News Archive
BMI songwriters made a strong showing at the 2017 Latin American Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Among the many highlights, hit single “Déjà Vu” earned both Song of the Year and Favorite Song – Tropical awards for Prince Royce and Shakira, BMI Icon Gloria…
Writing and Placing Christmas and Holiday Songs
Imagine receiving airplay and earning income from a song year after year and having that same song be recorded by multiple artists over a span of decades. That is what can happen with a holiday-themed song. For many songwriters and music publishers, landing a holiday recording that becomes the next…
BMI Songwriters Take Home the Majority of American Music Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. songwriters were big winners at the 2014 American Music Awards, broadcast live November 23 from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater. Taylor Swift, whose album 1989 spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 and Digital Albums charts, was awarded the inaugural Dick Clark Award of Excellence,…
Remembering Dick Clark: 1929-2012
Dick Clark, the gracious and towering ambassador of American popular music and mainstream youth culture, passed away on Wednesday, April 17 in Santa Monica, California. He was 82. After stints as a television announcer and DJ, Clark began the career that would eventually unfold into a media empire with a…