Music Row Awards Salute BMI’s Country Family

BMI hosted the annual Music Row Awards Thursday, June 24 in Nashville, welcoming a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd there to cheer the community’s biggest success stories of the past year. BMI country trendsetters enjoyed win after win at the reader-voted awards: the Zac Brown Band claimed Breakthrough Artist of the Year, while “The House That Built Me,” co-written by perennial BMI hit-maker Tom Douglas and recorded by BMI critical favorite Miranda Lambert, garnered Song of the Year honors. Lambert’s savvy co-producer, BMI songwriter Mike Wrucke, also celebrated a win, as he shared Producer of the Year honors with Frank Liddell, and longtime favorite Justin Niebank earned Engineer of the Year.

The town’s ace pickers and players were also recognized for their top-flight studio work. BMI songwriters Shannon Forrest, Aubrey Haynie, Brent Mason, Charles Judge and Wes Hightower took home trophies as the year’s top drummer, steel, fiddler, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist, respectively.

2010 MusicRow Awards
BMI Winners

Breakthrough Artist
Zac Brown Band

Song of the Year
“The House That Built Me”
Co-written by Tom Douglas
Co-published by Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Co. and Tomdouglasmusic

Producer of the Year
Mike Wrucke

Top Ten Album All-Star Musicians

Drums: Shannon Forrest
Engineer: Justin Niebank
Fiddle: Aubrey Haynie
Guitar: Brent Mason
Keyboards: Charles Judge
Vocals: Wes Hightower