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Oct 28, 2009 Justin Moore shows his appreciation at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26. View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Justin Moore and his band perform his chart-topper and other songs for a rapt audience stacked with impressed industry executives, supportive peers, friends and family at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26. View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Pictured at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26 are BMI’s Beth Mason, Big Picture Publishing’s Keith Stegall, co-writer Brian Maher, BMI’s Jody Williams, co-writer and producer Jeremy Stover, co-writer and artist Justin Moore, Big Machine/Valory Music’s Scott Borchetta, Universal Music Publishing’s Pat Higdon, and Valory Music’s John Loba. View Photo

Oct 28, 2009 Inside Music Row’s Kelly Lynn interviews Justin Moore at the “Small Town USA” #1 party held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Monday, October 26. The song, co-written by Moore, Brian Maher, and Jeremy Stover, marks the only time this year a new artist has topped the country singles chart. View Photo

Oct 23, 2009 MS2MR, a weekly radio show produced by and aired on WVLS-FM Kix 96 in Muscle Shoals, AL, recently invited BMI songwriters Jason Isbell and Sunny Sweeney to perform some of their original pieces on a live broadcast heard by over 500,000 households. BMI’s Mark Mason traveled south to support the two singer/songwriters—and enjoy an ace show as well. Pictured at… View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Perennial hitmaker Toby Keith receives the Songwriter/Artist of the Decade award from the NSAI at the organization’s annual awards ceremony, held Sunday, October 18. View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Wynn Varble accepts the NSAI Songwriter of the Year Award at the 2009 Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame Awards on October 18. Varble also co-wrote Song of the Year “Waiting on a Woman.” View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Taylor Swift accepts the NSAI Songwriter/Artist of the Year Award at the 2009 Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame Awards on October 18. View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 The NSAI also revealed the peer-voted “Songs I Wish I’d Written,” which included “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” “In Color,” “Johnny & June,” “People Are Crazy,” “Troubadour,” “Waitin’ on a Woman,” and “What Hurts the Most.” Writers behind the “Songs I Wish I’d Written” gathered for a photo. Pictured at the ceremony are Tia Sillers, Marjorie Hall, Sr. VP… View Photo

Oct 21, 2009 Barbara Mandrell inducted Kye Fleming (right) into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 2009 Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame Awards on October 18. View Photo