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Recent Jimmy Buffett Updates

Toby Keith Reclaims Lead in CMA Nods

Recognized in six categories, Toby Keith led the list of BMI-affiliated nominees for the 38th Annual Country Music Association Awards (announced August 30). Nominated for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year for Shock'N Y'all, Keith also picked up Single and Music Video mentions for "I Love This Bar." He is also eligible for trophies as co-producer…

From News, posted 9.08.04

Toby Keith Leads Winners Pack at ACM Awards

BMI affiliates claimed victory in most categories at the 39th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards, held at the Mandelay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas (5/26). With trophies in hand for Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, Album of the Year (Shock 'N Y'all) and ACM/Launch Video of the Year ("Beer For My Horses"), Toby Keith was the night's…

From News, posted 5.27.04

Brooks & Dunn and Toby Keith Are Five-Times Lucky with ACM Nods

BMI superstars Brooks & Dunn and Toby Keith received five nominations each when the nominees for the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced in Los Angeles on March 10. Brooks & Dunn …

From News, posted 3.11.04

Neptunes, Evanescence Top List of BMI Grammy Nominees

BMI songwriter/artists are once again at the top of the nominees list for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, announced December 4 at a press conference held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pharrell Williams of red hot production duo, The Neptunes, leads the BMI pack with six nods including three individual and three with partner Chad Hugo, who himself earned…

From News, posted 12.04.03

CMA Awards Praise ‘Three Wooden Crosses’

BMI Award-winning songwriter Doug Johnson claimed the top writing prize at the 37th annual CMA Awards, when "Three Wooden Crosses" was named Song of the Year. Johnson accepted the honor with co-writer Kim Williams, and on behalf of BMI publishers Sweet Radical Music and Mike Curb Music.

From News, posted 11.05.03

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere

BMI helped songwriter Don Rollins celebrate the success of his first #1 hit, " It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," with a rooftop party and hurricanes a-plenty at BMI Nashville. Other honored revelers included co-writer Jim Brown, publishers Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and R. Joseph Publishing, and producer Keith Stegall. The CMA Award-nominated song was recorded by Arista artist Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett and is featured on Jackson's…

From News, posted 10.28.03

CMA Awards Nominations Boast A Whole Lotta Toby Keith

With recognition in seven categories, Toby Keith led the list of nominees for the 37th Annual CMA Awards (August 26). Nominated for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, in addition to an Album of the Year mention for Unleashed, Keith also picked up Song, Single, Music Video and Vocal Event nominations for "Beer for My Horses," a duet with Willie Nelson that he co-wrote…

From News, posted 8.26.03

Hugh Prestwood Finds Success as an ‘Unknown Quantity

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Everyone knows that songwriters should flock to Nashville if they’re writing for the country market, New York to pen Broadway scores and other recording centers for different genres. Someone forgot to give Hugh Prestwood that advice before he left El Paso, Texas for New York City, and, eventually, Long Island, where he currently lives, crafting country hits. “I don’t co-write, so I don’t have to go…

From MusicWorld, posted 9.30.02

Jimmy Buffett Keeps Cooking On All Burners

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Jimmy Buffett is a walking dictionary definition of "multiple threat." Besides being a multi-platinum singer/songwriter, Buffett also operates his own record label, Internet radio station, a chain of Margaritaville restaurants, and is one of only six authors in the history of the New York Times bestseller list to have hit number one on both the fiction and non-fiction lists. (The others are Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William…

From MusicWorld, posted 5.31.02

Evan and Jaron

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Armed with a fetching hit single called "Crazy for This Girl" and pinup boy good looks, identical twins Evan and Jaron appear to be prototypical teen heartthrobs in the Duncan Sheik mold. But there's something distinctly unorthodox - or shall we say orthodox - about this Atlanta-bred, Los Angeles-based duo. Observant Jews, the pair refuses to perform on Friday nights and keeps kosher on the road,…

From MusicWorld, posted 9.30.00

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