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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

Oct 21, 2009 Pictured at the 2009 NSAI Awards dinner and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony are BMI’s Jody Williams, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Kye Fleming, Wynn Varble, and BMI’s Phil Graham. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 BMI’s Jody Williams congratulates co-writer Jon Mabe on the success of “The Climb,” which marks the first chart-topper for the songplugger-turned-songwriter. Pictured at “The Climb” #1 party at BMI on October 14 are BMI’s Bradley Collins, BMI co-writer Jon Mabe, co-writer Jessi Alexander, and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Oct 20, 2009 Hit songwriter Tim Nichols (right), was one of the many songwriters who celebrated with Jon Mabe at “The Climb” #1 party on October 14 in Nashville. View Photo