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Nov 07, 2007 Toby Keith performs with Willie Nelson View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 BMI Award-winners Taylor Swift (left) and Michelle Branch (right) pause for a photo on the red carpet. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 Faith Hill (right) drapes her husband Tim McGraw's (left) very first BMI Country Award medallion around his neck. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 Jeffrey Steele earns his second Country Songwriter of the Year crown with five songs among the year's top fifty. Pictured are (l to r): BMI President and CEO Del Bryant; BMI Songwriter of the Year Jeffrey Steele; and BMI VP Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, Jody Williams. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 Annie Nelson (left), Willie Nelson (center) and Sheryl Crow (right) react to Kris Kristofferson's poignant tribute speech. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 The Icon tribute performers smile for the camera after a job well done. Pictured are (l to r): BMI President & CEO Del Bryant; Emmylou Harris; Keith Urban; BMI Icon Willie Nelson; Kris Kristofferson; Toby Keith; Josh Turner; and BMI VP Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, Jody Williams. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 Jeffrey Steele's stirring composition “What Hurts the Most" also earned Song of the Year honors. Pictured are (l to r): BMI VP Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, Jody Williams; Rock On Promotions' Sarah Wood; BMI President and CEO Del Bryant; and BMI Songwriter of the Year Jeffery Steele. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 Willie makes everybody smile. Pictured on the red carpet are (l to r): BMI VP Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, Jody Williams; BMI Icon WIllie Nelson; and BMI President and CEO Del Bryant. View Photo

Nov 07, 2007 BMI Songwriter of the Year Jeffrey Steele, BMI's VP Writer/Publisher Relations Nashville Jody Williams, BMI's Publisher of the Year Sony/ATV Music Publishing Chairman and CEO Martin Bandier, BMI Icon Willie Nelson, BMI's President & CEO Del Bryant, Troy Tomlinson President and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville View Photo

Nov 06, 2007 2007 BMI Country Icon Willie Nelson onstage with Keith Urban, Kris Kristofferson, and Toby Keith View Photo