Yesterday, three of BMI’s lauded songwriters took to the stage to accept their prestigious induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. BMI Icons, Hank Williams Jr., and Dean Dillon, along with multiple award-winning songwriter and artist Marty Stuart, became the legendary Hall’s newest members, exemplifying their immense impact on… Read more...
It's official: country music fans can't get enough of BMI's dazzling new star Carrie Underwood. The 2005 American Idol winner was the only artist to take home more than one of the fan-voted CMT Music Awards on April 10, winning both Breakthrough Video of the Year and… Read more...
She may be daughter to a legend and granddaughter to one of the most important figures in the American songbook, but Holly Williams is most decidedly her own woman. Not content to rest in the shade of her family tree, she has struck out on… Read more...
As the grandson of seminal country legend Hank Williams and the son of veteran hell-raiser Hank Williams Jr. , Hank Williams III comes by his rebellious nature honestly. "I've got a Jekyll and Hyde personality, both onstage and off," admits the… Read more...
Al Anderson — who, along with Shania Twain, Skip Ewing and Dixie Chick Martie Seidel, was named a BMI Country Songwriter of the Year this past fall — has in recent years emerged as one of Nashville's most dependable tunesmiths,… Read more...
"When it gets right down to the nitty gritty, I've just tried to be who I am," Charlie Daniels once said. "I've never followed trends or fads. I couldn't even if I tried. I can't be them; I can't be anybody but me." Staunchly… Read more...
The honor of BMI Icon is awarded to songwriters to honor their “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” Pop Carole Bayer Sager Mike Stoller Martin Bandier Barry Manilow Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil Stevie Nicks Carole King David Foster… Read more...
Captured at BMI Country Awards 2008
