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BMI Artists Dominate Top-Selling Album, Artists Slots in Billboard Best of Decade Lists
Billboard recently announced the top-selling artists and albums of the past decade, and BMI artist/songwriters dominate both lists. Oscar and Grammy award-winner Eminem appears in both lists an impressive total of three times, once as a best-selling artist and twice in the best-selling album tally. Linkin Park and Britney Spears also appear on both lists: Spears ranks 5th and 9th in the best-selling artist and album lists, respectively, while Linkin…
From News, posted 12.10.09
Kris Kristofferson, Taylor Swift, Bobby Pinson, and More Honored at 2009 BMI Country Awards
The 57th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the genre’s top hit-makers tonight in Nashville. In addition to toasting the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed country songs from the BMI repertoire, the ceremony honored Kris Kristofferson as a BMI Icon; named Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” Song of the Year, Bobby Pinson Songwriter of the Year, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Publisher of…
From News, posted 11.10.09
NSAI Honors Swift, Keith, Fleming, Varble and More at Annual Awards
BMI country chart-toppers received accolade after accolade during the 2009 NSAI Awards dinner, held Sunday, October 18 in Nashville. Record-breaker Taylor Swift was named Artist/Songwriter of the Year; beloved Music Row songwriter Wynn Varble earned the Songwriter of the Year crown, while “Waitin’ on a Woman,” which Varble co-wrote, was voted Song of the Year; and genre giant Toby Keith was…
From News, posted 10.21.09
Durango Songwriters Expo Offers 10% Discount to BMI Affiliates
BMI songwriters and publishers may now receive a 10% discount on registration for the 14th annual Durango Songwriters Expo, slated for October 8-10 in Colorado Springs, CO. Sponsored by BMI, the anticipated event will take over the Doubletree Hotel, where more than 40 music industry professionals will gather to network with and critique the work of the 200 attendees. Showcases, mixers and panel discussions dominate the packed schedule. While the…
From News, posted 9.23.09
Toby Keith to be Honored as NSAI Songwriter/Artist of the Decade
Toby Keith will be recognized by the NSAI as the Songwriter/Artist of the Decade (2000-2009) at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation’s 39th anniversary dinner. A three-time BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, Keith has enjoyed truly prodigious success, boasting a thick BMI catalog that has generated more than 60 million performances. Songs including “As Good As I Once Was,” “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” “You Shouldn’t…
From News, posted 9.17.09
First Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival Scheduled for Sept. 18 & 19
Country and Pop Collide at Inaugural Event The inaugural Martha's Vineyard Songwriters Festival will inhabit the famous East Coast playground September 18 and 19. Staged at hotspots in Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs, MA, the festival will combine pop and country BMI hit makers in exclusive live music lineups and intimate settings, adopting the overwhelmingly successful approach of the perennially popular Key West Songwriters Festival. Advance tickets for each show…
From News, posted 8.19.09
Heidi Newfield Leads List of BMI ACM Award Nominees
The Academy of Country Music announced nominees for the organization’s 44th annual awards Wednesday, February 11 in Nashville, and BMI artists, songwriters, and producers decisively populate category after category.Heidi Newfield leads the pack of BMI nominees, underscoring the success of her solo debut with five nominations, including top female vocalist, and single and song of the year for “Johnny & June.” Jamey Johnson garnered…
From News, posted 2.11.09
Key West Songwriters Festival Slated for April 29 – May 3
The 14th Annual Key West Songwriters Festival will invade the venues of its paradisiacal namesake April 29 through May 3, 2009, offering eclectic show lineups that introduce crowds to the faces, voices and stories behind the songs. The festival features more than 100 top songwriters and revolves around five days and nights of more than 20 free concerts, staged at an array of the island’s most popular drinking holes and…
From News, posted 2.05.09
‘WCRS Live!’ Showcase Lineup Announced for CRS-40
BMI singer-songwriters Bobby Pinson, Paul Overstreet, Josh Turner and Jamey Johnson will perform at the WCRS Live! event during CRS-40. Slated for Thursday, March 5 between 4:10 and 5:30 p.m., the annual showcase is sponsored by BMI and Country Aircheck.“ This group is a perfect picture of BMI’s cream of the crop, as it pertains…
From News, posted 1.20.09
Nassau Hosts Nashville Songwriter Invasion Led by BMI
BMI co-sponsored the 5th Annual Nassau Songwriters Festival in the Bahamas’ namesake December 5 and 6. Staged at local hotspot the Green Parrot, a cross-section of Nashville’s songwriting veterans and buzz-generating new voices performed. Lineups featured Booker T. & the MG’s Steve Cropper (Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay”); Bobby Pinson (Sugarland’s “All I Want…
From News, posted 12.17.08
2008 Nassau Songwriters Festival Stacked with BMI Songwriters
Two-Night Event in Bahamas Slated for Dec. 5 & 6 BMI will proudly present the Nassau Songwriters Festival December 5-6, 2008, in the Bahamas. The 5th annual installment of the paradisiacal music festival will revolve around two shows slated for 8 p.m. Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 at local hotspot The Green Parrot (East Bay Street). A cross-section of Nashville's songwriting elite and most promising new voices will…
From News, posted 11.25.08
Bobby Pinson Celebrates ‘All I Want to Do’ at BMI
BMI cheered the mushrooming success of songwriter Bobby Pinson Thursday, October 30 in Nashville. Currently enjoying an enviable winning streak, the songwriter’s most recent collaboration with Sugarland, “All I Want to Do,” topped the charts. Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, also a BMI songwriter, and Jennifer Nettles, were on the road and unable to attend, but Pinson himself attracted a jubilant crowd to…
From News, posted 11.17.08
Carter’s Chord Serenade BMI Staff
Sisters Becky, Emily and Joanna Robertson of Carter’s Chord recently took a break from their hectic touring schedule to entertain BMI’s staff in Los Angeles. Signed by BMI singer/songwriter Toby Keith to his Show Dog Nashville label, their self-titled album was released digitally the week of July 7, debuting at #7 on the country iTunes chart, garnering the iTunes Discovery Download of the week,…
From News, posted 7.18.08
Toby Keith Discusses ‘Beer for My Horses’ at BMI
Toby Keith satisfied inquiring minds with the details surrounding his second full-length motion picture Beer for My Horses during a press conference Thursday, June 19 at BMI's Music Row offices. As Keith fielded questions, journalists took advantage of the thematically inspired beverages: namely, beer. Beer for My Horses hits theaters August 8, while Show Dog Nashville will release the soundtrack stacked with tunes by Keith,
From News, posted 6.29.08
Key West Songwriters Festival Mixes Roots Music Royalty with Mainstream Songwriting Elite
Lineup Includes Robert Earl Keen, Raul Malo, Kim Richey & Jeffrey Steele The 13th Annual Hog's Breath Key West Songwriters Festival looms enticingly on the horizon. Presented by Cherry Heart Music and proudly supported by charter sponsor BMI, the event is slated for April 30 through May 4 in Key West, Florida. The festival revolves around five days…
From News, posted 4.23.08
Key West Calling
13th Annual Hog's Breath Key West Songwriters Festival Presented by Cherry Heart Music and BMI Key West and country music’s thirteen year love affair is anything but secret, and the Hog’s Breath Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by Cherry Heart Music and BMI, serves as the 13th annual spring rendezvous. Jeffrey Steele Jamey Johnson Scotty Emerick Live music bliss and a…
From News, posted 2.17.08
Tim James Joins BMI and Warner/Chappell
Singer/songwriter Tim James is experiencing a happy flood of activity: The newly affiliated BMI songwriter also recently inked a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music. James, who co-wrote Bucky Covington's current chart climber, "It's Good to be Us," is also the one of the pens behind Toby Keith's five-week No. 1 "My List." Artists including Lee Ann Womack, Trace Adkins and Chris Young have also…
From News, posted 1.04.08
Avenged Sevenfold
Southern California’s five-piece pop/punk/metal act Avenged Sevenfold hit the ground running after winning Best New Artist at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The resulting self-titled album on Warner Bros. finds the group — singer M. Shadows, guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates, drummer The Reverend and bassist Johnny Christ — delving into genres and recording techniques they’d discovered on the road. “All those months on the…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.12.07
Willie Nelson, Jeffrey Steele, Sony/ATV Earn Top Honors at BMI Country Awards
Awards Honor Premier Songwriters and Publishers at BMI's 55th Annual Ceremony The BMI Country Awards turned a spry 55 years old as they were held tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the performing right organization's Music Row offices in Nashville. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) - the first home for country music - was also the first U.S. organization to honor the genre's songwriters and publishers with their own awards show in…
From News, posted 11.07.07
Songwriters Sing the Right Tune for Media General
BMI provided the musical entertainment at Media General Broadcast Group’s annual management meeting, held recently in Wintergreen, VA. BMI’s award-winning country songwriters Scotty Emerick and Aaron Barker cranked out a slew of number one hits they wrote for Toby Keith and George Strait, among others.
From News, posted 6.27.07
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