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November/December 2009 ® A Bi-Monthly News Update for & Composers BMIBdcastr o a M u sic , I n c . ® Bulletinbmi.com Calle 13 Tops Receives Icon Tribute Latin Grammys At BMI Country Awards

uerto Rican power , Bobby Pinson, /ATV Take Top Honors duo Calle 13 walked away with trophies in Pall five of their nominated he 57th Annual BMI categories November 6 at Country Awards the 2009 Latin Grammys, celebrated the genre’s staged at the Mandalay Ttop hit-makers on Tuesday, Bay Events Center in Las November 10 in Nashville. Vegas. The politically and In addition to toasting the socially conscious duo gar- writers and publishers of nered of the Year the past year’s 50 most- honors for Los De Atrás performed country songs Vienen Conmigo, as well from the BMI repertoire,

as Record of the Year for the ceremony honored Kris Photo: John Russell / BMI “No Hay Nadie Como Tú,” Kristofferson as a BMI Icon; The night’s big winners gather for a photo at the 2009 BMI Country which the pair recorded and named Taylor Swift’s “Love Awards in Nashville. Pictured are (l-r): , President & CEO of Sony ATV Music Publishing Nashville; Martin Bandier, Chairman & composed with fellow BMI Story” Song of the Year, CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC; BMI President & CEO Del Bryant; heavyweights Café Tacvba. Bobby Pinson 2009 BMI Icon Kris Kristofferson; Song of the Year honoree Taylor Swift; “No Hay Nadie Como Tú” of the Year, and Sony/ATV Songwriter of the Year Bobby Pinson; Jody Williams, BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville; Clay Bradley, BMI Assistant Vice also earned Best Alternative Music Publishing Publisher President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville; and Phil Graham, BMI continued on page 7 of the Year; and saluted Senior Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations. Brooks & Dunn with the BMI Annual Review 2009 President’s Award. Writer/Publisher Relations, Writer/Publisher Relations, BMI President & CEO Del Nashville Jody Williams; and Nashville Clay Bradley • INSIDE • Bryant; BMI Vice President, BMI Assistant Vice President, hosted the black-tie event, BMI realized revenues of which staged at the more than $905 million Takes Top Honor music rights organization’s and royalty distributions Music Row offices. totaling more than $788 at BMI London Awards Taylor Swift’s “Love million in fiscal year 2009, Story” was named Song both higher than the com- MI lauded the UK honored the past year’s of the Year. The song, pany’s historic results of the and ’s premier most-performed songs on composed by Swift alone, previous year. That success songwriters, compos- U.S. radio and television. was the first single from her was made possible by the ers and music publishers In addition to saluting sophomore album Fearless. power, scope and appeal B In addition to topping the of the repertoire created by Tuesday, October 6 during its numerous U.K. songwriters, BMI’s affiliates, combined annual BMI London Awards. composers and music pub- Billboard country chart, with BMI’s long-term efforts The ceremony was hosted lishers alongside music cre- “Love Story” topped the to capture new sources of by BMI President & CEO ators from Europe, India and Billboard pop and AC revenue. Details of these re- Del Bryant; BMI Senior Vice other international markets, charts and became the best- sults, along with an analysis President, Writer/Publisher BMI named Donovan a BMI selling country song in the of the musical trends and Relations Phil Graham; Icon. The Icon designation and the most- technological advances that and Executive Director, is given to BMI songwrit- downloaded country single helped make them possible, Writer/Publisher Relations, ers who have bestowed “a in U. S. history. Published by appear in a special section, Europe & Brandon unique and indelible influ- Sony/ATV Tree and Taylor beginning on page 3. Bakshi. Staged in London’s ence on generations of music Swift Music, “Love Story” is Dorchester Hotel, the event continued on page 2 continued on page 7

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makers.” Donovan joins an elite list of past honorees that includes multi-genre nobility BULLETIN Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, Editor: Robbin Ahrold Davies, Van Morrison, Vice President, Corporate the , , Communications and Marketing Managing Editor: , , Howard Levitt West Coast Editor: Hanna Pantle , , Nashville Editor: Kay Clary and more. Technology Editor: David F. Bills Donovan transformed Assistant Editors: popular music in the Elisabeth Dawson, Ellen Dawson, 1960s, earning 12 consecu- Jamil Walker Design: Jenkins & Page tive Top 40 hits, including The BMI Bulletin® is published by the “,” “Sunshine Corporate Relations Department of Superman,” “Wear Your Broadcast Music, Inc., 320 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. President & CEO: Del Love Like Heaven,” “There R. Bryant, 320 West 57th Street, New York, Is a Mountain,” “Lalena,” NY 10019; Corporate Secretary: Stuart Rosen, Icon honoree Donovan and BMI President & CEO Del Bryant. 320 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019; “,” Treasurer: Angelo Bruno, 10 Music Square “Atlantis,” “Hurdy Gurdy East, Nashville, TN 37203. Permission is hereby given to quote from or Man,” and “,” “Pocket Full of Sunshine” 2008,” featuring Natasja, reprint any of the contents on the condition all of which he wrote alone. climbed to the top ten of the and ’s “The Anthem,” that proper copyright credit is given to His compositions have also Billboard 100, #2 on the U.S. featuring ; Giorgio the source. BMI®, BMI.com® and Broadcast Music, Inc.® resurfaced in hit films and iTunes chart, and topped Tuinfort (BUMA) also won are registered trademarks of television series, as well as Billboard’s Hot Dance Club two BMI Pop Awards for Broadcast Music, Inc. various advertising cam- Play; the double-platinum ’s “Right Now (Na Na © 2008 BMI paigns. In 1965, “Catch single has sold well-over Na)” and Colby O’Donis’s the Wind” earned an Ivor 2 million copies around “What You Got,” featuring BMI OFFICES Novello Award for best con- the world. “Pocket Full of Akon. Additional winners New York included , Eg White, 320 West 57th Street temporary folk song, mark- Sunshine” also earned BMI’s New York, NY 10019 ing the first time the honor College Song of the Year KT Tunstall, Gavin Rossdale, (212) 586-2000 Fax: (212) 245-8986 e-mail: [email protected] was bestowed on an artist’s crown thanks to tallying Duffy, Miguel Bosé (SGAE), Nashville debut single. Donovan re- the most performances on Elio Aldrighetti (SIAE), 10 Music Square East Nashville, TN 37203 ceived an Honorary Doctor American college radio. Vittorio Ierovante (SIAE), (615) 401-2000 Fax: (615) 401-2707 of Letters from the University The BMI Dance Award (SGAE) and e-mail: [email protected] went to “Cry for You,” Steve McEwan. of Hertfordshire in 2003, and 8730 Sunset Boulevard in 2009, he became Officer recorded by ’s Top Bollywood composer Third Floor West Los Angeles, CA 90069 of the Order of Arts and September. Co-written by A. R. Rahman garnered BMI (310) 659-9109 Fax: (310) 657-6947 Letters from the Minister of Anoo Bhagavan (STIM) and Film Music Awards for his e-mail: [email protected] Culture, France, and gar- Niclas von der Burg (STIM) Academy and Golden Globe 1691 Michigan Ave nered the American Visionary and published by EMI Music Award-winning original Suite 350 Miami Beach, FL 33139 Art Museum Baltimore’s Publishing Scandinavia AB music for , (305) 673-5158 Fax: (305) 673-8287 e-mail: [email protected] prestigious Grand Visionary (STIM), the song rested in the while prodigious brothers Award. #1 slot of Billboard Dance Rupert Gregson-Williams and 3340 Peachtree Road NE Suite 570 ’s Radio Airplay for three Harry Gregson-Williams each Atlanta, GA 30326 “Pocket Full of Sunshine” weeks as it soared to the top earned two trophies: Rupert (404) 261-5151 Fax: (404) 261-5152 e-mail: [email protected] earned the prestigious ten of charts in more than 15 garnered two BMI Film London Robert S. Musel Award for countries around the world. Music Awards, while Harry 84 Harley House Marylebone Road Song of the Year. Published ’s “With won awards in both the BMI London NW1 5HN England by EMI Music Publishing You,” co-written by Amund Film Music and TV Music 011-44-207-486-2036 Ltd., the song was co- Bjørklund and Espen Lind, categories. Rock legend Pete Fax: 011-44-207-224-1046 e-mail: [email protected] written by Bedingfield and garnered BMI Pop and Urban Townshend earned three BMI Danielle Brisebois, the same Awards for its creative hive; TV Music Awards, while es- 1250 Ave. Ponce de Leon San Jose Building, Suite 1008 potent pair who co-wrote Rune RK (KODA), also teemed composer Santurce, PR 00907 known as Enur, earned two figured prominently among (787) 754-6490 Bedingfield’s breakout smash Fax: (787) 753-6765 “Unwritten.” The title track BMI Pop Awards for co- the BMI Cable Music Award e-mail: [email protected] of Bedingfield’s third album, writing his own “Calabria winners.

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Annu al Review BMI Revenues, Royalty Payments Rise Again in 2009

MI had an increase in both rev- total. The popularity of BMI’s repertoire Repertoire enues and royalty distributions around the globe propelled the compa- The pace and scope of the digital realm for the past year, a significant ny to its best-ever year in international is reshaping the industry, and, in the achievement in an economic en- revenue. Revenue from traditional process, creating a greater demand vironment that has been perhaps broadcast radio and television contin- for BMI’s educational and career ad- Bthe most challenging in the company’s ued to represent just over a third of the vancement tools, from workshops and 70-year history. BMI realized revenues company’s revenues. BMI has long been panels to showcases at key clubs and of more than $905 million and royalty a pioneer in the licensing of the new premier festivals. BMI has promoted distributions totaling more than $788 digital media, and today has a portfolio and publicized hundreds of events million, both higher than BMI’s historic of more than 6,700 digital media prop- throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, and results of the previous year. That success erties under license. the U.K. drawing media awareness to was made possible by the power, scope developing songwriters from key outlets and appeal of the repertoire created by like , USA Today, BMI’s affiliates, combined with the com- CNN and . The company has pany’s long-term efforts to capture new BMI’s success was made also launched a spectrum of profes- sources of revenue. It is also a compel- sional support services for writers on ling validation of BMI’s dedication to possible by the power, scope its award-winning website BMI.com, efficiency, cost-constraint measures, and which includes a suite of financial ser- an enthusiastic embrace of technologi- vices as well as preferred access and cal innovation throughout all aspects of and appeal of the repertoire discounts to new “fan-based” services the company’s operations. that focus on helping new affiliates The benefits of BMI’s continual focus created by its affiliates, build individual brands for their music on revenue diversity have never been online. more evident than during the past year BMI recognized the opportunities in when the company was able to main- combined with the company’s the digital shift in its very early stages. tain the stability of its business in the Today, more songwriters affiliate online midst of widespread economic turmoil. than via any other method. A stream- Revenue from licensing of restaurants long-term efforts to capture lined online affiliation system, with a and bars, hospitality, retail and service simple five-minute application process, establishments broke the $100 mil- new sources of revenue. has added more than 30,000 affiliates lion mark for the first time in company to the BMI roster over the past year, re- history. Income from fast-growing sulting in a total of more than 400,000 non-broadcast media such as cable, affiliates. satellite and digital media collectively “As BMI marks its 70th anniversary Today’s increasingly interconnected accounted for almost a quarter of BMI’s in the year ahead,” said BMI’s President pop culture facilitated cross-genre & CEO Del Bryant, “we know we will be looking at an extremely difficult Total Revenues (millions) Royalty Distributions (millions) economic environment. We will main- 800 1000 tain our intense focus on efficiency 800 1000 and cost containment. We anticipate 900 900 700 tough discussions as we negotiate new 700 800 agreements for the use of our reper- 800 600 600 700 toire. However, we are encouraged by 700 500 the steady growth in our market share, 500 600 and by the expanded use of music 600

400 500 by both traditional and digital media, 400 500 two dynamics that drive our licensing 400 400 300 revenues. These factors reinforce our 300 300 ability to meet the challenges of this 300 200 volatile economic landscape, provide a 200 200 200 point of stability to our songwriters, and 100 100 100 produce added value to our customers 100

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DioGuardi, Jeffrey Steele, Brian Howes, Amy Foster, Ben Moody, , Domestic Revenue (percent by category) , Alan Chang, Jim Jonsin, and Rodney Jerkins create crossover- 2% ready hits, taking stars to the top of the New Media for Mainstream, R&B/ 16% Hip-Hop, Country and Modern Rock, as General Licensing 29% well as the Hot 100 airplay listings. Cable & Satellite At the close of the fiscal year, the unexpected, tragic death of shocked the entertainment in- dustry and the world at large. An artistic 36% 17% Radio Broadcast and cultural tour de force whose gifts Television demanded the spotlight, Michael Jackson was equally potent behind the scenes, receiving numerous BMI Awards recog- nizing his prolific career as a songwriter. Rock and classic rock formats con- tinued their trend of steady growth, and legends into the BMI family of songwrit- BMI’s prevalence in the genre is spear- ers, including iconic songwriting duo headed by a wealth of rock’s most popu- Leiber & Stoller, whose compositions Songwriter/artists including Taylor Swift and Lady lar torchbearers, including , include “Hound Dog,” “Stand By Me,” Gaga have harnessed the power of the Internet in unprecedented networking and marketing strategies. 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, , My and “Jailhouse Rock”; rock titans ZZ Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte, Top; Dave Stewart of influential duo success for many of BMI’s key songwrit- , Kid Rock, Flyleaf, Maroon The Eurythmics; and innovative band ers and producers. Pop mainstays Pink, 5, Fall Out Boy, AFI, Lifehouse, Red Depeche Mode. the , , Hot Chili Peppers, , Korn, , Five for Fighting, Seether, Foo Fighters, System of a Down, Josh Groban and others continued to The Raconteurs, Death Cab for Cutie, International Hitmakers top charts and sales, while relatively , Shinedown and The White International superstars and newer American voices including Colbie Stripes. BMI’s iconic classic rock acts, remained at the forefront of the Caillat, Mat Kearney, Gavin DeGraw, such as The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Alice Latin genre. , Café Tacvba, Grizzly Bear, and more made critically Cooper, , , Elton , Julieta Venegas, acclaimed and top-selling contributions John, and others remained relevant and Anibal Kerpel, , Lila in addition to expanding popular mu- widely popular throughout the world. Downs, Pepe Aguilar, Christian Castro, sic’s borders. Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Urban songwriters, artists and produc- Flex, Calle 13 and also gen- Brothers also proved that they have un- ers continued to make mainstream in- erated heavy chart activity and notable deniable staying power, while roads this year. BMI heavy hitters Mariah awards. British artists remain especially dominated pop and dance charts all over Carey, T-Pain, , , Sean popular in the United States, proving the world. Garrett, , , Polow Da that the recent surge of talent from the Don, TI, Austin, , , U.K. is still a welcome addition to pop Chris Brown, ’s Cee-Lo and urban formats. Lily Allen, Estelle, Crossover Success Green, OutKast’s Big Boi, and others also Adele, Duffy, and all gener- Versatile hitmakers including will.i.am, dominated pop charts and club playlists. ated significant sales and chart action. Polow Da Don, JR Rotem, Kara The past year brought even more Norwegian songwriting and production duo Espionage — Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund — have also made substantial contributions to American urban and pop charts. ’s mass appeal became even more apparent last year, as the format continued to boast more radio

Today’s increasingly interconnected pop culture facilitated cross-genre success for many of BMI’s key songwriters and producers. Versatile hitmakers includ- ing will.i.am, Kara DioGuardi and Rodney Jerkins create crossover-ready hits, taking stars to the top of the Billboard Mainstream, R&B/Hip-Hop, Country and Modern Rock charts, as well as the Hot 100 airplay listings.

4 Annual Review stations than any other genre. While Protecting Copyright the record-breaking success of / In the past year, BMI continued its lob- songwriter Taylor Swift captured head- bying efforts on behalf of the creative lines, country music also became more community and contributed to several intertwined with mainstream tastes and significant copyright bills that were charts through top-sellers and crossover introduced in the Senate and House of stars , , Representatives. , , Tim McGraw, During fiscal 2009, the Legal , , Brooks & and Government Relations depart- Dunn, Martina McBride, , ments were deeply involved with ac- and others including critically acclaimed tivities concerning H.R. 848 (House of breakout artists , Zac Representatives) and S. 379 (Senate). Brown Band, and Lady Antebellum. Both bills attempt to repeal the cur- BMI also continues to dominate the rent exemption from the payment of jazz field. An overwhelming majority license fees for the performance right of the 2010 recipients of the National in digital sound recordings enjoyed by Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters over-the-air radio broadcasters. BMI Awards, including Muhal Richard worked diligently with Congressional Abrams, Kenny Barron, Yusef Lateef, staff in order to protect the interests Ross, and Cedar Walton, are BMI of our affiliates by seeking “savings” composers. language that would ensure that the BMI maintained its tradition of ex- performing right in the musical work, cellence in musical theatre, most vis- (the right that BMI has been entrusted ibly through the Tony Award-winning to protect for over 70 years) would not BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre be adversely impacted by the passage Workshop. The Workshop-generated of such legislation. Both bills are cur- musical Next to Normal garnered the rently pending and are being closely 2009 Tony for Best Original Score for monitored by BMI and other perform- workshop alumni Tom Kitt and Brian BMI’s prevalence in rock is spearheaded by a wealth ing right organizations, the Songwriters Yorkey. of the genre’s most popular torchbearers, including Guild of America, the National Music Nickelback, Kid Rock and . Publishers Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association. Film & Televison box office revenue. BMI television music This same group of organizations has Composer A.R. Rahman experienced an composers also maintained their com- formed a lobbying coalition that is pres- extraordinary year. At the 2009 Academy petitive edge. In the fall of 2008, BMI ently working towards the introduction Awards, he swept the fields honoring boasted theme or background music in of a bill in Congress to clarify that there musical contributions, walking away 75% of all primetime network programs. is a public performance in an audio/ with the statuette for Original Score for According to the American visual download. BMI and other inter- Slumdog Millionaire, while the film’s Symphony Orchestra League’s ested parties are making every effort to “Jai Ho” claimed Original Song honors. Repertoire, seven out of the 10 most ensure that the Copyright Office reaf- BMI represents the principal composer frequently performed living American firms the public performance right on of more than half of the scores for the composers are affiliated with BMI. BMI this matter. top 100 films of 2008, and 14 out of the composer Steve Reich also enjoyed a big BMI, in conjunction with the George top 25 films of the year relied on music year, as he received the 2009 Pulitzer Washington School of Law, Intellectual from BMI composers, who helped those Prize for Music for his 2007 piece, Property Law Program and Creative films generate more than $2 billion in Double Sextet. Innovative Economy Center, hosted a symposium in October 2008 to exam- ine the opportunities and threats that face the creators of intellectual property and explore solutions that help the cre- ative and business communities reach new levels of artistic and commercial achievement. Well-attended by congres- sional staff and key regulators, the pro- gram strives to spark a productive dialog

Urban songwriters, artists and producers continued to make mainstream inroads this year. BMI heavy hitters T-Pain, Eminem, Polow Da Don and many more also dominated pop charts and club playlists.

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paper documentation. During the year, we completed the N ew Writer Affiliations 11th major revision of BMI’s award- (online versus paper) winning website BMI.com, which was originally launched in 1994, more than 35,000 a year before Microsoft released Internet 30,000 Explorer Version I. The redesigned web- 35,000 site features a broad array of digital tools 25,000 designed specifically for the creative 30,000 community and our licensing customers. 20,000 A highlight of the new site is a special 25,000 “creators” section that offers advice and 15,000 opinions on songwriting and a series of 20,000 discounts to more than four dozen of the 10,000 ’s top companies that offer 15,000 professional gear, financial services, and 5,000 career development, as well as special 10,000Paper Online BMI-managed modules on key social 0 networking sites such as Facebook, Today, more 5,000 songwriters affiliate online than via any other method.2005 A streamlined 2006 online 2007 affiliation 2008 sys- 2009 MySpace and . tem, with a simple five-minute application process, BMI’s eCommerce system forms the has added more0 than 30,000 affiliates to the BMI heart of the expanded functionality serv- roster over the past year,2005 resulting 2006 in a total of 2007 more 2008 2009 than 400,000 affiliates. ing our licensing customers through BMI.com. The eCommerce system has experienced rapid growth and provided substantial benefit to BMI. This system auditors, Deloitte & Touche. Annually, Country music’s mass appeal became even more allows customers to purchase a license our auditors express an opinion on our apparent last year, as the format continued to boast in a secured online environment and has financial statements based on the results more radio stations than any other genre. Country been expanded to more than a dozen ad- music also became more intertwined with mainstream of their audit. An unqualified opinion tastes and charts through top-sellers and crossover ditional major markets. (the best opinion possible) was issued stars Keith Urban, Martina McBride and Toby Keith. again this year, denoting that our finan- cial statements present fairly the financial Financial Reporting Quality position and results of operations of BMI. that will help to generate workable, real- BMI’s commitment to quality and in- We are proud that this has been the case time, real-world solutions for creators, tegrity is exemplified by the practice throughout BMI’s history. It speaks well public policy officials and the business of preparing its financial statements in to the high level of reliability that can be community alike. accordance with generally accepted ac- ascribed to BMI’s financial reports that counting principles (GAAP). Reporting in have been issued year in and year out. accordance with these principles enables In addition, in performing their audits, Technological Advances us to accurately and objectively report no weaknesses in internal controls were BMI has established itself as an inter- our financial results. noted by our auditors, an important national leader in the performing rights Each year our financial statements are accomplishment in today’s business arena through its development and im- subject to an audit by our independent environment plementation of leading-edge technologi- cal tools that increase productivity while reducing operating expenses. These effi- ciencies allow us to offer an unparalleled level of service to both our affiliates and licensees. Work completed during the past year enabled a fall 2009 launch of a greatly improved structure and availability for our affiliates who use Online Services, allowing them real-time access to da- tabase information and giving them the ability to update account information. This allows our songwriters, composers The growth of Latin radio stations continued to outpace all other formats, as international superstars Shakira and and publishers to accomplish multiple Juanes remained at the forefront of the genre, while two-time BMI Latin Songwriter of the Year Espinoza Paz tasks online that previously required solidified his status as Regional Mexican music’s most in-demand composer.

6 Country Awards continued from page 1 Swift Soars at CMA Awards Swift’s second consecutive evening was the tribute to he night after she took her second consecutive BMI Song of the Year; BMI Icon Kris Kristofferson, “Teardrops on My Guitar” featuring performances TBMI Song of the Year crystal, Taylor Swift swept the earned the prestigious honor by , Vince 43rd Annual CMA Awards, winning Entertainer, Female in 2008. Gill, and Willie Nelson. Vocalist, Album and Video of the Year honors. The youngest With four songs among With the penetration of performer to ever earn the Entertainer of the Year crown, the year’s most-performed, a poet and the humbling Swift is also the first female to capture the coveted prize Bobby Pinson earned the grace of a troubadour, since in 1999. The Album of the Year win Songwriter of the Year Kris Kristofferson built crown. In addition to co- a legendary career most recognizes her top-selling sophomore effort Fearless, co- writing ’s chart- recognized for its versatility, produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman. toppers “All I Do” authenticity, and sheer 2008 New Artist of the Year winners Lady Antebellum and “Already Gone,” Pinson brilliance. He has received earned two awards: Vocal Group and Single of the Year co-composed Toby Keith’s 48 BMI Country and Pop for “I Run to You,” while Sugarland earned their third “She Never Cried in Front of Awards for compositions consecutive Vocal Duo of the Year title. With co-writers Lee Me,” and ’s “We including “Sunday Mornin’ Weren’t Crazy.” Comin’ Down,” “Why Me,” Thomas Miller and James Otto, Jamey Johnson picked his Publishing giant Sony/ “Loving Her Was Easier second Song of the Year trophy for “In Color.” Keith Urban ATV Music Publishing (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do shared Musical Event of the Year honors with Brad Paisley for Nashville earned its eighth Again),” “Me and Bobby “Start a Band.” consecutive BMI Country McGee,” “Help Me Make Publisher of the Year title. It Through the Night,” Through its subsidiary which garnered seven BMI has starred in numerous late September of this year. companies Sony/ATV Acuff Country and four BMI films, includingLone Star, BMI President & CEO Del Rose and Sony/ATV Tree, Pop Awards, and “For the the trilogy, Pat Garrett Bryant saluted the prolific the powerhouse placed 14 Good Times,” which won a & Billy the Kid, A Star Is career of Brooks and Dunn songs among the year’s top BMI Country Award each Born, for which he garnered with the BMI President’s 50, including Jimmy Wayne’s consecutive year between the Golden Globe trophy Award. A prestigious “Do You Believe Me Now,” 1971 and 1979 as well as five for Best Motion Picture honor presented only on Billy Currington’s “Don’t,” BMI Pop Awards between Actor, and Songwriter, for unique occasions when an Keith Urban’s “You Look 1970 and 1974. Eight of his which he received an Oscar artist has distinctly and Good in My Shirt,” George compositions have generated nomination for Original profoundly influenced the Strait’s “Troubadour” and substantially more than Song Score. Along with music industry, the award “River of Love,” Miranda one million performances, Willie Nelson, Waylon celebrates Brooks & Dunn’s Lambert’s “Gunpowder & and three Grammys line his Jennings, and , two decades of genre- Lead,” and Taylor Swift’s shelves. While he wrote most Kristofferson also formed shaping excellence, which “Love Story,” “Picture to of his masterpieces alone, the Highwaymen. Still has made them the most- Burn,” and “Should’ve Said his co-writers include giants recording, now for New West awarded artists in Academy No.” , Marijohn Records, he released new of Country Music or Country A highlight of the Wilkin, and . He album, , in Music Association history.

Calle 13 continued from page 1 Pesado and Costumbre Carlos Franzetti & Eddie shared Norteño Album of Gómez’s for Best Song, while the pair’s “La Vocal Album of the Year and the Year honors for their Album; Bebo Perla” received Best Short won Best Sólo Contigo and Siempre, re- Valdés’s honors. Singer-Songwriter Album spectively. Jimmy González for Best Latin Jazz Album; Cachorro López earned for his Zii E Zie in addition y Grupo Mazz’s The Legend Paulina Aguirre’s Esperando the prestigious Producer to Best Long Form Music Continues…La Continuacion Tu Voz for Best Christian of the Year crown while Video for his “E a Música de was named Best Tejano Album (Spanish Language); duo & ’s Tom Jobim.” Album. and , featur- “Abusadora,” co-written The Regional Mexican Additional BMI 2009 ing BMI songwriters Carlos with Marcos Masis “,” category featured winners Latin Grammy winners Vives, Juanes, Santiago received Best Urban Song from the BMI family as well. include , Cruz, Adriana Lucia, Ivan honors. ’s Teatro In a testament to broad ap- who co-wrote Best Tropical Benavides and Cabas, for garnered Best Rock Solo peal of the genre, Grupo Song “Yo No Sé Mañana”; Best Latin Children’s Album.

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® November/December 2009 See Page 3 A Bi-Monthly News Update for Songwriters & Composers BMI dcastB r o a M u sic , I n c . ® Bulletin bmi.com Kris Kristofferson Receives Icon Tribute Swift Soars at CMA Awards At BMI Country Awards The night after she took home her second consecutive BMI The 57th Annual BMI Country Awards celebrated the genre’s Song of the Year crystal, Taylor Swift swept the 43rd Annual top hit-makers on Tuesday, November 10 in Nashville, where CMA Awards, winning Entertainer, Female Vocalist, Album Taylor Swift, Bobby Pinson and Sony/ATV took top honors. and Video of the Year honors. Page 7 Page 1 Donovan Takes Top Honor at London Awards

BMI lauded the UK and Europe’s premier songwriters, compo- sers and music publishers Tuesday, October 6 during its annual London Awards. The ceremony was hosted. Page 1

Calle 13 Tops Latin Grammys

Puerto Rican power duo Calle 13 walked away with trophies in all five of their nominated categories November 6 at the 2009 Latin Grammys. Page 1 Photo: John Russell / BMI

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