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BMI proudly presented its 2017 BMI Country Awards last night, honoring the prolific songwriting career of BMI Icon Award recipient Bob DiPiero, as well as the Country Songwriter, Song and Publisher of the Year. The 65th annual event, which is the genre’s oldest awards ceremony, also celebrated the songwriters and…
BMI and CBS Radio Present 1st Annual Detroit Songwriters Festival
BMI and CBS Radio joined forces recently (10/19-10/22) to host the 1st annual Detroit Songwriters Festival, a 4 day event in the Motor City designed to shine a spotlight on the craft of songwriting. Featured BMI artists/songwriters included Hunter Hayes, LoCash, Uncle Kracker, Michael Ray, Wendell Mobley, Casey Beathard, Troy…
Mac Davis Recognized as BMI Icon at 2015 BMI Country Awards
BMI proudly presented its 2015 BMI Country Awards last night, honoring the prolific songwriting career of BMI Icon Mac Davis, as well as the Country Songwriter, Song and Publisher of the Year. The 63rd annual event, which is the genre’s oldest awards ceremony, also celebrated the songwriters and publishers of…
Epiphone Guitars Help BMI Writers Celebrate Their #1s
#1 songs don’t come along every day, and although many BMI writers have felt the excitement of having written a chart-topper more than once, the first time is their induction into an elite world of having made musical history. To help these first-timers celebrate, it’s been BMI’s tradition, in partnership…
BMI Celebrates Little Big Town and Writers of “Day Drinking” and “Girl Crush”
Nashville’s Ruby turned into the site of a celebration for the writers of Little Big Town’s hits “Day Drinking” and “Girl Crush,” both off of their latest album Painkiller. Music industry executives, family and friends gathered under the sparkling light of a disco ball to praise BMI songwriters Karen Fairchild,…
BMI Writers Nominated for 71% of the 2013 ACM Awards
Nominations for the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards overwhelmingly show BMI writers at the top once again. The nominations include country music’s best established and emerging talent. Leading with seven nominations is BMI songwriter Eric Church, Hunter Hayes with six, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift each with five, Luke Bryan,…
A.R. Rahman Leads BMI List of 2011 Oscar Nominations
A.R. Rahman leads the list of BMI composers and songwriters nominated to take home statuettes at the 83rd Academy Awards, announced Tuesday morning. Rahman earned an impressive two nods: the first in the original score category for “127 Hours”; the second, in the original song field for “If I Rise,”…
Golden Globe Nominations Stacked with BMI Composers
Good news poured in early this morning from Los Angeles: Eighty percent of the 2011 Golden Globe nominations in music categories went to BMI composers and songwriters. Alexandre Desplat’s music for The King’s Speech, the film which garnered the most nominations overall, was tapped in the Best Original Score for…
No Time ‘Wasted’ in Toasting Carrie Underwood’s Fourth No. 1
BMI honored the co-writers of Carrie Underwood’s latest No. 1 “Wasted” with a roof top party yesterday at its Music Row offices. BMI songwriters Marv Green and Troy Verges, along with hit maker Hillary Lindsey, formed the songwriting super troupe responsible for the BMI country phenom’s record-breaking fourth trip to…
54th Annual BMI Country Awards Set for Nov. 4
BMI will salute the year's most popular country songs on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the 54th Annual BMI Country Awards, country music's oldest awards celebration. Staged at the company's Music Row offices, the black-tie, invitation-only event spotlights the 50 most performed songs of the previous year. Citations…