A third-generation songwriter from an acclaimed musical family, Edgar Cortázar has lived a life devoted to creating, collaborating and sharing the power of music. The grandson of legendary Mexican songwriter Ernesto Cortázar and the son of renowned film composer/songwriter Ernesto Cortázar Ducker, the young Edgar Cortázar was introduced to the… Read more...
BMI affiliates made another strong showing in the nominations for the 2018 Latin GRAMMY Awards, which were announced Thursday. In keeping with their continued ascent, a multitude of BMI’s Latin songwriters received multiple nominations to collect coveted GRAMMY gold for their groundbreaking work this year. Among this impressive list of… Read more...
BMI last night proudly announced the songwriters and publishers of Latin music’s most-performed songs of the past year on U.S. radio and television at the 23rd annual BMI Latin Music Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Multi-platinum Latin music singer/songwriter, actress and philanthropist Gloria Trevi received… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. proudly applauds the winners of the 15th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. BMI affiliates took home several prestigious awards: Calle 13 won Best Urban Music Album for MultiViral and Best Alternative Song for “El Aguante,” making them the most-awarded act in history with a total of 21 wins… Read more...
Performers Include La Santa Cecilia, Cesar Brizuela, Hermanos Herrera, Oliver Ochoa, Santos Diablito and Larry Hernandez BMI will present its annual Noche Mexicana music showcase on October 7 at the Rumba Room in Universal City, California. Kicking off the 2009 Billboard Regional Mexican Music Summit, the event will feature a… Read more...
En Español BMI held its 16th annual Latin Music Awards Thursday, March 12 at The Breakers Ponce De Leon Ballroom in Palm Beach, Florida. Gloria Estefan was named a BMI Icon; singer/songwriter Espinoza Paz earned his second consecutive Latin Songwriter of the Year; “A Ti Si Puedo Decirte”… Read more...
Erika Vidrio was born in the picturesque town of Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco. The daughter of a farming family, she wrote her first song in middle school, dedicated to her mother and performed it at a festival; as a “thank you,” her mother bought her a guitar, which soon became… Read more...
BMI hosed a Latin music “How I Wrote That Song” panel at the Billboard Latin Music Conference on Tuesday, April 8. The panel featured leading songwriters in Latin music, including Pablo Castro (Tigres del Norte), Bruno Danzza (Jenni Rivera), Espinoza Paz (el Potro de Sinaloa), Ramón González Mora (Conjunto Primavera),… Read more...
Panelists Include Pablo Castro, Bruno Danzza, Espinoza Paz, Luigi Giraldo, Gustavo Laureano and Ramón González Mora BMI will host its first Latin music “How I Wrote That Song” panel at the Billboard Latin Music Conference on Tuesday, April 8. The panel will feature leading songwriters in Latin music including Pablo… Read more...
BMI singer/songwriters Los Horoscopos de Durango - Vicky Terrazas and Marisol Terrazas - met with BMI executives, peermusic publishing execs, radio execs and songwriters after their recent Los Angeles show at the Nokia Theatre, where los Horoscopos opened for Conjunto Primavera. Pictured are… Read more...
