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Oct 08, 2010 BMI hosted a champagne toast celebrating genre-defining songwriter Bobby Braddock on Tuesday, October 5. BMI presented more than 16 million performances’ worth of Million-Air Awards to the honky-tonk poet: “I Wanna Talk About Me” and “Time Marches On” have both surpassed 3 million performances; the iconic “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Texas Tornado,” and “Old Flames Have New Names” have… View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Bobby Braddock is flanked by daughter Lauren Braddock Havey, his grandson, and his son-in-law Jim Havey at BMI and Sony/ATV’s champagne toast celebrating over 16 million performances of his songs and 5 decades of consecutive #1s View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Pictured with Bobby Braddock at a champagne toast celebrating over 16 million performances of his songs and 5 decades of consecutive #1s are Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Jeff Hanna, songwriter Matraca Berg, Braddock, singer, songwriter and author Marshall Chapman, and the Tennessean’s Peter Cooper. View Photo

Oct 08, 2010 Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Troy Tomlinson salutes legendary songwriter Bobby Braddock during an intimate reception at BMI on October 5. View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 For the fourth consecutive year, BMI treated all of Next Big Nashville’s artists, journalists, industry executives and VIPs to a catered, low-key brunch at local hot spot Cabana on Saturday, October 2. Co-sponsor Avenue Bank joined BMI this year in providing a much-needed recharge for those involved in the busy four-day festival. Pictured are Leadership Music’s Katie Plauche Morris, BMI’s… View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 BMI partnered with the IBMA to present the IBMA Awards Nominees Press Reception on Thursday, September 30 at Nashville’s Renaissance Hotel. After the reception, Dailey & Vincent proceeded to win their third consecutive Entertainer of the Year crown during the IBMA Award show at the Ryman Auditorium. Pictured at the pre-part are IBMA’s Dan Hays, Dailey & Vincent, manager Don… View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 Doyle Lawson and BMI's Bradley Collins enjoy the IBMA Awards Nominees Press Reception, presented by BMI and the IBMA on September 30. View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 Pictured at the IBMA Awards Nominees Press Reception are BMI’s Bradley Collins, Distinguished Achievement Award recipient Benjamin “Tex” Logan, Del McCoury, and BMI’s Mark Mason. The event is presented by BMI and the IBMA. View Photo

Oct 06, 2010 BMI’s Bradley Collins (left) and Mark Mason (right) greet Sam Bush at IBMA Awards Nominees Press Reception, presented by BMI and the IBMA. View Photo

Oct 05, 2010 Nashville-based band The New Whole Usuals gather for a photo with Vince Gill at Musicians Corner on October 2. View Photo