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BMI today paid tribute to the top UK and European songwriters, composers and music publishers of the most-performed songs of the previous year with the 2020 BMI London Awards. Honourees for Song of the Year, Million-Air Awards, Top 30 Pop Songs and Film, TV & Visual Media were celebrated across…
Highlights From The BMI Stage at ONE Musicfest
This past weekend, BMI hosted its first ever BMI-branded stage at ONE Musicfest in Atlanta, GA. Set in the amphitheater in Centennial Olympic Park, the stage showcased the incredible talent of emerging BMI singer/songwriters. On Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8, music lovers were treated to sets by ten…
The BMI Stage Lights Up at ONE Musicfest
BMI is proud to announce a new partnership with ONE Musicfest in Atlanta, GA. ONE Musicfest is the Southeast’s largest annual urban progressive music festival, featuring a diverse range of music, including classic and next generation hip-hop, soulful R&B, alternative, and rock. For the first time in the festival’s 10-year…
Rewind With BMI’s 2016 Songs of the Year
Every year BMI celebrates the immense talent of our affiliates over the course of eight different awards shows. The coveted Song of the Year award, which is given to the track that received the most performances within that genre, salutes the songwriter’s ability to dominate the airwaves. Here’s a chance…
Sting and Top Songwriters Honored at 2016 BMI London Awards
BMI proudly honored internationally-celebrated songwriter Sting as a BMI Icon today at the 2016 BMI London Awards. Music industry guests including Hozier, Rudimental, Snow Patrol, Disciples and Wayne Hector filled London’s Dorchester hotel to celebrate the UK and European songwriters, producers and publishers of the most-performed songs of 2015 on…
BMI Honors Taylor Swift and Legendary Songwriting Duo Mann & Weil at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards
BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind the year’s most-performed pop songs at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Global superstar Taylor Swift was presented with the first-ever Taylor Swift Award, a special award bearing her name in recognition…
Hip-Hop Crooner August Alsina’s ‘Testimony’ Holds Nothing Back
New Orleans newcomer and recently signed BMI affiliate August Alsina leads the pack of BMI BET nominees with an impressive four nods, including Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Pop Artist. His debut album, Testimony, on NNTME/Def Jam Recordings, offers an inspirational tale of surviving one of America’s most treacherous…