Last week, Luke Bryan celebrated his 17th, 18th, and 19th #1 hits with a triple No. 1 party at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. The chart-toppers include “Fast” (co-written with BMI songwriter Rodney Clawson and songwriter Luke Laird), “Move” (penned with BMI songwriter Jay Clementi and songwriter Michael Carter), and “Light… Read more...
Yesterday afternoon, friends, family and Music Row VIPs gathered at vintage arcade bar HQ Beercade to celebrate 2017’s longest-running song of the year, “Small Town Boy,” with songwriters Rhett Akins, Kyle Fishman, Ben Hayslip and Broken Bow artist Dustin Lynch. The four-week chart-topper had 2017’s largest single-week audience and marks BMI… Read more...
ACM Male Vocalist nominee Chris Young celebrated his current chart-topping success, “Losing Sleep” by taking the stage last night at Nashville’s Tin Roof Broadway for a special live performance of his ten No. 1 singles. Renamed “Ten” Roof just for the momentous occasion, Young was joined by family and music industry… Read more...
BMI songwriter Chris Janson celebrated his second No. 1 hit “Fix A Drink” yesterday in the BMI lobby alongside ASCAP co-writers Ashley Gorley and Chris DuBois. The track marks Gorley and DuBois’ 36th and 17th No. 1s respectively. The party, which was hosted by BMI’s David Preston and ASCAP’s Beth Brinker,… Read more...
Music Row, friends and family packed the BMI lobby Tuesday night to celebrate RCA/Zone 4 artist and BMI songwriter Kane Brown’s chart-topper “What Ifs” with co-writers Matt McGinn (SESAC) and Jordan Schmidt (ASCAP) and featured vocalist, Lauren Alaina (BMI). The smash hit marked Brown and McGinn’s first respective number ones as… Read more...
BMI and Alt 97.5 returned to the Basement East for the first of six Eastside Sounds shows this year. Bluesy, psychedelic rockers The Minks kicked off the night of alternative music discovery followed by dreamy acid pop band, TWEN. Silver Cord Cinema enhanced the atmosphere with a special liquid light show… Read more...
Last night, GRAMMY Award-winning BMI songwriter Maren Morris gathered with family and friends to celebrate her first number one song,” I Could Use A Love Song.” The private party was hosted by ASCAP and BMI, and was held at the Crying Wolf in East Nashville. Written by Morris, BMI songwriter Laura… Read more...
ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Thomas Rhett commemorated his eighth and ninth career No. 1 hits yesterday as he gathered with friends and family to celebrate his latest chart-toppers. The party, hosted by BMI and ASCAP, was held at Von Elrod’s in Nashville and honored the platinum-selling “Craving You” and… Read more...
BMI songwriter Josh Miller celebrated his first career No. One yesterday (2/13) for Kip Moore’s single “More Girls Like You.” Joined by friends and industry VIPs at Analog at The Hutton Hotel, Miller was also accompanied by fellow co-writers Moore, Steven Lee Olsen and David Garcia for the festivities. The anthemic… Read more...
Music Row assembled in the BMI lobby Wednesday afternoon to celebrate rising star Luke Comb’s second Platinum, multi-week No. 1, “When It Rains It Pours.” The heartache-inspired track was written by BMI songwriters Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher and Jordan Walker. Comb’s second consecutive No. 1 from his Gold-certified debut album This… Read more...
