BMI will recognize the unparalleled career of groundbreaking songwriter Matraca Berg by presenting her with the BMI Icon Award during the 71st annual BMI Country Awards to be held at BMI’s Nashville office on November 7. BMI’s President and CEO, Mike O’ Neill will host the event with Nashville’s VP… Read more...
BMI is thrilled to celebrate the best in songwriting at the 70TH Annual BMI Pop Awards. Legendary music creators Carole Bayer Sager and Mike Stoller will be honored as BMI Icons, celebrating their indelible and timeless contributions to the art of songwriting. BMI’s Pop Song of the Year, Songwriter of… Read more...
The Society of Composers & Lyricists annual awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media, has recognized several BMI composers and songwriters with prestigious nominations. Both the nominees and winners are judged and determined solely by SCL member composers and songwriters, with this year’s winners to be… Read more...
BMI proudly congratulates our composers and songwriters who have been shortlisted for this year’s Best Original Song and Best Original Score Academy Award nominations. Below are the talented BMI affiliates who are being considered. Academy members will vote to determine the final 2022 Oscar nominees, which will be announced February… Read more...
The nominees for this year’s coveted Golden Globe Awards have been announced with several BMI composers and songwriters in the running. The 79th annual awards celebrate the best in TV and film, with the trophies to be presented on January 9. Congratulations to all! Here are the… Read more...
BMI proudly congratulates all its Hollywood Music in Media Award winners and nominees. Honoring original music (song and score) in all visual media from around the globe including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, and special programs, the HMMA nominations have historically been representative of the nominees of… Read more...
BMI congratulates its storied songwriters slated to be inducted this year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Scheduled for a special ceremony on October 30, 2021 at 8 pm ET at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH, this year’s class of esteemed new inductees includes several BMI creators… Read more...
With her rich, soulful voice, singer/songwriter Jem Cooke has been augmenting the UK electronic scene for some years now, providing an emotive element to the digitized rhythms of many pulsing dance tracks. She has written and sung as both a solo artist and in collaboration with a wide spectrum of… Read more...
They came from two very different worlds: Dean Dillon, from east Tennessee, and Jason “Sundance” Head – from Porter, Texas. Dean hitchhiked to Nashville in the early ‘70s and knocked on every door on Music Row to get people to listen to his songs. He recorded multiple studio albums and… Read more...
At my BMI Nashville Songwriters’ Workshops, I screen and critique songs from each attendee. When I find songs that I believe are competitive with those being written by today’s top hitmakers, I forward them to ten music publishers who have agreed to listen. After the last BMI Workshop, I forwarded… Read more...
Captured at BMI Pop Awards 2004
