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Blues Music Awards

BMI Greats Dominate Blues Music Awards

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The BMI family of bluesmen and women dominated the 32nd Blues Music Awards, winning an overwhelming 98% of the awards handed out last week in Memphis. Buddy Guy led the BMI surge, proving his brand of soul-soaked blues only gets better with time: The 2010 Blues Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award honoree took home B.B. King Entertainer and Album of the Year for Living…


From News, posted 5.10.11

BMI Blues Dominates List of 2011 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees

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BMI represents the world’s most lauded creators in all forms of music, and the organization’s ties to the blues run especially deep. When the 2011 Blues Hall of Fame inductees were announced last week, a commanding 80% of the honorees, which encompass performers, albums, songs, producers, and record executives, are longtime BMI songwriters and catalog jewels. Legendary BMI singer/songwriters Robert Cray, John Hammond,


From News, posted 2.22.11
Jan 27 2011 2010 Award Season Belongs to BMI Songwriters & Composers
May 13 2010 Tommy Castro Leads BMI Wins at 2010 Blues Music Awards
Dec 12 2009 Joe Louis Walker Leads BMI Nominees for 2010 Blues Music Awards
May 28 2008 Bobby Rush, Irma Thomas, Koko Taylor and More Honored at 2008 Blues Awards
May 20 2007 BMI Songwriter/Artists Sweep Blues Awards
Jan 12 2007 Charlie Musselwhite Leads List of BMI Blues Awards Noms
May 21 2006 BMI Blues Legends Honored at Annual Awards Ceremony
May 10 2005 BMI Blues Artists Repeat Near Sweep of Handy Awards
May 4 2004 BMI Blues Artists Dominate Handy Awards
May 22 2003 Shemekia Copeland Leads Handy Award Winners With Three
Jun 2 2002 BMI Ain’t Singin’ the Blues with Sweep of Handys
May 30 2001 B. B. and Shemekia Two-Fisted Winners At Handy Awards
Oct 16 2000 Blues Foundation Honors Willie Nelson
Jan 1 1999 BMI’s W.C. Handy Award Winners: 1999
Jan 1 1998 BMI’s W.C. Handy Award Winners: 1998