country Awards --
50th Annual BMI Country Awards Honor Top Music Makers on Nov. 5
BMI will salute the past year's most popular country songs on Tuesday, November 5 at the 50th Annual BMI Country Awards, the oldest awards program honoring country music creators. Staged at the company's Music Row offices, the black-tie, invitation-only event spotlights the 50 most performed songs of last year. BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and BMI Nashville Vice President Paul Corbin will present Citations of Achievement…
Top Producer Byron Gallimore Is Center Stage at Surprise Party
The guest list was a "Who's Who" of country music makers when BMI Nashville hosted a surprise party for producer Byron Gallimore to celebrate his being named Billboard magazine's #1 "Hot Country Producer" for the third year in a row. Billboard Nashville bureau chief Phyllis Stark gifted Gallimore with a framed listing from the magazine, explaining that his #1 designation represents an astounding 87 charting songs in three years.…
